Volume 129 Fall 2018 Roundup Issue 13

Brahma Pantry opens

A real toy drive

Supercar Sunday brings Motor4Toys to campus

KENDALL SHANNON Reporter @The_Valley_Life

Many parents fear the winter holidays because of the expectations of buying expensive gifts for friends and family.

In response, Pierce College hosted the annual Motor4Toys charity Car Show and Toy Drive with hopes of relieving the stress of holiday shopping and get people in the spirit of giving.

Dustin Troyan is the forerunner for the charity event, which has been running annually for over a decade. The charity event now distributes toys to 45 different agencies to help children. Starting at a small coffee shop and now at Pierce, Troyan’s Motor4Toys began with a group of friends at another popular car show.

“I threw a car show called Supercar Sunday and then we started asking everyone to bring toys one year and it was a huge hit,” said Troyan. “And now we’re the largest automotive toy drive in the world.”

Motor4Toys is 100 percent charity down to the donuts they sell to accommodate. Motors for Toys receives no profit from the program and is projected raise roughly a 100,000 plus, toys. Troyan claims the day will revenue 2 million dollars in toys for charity.

“It’s all about the kids,” said Troyan. “It has added so much joy, friendship, and understanding to my life.”

Troyan calls himself a big “community” guy. Some people have come from other states to be apart of this event. What you will see is everything from hot-rods to imported vehicles all owned by car enthusiasts alike.

“This is how the world’s meant to be,” said Troyan. “We’ve got the richest, the poorest. We’ve got every

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A seemingly small room could help students achieve their big goals by connecting them with the resources they need to succeed.

The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office created a hunger free campus grant that is giving community colleges money to address this issue of food insecurity on campus. Through the grant, the pantry is able to remain open, purchase food and get a student worker.

Since the pantry’s opening on Nov. 19, it has had a slow start while trying to gain traction on campus.

“The visitors that did come, we had meaningful interactions,” D’arcy Corwin, the Brahma Pantry coordinator said. “I would say as I’m learning and as we’re going, I feel the quality of our interactions are kind of having a slower pace and it’s giving us time to have more meaningful conversations with the students.”

Since the program is new to Pierce, the program must figure out how to fit with the culture of the campus. This is what Corwin has been learning when she talks with students who visit the pantry.

For students, the pantry offers free food, CalFresh enrollment support, helps students find enrollment outside of campus and refers students to different resources on campus.

especially during the holidays. While the pantry won’t be open during the holidays, it will reopen during the start of winter session.

Although the pantry will be closed with the rest of the campus this holiday season, students are encouraged to look at the Brahma Pantry’s website.

The site will provide a list of food banks and resources students can access throughout the holidays.

“We are trying to make a difference,” Corwin said. “We will have a website soon that connects with different faculty members and department chairs. They connect with their staff and make announcement about our service.”

The pantry is a way for the administration to help students on campus seek the assistance they need.

While there are similar bodies on campus that work to help food insecurity, the pantry is unlike any organization.

“This pantry supported by faculty and staff members and students. The Students Against Student Hunger (ST.A.S.H) club helps unite who have access to food with people who have no food,” Philosophy Professor Christopher Lay said.

Since the pantry is funded through a grant, it works specifically for the students on campus to find resources.

Pierce Student Francesca Canales said the purpose for the pantry is very helpful, and even through it is new, she would refer it to classmates.

color, every religion, every age. We’re all having a great time giving back and helping children.”

Troyan has many annual sponsors that cover the cost of the event.

Fast Intentions is one of the many companies who annually come to sponsor. Operations Manager, Kevin Verdina says they’ve been sponsoring for five plus years.

“The event is only growing,” said Verdina. “It’s family oriented, you can check out nice cars, and it’s a toy drive. It’s a win-win for everybody.”

People seemed to be reluctant to be apart of Troyan’s vision. He says that he had the idea one year but was too chicken to ask. Then the following year he did.

“It was like a giant miracle,” said Troyan. “I just said, ‘Hey guys, bring toys’. I can’t take credit for it, it sort of just happened.”

Ground animals feared dead

Faculty members concerned rodent traps have poisoned campus ecosystem

JOSHUA MANES

Editor-in-Chief @TheManesEvent

Those discreet fake rocks around campus housing poison for rats and mice may have had some unwanted effects.

Faculty have expressed concern that the rabbits and squirrels have become victims of the rodenticide.

“I used to see them all the time. They would have babies so there'd be all sizes running around. It was very active around here,” instructor of English Craig Kramer said. “And just last month we started noticing that there were none. Not a single animal. I

can't remember the last time that I saw one single squirrel or rabbit on campus.”

While Kramer has not seen any dead animals on campus, Shannon DeVaney, instructor of life sciences, has seen dead rabbits. “If it's not next to a street, it's probably been poisoned or something because there's not a lot of other things that would kill something like a rabbit and not eat it,” DeVaney said.

According to the National Pesticide Information Center website, bromadiolone, the poison used in the traps, prevents the body from recycling Vitamin K, causing the animal to bleed to death, which can take several

days.

“It makes them suffer, like a form of torture, and then they die,” Kramer said.

According to DeVaney, the impact goes beyond the ground animals like rabbits and squirrels.

“Because it takes a few days for it to die, it's more likely to then be consumed by some of our predators,” DeVaney said.

“The issue then is that predator is eating multiple meals that are containing the toxin, so they're ingesting it over and over and over again. It isn't being broken down by their body so it's accumulating and it ends up accumulating at higher levels.”

And DeVaney said the effects can spread beyond Pierce.

“Coyotes are a little bit more of a concern. The coyotes will certainly eat them,” DeVaney said. “A coyote’s range is large enough that we could have coyotes that are traveling between the Pierce campus and the Santa Monica Mountains which are just a couple of miles away from here. That can easily get the poison into some of the animals like the bobcats and the mountain lions that live up there in the Santa Monica's.”

According to DeVaney, this is not the first time rodenticides have been used at Pierce, nor is this the first time other animals may have been affected.

“We are trying to address students’ basic needs,” Corwin said. “Our goal is to help students find success. Not only in the college, but also personally.”

