Volume 128 Spring 2018 Roundup Issue 9

Set sail toward Vikings Men's Volleyball advances to semifinals against undefeated team

Men’s volleyball advance to the semifinals of the state championship to face the undefeated Long Beach City College Vikings

after a straight set win over the Fullerton College Hornets, Friday night (25-20, 25-12 and 25-17).

The last time men’s volleyball was in the playoffs was in 2013 when Head Coach Lance Walker first took over the program.

Walker attributed his team’s success to the energy of fans in the gym Friday afternoon.

“We had alumni in the crowds, returning players, we had family and friends. The energy was just very positive, which is what we want,” Walker said. “I mean, this is the biggest turnout we’ve had all year. I think that the support helps the confidence of a team like this.”

The Brahmas trailed behind the Hornets by as much as four points.

However, they managed to pull ahead, and Cole Chea got the kill that gave the team the first set.

Chea leads the team in kills with 191, the third highest in the Western State North Conference.

Walker said he was particularly impressed with the steady rhythm the team established early on in the game.

Gather up food and knowledge

Students were given food — and food for thought — at the Vegan Society’s celebration of Earth Day on Thursday, April 19.

Vegan bagels and cream cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches and tacos accompanied a series of discussions led by representatives from local farms as well as environmental and animal advocacy groups in the Great Hall.

For nursing major Matt Phelps, Earth Day is an invitation to reflection and mindfulness.

“Earth Day is basically an event where we get together and we talk about sustainability. We talk about being mindful of Earth’s resources. We talk about veganism, which is very much interconnected to Earth Day and being connected to the planet and how we treat it,” Phelps said.

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology and Faculty Advisor for the Pierce Vegan Society

Stefanie Winnard said that club members feel strongly about their mission.

“All of us in the club are very passionate about protecting our environment and trying to save our planet for future generations,”

Winnard said. “We especially want to highlight one of the leading causes of climate change, which is animal agriculture.”

Winnard said the effects of animal agriculture also extend to deforestation, water pollution, resource depletion, ocean dead zones and species extinction.

Winnard said individuals have the power to engender change by embracing the personal as political and environmental.

“We want to educate the

What is Denim Day?

JESSICA VAUGHAN Arts & Entertainment Editor @JVaughanRoundup

In Italy in the 1990s, the Italian Supreme Court ruled against a young girl who said she was raped by her driving instructor. According to

Peace Over Violence, the chief judge argued, “Because the victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape but consensual sex.”

In 2008, the Pierce College campus introduced the Clothesline Project tradition in response to the

community on the connection between environmental degradation and agriculture and encourage everybody to adopt an earth-friendly lifestyle like going vegan,” Winnard said. “Going Vegan is the single best action a person can do on an individual level to help the planet.”

Karen Snook, the executive director of Kindred Spirits Care Farm at John R. Woodens High School (JRWHS), said tending to the earth and caring for

Denim Day campaign. It has been 10 years since the initial start of the project.

Today, ASO and B.R.A.V.E. are sponsoring the Clothesline Project in honor of the Denim Day campaign today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Rocky Young Park.

Kathy Oborn, Chair of Political Science, Economics and Criminal Justice, started Denim Day at Pierce when she was a team lead for the

animals has a profound social and environmental impact.

JRWHS is a continuation school for at-risk youth on Winnetka Ave.

“We have about 130 students who come to us, wounded. There they work with the animals, tend to the gardens. We teach them not only why, but how to grow food,” Snook said.

“The fact of the matter is that we controlled the tempo of the match,” Walker said.

The Brahmas led the second set from the start as Morgan Wadlow and Cole Chea made crucial kills and blocks that gave the team a 17-10 lead.

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A little unexpected

Campus Violence Response Team (CVRT). In 2007, Holly Hagan, Textbook Buyer, became the colead and in 2008 she brought the Clothesline Project to campus and they have been doing it once a semester since, in October for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and in April for Denim Day.

The Clothesline Project welcomes students to anonymously share their stories of domestic or sexual abuse

on a shirt to be displayed with others from past semesters.

“It's important for everybody to see that they are not the only ones and as sad as it is, it's so common. I think it could help those people who just have been holding it in and always wanted to talk to someone,” Hagan said.

Hagan said that the stories are incredible to read and it can at times be difficult to take in that many people in a small community has struggled

with some form of domestic or sexual abuse.

“It’s pretty empowering to the person who is making the shirt. Especially if it is something that they have been harboring for a very long time,” Hagan said. To read more about Denim Day and its history, visit http:// denimdayinfo.org/.

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Navodya Dharmasiriwardena/ Roundup People at the Earth Day event hosted by the Vegan society eat vegan bagels and cream cheese, grilled cheese sandwiches and tacos in the Great Hall at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on April 19, 2018.

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Men's Volleyball celebrates after scoring a point against Fullerton College during the regional round of the state championship on April 20, 2018, at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. The Brahmas won in straight sets and advanced to the semifinals against the Long Beach City College Vikings.

REBECCA O'NEIL Reporter @RebeccaRoundup

Adjunct theater professor Anna Steers performs "Natural Shocks," a one woman play by Lauren Gunderson, on Sunday, April 22, in the Dow Arena Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. Gunderson wrote the play to fit any woman of any age, of any background. She allowed performances across the country, royalty free, for the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

Photo by Randi Love

REBECCA O'NEIL Reporter @RebeccaRoundup

Map to English Degree

For those that seek an associate’s degree in English, Pierce College is not the right fit.

According to the Pierce website, there are over 80 subjects in which students can receive certificates, degrees and degrees for transfer in. While the college offers a certificate in specialty Automotive Service Technology, it does not offer a simple associate’s degree in English. Though Pierce includes an English degree for transfer, is it the same? After completing two years of course work, some students would rather see their chosen field on their degree instead of a generic “Social and Behavioral Sciences.”

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Also, students who do not plan to transfer, want to start their professional careers, displaying a degree that shows off what they studied and wish to work on.

