Volume 127 Fall 2017 Roundup Issue 5

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Theatre department drops f-bombs Course cancellation on agenda

A play with a racy title is a contemporary take on Anton Chekhov's 'The Seagull'

ANNA CLARK Reporter @AnnaClarkReport

Aname of a play doesn’t make a show, but it certainly can bring attention to it.

Last semester, the Pierce College Theatre Department’s “Bad Jews” caused controversy, yet the show sold out its entire run.

This semester, Pierce is at it again, but this time, the obscenities are more apparent.

The Theatre Department chose the comedic play “Stupid F****** Bird,” a metatheatrical play by Aaron Posner, based on “The Seagull” by Anton Chekhov.

The contemporary piece, which was written in 2013, had been eyed by the Theatre Department since its release, according to theater manager Michael Sande.

"It is a play that we had been looking at since it premiered,” Sande said. “As soon as the rights became available for us, we said we definitely wanted that.”

According to Sande, the explicit title will not affect ticket sales.

"We've done many plays in which the f-word is used,” Sande said. “We've had full frontal nudity on stage before. You can't please everybody, and there will be a few that will be offended by this title and won't buy it. It's not going to be everyone's favorite show, but I think by and large, especially with a student audience base, we just kind of knew." One reason for choosing the play, according to Sande, was because of its ties to Chekhov.

"Because it is a take of Anton Chekhov's “The Seagull,” it allows our students to have accessibility to someone like Anton Chekhov, who is a very

complicated playwright. His plays are classic and older, but the theme is the same,” Sande said. “That's specifically what we were looking for."

According to director Anthony Cantrell, the play is about using art to create change in the world.

“It is a huge debate,” Cantrell said. “Our play is about that because even the characters in the play do not agree. I do feel art has that transformative potential, so I wanted to see how I might dig into that debate with this particular play.”

Though the play discusses the question of art’s place in the world, it also includes love triangles within the plot.

For the love of fi lm and friends

Film Club offers a forum for discussion and an outlet for creation

NATALIE MIRANDA Reporter @natalierosemir

A shared passion attracts a diverse collection of creative minds into one room. Writers, directors, actors and fans come together to enjoy and create one medium: film.

Film Club, which meets Mondays at 6 p.m. in VLLG 8211, has members discuss and pitch ideas for potential projects. The club meets every week with the objective to collaborate on projects, share their visions, and most importantly, make connections.

Club Advisor Ken Windrum said the uniqueness of the club depends on the students that decide to join.

“We had a very different vibe a year ago. It was a great club then, it’s a great club now, but what

Faculty plans to vote on recommendation

Before the fall semester department chairs requested that low enrolled classes not be cancelled prematurely.

Not all classes were saved, but the Academic Senate hopes a recommendation to deal with low-enrolled courses from being cut will be considered by administration.

During Monday’s Academic Senate meeting members discussed a proposal for low enrollment classes, stating that this interfered with students’ ability to complete their majors. The proposal will be voted on at the next meeting in two weeks.

President of the Academic Senate Anna Bruzzese said they tried to delay cancelling classes and urged students to register sooner.

“You have the debate of the role of art in society, but how do you get through life dealing with the fact that not everyone you fall in love with, will love you, and how you make decisions in life with those passions and disappointments ever present in your life,” Cantrell said.

Cantrell said that Posner keeps Chekhov’s ideas alive by giving actors and the director flexibility about how they fulfill scenes, while still maintaining what the author originally wrote.

“One of the primary ways he does this, is in the stage direction. The playwright will give you suggestions and finish those suggestions by saying ‘or not,’”

Cantrell said. “All those ‘or nots’ mean that we have a tremendous latitude of how we fulfill the text. That does not mean that it gives absolute freedom.”

According to Cantrell, the play will have moments where the dividing line between audience and stage will blur.

Cantrell said that he was originally drawn to the play because he is a huge Chekhov fan.

“He presents amazing challenges and an unending series of choices about character development and what he is trying to say about life and about art and relationships,” Cantrell said. “He is a playwright that

doesn't necessarily give you easy answers or structures his play in an easy format.”

Jon Michael Villagomez, who started taking classes at Pierce's Theatre Department last semester, plays Con, the character the ensemble pivots around.

According to Villagomez, he tries to not get too attached to a script while auditioning, but it was different with “Stupid F****** Bird.”

"I read the play, and I fell in love,” Villagomez said. “I was so obsessed with it, and it was all I could think about. I wouldn't shut up about it."

"It was a really unfortunate situation where students were having a really hard time registering with the new SIS system,” Bruzzese said. “Different committees, like the Academic Policy Committee (APC), Enrollment Management Committee and the District Senate were really concerned so, because of the new system, the idea was to delay cancelling classes as much as possible.”

According to College Outcome Committee representative Jennifer Moses, there is a contract rule the faculty has with administration that allows them the right to cancel classes if there are fewer than 15 students enrolled.

these people should have a voice,” Shaktah said. “Film Club is a great way to voice that opinion and create new films and stories that break boundaries and deconstruct what we are all tired of hearing.”

Club treasurer Kyle Coffman said “Scream” is his favorite film.

“It reinvented the horror genre of the 1990’s, and it was a very cleverly written script,” Coffman said.

makes the club unique is the people in it and how they interchange,” Windrum said. “It’s the kind of vibe in the air; there’s a nice vibe in that room.”

Windrum said his favorite film is “2001: A Space Odyssey.”

“It is one of the few movies that couldn’t be anything, but a movie,” Windrum said. “It blew my mind when I was 12 years old, and it's been blowing it ever since then.”

Club Vice President Andrew Shaktah said his favorite film is “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”

“I’ve always been into films that have a very surreal element to them, and no one does it better than Charlie Kaufman,” Shaktah said. “I can’t find a single thing wrong with that film.”

Shaktah said he changed his major to pursue his passion, and he relates to students who have done the same.

“I figured psychology is more

practical, but film is what I love. It is where my heart is, and I really wanted to meet people that feel the same way, and I already have,” Shaktah said. “I made great friends, and honestly, it just seemed fun.”

Although he is new to the club, Shaktah said he knows why people enjoy being a part of it.

“As vice president, I really want to ground the idea of what Film Club is, what our goals are every semester and what people can expect from us, which is quality content,” Shaktah said. “I want everyone to know they have a voice in this project, or any project we do.”

Shaktah said that opposing

ideas are welcome in the club, and he encourages members to create content that breaks the boundaries of mainstream cinema.

“Film is a very dead medium right now. The age of superheroes, sequels and trilogies are boring. I see that there are lots of people who are encouraged by older film and older cinema. I really think

According to Coffman, Film Club is there to support its members.

“Every week, we allow anyone to pitch an idea. Sometimes after their pitch, they’ll want further help, but sometimes they just want to know if it’s a good idea. We are happy to offer any additional services to them to make sure that idea gets put on paper and even shot,” Coffman said.

Windrum said the club has hosted a film series for four consecutive semesters. This semester’s theme will be “Journalism: Ethics or Profit?”

The film series will consist of multiple movie showings and panel discussions in the Great Hall. The panelists will be Film Club members and instructors from the Media Arts Department.

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From left Monica Vigil, Josh Ryan, Matt DeHaven and Justine Brandy perform during the first rehearsal for “Stupid Fucking Bird” which premiers Friday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. and will run until Sunday, Oct. 29. in the Dow Arena Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. Actors were not in full costume.

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Andrew Shaktah, Film Club vice President and Daniel Uhlenberg, Film Club Representive reach towards the sun at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

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Letters to the Editor

On Sept. 26, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions commented on current litigation regarding Pierce student Kevin Shaw and the school's Free Speech Area.