Food security is a topic of concern,

The pantry is open Monday and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Tuesday through Friday with an appointment with Corwin via her email corwind@piercecollege. edu.

Service begins just in time for holiday season [see TOY DRIVE

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A volunteer at Motor4Toys stacks donated presents at Pierce College on Dec. 2, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

“We’ve got every color, every religion, every age. We’re all having a great time giving back and helping children.”

- Dustin Troyan Motor for Toys

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From the desk of the Roundup: Editorial

As the semester comes to a rapid close, students are filling their brains with as much knowledge as possible in preparation for final exams. With the stress of passing and maintaining grades, students’ anxiety increases, and they can miss out on necessary sleep and nutrition. This can be reduced with the provision of free supplies.

Finals week is often the most dreadful time of year. Students have a choice to sit down and study until textbook pages and notes become second memory.

Aside from the loss of opportunities to hang out with friends and be social during finals week, students miss out on a necessary amount of sleep due to time spent studying.

Students usually don’t get enough sleep to begin with, and finals week simply adds to the stress and takes away more sleep. Tim Bono, a professor in Psychology at Washington University in St. Louis said the consequences of losing sleep during the school year can be crucial.

“Everyone needs sleep, but especially young people at this moment of transition when they are consolidating all sorts of new information and life lessons,” Bono said.

Providing free supplies also takes away any pressure from students who are financially constrained. Money can be hard to come by for students who don’t have have a job, or for students who must devote money to things they deem more important.

Pierce can offer students necessary classroom supplies such as free scantrons and pencils. The school can give each professor a fixed amount based on their class size and number of courses taught. Doing this eliminates the task of going to the bookstore, which is bound to be clustered with student traffic.

The cost and accessibility of supplies should not be an issue for the school. Scantrons cost about 50 cents each, while a pack of pencils is around two dollars. The only issue Pierce would deal with is proper distribution.

The importance of eating well during finals week can be overlooked. Students need to make sure they get proper nutrition because it can affect their academic performance.

According to the Food Research and Action Center, balanced nutrition contributes to students doing well on math and vocabulary tests while also improving recall skills. This combination is exactly what a student needs to do well on their final exams.

Booths can be set up along the mall with nutritious food that can fuel the brain and assist students in doing well on their exams.

Students have an increased workload during finals week. Free provisions can help lighten the mood and give students an enthusiastic outlook toward the end of the semester.

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Staying home for the holidays

Pro Con

NICHOLAS MARTINEZ Reporter @NickEsai

The stresses of school and work are usually what causes many missed opportunities to spend time with your family. The holidays are when most people have time off from these stresses, which makes it the best time to stay home and finally enjoy some quality time with the family.

It is important to see your family on the holidays, as for some it can be the only time in the year when everyone can finally come together in one place. Most people have a large extended family made up of cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents, who for the most part probably haven't seen each other all year. These holiday gatherings create memories that can last a lifetime, and you can also come together to reminisce about the old memories made from other times spent together. All the socializing and warm greetings all lead up to a homemade meal enjoyed with all your loved ones all around the dinner table.

The quality of the food can vary from good to awful, but the benefits of eating together as a family are always positive. According to the study, Share the Table: The State of Dinnertime in America, by Dr. William J. Doherty, eating together can lead to better work ethic, higher

academic success, to even a less likeliness to use drugs. Also within this study, it found that most people too busy working and trying to get through school, and have less time to eat together. This is why Holiday meals are often the only time for people to unwind, talk, and catch up with loved ones.

In addition to all the family fun, staying home for the holidays can also save you a lot of money. For the most part most people do a potluck with their family so you only have to make or bring one food item. Some less experienced in the culinary, even bring plastic cutlery and plates which is really inexpensive. And instead of going on a Holiday trip which according The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, can on average cost about between $353, to $700 during peak holiday time. When instead you can stay home and share even better experiences with your family that doesn't have to cost you anything.

In our age group as college students, we don't quite spend as much time with our family as we did when we were children growing up, and that's why it is even more important to halt our fast paced lives, and come together for the holidays.

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Family isn’t always black and white unlike all the Christmas movies of families being perfect or dysfunctional families coming together in unity. Because many families are incomplete or broken, it can be very hard to be in the same room as someone or people who you dislike. This can lead to banter and gossip amongst family members or all out feuds over who has the better Christmas sweater. However, the holidays should be spent with relaxation and not mischief. If going to family will only add stress, then do the opposite and get away from your family.

that it is so relaxing, it’ll urge you to return back to your daily life with a better, more positive attitude. Harvard Business Review says that half a billion vacation days went unclaimed last year. What better time to take a vacation than during the holidays? Although you have to deal with excess people and pricier plane tickets, the trade-off is worth it. Money doesn’t compare to learning a new culture in a new country, full nights of sleep, or mental clarity.

Advisers:

Go on vacation. Use up those vacation or sick days. Having to worry about meeting deadlines, passing classes, or paying rent on time is enough to take a vacation. When on vacation you don’t have to worry about anything but figuring out how to have the most fun. If you continue to work on vacation, it just goes to show how needed said vacation is to relax.

The thing about a good vacation is

There’s the argument that if you go on vacation you won’t want to come back or you will come back lazier by being stuck in vacation mode. The Harvard Business report states that 94 percent of people who returned back from vacation returned with the same or more energy to their daily lives. The same study says that 55 percent of the returners came back with more energy than they left. Not only does it dispel the idea of coming back lazy but it proves that more than half come-back more ready to take on their lives. Artists:

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Rough draft for new writing center

Center for Academic Sciences, English and ESL departments provide extra essay help

ANGELICA LOPEZ Reporter @angietography

Writing an essay requires a series of steps such as planning an outline and editing drafts before the final paper is complete, which can be difficult for some students.

The Center for Academic Success, English and ESL departments are teaming up to open a writing center where students can get direct help from professors and tutors during the beginning stages of writing essays in Spring of 2019.

The Center for Academic

Success currently offers many services, including 30-minute appointments with a tutor to go over already written papers.

Center of Academic Success

Director Crystal Kiekel said the writing center would be offering a similar but also different service.