While interviewing for a job after finishing college, a student who has an associate's degree may be the chosen candidate over more the student who has an associate’s degree for transfer. By having a transfer degree, it insinuates that the student will return to school and may not intend to work fulltime or long-term.

Recently, Pierce held Senior Day, where high school students were invited to come to the campus and learn about degrees offered, meeting students and professors in

KARAN KAPOOR Reporter @KaranRoundup

those fields.

Administration and counselors can begin to find out what majors incoming students would like to study by taking surveys from different high schools and holding degree fairs.

Currently, Pierce offers all the classes that are required for an associate’s degree in English, so why is there not one offered? If Pierce’s admissions department understood how many incoming students seek a degree in English, they could start the process of adding one.

While students may be able to transfer to a four year university that offers a bachelor’s degree in English, it doesn’t create the

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college experience for those that wish to study English in their undergrad.

For students that invest hours in courses like creative writing, or being a part of Pierce’s literary magazine, Directions, having to report that they are an undecided major can dampen self-esteem and their educational process, as it undermines the work that they have invested in an area of study.

In this instance, what happens to the students who were enrolled in an English major, or dreamed their way through high school about studying English?

Pierce, in part with ASO, can begin to organize like minded students who wish to study the

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same degree, whether or not it is offered at Pierce.

Students also can petition and collect data for the amount of students who would sign up for the English associate’s degree if it was offered at Pierce. Finding these numbers could aid to the enrollment of students.

College is supposed to be a place where young minds can find themselves through creativity and studying what they want to learn.

By not offering common degrees, such as English, it disallows students the freedoms of education and does not make the college experience whole.

A significant number of us constantly find ourselves attached to the lives of certain individuals depicted through our TV screensoften irresistibly.

Does anyone ever sit back and contemplate the potential effects that the constant serving of “real aimless drama” could have on the way we live our daily lives?

Reality TV consistently provides audiences with unnecessary drama.

In "Outliers: The Story of Success," journalist, author and speaker Malcolm Gladwell explains that the amount of time needed to become “good” at something is 10,000 hours. “Good” sounds incredibly subjective, but imagine “good” describing Kobe Bryant as a basketball player or Bill Gates as a businessman.

Think of the Gladwell reference in this sense; once a regular viewer of reality TV becomes “good” at watching reality TV, they become experts on living the lives that are depicted on TV.

Along with becoming good at watching reality TV, teenagers and young adults become accustomed to the regularity of the stereotypical lifestyle that comes with being young. Sex, drugs, partying and violence all become okay because these characters continuously send messages to the receivers that their lives on TV are an appropriate

Producers understand that some members of their audience who regularly tune in to their TV series present some willingness to suspend their knowledge of the fact that reality TV is fabricated in some fashion. If this was not the case for most audiences, how would popular shows such as “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” “Jersey Shore” and the recently created “Ball in the Family” draw in so many viewers come air time?

While there are those who are savvy enough to comprehend the distinction between falsehood and reality, there are those who, unfortunately, view these TV series as a means of education. They observe the actions of these celebrities as an appropriate and acceptable way of handling real-life situations. According to studies performed by statistic and analytics company Statistic Brain, the average American youth spends 1,200 hours watching TV per year. Of course, this does not account for the accessibility of reality TV through various media outlets such as personal computers and mobile devices. By the age of 18, the average person will have seen 150,000 violent acts on TV.

The stereotypical grounds which reality TV is setting in regards to race, gender and social behavior is something that will continue to plague the developing minds of teenagers and young adults.

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ROSA ORTEGA Reporter @RosaGabOrtega

From a young age, we’re restricted by our parents to watch only what’s appropriate for our age. As a kid who paid attention to her surroundings, I realized that what I saw happening in my own neighborhood was nothing worse than reality TV. We would frequently hear that reality TV shows feed into negative stereotypes such as women being dramatic or weaker than men.

Yes, women can be falsely portrayed, but they’re not stereotypes that are unfamiliar.

It’s human nature to have stereotypes about a group of people, and we usually learn these stereotypes from our own families.

Despite all the negative stereotypes, there are positive messages and positive stereotypes being transmitted as well. Shows like “Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant” don’t necessarily promote negative stereotypes.

In fact, they can be taken as educational shows, where young girls can see what it’s like to be a struggling teen mom.

Some of us have been seeing teen moms since high school. We were told that they usually will drop out of school and focus on their baby.

It’s in shows like these where

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we see that not every girl fits the stereotype of being a teen mom, and being a dropout.

In a study by economists, Phillip B. Levine from Wellesley College and Melissa S. Kearney from the University of Maryland, it was shown that there were a decrease in teen pregnancies, after the airing of shows like “Teen Mom” and “16 and Pregnant.” Their research found to a 4.3 reduction in teen pregnancies estimate.

“82 percent of teens who report watching ‘16 and Pregnant’ indicate that it ‘helps teens better understand the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood,’” the research wrote.

The same way a show like “Jersey Shore” can feed into the stereotype that young people from New Jersey are tan-loving drunks, a show like “The Voice” can feed into the stereotype that a lot of people from Los Angeles think they have talent.

And is that so bad, if it encourages young and talented individuals to take a risk and chase their dreams?

A variety of reality shows are there to educate and expose the youth to what is around them. Teens will not intake negative stereotypes from TV if they’re educated beforehand and are taught to love their bodies, to be strong and to appreciate their culture.

these materials are free from prior restraint by the virtue of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Accordingly, materials published herein, including any opinions expressed, should not be interpreted as the position of the L.A. Community College District, the college or any officer or employee thereof.

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Web update

Signed contract not reviewed by IT

DOMINIQUE DUNGO Reporter @dominiquedungo

LACCD was supposed to have a district-wide update for its websites, but Pierce College has for the last three years not updated some of its options, which includes some club and teacher information.

Pierce IT Manager Mark Henderson said many changes have been made and more changes are to come.