Sessions said, “Many colleges now deign to ‘tolerate’ free speech only in certain, geographically limited, ‘free speech zones.’

Shaw filed a lawsuit against Pierce College, after he prohibited him from distributing Spanish-language copies of the U.S. Constitution outside the Free Speech Area.

According to the LACCD’s Board of Trustees Article IX rule, the Free Speech Area requires that campuses govern “the time, place and manner in which said areas are to be used” so that speech does not “disrupt the orderly operation of the college.”

Along with these restrictions, the 616 square foot Free Speech Area is the only location on campus where students can “distribute petitions, circulars, leaflets, newspapers and other materials,” including U.S. Constitutions, which state that government shall make “no law… abridging the freedom of speech.”

Ironically, Shaw, according to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), was handing out U.S. Constitutions, and administration said that he would be escorted off-campus unless he submitted a permit application granting him access to the 616 square foot Free Speech Area.

Not only is this ironic, it is at least orwellian to call an area a Free Speech Area, if it requires speakers to submit a permit application, comply with the vague Article IX rules and be constricted to a geographically minuscule area.

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens once said, “It is offensive in public discourse a citizen must first inform the government of their desire to speak… and then obtain a permit to do so.”

With national attention directed at Pierce, the college has become the center of a growing controversy over academia's treatment of the First Amendment.

Shaw told me, “Free speech is constantly being trampled on college campuses. Students are the last line of defense against these increasingly authoritarian policies.”

Pierce student Daniel Covelli

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President Donald Trump announced his decision to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), creating anxiety and uncertainty for the mass of student recipients. DACA protects undocumented citizens, who arrived as children, from deportation and allows them a work permit.

The program has also made undocumented students eligible for certain types of financial aid for school. This program has helped undocumented students who felt they had little options, and provided them a means to access higher education to create a better future.

Pierce should have a clearly organized group to assist DACA students create game plans and maintain awareness of the current state of affairs regarding the program. Having a Facebook page for students to check in to receive updates on the situation would be helpful.

A leader who is knowledgeable about DACA proceedings could create scheduled meetings on campus where students can receive all the information they need to make guided decisions.

According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, almost 800,000 undocumented young people have been served by the DACA program since it was created by President Barack Obama in 2012.

Trump's decision will impact students who have been working to achieve their educational goals. About 11,000 students enrolled in LACCD are in the DACA program. There has been notable uproar in response to executive decision to terminate the program, in addition to uncertainty about Trump’s course of action.

Pierce College had a march in protest of the removal of DACA on Sept. 12. Protests make people’s voices heard, but DACA students may be left wondering about their next step.

Support for DACA students is out there, however, students need a “home base” to check in for reliable information and guidance.

People deserve a fair chance and shouldn’t be faced with bleak options because they were born in a different geographical location.

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"Myfavoritefallfoodis PumpkinSpiceLattebecause the cinnamon reminds me of fall."

-MayaCallaway,16,ArtMajor

DACA has been a blessing for undocumented youths who have spent the majority of their lives in this country.

In a survey by University of California, San Diego political scientist Tom Wong, 64 percent of undocumented millennials stated that they felt “a greater sense of

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belonging in the United States” after receiving DACA.

This sense of belonging truly contributes to a community of young people working to create a greater America. The most important thing is that students do not give up hope.

LACCD Chancellor Dr.

Francisco C. Rodriguez addressed students and said, "Stay enrolled in school and, if working, maintain your employment. Do nothing to jeopardize your current status.”

“Myfavoritethingaboutfall isprobablytheleaves,and the ambiance of it all.”

-Shania Saleh, 18, Undecided

busy with school and work that they forget about the importance of healthy eating, which can lead to weight gain, health problems and obesity.

ARIELLE ZOLEZZI Reporter @ariellezolezzi

which give you the most calories per dollar,’’ said Dr. Adam Drewnowski, the director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington.

When is the last time that you saw a healthy option on a stop during a road trip? We have it engrained in our minds that junk food is the only easily available, grab-and-go option.

According to the American College Health Association, research from 2011 found that 29.2 percent of American college students were overweight or obese. Swapping out unhealthy food in the vending machines for fresh, nutritious options would aid in the fight against obesity in our college’s student body.

If you travel through the hallways of Pierce College, you see vending machines full of sugary sodas and fattening foods, including potato chips and candy bars. These foods do not promote healthy living or a healthy mindset.

Many colleges, like UCLA, have introduced a plan of action to promote healthy living among students. It is time that Pierce joins in, beginning with filling the vending machines with healthy options. This will ultimately change the way people think about food.

College students are often too

Obesity, which is marked by being extremely overweight, is becoming more common.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one third (36.5 percent) of adults in America are obese.

It all stems from the unhealthy diet habits that citizens choose to make on a daily basis.

Though obesity is often thought of as being an adult condition, it is also seen in younger generations. Children are facing obesity, and it is not a surprise that college students are as well.

Healthy foods make you less tired and feel better about yourself. Healthy options inside of the vending machines on campus would ultimately make students perform better in school. They wouldn't feel sluggish or tired, but ready to take on the day.

Nutritious snacks can change your eating habits from good to bad. If Pierce were to have healthy options in the vending machines, it would pave the way for a better future.

ANNA CLARK Features Editor @AnnaClarkReport aclark.roundupnews@gmail.com

Vending machines shouldn’t be limited to healthy food options because the rate of people using the vending machines will decrease rapidly and create a loss of revenue for the campus.

Why? Well, of course the average college student isn’t going to be too concerned with what they’re consuming, but rather with the besttasting and cheapest option.

University of Washington did a study and compared the prices of 370 foods sold in Seattle supermarkets. They found that calorie for calorie, junk foods don’t just cost less than fruits and vegetables, but the prices also are less likely to rise as a result of inflation.

Healthy snacks will definitely cost more because it is harder to keep up with demand, in contrast to all the big-name companies that mass produce these cornmeal-based products. College students are often adhering to a strict budget, and don’t have means to buy a more expensive snack.

Heavier foods also tend to feel more filling, so a cheap snack could hold a person over longer.

“If you have $3 to feed yourself, your choices gravitate toward foods

Naturally, we lean toward the foods that are heavy in calories, even if we aren’t doing it intentionally.

Also, most of the healthy foods students would want to see in the vending machines wouldn’t withstand vending machine conditions and would rot quickly.

This means that only healthy foods that do not spoil quickly will be put into the machines, and most of the foods that do not spoil quickly aren’t the best tasting. Students will definitely lean toward tastier foods rather than healthy foods.

Another reason vending machines shouldn’t be limited to healthy foods is because students should be able to make decisions about what they put into their body.

Most Pierce students are adults, and as such, they would not want limits put on what they are allowed to consume on campus. Students would probably be upset and cause a racket and complain to administration.

Overall, it just seems that it wouldn’t be the smartest move to maintain a positive environment for the community. It would cause more problems than it would solve.

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'Dear colleague letter' rescinded

Secretary of Education announces changes to Title IX, Pierce community supports its students

After the rescission of Title IX, Pierce College is taking steps to educate and strengthen the campus community to protect faculty and students from violent crimes.

On Sept. 22, United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced plans to rescind aspects of Title IX. Specifically, the Obama administration’s “dear colleague letter,” which were guidelines on procedures should an act of sexual harassment or assault occur under school jurisdiction.

According to Genice SarcedoMagruder, the dean of student services and equity, the rescission of Title IX doesn't mean that the policies are going away.