“It’s almost like you go home and you sweat, and you’re nervous, and you go through the whole thing and then you bring it to a tutor,” Kiekel said. “You find all these different ways to improve it and then you go home and improve it. Which is a fine process, but this would be a different approach. This would be where you can come in and actually work on your paper, and as you’re working on your paper somebody can just come by and answer that question right then and there. So you can have somebody help you in the process itself and not to look at the end product”

The writing center is planning to be in the Center for Academic Success computer lab 5148.

English professor Marra Kraemer said students having access to computers in the center could be an efficient way for students to focus on writing their papers.

“The first priority is that they’d they have a quiet positive place to work and that’s nice,” Kraemer said. “It can help students who are

Years ago, a biology professor prepared a Great Horned Owl that was found dead on campus.

“When we have a dead animal you know that we're going to keep our collections for study pools we'll skin it to preserve the skin and stuff it,” DeVaney said. “And that one when it was skinned by our now retired faculty member, it had big ulcers on its liver, which would be an indication that there was some rodenticide poisoning.”

Kramer’s colleague Monique Cleveland contacted Plant Facilities about their concerns. Kramer was not satisfied with the response.

“They basically just sent us some of the company who makes the poison's literature and told us that it was safe,” Kramer said. “We found other places that say that it's not safe, but they didn't really address the concerns that we had.”

Plant Facilities did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the situation.

Kramer decided to contact Pierce College Interim President Larry Buckley directly. After Kramer emailed him, Buckley responded,

essays.

busy because they have a place on campus where they can write their essays but also it allows access to faculty and tutors right there. So if you’re typing your essay and you have a grammar question you could just ask instead of waiting or forgetting about it for later.”

English and ESL Department Chair Brad Saenz said they want students to have all the help that they can get in the writing center.

“Right now most of the assistance that students get is peer tutoring,” Saenz said. “The idea is to have the writing lab supervised by a professor, so they can also assist as well as having the student tutors assisting. We at least want to have one at any given time.”

In addition to tutoring, the Center for Academic Success currently offers free Student Success workshops that range from English to nursing to math. These workshops, specifically relating to English, would also be included in the writing center. Kiekel said the English department plans to add

sharing the concerns of the faculty.

“Paul [Nieman] shared with me that the request to address what was once an exploding rat population, actually came from faculty and staff who were concerned about human health consequences,” Buckley wrote in his email. “I asked Paul to check further with our vendor regarding the specific use of bromadiolone. While he and I have discussed in passing some preliminary comments from the vendor, we have not yet discussed a formal response from them.”

DeVaney met Buckley on Friday to discuss the situation, and offered some alternative solutions, including installing Barn Owl boxes.

“There are some some organizations here locally that will provide for a nominal fee, and some of us faculty will be happy to sponsor some of these Barn Owl boxes,” DeVaney said. “That is just a nesting site for these owls and if they're then attracted to the campus it gives them a way to stick around. A single Barn Owl can eat a thousand plus rodents every year.”

DeVaney warns that any solution will take some time. If the rodenticide is removed, DeVaney said they should wait at least two or three months to not possibly poison any birds.

more workshops such as reading, writing, research methods, why use research, summarizing, paraphrasing and many more.

With Assembly Bill 705 coming up, students enrolling into Pierce will be placed directly in to English 101. Kiekel said although those students are capable of passing, they need to make sure they have the resources available to them.

“We also recognize that in order for capable students to be successful they need help,” Kiekel said. “None of us are successful on our own. We all need help. There’s a certain amount that we can do without help, and there’s even more that we can do with help. If we’re going to ask students to be doing more we need to be stepping up and making sure that we’re supporting them more.”

The plan is to have the writing center open a couple days a week for a few hours. However, finding open time and space for the learning skills classes and

“I expect a fairly rapid recovery of the ecosystem in this case,” said DeVaney in an email follow up. “If rodenticide is removed soon, I think we can expect a productive spring with baby rabbits and squirrels.”

Whatever the solution that is reached, Kramer knows he wants the bait traps removed from campus.

Some of Kramer’s frustration comes from a lack of knowledge prior to the installation of the traps.

“We would have liked to have known when they were going to do this,” Kramer said. “And nobody was notified. As far as I know nobody knew a thing about it and I've talked to at least a dozen faculty members about it.”

According to Kramer, anyone should’ve known what the result of placing bait traps on the ground would be.

“It was obvious what was going to happen. I don't see any hawks flying around anymore like you see every day and it's just something that spreads through the ecosystem,” Kramer said. “I'm an English teacher and I can tell you I could have told you what was going to happen.”

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New technology is delayed

Timeline for updates is extended to December 2020

ANGELICA LOPEZ & CHRIS TORRES Reporter @angietography @chris_t_torres

Tempers flared and voices were raised regarding technological advancement at the Nov. 29 Pierce College Council (PCC) meeting.

Faculty were told that within a year they will get new technology, but during PCC they were told the timeline was extended to December 2020.

Chair of Modern Language

Department Fernando Oleas is concerned how many times North of Mall Phase II has been delayed. This project brings updated technology to more classrooms on campus.

“We cannot leave the students under those conditions for the next two years,” Oleas said. “The timeline that was given is unacceptable.”

Many faculty joined the discussion explaining numerous buildings

on campus do not have adequate technology.

Chairman of Psychology and Statistics Maria Perser said she has seen better technology on other campuses.

“In the 1300s, 1400s, and 1500s buildings, we are in the Dark Ages,” Perser said.

The technology in the buildings are outdated to the point of being unusable.

Perser said the only electronics those classrooms have are a television set and VCR.

Anna Bruzzese, a professor of sociology, told the council that she brings her own projector to her classes. She then asked if teachers will be compensated for the extra technology they buy because of the lack of resources available.

While discussing, the council was unable to see what was causing the delay in the timeline.

We should start the project now or during the winter session when there aren’t as many classes,” said Oleas. “I’m ready to start tomorrow.”

workshops that are currently scheduled in the computer lab is one issue. Kiekel said the next question is who is going to pay for all of this.

Right now the center is looking to use basic skills initiative funds, which will help the pilot and running of the program.