“A project is currently underway to re-do the Pierce College website. We are awaiting for a contract to be signed to begin work,” Henderson wrote in an email.

Pierce officials said that a contract has already been signed, but it needs to go through the next level of review so that local IT can develop the project plan.

“Once we get the contract signed by local leadership, reviewed by district contracting personnel and ratified by the Board of Trustees, we can then begin to work with the vendor on the project plan to begin within this calendar year,” Henderson said.

The web architect who is supposed to work on the Pierce website is confirmed to be on record.

“However, it is the IT manager that assigns the tasks as directed by senior leadership,” Henderson said. “It is the role of all web personnel to work on the website.”

Kinesiology major Hermain Mariano said she is concerned about the lack of updates.

“Regardless that the general school information has not changed over time, the website’s format could use some changes for accessibility purposes,” Mariano said.

Mariano said she hasn't had trouble accessing the college website until recently.

“The link to the student portal has been inaccessible due to the new promotion of the student portal app available for smartphones,” Mariano said.

Mariano said she is disappointed and feels somewhat uncared for as a student.

“I feel that it’s a big deal. It’s unfair to have not been prioritized as most LACCD colleges,” she said.

Web Architect Carlos Guzman was unavailable to comment about the web update.

The web architect designs, develops, and maintains the technical architecture of web-based applications.

Library for wireless printing

CAMILLE LEHMANN Reporter @camilleslehmann

Some students have the privilege of using wireless printers at home, but for those who don’t, how does printing your work in the library using your own device sound?

For the students that rely on printing at the library, it might become a lot easier and quicker to print a paper right before class with wireless printing.

Chair of the Library Department

Paula Paggi has been trying to incorporate wireless printing for students in the library. She said students could send materials from their cellphones, tablets, or computers to print in the copy tech room without having to use one of the desktop computers.

“We should finally rise to a priority, in the sense that this is what the students are using, this is what they need, and not put another obstacle in getting their

work done and succeeding,” Paggi said.

Technology Librarian Clay Gediman said the library prioritizes wireless printing for students to make it easier to turn in academic assignments.

“If they have something saved on their computer, how are you going to get to it,” Gediman said. “You'd have to print from one of our workstations, and that's fine. We have a lot of places that they can print from, but even then it gets crowded and it's not the most convenient thing.”

Colleges, such as LA Trade Tech and Harbor, have already implemented this technology. Paggis said that Pierce has communicated with them to learn about the programs.

John Mallari, an English major, said he thinks wireless printing will make printing more accessible.

“I’m open to it. I think it will ultimately be easier, and it’s nice to have the option," Mallari said.

Gediman said he noticed a

growth of twice as many students using tablets and cellphones to get their work done.

“So many students are relying so much more on their own devices. People are still using laptops, so that hasn't gone away, but tablets are also added in, phones are added in for more functionality,” Gediman said. “We've been pushing for it for a while. We're seeing students just using their own materials more.”

Music major Jeremy Hernandez said it would make it so that students get in and out quickly..

“I print things on campus, and I would probably use it much more if there was wireless printing," Hernandez said.

For five years, the library worked to have the WI-FI and the payment methods updated to expedite printing, Paggi said. Because not all students carry cash, they are now able to pay to print with cash or credit cards.

After changing that, library staff decided to put in the order for wireless printing. However,

Paggi said there have been issues because InfoTech has different priorities.

“To facilitate their work, we should be able to do WI-FI printing," Paggi said. "It should rise to a priority.”

Wireless printing wasn’t ranked as a top priority, and there is only one person that can manage the program, Paggi said.

She said she doesn’t think it’s a factor of cost, but of time and work. She thinks it’s important to get this program going, and have it rank higher in priority to help the students.

There are items on the list of priorities before the wireless printing, such as the Wi-Fi connectivity issues and the electronic bulletin board at the Mall.

Once that gets resolved, Paggi hopes the wireless printing will be next on the list, unless there is something else of more importance.

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Rundown Brahma Blotter

These incidents were reported between April 15 - April 21

Reported by: Jordan Nathan and Rocio Arenas

Student Incident

A disturbance reguarding a boyfriend and a girlfriend was reported in Parking Lot 1 at 3:35 p.m.

04/16

Student Injury

A male student reported that he bumped the top of his head trying to go under the fire gate near Avenue of the Champions at about 7:02 p.m.

04/17

Vehicle Vandalism

A student reported that her tire was slashed in Parking Lot 1 between 8 a.m. and 12:20 p.m.

The issue of low enrollment loomed over Monday’s Academic Senate meeting as faculty members discussed the success of College Promise.

Vice President of Student Services Earic Dixon-Peters summarized data collected in fall 2017 and spring 2018 that compared Promise, Promise-eligible and firsttime students’ persistence rates and GPAs.

Dixon-Peters said his office documented 4,700 students as non-persisters, or students who did not return to Pierce after three semesters off.

“We had strategic effort to reach out to students who dropped off and it seemed to make a difference," Dixon-Peters said. "I think it’s important for everyone to know where we’re at with our student enrollment and the factors contributing to our lack of enrollment.”

College Promise students had a 90 percent persistence rate, high when compared to the 78 percent persistence rate for Promise-eligible students and 61 percent for other students.

Dixon-Peters said part of the Pierce approach to remedying lowenrollment must include shedding the false idea that its student body is primarily full time.

“Seventy-five percent of students in fall 2015- spring 2016 were part time. The majority of students are part time at Pierce,” he said.

Dixon-Peters said Pierce’s enrollment is worth taking a closer look at because its student body does not resemble other colleges.

“The perception of Pierce as a transfer school where students are full time may be off. How we program, how we set class schedules, how we organize our office hours, services, may impact our students. We perceive that they’re on campus during regular school hours. They may need some other scheduling support we may not be aware of,”

Dixon-Peters said.

Part of the discussion regarding low enrollment included the addition of a designated college hour, a time block in which classes cease and the focus is on student engagement on campus.