“Until they change a law, this is just guidance,” SarcedoMagruder said. “We are going to continue with our policy procedures as we have them now.”

However, Sarcedo-Magruder said that rescinding Title IX is a disservice to students.

going to be addressed,” SarcedoMagruder said. “At Pierce, across the district, and across the state, there is an intention to continue to address Title IX issues the same way that we have been, rather than following guidance.”

Sarcedo-Magruder has worked in education and violence prevention, and has investigated Title IX issues.

“It makes me very happy to live in California because there are state laws that we still have to follow that are some of the things she is rescinding,” SarcedoMagruder said. “In California, we have an affirmative consent policy. So even if the federal government takes that away, it is something that we still have to have in California.”

According to the Pierce website, Title IX requires colleges that receive federal funding to implement policies that combat gender-based violence and harassment and respond to survivors’ needs, ensuring that students have equal access to education.

Director of the Student Health Center Beth Benne said that the implementation of Title IX changed the culture.

“It teaches about affirmative consent, bystander intervention, bystander awareness. It's teaching people how to be proactive and help their friends and strangers that may be getting into a difficult situation,” Benne said.

Sarcedo-Magruder said Pierce College is prepared to address and handle Title IX issues when they arise. She said punishments can vary depending on the severity of incidents.

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These incidents were reported between Sept. 30 - Oct. 7

Reported by: Vanessa Arredondo and Jose Herrera

10/04

•Traffic Collision

Two cars crashed in Parking Lot 7 at 10:10 p.m.

10/04

•Ill Student

A student was escorted from class in room 0915 around 10:10 a.m. because they were feeling sick.

10/05

•Bike Theft

“Rescinding, specifically about sexual violence or sexual misconduct, is sending such a negative message to students on campuses that these issues aren't

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“With Title IX, you are looking at domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, or sexual misconduct, which can be anything from inappropriate or unwanted touching, all the way through sexual assault,” SarcedoMagruder said. “Disciplinary action can be fairly minor, like probation. For things that are more severe, like sexual assault, it would be expulsion.”

According to SarcedoMagruder, Pierce becomes involved if it has jurisdiction,

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meaning that the incident happened on campus or at a school-sponsored event.

Though Title IX is an unfunded mandate, Sarcedo-Magruder said that there isn't direct money for these issues.

“They have personnel. The Student Health Center has been doing some great programming, and there is stuff happening on campus,” Sarcedo-Magruder said. “The part of Title IX that is related to finances is typically in athletic funding. Then you have the prevention and education programs, which typically comes out of the pockets around campus.”

Benne said, as a Pierce employee, she was sent mandatory online training relating to Title IX. She said it is important to

Resources:

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Title IX Deputy: Earic Dixon-Peterson Health Center: (818) 710-4270

learn because it teaches how to be more than a bystander.

“I think that students will be sent something similar, soon,” Benne said.

In addition to online training, Pierce College is bringing awareness to dangerous situations with its bystander awareness program B.R.A.V.E, which stands for Brahmas Responding with Actions and Voices through Empowerment.

According to SarcedoMagruder, the B.R.A.V.E. program is a project that Pierce will continue and grow on campus.

ASO President Efren Lopez took part in the program training in summer 2017.

“One of the things that they taught was noticing all these

social cues and these minute interactions between people,” Lopez said.

According to Efren, the B.R.A.V.E. program is all about intervention and making sure that dangerous situations don't escalate

“It is educating students to assist other students or disrupt patwterns of behavior that are problematic,” Sarcedo-Magruder said. “That is a project that we are going to continue on our campus.

I know that they are developing student leadership institutes and workshops so that this can be part of that certificate program.”

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Pierce Website - Sexual Violence Info:

Community Resources with different centers across the LA County : http://www.piercecollege.edu/offices/ compliance/sexual_violence.asp

An unknown suspect stole a bike from the Business Education Building bike racks between 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

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A broken water pipe needed repairs on The Pit.

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General Information:

Emergency: (818) 710 - 4311

If you, or any one you know, has been a victim of sexual violence / assualt, contact the resources listed to get the help needed.

"Rescinding, specifically about sexual violence or violence misconduct, is sending such a negative message to studnts on campuses that these issues aren't going to be addressed."

Genice SarcedoMagruder

Dean of Student Services and Equity

ANNA CLARK Reporter

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She performs the priceless job Student volunteer donates her time, giving back to various communities

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Helping others comes naturally to some, but not many would consider volunteering on their birthday.

Chanelle Camello wouldn’t spend her day doing anything else.

Camello, 23, is in her last semester at Pierce College and is double majoring in psychology and human development. She wants to be a child life specialist at the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital, working in the humanthology and oncology department, and a medical interpreter in sign language.

As a sophomore in high school, Camello first volunteered at the Saint Joseph Worker church school.

“I just like helping out with things I support and feel comfortable with, and I like the support I get back from people,” Camello said. “The organizations I work with, their motives and their message, is very close to what I believe in.”

Rather than celebrating her birthday, Camello decided to volunteer at Jack’s Camp in Northern California.

“Every year, we usually go on a birthday trip. And when I went to Bereavement Camp in April, a camp for parents who lost their child due to cancer, they mentioned they were having a camp up north, and it was really special to be with these kids on my birthday,” Camello said.

Camello is motivated to work far from home by her sister who works at the Los Angeles Cedar Sinai Medical Center.

Working at an elementary school and at a lawyer’s office as a paralegal, Camello maintains a busy schedule while finishing her

units at Pierce. She is applying to Cal. State University, East Bay and Cal. State University, Channel Islands in fall.

“I prefer it just because that’s what I’m used to. I’m not used to having idle hands. I don’t like not doing anything,” Camello said.

“I’m the type where I need to do stuff frequently or else I freak out.”

Pierce student Cesar Guijarro, 24, volunteered with Camello at the Bereavement Camp and has been volunteering with her since high school.

“All she wants to do is help people out. She has a strong personality, and she’s fun, but she could also be very serious when it comes to helping others,” Guijarro said. “She never puts herself first; she always puts people before her.”

Guijarro said volunteering was an eye-opener, and it changes one’s life perspective.

“I went to this camp, and it made me fall in love with kids. They have cancer, but you can never tell because they’re always smiling; they’re always so happy and energetic,” Guijarro said.

“I think when you’re helping someone out, you’re doing this from the kindness of your heart, not because you’re getting paid or it’s going to look good on your resume. I think volunteering is something everyone should do because it opens your mind.”

Guijarro and Camello both have volunteered at Transforming Care at Bedside (TCAB), a medical surgical unit focusing on improvement in four categories: safe and reliable care, vitality and teamwork, patient-centered care value, and added care process, according to their website.

“We basically shadow nurses, but also take care of patients while the nurses are busy,”

Guijarro said.

Guijarro said Camello encourages him and their friends to volunteer. He said one of the reasons they’re friends is because of her character. He said she’s constantly sending him emails about volunteer opportunities.

“She volunteers at any event, anything humanitarian,” Guijarro said. “We’re friends because we have the same personality and the same tone, but most importantly, we encourage each other to be a better versions of ourselves.”

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EOP&S awards student of the month

Guijarro said they are volunteering at a similar camp next year in March and November. Camello said she prefers working in a hospital rather than a school because of the environment and prestigious hospital settings. She volunteered for women activist Amber Rose’s SlutWalk in 2015.

“I really liked the message behind it, and I signed myself up,” Camello said. “She’s all for equality, same pay, for women being treated the same way,

and women to be able to dress however, and I really like that message.”