“Ultimately, we’re hoping to use student equity and achievement funds to fund some tutors and some faculty members to be in there more often in Fall 2019,” Kiekel said. In the long run, we’re hoping that the college will pay for a position who can spend part of their faculty hours in there so that we can keep it open more often.”

However, Kiekel said she dreams to have the writing center open for more hours.

“I have a vision of that being open every day of the week in the next year or two,” Kiekel said. “We’ll slowly scale up so it’ll be open more and more often and the services will get better and

better.”

Kiekel said because students will be placed directly into English 101 and will need help, she thinks the writing center should get the funding.

“In this way that’s why the justification for giving these additional services now comes to the top of something that’s a little bit more fundable,” Kiekel said.

“Now we can really make the argument that we need to tighten our belt in other areas, maybe stop doing other things, and maybe fund this instead because everybody needs English 101.”

The specifics of when the writing center would be launched aren’t confirmed yet. However, the idea is to have it open by the second week of the semester. Many of the details are still being discussed.

Kiekel said the funding proposal would be voted on by the Student Success Committee Dec. 12., and then the senate meeting would have to approve Dec. 17. Kiekel said she believes they should be getting the funding for the writing center.

“I mean technically, somebody can say ‘no we don’t want to fund this, we’re not going to do that’ but I haven’t really heard anybody express that they think this is a bad idea or this is an unfundable idea,” Kiekel said. “AB 705 has put a lot of pressure on the college to really think about how they’re supporting students. I don’t anticipate anybody saying no, but I do want to put that disclaimer in there that we still have to approve funding for spring.”

The planning for the writing center still has multiple meetings in plan. The past meeting was on Nov. 29 and it discussed the roles of a tutor in and out of the classroom. Future meetings are tutor training Dec. 13, faculty training Jan. 3, ESL support Jan. 15, and the actual design of the writing center is Jan. 29, which will be the last meeting.

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These incidents were reported between Nov. 25 - Dec. 1

Reported by: Danielle Padilla

11/27 •Ill Student A student was feeling ill at the Earth Sciences Building and was transported to the hospital by paramedics.

11/29

•Criminal Threat One student was making threats to anther student on campus.

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Emergency: (818) 710 - 4311

Oleas said they are losing students because they don’t have the right technology to give them the education that they need.

With a budget of more than $4 million, Schleicher said money isn’t what is holding the project back.

“The funding is already available,” Schleicher said. “That’s why he was making those questions, ‘if the funding is available why can’t you do it?’ What Ed was saying from the PMO, is that he needs approval from the district. They’re saying the district’s already committed to doing it, why don’t you get it done. So there’s a dispute in terms of how it’s not being delivered.”

There was confusion on what exactly was the delay.

Schleicher proposed that a task force was made so that moving the project forward could be discussed properly.

The taskforce had their first meeting the Friday following PCC.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY Danielle Padilla / Roundup Pierce College is expecting to open a new writing lab for students who require extra assistance when writing

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The pack mentality Campus

club offers equestrian competition for students

more than she expected.

Most clubs on campus are designed to bring people of similar interests together, but one club sends its members across the state for a chance at competition.

The Mule Packing Team is nearing its third year with the Associated Students Organization (ASO) to bring a new aspect to equine education.

Tracie Maccanelli, president of the Mule Packing Team, said the club was created last year in the fall semester as a way for Pierce students to compete against other schools and learn about the skill.

“It is really a unique skill to have so we decided to keep it going. We were trying to figure a way out to compete under the Pierce name, so we created the club to keep it going,” Maccanelli said. She said a full team usually consists of four people with one horse and two mules.

“There are several colleges that come and have several teams. We competed against nine teams last year,” Maccanelli said.

Mule packers must learn techniques and skills such as mounting side boxes to mules and rope hitching.

The comedy load, the pack scramble, the relay race, and mystery packing are a few types of competitions the club participates in.

“The main event that we do is we compete in Bishop California at the Bishop Mule Days on Memorial Day weekend. It’s the 50th anniversary of the Mule Days this year so it’s going to be a big to-do,” Maccanelli said.

The Bishop Mule Days Celebration has been running for nine years and this will be its tenth year in 2019, according to Maccanelli.

The team members compete for timing and accuracy in the interscholastic competitions held each year.

“We’ve competed at the Mule Days for two years in a row. This spring will be our third year competing,” Maccanelli club.

Maccanelli said if new members want to join for competition, they need to be horse savvy to follow important safety protocols with handling equine.

“If you are new to the horse world, you’re more than welcome to join our club, we welcome it, but we would never have you compete. You can come, be an alternate maybe, but just come support us and help us get ready for a competition to get a feel for what’s going on,” Maccanelli said.

She said the club tries to host multiple events throughout the semester to get the word out to .

“Last year we had a fundraiser,” Maccanelli said. “We had our presence at any kind of Boots and Saddles or open house. We set up a stand and make our presence known so people can ask questions.”

Emily Kennedy, team member and ASO student representative for the Mule Packing Team, said this is her second semester with the club.

“We have club rush every year and I try to bring stuff up whenever we have ASO meetings,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said everyone is very supportive of one another when it comes to working together as a team.

“We work fi rst individually

on packing and then together as a team, so every team has four people,” Kennedy said. “We weed them out fi rst by letting everyone have their trial runs and getting as efficient as they can individually, and then we group them together. You learn how you work and whose best at what.”

Kennedy said team members have to be very adaptable and selfaware of their surroundings.

“You defi nitely need to know how to communicate and how to work quickly and efficiently. It’s very helpful to have more horse experience just so that you know how to handle them,” Kennedy said.

The Mule Packing Team uses a dummy mule named Pookie for

many practice demonstrations since they do not have any mules on campus to use.

“Rock Creek Pack Station lends us their mules and they are huge supporters,” Maccanelli said. “There are other pack stations that compete on a professional level and on an amateur level aside from the interscholastic. You get to learn from those people too.”

Emily Hensley, secretary of the Mule Packing Team, has been a member of the club since it was founded.

“I’ve been with horses pretty much my whole life. I grew up with a racetrack and I had my own horse,” Hensley said.