Adrian Youhanna, a geographical science instructor, said Sheri Berger, the vice president of Academic Affairs, has tabled the possibility of a college hour until a faculty-based work group convenes to decide on the best time slot to place the tentative hour dedicated to student life.

“She’s not putting a rush on it anymore,” Youhanna said.

Youhanna said the work group will include physics instructor Ryan Eagle, Dean of Institutional Effectiveness Amari Williams, and psychology instructor Angela Belden. Department Chair of Performing Arts Michael Gend will be responsible for communicating plans for the college hour that may begin in spring 2019.

“The representatives will report to their constituents because there’s a disconnect between people serving and what is relayed,” Youhanna said.

Philosophy instructor Cara Gillis said because the college hour first came up in discussion, the Senate’s Professional Ethics Committee has decided to review the guidelines offered to ease the process of communication and decision making between Pierce College faculty and administrators.

“We thought, given that there has been some tension in facultyadministration interactions in areas that seem to be under the purview of the senate, that it might be worthwhile to look at the Shared Governance Agreement,” she said.

Gillis said the review involved reading the agreement, and the text the agreement was originally devised from, Chapter 18 of the Los Angeles Community College District Board Rules.

“It indicates how and when the administration should respond to Academic Senate recommendations,” she said.

Gillis said especially worthy of note was the clause that required the administration to try in good-faith to collaborate with the senate and, in the case that no agreement could be reached, the administration must put into writing why it refused the senate’s suggestion.

Gillis maintained that improving the communication problems between the faculty and administration will have effects that extend into classrooms, not just offices.

“We wanted to go about this in a productive manner and serve the interests of the students primarily," Gillis said.

Dear Students, History is in the making and time is calling out for your attention. The sacred power of education, advancement and equality is the key to the success of our society. Endowed with empathy, devotion and envisioning endless possibilities towards progress, I believe that, you the students are the gateway in passing the solemn transfer of this great power to our next generations. Here in America, we are blessed with the Declaration of Independence that serves us the rights of equal opportunity. It is only upon us to preserve these rights, promoting peace and progress. I stand to remove the burdensome student loan and heavy debt conditions. I stand to create new better paying jobs and to remove economic hardships faced by the students for many years. It is in this noble cause that I stand to serve and protect your future, asking you for your heartiest help and participation. God bless you and God bless America.

I will fight your fight, for your rights and for your future. I will be your champion for humanity. I will set our youth on a winning path and strengthen women in the workforce. Women are pillars of our workforce and TIMESUP for sexual harassment.

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Isha Pasricha, Mario Macias, Blanca Breslow and Maatteo Escobar participate in

a safe zone training

held by the Queer Brahma Collective in the Associated

Students Organization

at Pierce

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in

Woodland Hills, Calif., on April 18, 2018. Oliver Guss, the treasurer

of the Queer

Brahma Collective, said that durng training they discussed appropriate terms and accountability for unintentionally offensive language. “We laid down the groundwork for how to, not just be an ally, but be a good ally. We introduced concepts of gender and sexuality that are vaster than just gay and straight and just man and women," Guss said. "There are things outside that binary. It’s OK to mess up, as long as they hold themselves accountable.”

A look back into the sport’s past...

The road to Ojai...

RANDI LOVE Editor-in-Chief @RandiLove_29

It has been two years since tennis has seen the state championships. And sending half of the team to Ojai is an accomplishment for Head Coach Long Dao. The tournament has existed for more

than 100 years, and has always been in Ojai.

Although, this is where community college state championships are, there are many other matches and divisions playing as well.

“It’s very interesting, in that, there’s a lot of different divisions play. So they have everything from men’s opening, which are either former pros, pros or former division one players and they also have

women’s open,” Dao said.

Dao said it’s exciting to participate in and his tells his player that.

“What I tell my guys is this is the most fun tournament to be at, hands down,” Dao said.

Gavin Dail is playing in the tournament in singles and in a doubles match. His cousin, Siraj Dail, is also on the team and going to Ojai.

“I think it’s a lot more different than having your brother,” Gavin Dail said.”It’s more competition.”

Siraj and Gavin drive each other to do better, but in a different way than with

their other teammates.

Darvel Lossangoye is playing in the singles. He will also play in the doubles match with Gavin Dail.

“First, tennis is an individual sport, so usually the most important play is in singles. But, it’s important to be a team player as well,” Lossangoye said.

Siraj Dail plays at 8 a.m. on April 26, at Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, Calif.

Gavin Dail plays at 9:30 a.m. on April 26, at Hueneme High School in Oxnard, Calif.

Darvel Lossangoye plays at 9:30 a.m. on April 26, at Pacifica High School in

Oxnard, Calif.

If any of the three singles players win their match, they advance to next round on Friday, April 27.

Siraj Dail and Daniel Garcia play their doubles match at Hueneme High School on April 26, at 1 p.m.

Gavin Dail and Lossangoye play their doubles match at Pacifica High School on April 26, at 3:30 p.m.

If either doubles team wins their match, they advance to next round on Friday, April 27.

Production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Clybourne Park " highlights generational racism

Sequels tend to answer the questions for audiences who want to know what happened after the last scene ends in print or on the screen.

But, most sequels are not as unorthodox as “Clybourne Park.”

Written 50 years after “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Clybourne Park” fills in what happened while the Youngers were planning to buy the house at 406 Clybourne St.

The second act fast forwards 50 years into the future and telling the story of a white family now wanting to move into the predominantly black neighborhood.

Pierce’s rendition of the play is directed by Esdras Toussaint. This is his first play at Pierce, but has worked on other productions outside of the campus.

Toussaint said the play may be almost 10 years old, but it still has importance today.

“The play is about the conversations that we've been having for a very long time when it comes to a race and real estate in the U.S.,” Toussaint said.

It takes place in 1959 and shows what happens after the white neighbor spoke to the black family, the Youngers, in “A Raisin in the Sun.” It then jumps 50 years to 2009 and the neighborhood is black and a white family now wants to move in.