Cecilia Macias, bible studies major at Cal. State University, Northridge, met Camello at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times in 2015. Macias volunteers with her church, but also at events such as Relay for Life.

“We ended up being roommates at Camp Ronald McDonald and we spent a lot of time together,” Macias said.

Macias said she is inspired

by Camello’s dedication. While working multiple jobs, she still finds time to volunteer.

“She’s not afraid to be silly, and I think that’s so important, especially when working with children,” Macias said. “She’s not scared to sing a song or dance. She’s very nurturing, and the kids look up to that. When I see her with other kids, she’s in the moment with them.”

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STEM major Nhung Ton, 21, works in the Chemistry Stockroom in the Center for Sciences room 92019 on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Some may have thought that Nhung Ton was shy because she rarely spoke.

But because English wasn’t her native language, she was hesitant to speak.

Safety glasses resting in her blue labcoat pocket, Ton reminisces about her time in Vietnam and coming to the United States.

Recently, she was presented the Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOP&S) student of the month award, given to students who show that they are able to overcome challenges and continue the pursuit of education.

She emigrated to the United States at 19, and is majoring in

chemistry, hoping to transfer to the University of California, Berkeley and pursue a career in psychiatry.

Ton said the hardest thing about her transition to America was learning English. She began taking English in high school in Vietnam, however the class focused on grammar, not speaking.

Though Ton was confident in all her other classes, she struggled in English class the most.

“Most of my classes were nine point something GPA, but the only course to limit me was English,” Ton said. Her teacher, however, did not let her feel that this was going to hold her back.

“He told me slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,” Ton said. “Six years I learned English in Vietnam, and it wasn’t beneficial.”

Ton came to the United States for a family reunion. She said her grandmother came first, followed by her father, her siblings, and most recently, her mother.

She said her family was lucky to be able to come to the United States as quickly as they did.

“It usually takes five to 10 years; in our case, it took two or three,” Ton said.

When Ton first arrived to the United States, she was nervous to speak English to just about everyone, including cashiers. To overcome that anxiety, she took a job as a cashier at a local Vietnamese restaurant.

“At first, I was nervous to talk to them,” Ton said. “But the owner was very nice and showed me some skills.”

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Chanelle Camello, student volunteer, donates her time helping organizations such as Childrens Hospital and Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Camello poses for a photo at Pierce College on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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They came, they saw, they de-bate

e British National Debate Team paired with the Pierce College Communication Association to discuss sports enhacing drugs

Unlike the kicking and screaming type of arguments between close friends or family members, international debaters showcased their argumentative abilities.

The Pierce College Communication Association (PCCA) hosted the National Communication Association’s (NCA) British National Debate Team for a discussion on performance enhancing drugs on Thursday, Oct. 5 in the Faculty/Staff Resource building.

“I think showing the students the world of debate is made more tangible when they see fellow students and colleagues going up against seasoned debaters,” Robert Loy, an assistant professor of communication studies, said. “This is about inspiring and promoting diversity, as well as critical thinking.”

The British team visited Pierce for its fifth stop on a 52-day tour of American colleges, organized by the NCA’s Committee for International Discussion and Debate (CIDD) and the English-Speaking Union (ESU). The team was invited to Pierce to expose students to the practice of debate.

“It’s to show the process of collaborating and talking with each other to form coherent arguments,” Loy said.

Richard Hunter, one of the debaters from the British team, said that the tour has been a staple of the ESU since 1922 and is intended to

showcase the skills of international debating and to inspire faculty to impart those skills to students.

“We’re focused on outreach, bringing debate to different educational institutions, and empowering teachers and staff to be able to teach debate,” Hunter said. “It’s just a good way to bring the skills that have been drilled into us to a completely different environment and share them.”

Hunter and Rebecca Howarth of the British team collaborated with PCCA members Jacqueline Lopez and Hector Zuniga to form arguments for and against the debate’s topic, “This house would allow the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports.”

Howarth and Zuniga took an affirmative stance, arguing that performance enhancing drugs should be allowed in professional sports, and Hunter and Lopez argued in opposition.

According to Hunter and Howarth, the topic was chosen to address the prominence of performance enhancing drugs in modern sports and for its novelty.

“There’s been a lot in the news about athletes who’ve had great achievements, only for it to come out that they’ve used performance enhancing drugs, but I also think that it’s a fun debate topic,” Howarth said. “There are a number of classic debate topics that you do quite a lot, like, ‘This house would implement the death penalty’. But this is something a little bit different.”

The two teams had a wide variety of topics to choose from, but Loy agreed that this would be a particularly interesting one, Hunter said.

Zuniga began the debate by arguing the affirmative position’s point that regulations against performance enhancing drugs in professional sports cause athletes to seek alternative “designer steroids,” which are harder to detect, but riskier to use. He further argued that allowing and regulating the use of these drugs and emphasizing proper usage and dosage would benefit the health of athletes who take them.

Zuniga’s points were then crossexamined by Lopez of the opposing stance, who questioned the veracity of the health benefits said to be offered by performance enhancing

drugs and pointed out a link between their use and the development of cancer. Hunter argued for the negative position first, presenting his and Lopez’s contention that performance enhancing drugs given to athletes who have suffered injuries, aid them before they have had the chance to fully recuperate, causing long-term damage to their bodies.

After the two sides reiterated and summarized their arguments and answered questions posed by attendants, the audience voted Hunter and Lopez of the negative stance as victors of the debate.

Following the debate, Howarth expressed appreciation for the opportunity to debate with a Pierce College student and for the new experience that it offered.

“If you debate with one person a lot, you know how they think and you get into this comfort zone. You go into autopilot,” Howarth said.

“It was really great debating with somebody who had a completely different perspective. Hector’s strengths were my weaknesses and vice-versa, so I think it really helps you build diversity in your tactics.”

Zuniga hopes that the demonstration of both the PCCA and

the British team’s skill, along with the introduction of an interesting topic, inspires Pierce students to become more interested in debate.

“We got the best of both worlds. We were able to showcase not just Pierce College, but what the British team had too, and we were able to teach people about a new topic,” Zuniga said. “I hope that this inspires students to want a debate team here. I think, after today, a lot of people will be pumped for it.”

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Jacqueline Lopez, and Richard Hunter from The British National Debate Team partners with the the Pierce College Communication Association to debate the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

It’s all in the details

The costume is a large part of the character. The details put into the attire can highlight aspects of their personalities and set a scene.

In Theatre Arts 411 Costuming for Theatre, students create pieces of garment that also may include costumes on current department productions.

The class is taught by adjunct theater professor Eileen Gizienski on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Performing Arts Building.

“When we first come to class, some of them don’t know how to thread a needle, not have any kind of sewing experience, by but the time we get to the end of class, they’re very comfortable using the tools that the class require,” Gizienski said.

Students are introduced to design principles, historic research methods, pattern and construction techniques, sewing equipment usage and maintenance. Students also learn how to collaborate with others on assignments.

Pierce student Emily Katz said they have to work on samples before they work on costumes.

“It’s nice to work with my hands and actually create something instead of sitting a room,” Katz said.

It’s not necessary to know how to work a sewing machine before taking this class. Students can create an authentic piece of clothing, and that can help them recognize what goes into costume design.

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Above: A variety of color threads are displayed on a rack in the Performing Arts Building at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 5, 2017. Photo by Samantha Bravo.

Above left: A rack of old costumes sits in storage in the Performing Arts Building at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 5, 2017. Photo by Samantha Bravo.

Below: Emily Katz shows Michelle Becknel how to thread the string in the sewing machine while in Costuming for the Theatre class in the vanity room underneath the Performing Arts Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 5, 2017. Photo by Randi Love.