Hensley said being a member of the club has helped her learn much

“I’ve learned a lot about myself,” Hensley said. “I’ve improved a lot with my skills, and we time ourselves with our packing. I noticed I’m getting faster and faster and I’m getting close to doing it in under a minute. I keep record of all of our times so we can see where we can improve.”

Hensley said the club has helped her reach a high skill level in a short amount of time.

“I was able to pack mules, pony mules and do a bunch of stuff that I probably may have not known how to do if I didn’t have the club,” Hensley said.

Hensley said the club gave her an opportunity for a summer job relating to mule packing.

“I know for where I was this summer, we had these dams we were fi xing,” Hensley said. “We were packing people up and down the mountains with their supplies for over two months. We packed up all their food. We packed a barbeque, we packed up propane, you name it we pack it.”

Hensley said she enjoys the experiences she gains from the club and the team always has fun with its practices.

“I actually really enjoy packing. I fi nd it pleasurable, I enjoy it and have a lot of fun and going out packing with the teams and packing with the other colleges is just a lot of fun,” Hensley said.

Maccanelli said it’s vital to keep the agricultural heritage of Pierce because they are in jeopardy of losing it.

“It’s really important that our community knows about our school, knows about our program and not just the horse program, but all agricultural programs. We are still here, and we have students that are here, and they want to learn, so we need our teachers and we need this program to stay alive” Maccanelli said.

The club meetings are held on Thursdays from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at the Equestrian Center in the fundamentals area.

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Helping send those books away

Poli Sci major creates app to help students buy and sell used textbooks

Galindo and a student at Pierce, said Galindo is doing everything he can to improve his community and break stereotypes.

project. He also didn’t have any experience in app development.

Galindo still found time to put a major focus on his studies.

A lot of people come to the United States in search of a better life. Only a few come with the intention to improve their hometown and the lives of others.

Carlos Galindo, a political science major at Pierce College and the inventor of BookAway, a mobile app for students to sell used textbooks to other students, is trying to be one of the few.

After coming from Mexico to the United States of America at the age of 13, Galindo has invested a lot in his own education while also trying to help other people at the same time.

Galindo wants to be an outlier in what he believes is a system that tries to prevent immigrants from becoming successful.

“We’re seen as people who can’t achieve great things,” Galindo said. “Why? That’s just ignorance. We have a system that is mostly designed to not let us do that. But we can achieve great things. It doesn’t matter who we are.”

He decided to major in political science with the intention to return to Mexico to fi x the problems in his community.

“I see how a lot of people are treated and I want to do something for them,” Galindo said. “I want to make sure that they’re being treated the way they should.”

Jorge Quedada, a friend of

“He’s trying to help his community,” Quedada said.

“Coming from Mexico City to the U.S. as a young adult, he had a lot of dreams and a lot of obstacles. When you’re an immigrant coming here, you encounter a lot of obstacles and I think he has a really nice mindset of getting ahead and breaking the stereotypes.”

His desire to help people was a path to his idea for BookAway. Galindo felt it is unfair that bookstores offer students a small amount of money for an expensive textbook after a few months of use.

“You know, we as students, we need that money,” Galindo said.

“I need those 50 bucks more than that bookstore. If you’re waiting for your paycheck, those 50 bucks for a book are really going to help you get through the week or a few days that you’re short for money.”

He also thought the current way of selling textbooks is too outdated for the modern age.

“We’re in the times of technology,” Galindo said. “You can connect with your family member, who lives on the other side of the world, with your phone. You can send money to them with your phone. Why should we have students suffer communicating with each other?”

So he decided to do something about it. The process was not easy and it was a time consuming

Galindo was able to get some assistance in building the app from people along the way but he learned to do most of it himself.

“I had to basically go through the process of learning how to do all the coding and all that,” Galindo said. “I got it revised by someone who helped me fi x little bugs here and there. I went through videos on Youtube, I had some friends who kind of know about this a little bit and they told me what to do, what not to do, and where to go.”

The app took about a year to make a few more months to get it published. It was approved and placed on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in June of 2018.

Galindo wants to continue developing the app and updating it with new features. He has plans to add a new feature called “Hire a nerd” for students to get tutoring from other students.

Right now, the app only works in the Los Angeles area but he wants to make it work across the United States and other countries.

“First I want to make sure I implement this project very well here in California,” Galindo said. “Then after that, I can think about making it nationwide and then also taking this project to Mexico. I’m pretty sure every college student in the world has issue. You need money and you have textbooks, but you just don’t have a way to connect with other students.”

Even while developing the app,

He is on pace to graduate Pierce with eight degrees in administration of justice, arts and humanities, criminal justice, Latin American studies, political science, Spanish, Spanish for transfer, and social behavioral sciences.

Fernando Oleas, chair of the modern language department, said he was impressed by Galindo’s interest in learning more and his involvement in the class.

“Even though he juggled his daily life with surviving and working and doing things like that, he was always on top of his game in terms of reading,” Oleas said. “And what I recall well is that he would actually buy additional books that I would mention in my class. For example, if I made a reference to a particular book that was important, he would immediately buy those books and put them on his que to read it later on.”

Quedada said his passion for whatever he does is what stands out the most about Galindo.

“He’s very passionate. Whatever he believes in, he goes for it,” Quedada said. “It doesn’t matter if he’s right or wrong. It doesn’t matter what others think. If he believes in it, he’s going to go for it regardless of what anyone says.”

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Carlos Galindo, the creator of the BookAway app, sits outside of the Pierce College Library / Learning Crossroads on Nov. 26, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. BookAway is an app that students can use to sell used textbooks.

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Concert series invites trio of sound

A violinist, a pianist and a horn player celebrate life and death

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In was the first performance as a trio, The Chamber Ensemble/ Horn Trio, which is a mixture of the french horn, violin, and piano, played a celebration of life and death in a

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sorrowful symphony.

The Thursday Concert was held in the Music 3400 building instead of the performing arts building.

“This piece was written following the death of his mother. Some scholars believe it was written as a requiem for his mother,” Ondarza said.