Toussaint said it was important to stay true to cast dynamics of the play

because of the storyline.

There are seven actors playing two roles each. One role for each act.

One actor has a third role as well.

“I was able to cast exactly what the play needed,” Toussaint said.

It took weeks to get all the actors he wanted, but in the end, only two came from outside of the school.

Matt DeHaven plays Russ in the first act and Dan in the second act. He worked in four other productions in the past, but has never been an official student at Pierce.

DeHaven said his character in the first act has pressure placed on him and he has to make a decision.

“I'm playing Russ in the year 1959. I’m selling my house,” DeHaven said. “Apparently, this is a very white neighborhood of Chicago and they've been very exclusively white and he by accident, sells the house to the first black couple.”

Michael Sande, theatre manager, said the play wasn’t set as the finale of the season on purpose, but it was a good way to end.

Preview: Club plants tree in remembrance

ASA memorializes the Armenian Genocide

RANDI LOVE Editor-in-Chief @RandiLove_29

A pomegranate tree in the Armenian culture symbolizes good fortune and prosperity.

Now this beacon of hope will extend its branches into the fabric of this campus to create a strong sense of community by planting deep roots of identity.

On Friday, April 27, the Armenian Students’ Association (ASA) is hosting an event to commemorate the Armenian genocide and provide information to try to prevent similar situations from occuring again, but also bring awareness to their culture.

Raffi Kahwajian, program specialist, said the main portion of the event is a tree planting and it was a part of a bigger discussion the advisors and support system of the club having been having for at least a year.

Kahwajian said that the most important piece of the event is to start a conversation among people on campus.

department chair of communication studies, are the co-advisors of the ASA. While Kahwajian and Nune Mikayelyan, senior secretary of student success, also lend a hand, but have more of a faculty input.

Mikayelyan said she hasn’t worked at Pierce two years yet, but she realized there is a prominent Armenian identity on campus. She said the advisors wanted to allow the students the opportunity to revive a defunct club.

“We made sure to incorporate diversity and inclusion in the mission statement of the ASA. It's not limited to any cultural origin, it's just very inclusive in terms of who could join and who can participate.” Mikayelyan said.

Kahwajian said the event is important to their culture, but also the the ASA.

“Everything about us is student driven, Nune is that type of person. Yeprem and Eddie are all about students. I myself try to collaborate and just push supporting students as much as I can.” Kahwajian said.

“I think it is a good season closer because it's really rich play. It's got a lot of depth and meaning to it, yet the audiences are going to be extremely entertained as well,” Sande said. “Also, on the heels of blood wedding, which was a tragedy, you want to follow that up with something a little less heavy.”

The play premieres on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage Theatre.

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“The more we do that, share our stories and listen respectfully to others, we'll just have a better understanding for the human condition,” Kahwajian said. “We'll see how we all have commonalities. We are linked with similar struggles in both good times and bad times. Whether it's historically or just what makes us who we are as human beings.”

Edouard Tchertchian, professor of math, and Yeprem Davoodian,

The ASA will be planting a pomegranate tree because it is important to the Armenian identity.

“We chose that tree because it has some cultural significance. It shows up often in music and art for centuries,” Kahwajian said. “It represents prosperity, abundance, fertility. Sometimes it's used in connection with like a wedding or wedding ceremony.”

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Russ (Matt DeHaven) rushes toward Albert (Stan McDowell) while Francine (Ericka Holmes) jumps in between to stop the attack during a rehearsal of "Clybourne Park" in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on April 18, 2018.

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It’s more than a home

The house on Clybourne Street has become iconic in theater history, thanks to Lorraine Hansberry.

Her “A Raisin in the Sun,” that was first performed on March 11, 1959, shed a light on racial tensions.

The play seemed to loosely reflect her life and the lives of others in Chicago, according to an article on www.broadway.com.

“I [remember] my desperate and courageous mother, patrolling our house all night with a loaded German Luger, doggedly guarding her four children,” Hansberry wrote.

The play made history. It was the first play by an African American woman to debut on Broadway.

50 years later, Bruce Norris wrote “Clybourne Park,” as an extension, in ways, to Hansberry’s original.

The play won a Pulitzer Prize for highlighting race, gentrification, class and war in Chicago, according to www.npr.com.

Norris, picked up where Hansberry left off and

also continued the story in the second act, jumping to 2009.

The NPR article wrote that Norris was in 7th grade when he saw the movie version of “A Raisin in the Sun.”

“I grew up in a very segregated part of Houston. And so, to see a play – well, it was the movie instead of the play – in which the results of segregation and segregation policy were made so clear to me at a very early age, and that I was potentially the antagonist in that struggle was a really strange thing to put into the mind of a 12-year-old,” Norris said.

Esdras Toussaint is directing the “Clybourne Park” at Pierce.

Toussaint said it tells a story that is still happening across the country today.

“The play is about the conversations that we’ve been having for a very long time when it comes to a race and real estate in the U.S.,” Toussaint said.

The play premieres April 27, at 7 p.m. on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage Theatre.

Top: (R-L)- Betsy (Megan Milo), Russ (Matt DeHaven), Bev (Elyse Hamilton), (Steve) Trevor Figueroa, and (Jim) Nickolas D. Caisse perform during the dress rehearsal of “Clybourn Park” in the Performing Arts Center at Pierce College on April 23, 2018.

Middle Left: Lena (Erika L. Holmes) performs during the dress rehearsal of “Clybourn Park” in the Performing Arts Center at Pierce College on April 23, 2018.

Middle Right:(R-L)- Kathy (Elyse Hamilton) and Lindsey(Megan Milo) perform during the dress rehearsal of “Clybourn Park” in the Performing Arts Center at Pierce College on April 23, 2018.

Bottom Right: (R-L) - Russ (Matt DeHaven) and Bev (Elyse Hamilton) performs during the dress rehearsal of “Clybourn Park” in the Performing Arts Center at Pierce College on April 23, 2018.