Above: Michelle Becknel uses a needle to sew her pieces together in the vanity room, in the vanity room under the Performing Arts Building at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 5, 2017.

Photo by Samantha Bravo.

Remedials will remain

Placement test removal at CSUs won't change Pierce transfer policies

MICKIE SHAW Reporter @mickieshaw77

California State Universities will no longer require remedial classes in English and math for first-time freshmen. However, this new policy will not change Pierce’s transfer requirements.

The English placement test and the entry level math tests will not be used as a single measure of course placement for CSU freshmen. The new placements will be based on several factors including high school GPA, advanced placement scores, ACT and SAT scores.

The policy is an executive order by CSU Chancellor Timothy White and will be implemented in fall 2018. Students scoring below college math and English in the assessments, will be required to enroll in the Early Start Program during the summer, which offers remedial courses.

The state has put pressure on CSU to graduate students sooner. Remedial courses add more time to a student's time at a university.

According to Transfer Center Director Sunday Salter, this change shouldn't have too much of an effect on prospective transfer students.

“We still are requiring our students to remediate to handle college-level coursework,” Salter said. “Ninety percent of our students assess below college levels. They need to prepare before they can handle the college rigor.”

To transfer, Pierce students have to pass a college-level math course.

“Our goal is to prepare them for success after transfer. If that means they have to take some remediation classes to get there, that is what we are going to require,” Salter said.

Hans Johnson, the director of the Higher Education Center at the Public Policy Institute of California, said that high school performance indicates how well a student will perform in college.

“Using other measures will actually significantly reduce the number of students who are placed in remediation,” Johnson said.

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Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, who hosts a weekly podcast, said during an interview, “Most students in remediation should not have been there.”

Freshmen will enroll in math and English classes appropriate to their major and skill level according to the college’s individual assessment. If they do not pass their classes, they will have to take the courses again.

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Moses said this summer was a unique challenge because faculty began using the SIS, and data suggested students had problems effectively enrolling in classes, which created under-enrolled classes that would have eventually been filled.

“There was more class cancellation then there was previously,” Moses said. “Many departments asked administration to hold out on canceling classes, and sometimes, those requests were responded to, but many were cancelled prematurely.”

Some department chairs are in favor of a proposal to allow classes with more than 10 students, but not yet 15, remain open during registration hoping that they’ll be filled, Moses said.

Vice Chair of the Math Department

Edouard Tchertchian said that the different departments came to vote on a solution for premature class cancellation to prevent a similar situation from recurring.

"The APC and the group of department chairs on campus voted to have a situation where, if ten students were enrolled in a class, then the class would not be cancelled until the end of week one,” Tchertchian said.

Distance Education Coordinator

Wendy Bass announced that the Title V grant, that started in 2012, ended. It served to fund faculty trainings to assist students with their online courses and to teach the use of software programs.

“We have no funding right now for the Title V grant for distance education,” Bass said. “We’re still here, everything is still moving well, but we do have to get the funding to support much of the software features that we use in teaching online.”

Young American for change

Immigrant looks to bring freedom and liberty to student body

JORDAN NATHAN Reporter @JNathan_Roundup

The appeal of politics has grown within the youth population through recent years, especially during and following the 2016 presidential election. Millennials have formed groups across the nation. Pierce College is home to at least four, one run by a determined woman.

Tahmineh Dehbozorgi, the chapter president of the Young Americans for Liberty, created the club on campus to make sure that students knew that there was always someone to support them. She said the club would provide a space where people who could work together if they felt they couldn't say things others might not agree with.

Dehbozorgi immigrated from Iran in 2016. She was nationally ranked in the top 1 percent of the 2016 class in Iran and was admitted to Allameh Tabatabayi Law School. However, she decided to move to America because she said it was the land of liberty, where she could follow her dreams and pursue a political career.

“When I came to America for the first time, everyone accepted me with open arms as if I had been born there, and then I learned about the U.S. Constitution and how great it is,” Dehbozorgi said. “America is the only country with these amendments and outlines, and the U.S. Constitution is the greatest document ever written, I believe, and I will do my best to protect it.”

According to Dehbozorgi, she came to California because she said that everyone looked to California as a big political field in America, and her efforts with YAL would be able to pour out all across the United States.

“Los Angeles is a place where a lot of Iranians live, and we had some friends here,” Dehbozorgi said. “Also, California is similar to where I came from in Iran. There is a lot of diversity, and this helped me realize that California is now my battlefield

for politics. There is a lot going on with the government in California, and we should start making changes, especially in our college campuses when it comes to freedom of speech.”

She chartered the club at Pierce in September and gathered more than 100 signatures of students willing to join. During the first meeting, about 30 students showed up to participate. According to Dehbozorgi, her motivation comes from seeing liberty-minded students who are passionate about their work and will fight to reach their goals.

“We conduct different activism programs through YAL,” Dehbozorgi said. “For example, we hope to have open forum discussions with students on current topics and connect them with different opportunities like a leadership school, where they train students to become leaders or how to pursue careers in different fields.”

Dehbozorgi explained that there were many reasons why she wanted to create YAL on campus, but she really focused on liberty after receiving guidance from other YAL members.

“I was invited to go to YAL Con 2017 by the former Western Regional Director of YAL during the summer,” Dehbozorgi said. “I was trained on how to start my own chapter of YAL at Pierce College. At the event, I met Senator Rand Paul, Congressman Justin Amash, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Congressman Thomas Massie and about 400 other activists who love liberty.”

Dehbozorgi said she figured out that she wanted to pursue a career in politics after she visited Europe and met other international students from different backgrounds.

“I went to Germany on a scholarship for a language boot camp, which became one of

the turning points in my life,” Dehbozorgi said. “There were many students going to Germany from all these other countries with different backgrounds, and we talked, and then I realized that it is important to have this unity. This helped me realize that I should change my life to get political. I wanted to go internationally and fight for liberty and work on it for everyone's benefit.”

Lauren Dziedzic, the free speech coordinator of the YAL club, said that she had known about YAL for years when she first met Dehbozorgi.

“On the first day of Club Rush, I saw the Gadsden Flag, which is a libertarian icon. It’s bright yellow and flashy, and Tahmineh was there,” Dziedzic said. “I told her that I didn't know we had a YAL chapter. She told me it was new on campus, so I said, ‘Thank God, I didn't miss out on anything.’ So, I joined.”

Dehbozorgi wants to change Pierce's school policies and allow for more freedom of speech. She said she would change some of the ways that school administration runs things.

“I want to make the school an area where everyone can express themselves without being scared of the school administration,” Dehbozorgi said. “We also want to change the bureaucracy on campus because it has postponed a lot of our efforts as well as other clubs.”

According to Dehbozorgi, she fights for liberty to create change.

“The only way we can make changes in the policies of our government and our society is to start from ourselves, our colleges and our own community,” Dehbozorgi said.

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Helping take the next step forward

Transfer center workshops aim to speed up degree acquisition and transfers

STEVEN TAN Reporter @stevent_roundup

The average length to transfer or obtain an associate’s degree from a community college is about two to six years, however, there's a center dedicated to speeding up that process.

The Transfer Center is organizing workshops to help students complete their educational goals, hosting representatives from different

universities next week and in the following months.

Sunday Salter, the transfer center director, said that representatives from Cal. State University, Northridge, University of California, Los Angeles and others will be coming to Pierce to answer and guide students on how to apply to universities.

