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select a Pierce presence to represent you, not only on campus, but also on the state level,” Conrady-Wong said.

Dean of Student Engagement Juan Carlos Astorga said that students who run for election show initiative and care for the college and its community.

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are encouraged to vote on behalf of each campus they are enrolled in.

“You’ll see the candidates for your campus and the student trustees. If you’re taking classes at Harbor, Valley and Pierce, you get to vote on all of those campuses, but only one trustee,” she said.

there and there was a lot of support in the audience for the students going up,” Smith said. Smith said that part of what UMOJA is doing with events like this is reaching out and finding different ways to get involved on campus. Smith said that the open mic night created an opportunity for students to have an outlet to express themselves creatively.

Pierce’s literary magazine Directions joined in collaboration with the event and presented a confession booth where students wrote down and submitted anonymous submissions.

Elliot said she created the confession booth to catch the students that wanted to express themselves but did not feel confident enough to go onstage.

Students seeking representation on campus will have the opportunity to amplify their voices and cast their ballots for Los Angeles Community College District’s (LACCD) new student trustee and the 2018-19 Associated Student Organization (ASO) officers on April 23.

Student Engagement Coordinator Lara Conrady-Wong said the elections will span the course of a week, beginning April 24, and students will vote online.

“Voting is a privilege. I would encourage all students to be engaged in this opportunity to

“They have this commitment for what they want to do in this world, and they want to play a role in making our campus better,” Astorga said. “It prepares them to really think about future opportunities when they transfer from a community college to a four-year university. Hopefully it can grow to other opportunities in the future.”

Conrady-Wong said once students receive an email asking them to vote, those interested may log into a web portal using their SIS password.

Conrady-Wong said students

The physical ease of the voting process should encourage more students to vote, Conrady-Wong said.

Conrady-Wong organized a candidate forum in the Student Engagement Center on Wednesday, April 11 to introduce students to the faces and platforms of their tentative leaders.

Marek Jansin, the candidate for ASO treasurer, and Janvi “Isha” Pasricha, the candidate for ASO president, were in class during the forum and had their statements read in their absence.

In sports, everyone has their role. Players play, coaches coach, and, at the college level, the athletic director oversees it all.

They all have full plates on a daily basis. But what happens when they’re asked to do even more? Whose responsibility is it to inform the public and media that a game has been rescheduled or moved? Who gets the scores online for those that weren’t at the game?

Pierce is lacking a key piece to the athletic department, a sports information director/specialist.

An SID/S is the public relations specialist for athletic departments, who, according to the LACCD, “Performs a variety of paraprofessional and technical public relation duties designed to publicize, promote, and document inter-collegiate athletic programs, games, events, and athletics at a college, build campus spirit, and enhance the visibility of the athletic program with local media outlets and the public.”

The College Sports Information Directors of America offers a far more in-depth description of what an SID does for a school. Editor, publisher, statistician, historian, event manager, media liaison, budget manager, webmaster and publisher are all hats frequently worn by an SID.

These are all tasks that are otherwise put on the shoulders of people with many other responsibilities.

While no school in the district employs one, the LACCD lists the job of Sports Information Specialist on the salary schedule with a salary of about $50,00060,000 per year. Taking the initiative of being the first in the district to have an SID/S could separate Pierce athletics from the other eight schools in the district, giving an advantage in recruiting local talent.

In the Western State Conference, nine of 18 schools

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Quite often, even when it is a small program, athletics are the visible aspect of a school. Success in sports has shown an increase in enrollment at universities, known as “the Flutie effect,” named for quarterback Doug Flutie, who, in 1984, led Boston College to a last-second victory

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against the University of Miami. BC applications increased by 30 percent, according to an article from forbes.com.

According to that same Forbes article, teams with unexpected runs in the NCAA men’s basketball championship also see an increase in enrollment. While these are seen on a greater scale than the community college level, any increase would be beneficial.

An SID/S would put the success of Brahmas sports, both current and former, front-and-center,