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Russ (Matt DeHaven) performs during the dress rehearsal of “Clybourn Park” in the Performing Arts Center at Pierce College on April 23, 2018.

The fine art of shaping youth Artist uses her craft to instruct and connect with preschool students

RANDI LOVE Editor-in-Chief @randi_love29

The relationship between shaping minds and shaping clay may not be apparent to some. But for Sara Wedman, her artistry and her career go hand-in-hand.

Wedman attended Pierce College in the 80s and was a photo lab assistant in the Media Arts Department while she was also taking classes in art and early childhood development. But the restructuring of the clay studio she worked for in Sherman Oaks led her to La Cañada Flintridge and the single class she still had.

She took over a preschool class for three year olds that was offered at the community center she worked at and loved how the children behaved.

“The three-year-olds would come to the clay studio, and I would do clay class with them,” Wedman said. “They weren’t putting clay fingers in their mouth, but they are three and it’s very exploratory.”

The reactions Wedman received from the children and observing the way they worked with the clay made her believe she missed her calling. After speaking with the director of the preschool, she became an assistant preschool teacher and has been helping there for four years.

She stopped going to school because work had become too demanding, but was content with the single class she taught.

“I... was happy just to do the one little clay class with the three year olds, because they don’t care. Like, they can do anything with clay and they’re happy. Their love for exploring the medium [is] kind of what it’s about.” Wedman said.

Wedman said she does care about her own work, but it’s not everything. The creation of the art is the best part for her, and she said that’s what the

children embody.

“I thought that’s kind of what you needed to do as an artist. But, man, I like a process,” Wedman said. “I like to produce finished pieces, but the process is so cool, and what they come up with.

Melody Cooper, professor of art, is one of the first teachers that Wedman worked with that lead her down the path of claywork.

“I had wanted to take a jewelry making class. So, looking through the catalog at Pierce, I saw they no longer offered that class,” Wedman

said. “So, then I saw the ceramics course, and I was like, ‘Hey, I did that in high school. I liked it, I will try that.’ And so that sort of snowballed.”

Cooper said Wedman knew certain things when she was her student and she helped her grow.

“She came to me with a lot of good raw materials because she’s a great student,” Cooper said. “She’s very dedicated and very passionate about what she is working on. She has a great imagination.”

Although Wedman is no longer

Cooper’s student, they consider each other friends.

“We still keep in touch because the thing is, with the world of ceramics, it’s a small community, and so it is like a family,” Cooper said.

Amy Marotta works at the preschool with Wedman, and said that she made a lasting first impression on her.

“I actually really liked her right away,” Marotta said. “When I first started, she was actually subbing as a lead teacher for somebody who was

out on maternity leave, and I thought she just had the most soothing voice. She was calming but had a very strong presence.”

Wedman doesn’t only make clay projects with children, she also creates her own jewelry. She said she first learned how to make a particular style using precious metal clay from Cooper.

Wedman stopped any personal art projects for at least two years, and over Christmas break last year, she decided she had many materials that she could use to create jewelry.

“I’ve always had a mild interest in visual body modifications. I’ve had my share of piercings, had tattoos, these kinds of things,” Wedman said. “The really big weighted hoops and ear weights and things just blew. It’s so mainstream now, and it wasn’t back in the nineties when it was first starting and when I got my first piercings. I was like, ‘That’s really cool, that’s really beautiful,’” She started making jewelry and putting it on her personal Instagram account. She doesn’t have a lot of followers, but people are interested in her work.

Although she enjoys making jewelry, she learned that hoop earrings in particular had a story behind them that she couldn’t let pass. She felt that it was important for her to be aware of what she was creating and the history that came along with it.

“I had no idea that hoop earrings were so loaded,” Wedman said. “And especially in our current climate, I’m like, ‘OK, so here I am.’ I’m just trying to be creative, and now, all of a sudden, I’m coming into contact with a lot.”

After finding various articles on cultural appropriation and how some of society felt in regards to it, Wedman said she would make sure she was more aware as an educator and a human being of what she was doing and creating.

Wedman said as she began to think about things, she made a realization.

“I’m realizing my white privilege is showing as I’m having this conversation with myself. So I said ‘Okay, I’m going to start to do a little research,’” Wedman said. “But everything else in my life is really busy, and I’m like ‘Okay, that’s my white privilege.’ Not to have to deal with it then, but to deal with it when I want to.”

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Sara Wedman holds handmade hoop earrings while looking through a ceramic planchette on April 10, 2018, at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Of the people and for the people Pierce alumna seeks to offer aid to fellow citizens through politics

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Reporter @EspinozaReport

Few who seek to offer aid to the less fortunate can truly empathise with those who find themselves in dire circumstances. However, Tricia Robbbins Kasson’s own past personal struggles put her in a unique position to understand just what the underprivileged struggle with and what support they need.

Kasson, a former Piece College student, ran as a Democratic candidate for California Assembly 45th District. She also has experience working under LA city councilman Bob Blumenfield as an economic development director.

Kasson cited her work with Blumenfield as significant to her inspiration to pursue politics.

“I have been in local government for almost 10 years, and I have seen that there is so much good that can be done,” Kasson said.

Kasson said she had a troubled past as a teenager, and left home at a young age.

“Due to family issues, I had to drop out of Kennedy High School when I was 16 years old. My high

school counselor let me know that I can attend community college without a high school diploma, so I came to Pierce College in 1991.”

Kasson went on to Santa Monica College and earned her General Education Equivalency diploma and Associate’s degree.

Afterward, she transferred to Cal State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she got her bachelor's degree in business.

After graduating from CSUN Kasson, received her masters degree in urban development at University of Southern California.

AS a political figure, Kasson said she is conscientious and considerate in her actions.

“I am thoughtful and I make decisions based on all points of view,” Kasson said. “I focus on economic opportunity, which is important to everyone.”

Political consultant Larry Levine said Kasson's economic experience makes her stand out from other political figures.