People who recently transferred from UCLA will meet with students one-on-one to explain what it takes to get into a UC. A CSUN peer mentor will

speak about the importance of following a major and describe the CSU application process, Salter said.

"They can ask specific transfer questions,” Salter said. “They can ask about special transfer programs, like the Transfer admissions guaranteed program, the associate degree transfer, and they can attend workshops here on all these topics."

Transfer Center mentor Rosa Medrano said students uncertain about their majors can explore the options at Pierce and ask

questions if planning to change majors.

"For students that are undecided, I recommend meeting with a counselor as early as possible and then start taking courses from the GE plan, whether the IGETC or the CSU plan,” Medrano said. "If they switch their major, and they want to transfer, they should check with assist.org and make sure that whatever campus they plan on transferring to meets their major prep requirements."

Carlos Hernandez, a full-time

student, said he was able to meet with a counselor and setup a plan.

- Sunday Salter Transfer center

"At first, I didn't know what to do and what career path to follow,” Hernandez said. “But when I told my counselor and other people what my interests were, they were able to find a career path for me to follow and multiple others.”

According to Salter, it is best to choose a major early because then a student will follow through and continue their journey. The sooner a major is decided on, the sooner it becomes a measure of effort, she said.

“When you are undecided, it makes it impossible to plan out a course of action,” Salter said.

According to Salter, to be a transfer student and to be successful, these questions have to be answered: what major would you like to pursue, and what universities would you like to apply to?

“We are all on our own timeline,” Salter said. “It is important to choose the right major and the right school you want to go to for your own success. It is OK if it takes you a bit longer. We are not going to kick you out until you have found success."

“It is OK if it takes you a bit longer. We are not going to kick you out until you have found success.”

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Tahmineh Dehbozorgi, Chapter President of Young Americans for Liberty, stands in the courtyard behind the Library at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.

Let's talk about sex(uality) Blatigenous and IDEAS host discussion on race and sex

ANNA CLARK Features Editor @AnnaClarkReport

There was a different kind of sex-ed being discussed on campus Monday when students learned about knowledge based research and sociopolitical mosaics during Tuesday’s speaker series.

Hosted by the Blatigenous and IDEAS clubs, Juan Battle led a discussion about LGBTQ people of color in the Great Hall.

Battle is an instructor of sociology, urban education and social welfare at the graduate center of the City University of New York. He received his associate's and bachelor's degree at York College of Pennsylvania and his master's and doctoral degree from the University of Michigan.

Battle, who headed the research project Social Justice Sexuality, addressed students by reviewing what his research showed, and how it is important to create studies based on knowledge instead of pathologizing people.

“I wanted to do a sexuality study that examined what condoms couldn't hold,” Battle said. “I wanted to stretch the thinking and talk about sexuality beyond vaginal and penile sexuality.”

According to Battle, when he began his study, he wanted to document and celebrate a sociopolitical mosaic of people’s lived experiences.

Battle’s research centered around five areas: sociopolitical involvement, family formations, spirituality, racial and sexual identity and mental and physical health.

Battle’s research revealed that the three major components of sexual identity that don't always add up are:

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Windrum encourages students to join the Film Club and attend the film series.

“Not only do you see a really interesting movie, but the panel discussions are great, because not only are the professors and the

Professor Juan Battle shares his personal stories and findings on being a person of color in the LGBTQ America to Pierce students and faculty in the Great Hall at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

identity, behavior and attraction. According to Battle, it is key to recognize people's differences to see a sociopolitical mosaic of representations.

panelists interesting, but then people in the audience ask questions,” Windrum said. According to Windrum, college life should involve seeing something, learning from it and then talking about it with your peers, and the film series allows students to do just that,

“I've seen that when we have a race-blind society, white people lead,” Battle said. “When we have a gender-blind society, men lead. When we have a class-blind society,

he said.

Aside from the film series, Shaktah said the club will be producing original films. Members voted for a professional pillow fight competition film this semester.

“It was initially going to be one project, but due to the overwhelming

Hep A outbreak Cases in LA and SD counties spark concern

ROCIO ARENAS Reporter @rarenas_roundup

Clean, healthy living is usually used to describe what goes in someone’s body. But a similar mindset could keep something out.

The Pierce College Student Health Center received an email from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health warning of a local outbreak of hepatitis A due to recent cases that appear to have been locally contracted.

The outbreak raises concerns for school officials because of the high-contact environment and accessibility of school facilities to the public.

“While many of us can’t imagine going to the bathroom without washing our hands, people do, especially children,” Benne said.

Health Center Director Beth Benne said hepatitis A is transmitted through fecal-oral contamination. Anyone can come in contact with the virus through an infected person’s feces, food or other contaminated objects.

People can contract the virus through bodily contact. A handshake with an infected and improperly washed hand could mean infection for the other person.

Food handlers are also responsible.

In restaurants, there are signs stating that employees must wash their hands every time they use the bathroom, Benne said.

“The best thing anybody can do is get the vaccine and handwashing,” Benne said. “The protocol is two vaccines, with six months in between one and two, and it is lifelong.”

Benne said the Student Health Center will also take part in advising students on campus.

“We practice what we preach, and we’re always preaching handwashing, and we’re passing out hand sanitizers,” Benne said. “Right now, it’s about pushing immunization and proper handwashing.”

Restrooms on campus are also a concern in the event of a local outbreak.

“Our plant facilities does a

Day of Politics

rich people win.”

Dom Reyes, a first semester Pierce student majoring in sociology and art, is a member of the Resist Club, Blatigenous and IDEAS.

According to Reyes, he did not think about the amount of pathological research that is conducted. With that research, Reyes said that things become too generalized, which is not appropriate.

President of the Pierce LGBT Club Gabie Castleberry said that she is very excited about the upcoming events on campus about topics of gender and sexuality.

"It's really important, especially because this event was specifically for people of color, which is an area that we need a lot of support for LGBTQ people,” Castleberry said.

Battle said that seeing various representations of people on campus can be as simple as signage.

“For example, a lot of the posters that you see might be of people hanging out around an issue that has to do nothing with sexuality,” Battle said. “It could be, go to room 804 to register for classes, and you see students standing there and two guys are holding hands. It creates a space that says, ‘Oh, this does reflect both.’”

According to Reyes, Pierce can create a safe space for LGBTQ students by being open about everything and having discussions.

“Provide a safe space as much as you can, and look at different intersectionalities that come with everything,” Reyes said.

To find more information about Battle’s study, visit socialjusticesexuality.com

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demand, we decided to break it up into multiple projects,” Shaktah said. “We will have many projects coming out from many different students at Pierce, which is a great way to represent the talent Pierce College has."

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tremendous job, and I think everybody can participate in the solution to our bathrooms,” Benne said.

enclosed areas where you have students. People who handle food, children, hospital workers, those who work with the homeless, or those who work in places with a lot of people, are at the most risk of getting hepatitis,” Shteyman said.

Good handwashing is a must and so is vaccination, which the center offers on campus, Shteyman said.

M.D. Physician Mitchell Nishimoto said hepatitis contamination could complicate other existing conditions.

“Once it enters the body, it localizes its damage to the liver,” Nishimoto said.

Students need to check their immunization records to make sure they received the two doses against hepatitis A, Benne said.

Kira Shteyman, a faculty nurse practitioner, said contamination is as easy as someone who has the hepatitis A virus touching food or a surface and then infecting the person who touches that same food or surface.

“It’s a concern, especially, in

Nishimoto said students should wash their hands with soap and water as frequently as they can, and avoid resorting to hand sanitizers unless there is no other option available.