The trio performed a four-

movement piece by Brahms. The piece is called Horn Trio in E Flat Major, Op. 40.

Before the concert began, Dr. Garineh-Avakian, instructor of music, instructed the audience to hold their applause until the end of the performance. Later, Elizabeth Wilson, the violinist, explains it is for the sake of continuity. The applause would detract from the musical piece as a whole.

The Horn Trio was originally written for the natural horn. Ondarza explained that the valved horn was not widespread at the time the piece was composed. The natural horn has less range than the valved horn, Ondarza explained. She placed her hand in the bell, or opening, of the horn and demonstrated what a natural horn sounds like, describing it as “ghostly.”

Wilson said the violin is the most voice-like instrument in the strings group, while the French horn is the most voice-like in the brass group.

“Each instrument is just as important as the next,” Wilson said.

The horn trio began playing the first movement of the composition, Andante. The group had few gaps in the music as they became more comfortable with one another and the audience.

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The next movement, Scherzo: Allegro was more lively than the previous movement. After it ended the trio took a short break for the French horn player to rest her lips. Ondarza took the opportunity to clean her horn. She explained when her hot breath meets the cold metal horn, condensation forms and accumulates.

U-Jung Jung, the pianist, joked and said Ondarza’s explanation wasn’t accurate.

“I feel like that’s a cover-up, for it really actually is spit,” Jung said. Wilson said the audience is just as much a part of the performance as the musicians. She explained that the musicians can sense when an audience is not fully engaged or is distracted.

The trio began the third movement Adagio: Mesto. This movement had a solemn sound with deeper, drawn-out notes.

The transition to the fourth movement Finale: Allegro Con Brio was smooth and quick. It is as if it was one extended movement, rather than one.

This movement was bright and cheerful.

All in all, the horn trio brought great energy to the Performing Arts Hill.

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A collaboration of absurdity

The theater department brings a comedic adventure to campus with Durang Durang

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Observing extreme versions similar to ourselves can sometimes be hilarious. It also can foster an inner discussion about what we wish we were and what we hope we aren’t.

Pierce College’s latest theater production Durang Durang is a critique on the absurd nature of people and society. Directed by Anthony Cantrell, the exuberant comedy with six one-act plays runs through Dec. 9 at the Performing Arts Mainstage.

The opening sequence of the play is an aside by, the poster girl of the play, Mrs. Sorken (Laurien Allmon). Allmon’s character is witty, charming and hilariously clumsy. Mrs. Sorken gives the audience a history lesson on the role of theater in society and makes fun of the seriousness of dramatic theater productions.

Mrs. Sorken, who is found to be the aunt of the plays original writer, Christopher Durang, is used as a connecting character to the other acts, popping up as a customer in a restaurant and even a F.B.I agent. Her opening to the show was appropriately strange, comedically sound and set the foundation for what’s to come from the remaining five acts.

The second play, titled For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, introduces a crude and easily annoyed character Amanda (Sarah Ruth Ryan), who is the mother to, Lawrence (Trevor Alkazian) an anxious teen who selfdiagnosed himself with different diseases and disabilities. Ryan plays an intense and often times relatable southern house mother who’s concerned her son is too much of a wimp and will never find a wife. Things change when Lawrence’s brother, Tom (Jon Michael Villagomez), comes to dinner and brings coworker, Ginny (Megan Milo).

Whether it was the fake limp or the collection of glass cocktail stirs, Lawrence’s dorky physicality was

one of many comedic elements that worked well in this scene.

However, the high point lies in the climax of the act when Tom plans to depart from his family and never return. The lights fade and inspirational music played quietly under Tom’s monologue. As an audience member, you begin thinking the act is ending, and then the lights quickly came back up and the sound came to a screeching halt and it is found that Tom was on the porch speaking this deeply personal monologue still in view of the family.

The collaboration of the lighting and sound was exceptional throughout the play, this scene being its best example. And the seriousness of Tom made the climax amusing and worthwhile.

Nearly everything about this production seemed nonsensical in the best way possible, even down to the set design by Frederica Nascimento.

The set seems like a collection of furniture fragments from all over the world. Though underused, the

backdrop was interesting and played into the absurdity of the play nicely.

Nina in the Morning is another departure from the previous topic discussed, it tells the story of an incredibly wealthy, older women, Nina (Joni Leigh), and her adventures attempting to seduce her servants and angsty teenage son, James (Tomas Ciracio).

This act, unlike the others, has a narrator (Joe Green) who not only presents the story in a monotone 3rd person form but also plays on the common trope of having the narrator play miniscule roles and remain in character throughout the scene. Narration by Green was subtle enough to give the actors enough room to hit their punchlines excellently and the overall straight faced nature of Green throughout the madness that ensues made the entire scene more pleasurable.

The exceptional sound design by Edward Salas became apparent in the preparation for the fourth play, The Book of Leviticus. As the actors

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Holiday magic is coming early this year to the Art Hill.

The Pierce College Choir is hosting the Holiday Concert on Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The concert will include ensembles, soloists, duets and trios.

Garineh Avakian, an instructor of music, wants to bring the community together at the Holiday Concert to celebrate the season.

“I’ve also gone to local, nearby, assisted living or senior living residences like apartment complexes and invited them to come to our concert,” ,” Avakian said. “I go to local churches or temples and I try to pitch the concert to them, so we can get the community to come on campus.”

Avakian hopes students and community members alike enjoy the concert.

where I’m going to invite the audience to sing in with us,” Avakian said.

Aro Caitlin, a music major, is currently taking seven music classes.

Caitlin said the concert includes different aspects of the holidays.

“There’s a song about Hanukkah and there’s a few different languages that are going to be represented,” Caitlin said. “There are going to be various styles. We’re going to be singing a piece in German by Bach.”

Caitlin will be performing an original arrangement on guitar.

“I have an original arrangement of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas on guitar, so I’ll be playing and singing for that song. That will be an interesting and fun experience,” Caitlin said.

Alexis Treese, a pre-med student, took part in the Holiday Concert last year.