“Tricia is unique among the other candidates... when it comes to her work experience. She has worked in the Valley both in urban planning and economic developing. Other candidates cannot offer that same package” Levine said.

Andra Hoffman, who is a member of the board of trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District, ran for the 45th District seat before supporting Kasson in her run. She said that she was first made aware of Kossan by Blumenfield.

mentioned that Kasson just completed the Emerge California program, which teaches women who are interested in politics how to run as Democratic candidates for public offices.

“[Kasson] had expressed desire to run for office, and that is when we met each other,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman said that Kasson is dedicated in solving the homeless issue because she can relate to what it is like living in the streets.

“She had to deal with abuse at home, which is the reason why she dropped out of high school and found a job. For a while, she was living in her car, so she knows what it is like to live in the streets,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman said that Kossan is motivated by the desire to increase the quality of life for those living in California.

“I met with Bob Blumenfield, and we were strategizing in finding women who would be interested in running in the West San Fernando Valley” Hoffman said. She said Blumenfield

“She is running for all the right reasons because she wants to make sure the lives for Californians are improved,” Hoffman said. “We grew up in the San Fernando Valley at a time when there was good paying jobs and the cost of living was reasonable, which is the reason why she wants to bring that back to our community.”

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Tricia Robbins Kasson stands outside of the Great Hall after speaking to an audience during Day of Politics on March 15, 2018.

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Finding the time

Instructors and administration work to rearrange schedules to allow sufficient time between classes for students in the fall

ROSA ORTEGA Reporter @RosaGabOrtega

When it came time to finalize the fall 2018 class schedule, a new element had to be taken into account. A 10-minute passing period will be incorporated between classes to allow enough time for students to make it across campus.

While already in the works, the plan was voted down during the Academic Senate Meeting on April 9 when instructor of physics Ryan Eagle pointed out flaws and proposed his own 15-minute plan.

Though the new 10-minute passing period will be implemented for the fall 2018 semester, it will be revisited for future semesters.

Eagle said he came up with the 15-minute plan to take to the Academic Senate because he wasn’t sure how many people would agree with the original one that was proposed. He wanted to show there could be a better plan, and others agreed.

“I sketched one out that I think would be an improvement. I guess a lot of people kind of agreed that it would be an improvement, so I’d be willing to work with anybody to finalize one,” Eagle said.

Eagle said although 10 minutes is a good time for students to get from class to class, 15 minutes could be a better option.

“We’re kind of isolated here in the Center for Sciences so if a student has to come here from the village, that’s a long way,” Eagle said. “I figured putting 15 minutes in-between here, not only does it help schedule these, but just again we’re a big campus so 15 minutes couldn’t hurt you know, god forbid you stop at a bathroom inbetween classes.”

Eagle said that overtime, problems began to arise in the schedule and now there are issues with classes overlapping, keeping students from taking certain classes or struggling to get to their classes on time. His plan

makes sure that no classes overlap and that a 15-minute passing period is possible although it’s still in progress.

Eagle had complications fitting in all classes into his new schedule, which is why he hopes to work with someone to refine his plan.

“It’s sort of just like a logic puzzled because you’re trying to fit everything in,” Eagle said.

Adjunct instructor Mark Levick said the 10-minute passing period benefits the evening students but believes that Eagle’s plan deserves “serious consideration.”

“On a campus as large as Pierce College, 10 minutes is insufficient if a student enrolls in a class in the Center for Sciences followed by a class in BEH or the Village. In that hypothetical, there may not be time to use the rest room and walk to the next class on time, “Levick said.

Levick’s problem with the 10-minute schedule was that classes would be moved from starting at 7 p.m. to starting at 6:50 p.m. and would all evenly end at 10 p.m. He said he would like to see an improvement in that aspect of the new schedule.

Eagle also said moving the start and end of evening classes was an issue for him as well because classes had to be pushed back to be able to end class at 10 on the dot. He doesn’t have a problem with the 10 minutes in-between for students, but he wants to have a better option.

Instructor of Psychology Angela

Belden said changing the passing periods and the schedules is a big cultural change for Pierce. According to Belden, surveys and thorough discussions could be an option.

“This type of shift can be very difficult and should be intentional, deliberate, and involve all the steak holders,” Belden said. “If a major

cultural shift is to happen, I believe a broad discussion throughout the community should include faculty, staff, students and administrators.”

Eagle said his plan doesn’t have to be the exact one adopted by the school, but he was able to prove that there were issues with the original one proposed during the Senate. He

expects there to be changes in the schedule for the spring 2019 semester. “I have ideas to lend, but I would certainly need them to be checked by people who are more familiar with all of the educational code that we have to follow,” Eagle said.

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“The 10-minute passing period had to be implemented for afternoon and evening classes, but that could have been accomplished without moving the 7:00 pm start times to 6:50 pm. That move might prevent students from planning a schedule that works best for them. That should probably be the primary focus when enrollment numbers are declining, as they are now,” Levick said.

“It’s sort of just like a logic puzzle because you’re trying to fit everything in.”

-Ryan Eagle Instructor of Physics

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Brahmas wear the crown

Pierce defeats Valley College Monarchs for the h time this season

PADILLA Reporter @dcxpadilla

After pushing the Bakersfield College Renegades to second in conference baseball continued their streak by defeating their cross-town rival Los Angeles Valley College for the fifth time this season.

The Brahmas moved to first place in the Western State South conference with a 19-16 overall record, 13-5 in conference play.

Diego Harris led the game with three runs and three RBI’s followed by Michael Tillman, Bryce Vitt, Gabe Curtier and Nick Pico with two.

Alexis Miranda, outfielder attributed the team’s success in the latter half of the season to a team bonding event.

“Right before conference started we had a get together and everything changed from that point on,” Miranda said. “We were having a bad losing streak, so we had a party to get together the whole team and everyone showed up and we just talked about how we could turn this thing around.”