“Because it’s so highly contagious, that’s why the Health Department gets involved once you start getting cases. It’s very easy to spread if there isn’t good hygiene,” Nishimoto said.

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Debates

and guest speakers come to Pierce October 19

JENNIFER BELCHER Reporter @jbelcher94

California’s future is up for debate at Day of Politics, giving Pierce College students a few hours to speak with State Senator Henry Stern and Assemblymember Matt Dababneh.

Day of Politics is an interactive experience where students are exposed to a number of specific topics and are given the opportunity to debate different issues and ideas. The event will be on Thursday, Oct. 19, in the Great Hall from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

“We usually have 20 propositions on the ballot,” said associate professor of political science Denise Robb. “We can’t do all of them; that could be a week of politics. We pick the ones that students are most interested in and the most popular.”

UCLA transfer representatives will be live streaming the event.

“UCLA contacted me about wanting to co-host the event,” Robb said. “It’s a bit like an alliance. They want Pierce students to come to UCLA.”

Day of Politics is for all students and faculty interested in learning more about political sciences.

“Whether students realize it or not, they are influenced by politics and public policy,” said Political Science instructor Kassem Nabulsi. “Traffic lights, courses they have to take to graduate, daylight savings—it's all controlled by government. They might as well learn about it, debate the issues and see other ideas.”

Tahmineh Dehbozorgi, the Chapter President of Young Americans for Liberty, wants all students to attend the event.

“Students are going to meet some of their representatives, and it’s really important to know who is representing us and what do they

stand for,” Dehbozorgi said. “All of the political clubs on campus are participating and debating about different controversial issues that affect everyone’s lives.”

Day of Politics events are organized by Robb and cosponsors the student organizations Alpha Gamma Sigma, the Political Science Society, ASO, Young Americans for Liberty, the College Democrats and Republicans and the Vegan Society.

“Day of Politics is an event where different clubs can reflect their positions and where students can learn and debate issues,” Nabulsi said.

Former City Councilmember and Mayor of Santa Monica Michael Feinstein will discuss proportional representation, money in politics and electoral reform. Feinstein is also a member of the Green Party.

“We don’t have too many third party leaders, so to have Feinstein coming is a big deal,” Robb said.

Common Cause, a nonpartisan grassroots organization, will discuss gerrymandering and corporate personhood.

Political clubs and societies on campus are hoping to motivate students to participate and even join their various clubs.

“We don’t want to alienate any students on campus. We want students to be free to express their ideas,” Nabulsi said.

YAL wants to bring awareness about constitutional rights and liberty, such as free speech, and welcomes all students.

“Our goal is to cast the leaders of tomorrow and reclaim the policies, candidates and direction of our government,” Dehbozorgi said. “We welcome classical liberals, libertarians, conservatives and anyone else that believes in liberty and the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.”

“Right now, it’s about pushing immunization and proper handwashing.”

-Kira Sheyman faculty nurse practitioner

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Tallie marks

City section winner brings success to the college level

YASMIN YEROVI Reporter

@YasminYerovi

In Peru where soccer is the most popular sport, women’s volleyball is not far behind as they have seen success at the international stage winning silver in the 1988 Olympics.

For Tallie Monsalve, that is not an exception as she wants to go far ever since having the passion for the sport when she was little.

The 18-year-old nursing major began playing on a volleyball team when she was in sixth grade, but remembers the first time she was introduced to the game as a kid and was inspired by her aunt to play the game.

“In sixth grade my aunt found a volleyball clinic, and she was encouraging me to go and play,” Monsalve said. “The girls were older than me, so at first I didn’t want to, but she still pushed me to play.”

Tallie played for El Camino Real High School, the winners of the LA City Section Division I girls’ volleyball title.

Tallie Monsalve started her first year as libero for the women’s volleyball team this season. She was the libero for El Camino Real’s LA City Section Division I title-winning team and has been playing volleyball since she was a little girl and does not plan on giving it up anytime soon.

After six years, Monsalve

plans to continue playing volleyball at the university level.

“I love playing volleyball. If I didn’t have volleyball in my life, I don’t know what I’d be doing,” Monsalve said.

She is open to opportunities to go pro like her favorite volleyball player, Brenda Castillo.

Monsalve mentioned that if it doesn’t happen, she would be okay because she plans to have a career in nursing.

Monsalve credits head coach Nabil Mardini for her confidence this season.

“We still have time to improve, and I feel like we will improve and work better together and find that rhythm that we need. We have the tools, we just need to know how to execute them,”

Monsalve said. “We’re all good friends. I love the program, and we have a really good coach.”

Casey Hele, the setter, said she likes her teammates, and the unity makes a good environment in the locker room.

“I really like all the girls on the team. It’s a good environment. We’re always pushing each other, and we all have similar mindsets as far as our goals and trying to get better,” Hele said.

Opposite player Rachel Wiley said that the team will only get stronger as the season progresses.

“I feel like we’re definitely going to get stronger. There are some things we need to work on,

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Football rivalry renewed

Pierce heads to Valley to claim Victory Bell Saturday

JOSHUA MANES Managing Editor @TheManesEvent

This Saturday the Brahmas hope the bell tolls for them.

Pierce (2-3) looks to reclaim the Victory Bell when they open conference play at cross-town rival LA Valley College (3-2) Saturday night.

While Pierce had rang the bell six straight years, the last two seasons have been undisputably ruled by the Monarchs, outscoring the Brahmas 103-20. A 39-7 victory in 2015 was followed by an even more dominant 64-13 dismantling in 2016.

“We think we’re capable, as I’m sure they probably thought the past two years,” interim head coach James Sims said. “We really believe we’re built to play with them this year and bring the bell back home. But it’s about effort.”

The Brahmas are coming off a bye week, in which they had light practices Monday and Tuesday and were in the weight room the other days.

“I think at this point it’s more important to go into the game healthy,” Sims said. “Everybody knows the plays, their assignments and job, you just gotta do it. If

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Volleyball wins on the road

Brahmas maintain first place in WSC-East, stay at No. 4 in state

FELIPE GAMINO Sports Editor @fgamino13

Since beating the number one seed Cabrillo College, the Brahmas kept the winning streak going as they beat Allan Hancock College on Friday.

With the win the Brahmas go 14-5 and remain first in the Western State-East conference after 19 games played in the season. They also move up six places as they are the fourth ranked team in state.

Throughout the game, the team dominated, including two of three sets the Brahmas won by an abismal difference.

In the first set, the team won 25-6 while in the second they won 25-5. In the last set, Hancock showed fight and only lost that set by nine points.

Head Coach Nabil Mardini mentioned that he’s happy to keep winning as long as there is progress coming from his players.

“It’s all good, as long as we make progress. For me winning is good, but bottomline we need to keep practicing and keep getting better,” Mardini said.

Cairo Harell and Anamaria Stanciu each had 11 kills, but had Harell had better kill percentage with 64.3 percent.

Rachel Wiley had four kills, while Haley Rouselle, Shari Volpis and Sydney Long had three kills each.

Tallie Monsalve had four service aces, while Victoria Estes, Linnea Romero had three. Rouselle, Long, Monsalve and Merisa Marquez

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we can come in the more healthy team that gives us an advantage.”

According to Sims, quarterback Jhakari Harrison has been dealing with turf toe, and his status for Saturday’s game is uncertain. The Brahmas have utilized a rotation of Jonathon Saavedra and Harrison behind center throughout the season.

“I really think Jhakari could help us, because there’s some things Valley does that we can expose with a fast quarterback. Hopefully, he’s ready to go Saturday.”