“The Holiday Concert is usually pretty fun, because we sing a lot of different cultural music, and so that’s very interesting,” Treese said.

transition into the next act the sound began to rifle through radio feeds until it introduced the next scene as a daytime television show. What could’ve been just set up music for the following scene became a well done narrative choice.

The Book of Leviticus, takes more of a religious turn. As a southern wife, Lettie Lu (Michelle Johnson) is persuaded by the teachings of the biblical text The Book of Leviticus to host a daytime talk show filmed by supportive husband, Tommy (Trevor Alkazian).

It’s unclear whether it was a directorial decision by Cantrell or a character choice by Johnson but the role of Lettie Lu didn’t seem cynical and villainous enough to carry out the crimes she later commits in the scene. Although it was evident Cantrell attempted to surprise the audience, the climax didn’t seem believable and the scenes intended shock fell flat.

Another unsavory portion of the play came in the fifth play, Wanda’s Visit, which tells the story of an arguably happy, normal husband and wife, Jim (Spencer Sharp) and Marsha (Michelle Johnson), who are burdened by Jim’s high school sweetheart Wanda (Meagan Truxel), who is desperate to win Jim’s love.

The high point of the act came toward its end in the restaurant scene when the Waiter (Arash Ghanavatian) makes a grand aside about his future. Although random, the monologue gave Ghanavatian room to flex his comedic abilities which shined through even in a smaller role.

Business Lunch at the Russian Tea Room proved to be the highlight of the entire production. The story follows a screenwriter, Chris (Jon Michael Villagomez) who is looking for his next big project and is introduced to a vivacious Hollywood agent Melissa Stern (Megan Milo) who tasks Chris to write on topics that will shock mainstream audiences.

“It’s an upbeat concert, let’s put it that way. It’s all catchy tunes that people usually hear around the holidays,” Avakian said.

Students have been working on the concert the entire semester.

“Students do a lot of work for preparation. We’ve been working on this all semester amongst other things we’ve gone to,” Avakian said.

Avakian will be conducting around 120 students for the concert.

“We have a combination of classical music like ranging from Sebastian Bach all the way to very contemporary pieces. We’re going to be singing acapella. We’re going to be having somewhat of a band, and the very last number on the concert is kid of like a holiday medley

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Having brought them thousands of dollars worth of toys, HRE Wheels, has sponsored Motor4Toys for 10 years.

Brand Marketer, Jorge Martinez, said HRE Wheels and Troyan have known each other for years. Through their relationship, HRE Wheels tries to get invested in any sort of charity event that Troyan has.

“It’s nice to do this,” said Martinez. “We don’t see enough of this in the automotive community. To take part in something like this is important.”

He relates as a normal person

Jeremiah Reyes, an English major, is part of the music 501 class. Reyes is excited to perform.

“I’m starting to love it as well— great music, really gets into the holiday spirit,” Reyes said.

Avakian tries to make each concert different than the next.

“Every year’s very different from each other. Everybody will be wearing their choir shirts, they’ll be in jeans with like Christmas hats and you know elf ears. I’m letting them kind of wear whatever they want,” Avakian said. Tickets can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door for $10. Avakian recommends purchasing tickets online to avoid delaying the start time of the concert.

who works like everyone else and is given the opportunity to give back.

“I have no idea what I’m doing, that’s the truth,” says Troyan. “I just keep calling. People pat me on the back and say ‘oh you’re the guy’, but I’m not the guy. It’s all of us.”

Near freezing weather or a long days at work hasn’t hindered Troyan’s attitude. He does it all with the help of others that want to give back too.

“This is all love,” said Troyan. “All the volunteers do it from the goodness of their hearts. I don’t have a volunteer list, people just show up.”

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The Pierce College Ensamble Choir rehearses for their performance on Dec. 3, 2018, at the Music Building in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Elizabeth Wilson plays the viloin while U-Jung Jung (CQ) plays the piano during the performance. on Nov. 29 in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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James, the first son played by Tomas Ciriaco, curses Nina (Joni Leigh) as he is dragged away by butler Foote (Danni Rabbani). From the One Act play "Nina In The Morning" of Durang Durang in the Arts The atre at Pierce College, Woodland Hills, Calif.

Semester in review

Top: Chief Swale from the grup Afrikasa, dances with students at the Thursday Concert in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage Oct. 4, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Unique Manns

Middle Top: Edgar Cisneros, 5, draws with colored chalk on the ground outside the Pierce College South Gym after being evacuated from the Hill and Woolsey fire Nov. 9, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Joshua Manes

Middle Bottom: (L-R) Adelaide Flores, Lilyana Cruz, Allan Cruz and Kevin Cruz play video games while sitting on cotts in the South Gym on campus, which was converted into a shelter for those fleeing the Hill and Woolsey fires Nov. 9, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Natalie Miranda

Bottom Left: Justin German (8) celebrates after a win against Pasadena City College Oct. 20, 2018, at Shepared Stadium at Piercce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo by Danielle Padilla

Bottom Right: Marsha (Mich elle Johnson) and Jim (Spencer Sharp) embrace eachother during a dress rehearsal for“Durang Durang” in the Performing Arts Theatre at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. November 26, 2018. Photo by Andrew Susanto

From campus entertainment to breaking news, the Roundup covered an array of stories this semester.

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Volleyball Soccer Football

Representation on all-conference

Football and soccer players receive top honors

decided to go elsewhere, but they stuck it out,” Woods said.

“They’re success is a testament to their mental healthiness and who they are character wise.”

10 made the all-conference

There was Brahma representation in both football and soccer as 25 players made the all-conference teams in their respective sport.

Head football coach Carlos Woods was proud of his players that were given this honor.

“For any player to be recognized in our first year together is phenomenal,” Woods said.

For football, 16 players made all-conference. Four players made the 1st-team, wide receiver Christian Graves, quarterback Jonathan Saavedra, safety Jayme Colon and cornerback Dimetri King.

Woods said that the team wouldn’t had the success they did if the four of them didn’t stay on the team.