Miranda said the team realized how important it was to first succeed in conference before they could even continue to playoffs. Once the Brahmas were able to refocus their goals for the season, the team continued to collect wins. Going forward, the team

strategized they first must have strong games during conference then eventually focus on the playoffs as soon as they came around.

Outfielder Diego Harris said one of the ways the team improves was by being mindful of other players.

“I think we were all taking good at bats,” Harris said. “We just focus on passing the bat to the next person, getting the next person up rather than being selfish at bat like we were doing previously.”

The team has taken strides to become stronger as a unit and their season is not over yet.

Although the Brahmas’ hard work has paid off during their run at conference, the team still has to keep up that same level of intensity going into playoffs.

Now that the team is heading into playoffs, head coach Bill Picketts said that he will try to keep practices similar to their usual routine as he emphasizes a sense of urgency among the players.

“It’s something we do every

Men’s volleyball in semifinal on 4/26

Winning in straight sets against the Fullerton College Hornets on Friday, the Brahmas face the undefeated Long Beach City College Vikings in the semifinal round of the state championship.

Men’s volleyball defeated the Hornets (25-20, 25-12 and 25-19).

Cole Chea scored the kill that sent the Brahmas to the semifinals at Fullerton College.

LBCC advanced to the final four after defeating San Diego Miramar College (25-18, 25-20 and 25-19). Steven Rotter led the game with 12 kills.

Men’s volleyball have faced the Vikings twice, losing both games in straight sets.

The game is on Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m.

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practice to make sure they don’t get complacent,” Picketts said. “I make sure we keep the same practices that we’ve had since the beginning and if I don’t change the way I approach things, then hopefully they don’t either.”

With the team’s win today and success in the last half of their season, Picketts does not believe the team should be switching training strategies.

However, one thing that does need to change because of the problems it is causing the crowd is the nonoperational scoreboard. While the Brahmas were not directly affected by the scoreboard, the questions most murmured by the crowd were concerning the inning and current score. All of which could have been resolved by a working scoreboard.

The Brahmas will play the West LA Wildcats on Thursday, April 26, at 2:30 p.m.

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Position: Infielder

Class: Sophomore

High School: Bishop

Alemany

Three home runs and nine

RBI’s in the games against Bakersfield and Valley College

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Three home runs and nine RBI’s, how does it feel overall?

“I felt good. I felt comfortable at the plate and some pitches I could handle and got good swings on them.”

One game left in the regular season, how is the team preparing?

“I like the way it looks right now. We are all on the same page and looking forward to prove people wrong.”

How do you prepare for games?

“Coach has us visualize before the game and we just think about our approach to each opponent.”

What are your plans after Pierce?

“I'm committed to UC Irvine and then hopefully go pro.”

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Baseball players celebrate the moment they defeat Valley College on Joe Kelly field at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on April 21, 2018.

Honors for 7 players and 1 coach

Men's volleyball receives awards for their performance in conference

Brent Norkus made the kill that gave the Brahmas the second set, 25-12.

Chea said there was a tangible shift in his team’s mindset midgame. During the second set, the Brahmas started playing more accurately and as if they had nothing else to lose.

“We realized that if we don’t finish this out we’re not going to go anywhere else,” Chea said. “We needed this game, and it’s home court advantage. Why not play our hearts out?”

Wadlow began the third set by scoring on four occasions contributing to the team’s early 5-1 lead.

Midway through the set, Blake Omartian served an ace that extend the Brahma’s lead to 1611. Chea sealed the win with the kill that leads the Brahmas to the semifinals in Fullerton.

Walker said part of the team’s intensity was derived from the importance of this game.

“We knew what was on the line. If we win we’re going to the final four. If we win, we’re going to play Long Beach, and they are an undefeated team. We’ve played them twice already this season. It’s not easy to beat a team three times in a row,” Walker said.

Walker said the game against the Long Beach City College Vikings will be interesting given the team’s style of play.

“The mentors there are the same mentors I had growing up,” Walker said. “The style of volleyball will be the same, the execution will make the difference.”

Roese was named the most valuable player.

eighth wonder of the world because of the huge varieties of sets,” Niemira said.

Men’s volleyball has another reason for celebration as seven Brahmas along with their assistant coach Teddy Niemira were awarded for their performance in conference.

Niemira was named coach of the year, while team captain Bernardo

Two players made first team allconference, kills leader Alvin Chea and Brent Norkus. Morgan Wadlow and Blake Omartian received second team honors.

Honorable mentions were awarded to three Brahmas; Jake Kessler, Grant Degrasse and Max Petuhov.

Niemira said all the players deserved to be recognized for their hard work and dedication.

“Chea’s hitting windows are the

Niemira said Roese as a standout player that can achieve anything.

“The fastest car in the world can not go without the driver and that is Roese,” Niemira said.

Norkus said he is happy to be honored and he thanks one of his teammates for helping get to that point.

“It is definitely a great feeling. Obviously it shows the hard work I put in this year, but really I couldn't of

done it without Roese,” Norkus said. Norkus said that his playing ability and work ethics has become a different experience since moving from high school to college.

“I have noticed that transferring from high school to college is that I had to step up my game in terms of weight training that help me improve my game, which is the biggest factor to where I am today,” Norkus said. Petuhov said it is a great honor for him to be a member of the second team.

“This is my second year on the team and last year I did not make it, but with a lot of hard work and progress I finally made it,” Petuhov said.

Roese credits his team for being the MVP this season.

“It feels good being team MVP but think it is more about my team because I do not play alone,” Roese said. “It's all about work in practice, the weight room and on the court."

Roese said the Brahmas appeared to be in rare form for their game against the Hornets.

“There’s always something we can improve, but I think today we had a perfect game. We played really well. Every part of our team did their jobs and we almost didn’t have any mistakes,” Roese said.

The game against the Vikings is on Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m.

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Men's Volleyball celebrates after scoring a point against Fullerton College during regionals on April 20, 2018, at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. The Brahmas won in straight sets.