The bye week provided time for preparation, but it also gave an extra week for the taste of the 31-13 drubbing by the San Diego Mesa College Olympians to linger in the Brahmas’ mouths.

“Everybody knows we just didn’t come out,” Sims said. “I don’t know if it was the overflow from the week before having a victory. I think it was good for us going into conference to be brought back to reality and realize that we have to work hard to win. Sometimes in a loss you can find a positive.”

The season has been up-anddown, both on and off the field. Pierce has alternated wins and losses through the first five games, but the record doesn’t reflect the

season’s struggles and triumphs.

Following a week two victory against LA Southwest College, head coach Jason Sabolic and defensive coordinator Torry Hughes were fired for, reportedly, a decorum violation stemming from that game.

Sims, the strength coach and fitness coordinator, stepped in as interim head coach and has led the team to a 1-2 record since.

“If I get the team that played Mt. San Jacinto back, then we’ll be good,” Sims said. “If I get the team that played last week we’re in trouble. It depends who shows up, and we’re going to work real hard to make sure the right team shows up.”

The American Pacific Conference is still up for grabs with five of six teams at either 3-2 or 2-3 at the start of conference play. Allan Hancock College (3-2) heads to Santa Barbara Community College (3-2) while Antelope Valley College (2-3) hosts Citrus College (1-4).

“We’ve got to go into every Saturday ready to play,” Sims said. “It’s never going to be a situation where we walk in and this is supposed to be our game. We’re going to have to earn every win.”

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The Brahmas are back on the field following their bye Tuesday and 7-0 loss to College of the Canyons.

Pierce will host the Santa Monica College Corsairs at The Pit Santa Monica visit Brahma territory following a win against Victor Valley College and Glendale Community College.

With the loss, the Brahmas sit in second place in the Western StateSouth conference.

The Corsairs sit in first place with a 7-3-2 overall record. The game begins at 4 p.m.

had two service aces each.

Mardini mentioned that he played most of his bench players and the reason why the first two sets the scores were huge was because the other team was inferior.

“It’s an inferior team. We are supposed to beat a team like that,” Mardini said. “We didn’t play all the stars. We played the entire bench and we played well. When you play teams like that, you never want to play down.”

For Hancock, Mitzi Garcia was the best player as she had two kills, while Isabella Albano, Kaelyn Mossholder and Amiee Domingues had one kill each.

Anamaria Stanciu mentioned the team did pretty good despite they could have been more clinical in the game.

“It was a good game. I feel we could have done a better job and play the way we play Brahma ball. I felt we could have done a lot better,” Stanciu said.

Stanciu mentioned that despite who they play they should always perform to the standards that the team requires.

“Regardless of any team, I feel that we should play the way we know how to play, not mattering who is on the other side, we should just focus on our side,” Stanciu said.

The Brahmas had a total of 41 kills, 18 servce aces and 21 digs.

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Brahma of the Week

Cairo Harrell

Sport: Volleyball

Position: MB

Class: Sophomore

Hometown: Lancaster, CA

11 kills in the game against Hancock College

How did you feel about your performance?

“I felt I did good. I thought I played like I should play against a team that is weaker than us.”

What do you feel you can improve on?

“Hitting that cut back. Moving more to the center and being available as possible.”

What are your individual goals for the remainder of the season?

“To be an outstanding teammate and trying to be a selfless player and show that I’m here for anybody.”

How do you want your coaches to remember you by?

“I want them to remember me by my mouth and my voice.”

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Tallie Monsalve preps to serve during volleyball pratice on Ken Stanley Court on Oct. 9, 2017 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills.

Brahmas fall in the Canyons

Pierce soccer team suffers biggest loss in program history

The soccer team were shutout on the road, losing 7-0 to College of the Canyons being the biggest loss in program history.

The Brahmas with the loss drop to second place in the Western State- South conference following Santa Monica College Corsairs’ win over Victor Valley.

The team came into Friday’s game against College of the Canyons with a defensive game plan that was tested immediately. COC pressed forward and dominated the possession early on, creating a couple chances before breaking through with the first goal from midfielder Angel Quintero in the 14th minute.

The team was unable to execute the game plan as COC’s offense continued to control the pace of the game. Angel Quintero and midfielder Kiara Gunn led the COC offense and opened up the field and attacked the wings.

The Brahmas’ defense was unable to cover the through balls that were being fed to the edge of the field, thus creating scoring opportunities for COC.

COC midfielder Crystal Sanchez snuck a ball under Brianna Jacobo’s outstretched arm to add a second goal for COC. Kiara Gunn followed with a goal on an assist by Angel Quintero just before the halftime whistle.

The Brahmas trailed 3-0 at halftime, having yet to get a shot on COC’s goalkeeper Jordan Burrow.

COC had 13 shots on Jacobo.

As the second half began, COC continued to aggressively press the team’s defense. The team struggled and the COC offense capitalized on the defensive miscues.

Six minutes into the second half, Kiara Gunn scored her second goal of the game, making the score 4-0.

Jennifer Roney scored the fifth goal for COC in the 56th minute, and Kylia Bradford scored the sixth goal for COC in the 62nd minute.

After the sixth goal, COC made a complete team change,

in which the bench came in to substitute the starting lineup. In the 72nd minute, forward Emily Aguilar scored the seventh goal for COC. In the 79th minute, play was

halted as Jennifer Veliz suffered an ankle injury and had to be subbed off.

The final whistle ended the Brahmas’ nightmare, with the final score being 7-0.

Head Coach Adolfo Perez explained that the team usually plays with an attacking game plan that usually brings them success, but this game was unlike their usual games.

“We tried to play a very defensive game, which we are not used to. It got us out of our comfort zone,” Perez said. “They’re a good team, but we’ve played better teams this year already, and we’ve either won or got a tie.” Perez said that the game plan

was defensive because of injuries the team has suffered. Leading scorer Gisell Cruz was out this game due to a quad injury, Adriana Sosa just underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair her ACL and Leslie Jolon tore her ACL in Tuesday’s game against Oxnard College. Goalkeeper Brianna Jacobo did not blame any one player, she said the entire team struggled. “Our whole team was a little off today. The way we were playing today was new to us. We were playing defense instead of what we usually play, offense. It just threw us all off,” Jacobo said. The defense had miscues down

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the stretch, and defender Nichole Evans said that the team was miscommunicating, partly because of fatigue.

“I think the midfielders got tired because they have more work to do by going up and back. That affected the second half greatly, because if they’re tired, they come back down less, making opportunity for the other team to score,” Evans said. The soccer team returns to The Pit when they face conference leaders Santa Monica College on Friday, Oct.13 at 4 p.m.

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The women’s volleyball team takes to the home court following their wins against Moorpark and Allan Hancock colleges.

The Brahmas seek to defend their four-game winning streak against the Santa Monica College Corsairs.

Santa Monica comes to Pierce following their loss against West LA College.

Pierce maintains its first place position in the Western State-East conference with an overall record of 14-5.

The game begins at 6 p.m.

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The Brahmas take to the road again in their game against the Citrus College Owls.

Citrus will compete against Glendale Community College on Oct. 11 before hosting Pierce. The match will be the first between the Brahmas and the Owls of the season.

Head Coach Nabil Mardini wants the team to keep the winning streak going.

"The most important thing is that the team keeps improving," Mardini said.

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“We tried to play a defensive game which we are not used to. It got us out of our comfort zone."

-Adolfo Perez Head Coach

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Ashley Oviedo defends against COC midfielder Kiara Gunn at College of the Canyons on Friday, Oct. 6 in Valencia, Calif. The team lost 7-0.

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