“Exceptional football players, great leaders. I’m really grateful that they decided to stay. Some of their friends and former teammates

2nd teams. Running back Doma Morris, center Michael Sandoval, offensive linemen Jamal McDowell and Luis Ruiz, tight end Marcus Johnson, all-purpose David Kates, utility Premire Wilson, defensive end Sterling Cooper, outside linebacker Marqi Morgan and defensive back Dehron Holloway.

Two Brahmas made the wildcard team, quarterback Cam Perry and defensive back Dante Witcher Jr.

Woods said the new faces that made all-conference deserve to be there because of their hard work and dedication.

“They bought in with the program. They believed in me and in the system and we told them if they executed and did their job, we will always put them in the position to be successful,” Woods said.

Morgan led the team with seven sacks, one forced fumble and two

recovered fumbles.

Morgan was honored to have received recognition for the year he had.

“It feels pretty good to get recognized because you worked hard all season,” Morgan said. “I didn’t expect it and I was surprised. I dedicate it to my family and parents who have supported me. Also to my coaches because they pushed me to do my best.”

Football ended the year 6-4, their first winning season since 2013 when they finished 9-2. Soccer had nine players receive honors.

Midfielder Diana Millan and forwards Gisell Cruz, Jordyn Conlon and the top goal scorer this season Keyonna Hill made the 1st-team.

Hill scored 29 goals this season, tying the all-time goal scorer Erica Vangsness. She was proud to have tied the record and thanked her coaches for being a huge help in the process.

“I would like to thank my coaches. Even though I wasn’t in shape when I first started they never gave up on me,” Hill said.

All-Conference Teams Football

1st Team

Christian Graves (WR)

Johnathan Saavedra (QB)

Demitri King (CB)

Jayme Colon (S)

Hill said at the beginning of the season it was tough for her to adapt.

Her goal is to make the allconference team next year as well. Defenders Jessica Palmer, Kerian Neal and forward Jessica Tapia made 2nd-team. Two players received honorable mention. Midfielder Cristina Peruch-Alegria and goalkeeper Iliana Yanez. Head soccer coach Adolfo Perez said the highest that have made all-conference was 13 players. He described the protocol taken to determine who makes it.

“Depending on where you finish. Usually we finish first and when you finish top you always get more. I’m happy we have nine. Some programs only have one or two,” Perez said.

Perez was proud to have nine players recieve honors.

“It is awesome to be recognized that way with them making all-conference," Perez said. "Everyone except Gisell is coming back so I’m excited for next year.”

Soccer

1st Team 2nd Team 2nd Team

Michael Sandoval (OC)

Jamal McDowell (OL)

Luis Ruiz (OL)

Marcus Johnson (TE)

Doma Morris (RB)

Cameron Perry (QB)

David Kates (AP)

Premire Wilson (UT)

Sterling Cooper (DT)

Marqi Morgan (LB)

Dante Witcher (CB)

Dehron Holloway (KR)

Diana Millan (MDF)

Gisell Cruz (FWD)

Jordyn Conlon (FWD)

Keyonna Hill (FWD)

Brahmas place 3rd in West LA Tourney

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Men’s basketball were on the road as they took part in the threeday West LA Tournament held from Nov. 29 - Dec. 1.

The Brahmas ended up winning two of the three games, which placed them third in the competition.

They opened the tournament with a defensive battle that resulted in a 55-52 win over Glendale Community College.

Head coach Casey Weitzel said the team struggled versus Glendale’s defensive scheme.

“They're just well coached, they fight, they gave us everything they had and we were able to hold onto the three point win,” Weitzel said. “We didn't play to the best of our ability, but finding a way to win in that was amazing and I was just thankful. We got the lead late, we hung onto it, and we survived and advanced.”

In their next match, the Brahmas were defeated 92-71 by Long Beach, who ended up winning the tournament.

five guys that were willing to just go to war and fight the entire game and that's what we found about 10 minutes into the game,” Weitzel said. “We closed the deficit to a seven at halftime and then we outscored them a 55-41 in the second half. So we outscored them by 14 points and found a way to win by seven. So we were very proud of what we did.”

Assistant coach Bruce English said the team had a tough matchup versus Compton but they were resilient and pulled out the win.

“That last game we were kind of faced with the challenge of Compton being one of the teams that we're weaker against and the fact that they pressure a lot,” English said. “They're very aggressive, very assertive towards the rim. Sometimes we have a tendency to be a little timid whereas the Compton guys aren't.”

Kyle Lord, guard, said getting used to the college athletics’ pace allowed him to have that breakout game.

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Led the team with 62 points in the three-day West LA Tournament.

In what areas can you improve on?

“Improving on my assists per game. Also get my average jump and imporve on my defense.”

Do you have any pregame rituals or superstitions?

“I’ll do a prayer and listen to music before the game.”

If you weren’t playing basketball, what sport would you do?

Football.

Any plans after Pierce?

“Transfer to a four-year and get my degrees and than whatever comes next.”

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Jessica Palmer (DEF)

Kerian Neal (DEF)

Jessica Tapia (FWD)

Cristina Peruch-Alegria (MDF)

Iliana Yanez (GK)

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“They're going to be a top team in the region,” Weitzel said. “So we had the opportunity to face off against them and see what we're made of and we weren't ready. Our team was just not ready for it. With a quick turnaround like that, that prep wasn't good enough on the coaches end, and then frankly, our team just didn't play to the best of their ability that day.”

Since the Brahmas won their first match, they were on the winners side of the bracket, which set them up to play in the third place game versus Compton.

The Brahmas went into halftime trailing by seven but battled back and found a way to pick up the win by a score of 91-84.

“We came out flat and I asked for

“Honestly, it's probably the most focused i've been,” Lord said. “I'm finally getting used to the game and getting used to the college scene and stuff like that. So it was just an adjustment. I guess I'm adjusting to it better now.”

Anthony McIntyre led the Brahmas in points in all three games, which lead to him being named an all-tournament player.

“It was good, it was a great feeling,” McIntyre said. “It was my first college accolade, so I was really proud of myself.”

McIntyre posted a total of 62 points in the tournament, with 30 of them coming in the final game versus Compton. He also added 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals and 1 block.

The Brahmas will be back on the court Wednesday, Dec. 5 to face El Camino. Game starts at 6 p.m.