Volume 129 Fall 2018 Roundup Issue 2

A night with the stars

Telescope Night offers the Pierce community a reason to look up

cool stuff that I see.”

listen to Dale Fields speak. Early into the night, there was a shooting star, and Fields, the astronomy adviser, said he had not seen one as bright in about six years.

faculty and staff are invited to gaze at the sky and look at it from a different perspective.

As soon as the sun set

Monday, students gathered around the Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes to look at planets and

The unusual sighting was part of the excitement at the first Pierce Telescope Night of the semester.

Telescope nights are put on twice a semester, where students,

“I love getting a chance to observe these kinds of things and share that with people and recognize that this is their sky too,” Fields said. “They actually should have the chance to look up into this and see the same kinds of

Zoe Tallarita, a sociology major, found out about telescope nights through her astronomy class. She decided to take the class, because she was interested in the stars and moon.

“We just saw a shooting star. It lasted forever. That was so crazy. I wish I recorded it,” Tallarita

said. “Look through a telescope, because you don’t get to see this any other place-- unless you want to pay.”

Cameron Lazo, a former student, found out about telescope nights through his younger sister.

“That was a better view of the moon than I’ve ever seen before. It was really crazy to see

it, just that close and in that much detail.”Lazo said. “As for the other few [planets], while they were maybe a bit smaller-- I’d looked through telescopes in 6th grade on this sort of field trip for school and it really brought me back. We looked at Venus and Saturn and it really brought me back to that.”

Approximately 1,800 students were accidentally auto-enrolled across 1,100 different classes for the Fall 2018 semester, from the waitlist, due to a manual waitlist engine run performed by the District IT department Sept. 11.

The engine run was performed due to a request placed by an LACCD employee for assistance on a waitlist inquiry and to support the college. When the parameters were input into the system, they were incorrect, causing the waitlist engine run to

be performed district-wide. The technical team is in the process of dropping the students that were accidently auto-enrolled in the system.

“The team is taking extra precaution to guarantee that the student’s academic record does not reflect a ‘W’ for the drop nor that any institutional charges for the extra class is calculated,” Betsy Regalado said in her email addressing the matter. “Regarding financial aid, there should be no impact to the students affected by the waitlist error since the repackaging run was not scheduled to execute until this evening.”

She noted that initially no

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official notification of the autoenrollment from the waitlist was sent to students, however students became aware of the auto-enrollment through their self-service portal. Regalado explained in the email to faculty that they planned to send out an email to students impacted that they should receive an email concerning the auto-enrollment within 24 hours.

Athletic counselor Joseph Roberson expressed how we was impressed by the way that the administration handled the matter.

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Former astronomy student Henrietta Kiner looks through a telescope during Telesope Night at

College's Center for the Sciences on Sept. 17,

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Zachary Kennett Harris and Katherine Gutierrez look over a list of names at Club Rush on the Mall at Pierce College on Sept. 13, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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From the desk of the Roundup: Editorial

Community College students have an expectation to graduate with an Associate Degree and transfer after two years, However, this expectation most commonly flies far from reality.

According to usnews.com, the Pierce College community has struggled in transferring to a university in a reasonable amount of time, with a mere 37 percent of students graduating in two years. This problem is not rooted only in Pierce College but all across the golden state’s vast number of community colleges.

“California’s community colleges educate more than two million students. In 2016 just 48 percent of students who enrolled at a California community college left with a degree, certificate, or transferred after six years,” according to a study conducted by edsource.org.

This is a serious issue as students graduating from high school, or adults wanting to obtain their degrees, attend community college as it has become a cheaper and far more readily available educational source.

However, hope isn’t all lost.

Schools like East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program have stepped in trying to combat this widespread issue as they have a 93.4 percent two year graduation rate.

East San Gabriel Valley Occupational Program accredits their Regional Occupational Program (ROP) that connects students to real businesses and companies where students can get hands on training for their desired degree in class. The benefits of the ROP program

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include, "reduce the unemployment rate through training and job placement efforts. The program generates more wage earners and increases the number of taxpayers directly supporting their local community. Workbound and collegebound ROP students are able to explore careers (Training in 27 career fields offered) and ROP alumni can earn a living while pursuing additional/higher education,” according to the programs official website, www.tvrop.org.

Pierce should incorporate these programs into the curriculum because it gives students an initiative to further their education knowing jobs will be available once you graduate.

The New York Times also attempted to tackle this epidemic of how to fix the graduation rate. They used New York's recently initiated Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), which mirrored what the ROP programs do for California Community Colleges. Both programs provide job training and counseling for specific majors for junior college students.

“The program, Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), nearly doubled the share of students graduating within three years (to 40 percent from 22 percent). ASAP also increased the share enrolling in a four-year college (to 25 percent from 17 percent), so it may also, in time, increase the share earning a bachelor’s degree,” according to a New York Times article.

One problem Pierce may run into if they were to attempt to update their course curriculum would be the costs of the program itself. Although,

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if Pierce were to spend the very little money they had in funding on incorporating a few ROP programs it could benefit the school in the long run as it has been proven to increase

enrollment rates and the increased number of enrollment warrants more funding from the state.

Community Colleges across New York. have installed this program and

it has proven as a viable solution to fixing graduation rates.

Pierce being located in the center of San Fernando Valley, one of the highest populated business areas

in the state, can offer students a variety of career programs and thus, improving graduation rates altogether.

Pro Con Gap time between high school and college

Con: Keep it rolling

ANGELICA LOPEZ Reporter @roundupnews

From the moment a student enters high school, college is the only thing teachers will talk about for the next four years. Students are expected to have passing grades, participate in extracurricular activities and have a social life all while paying attention to college application deadlines.

When do we have time to figure out what we want to do with the rest of our lives?

Taking time off between high school and college can be a solution to all the worries and doubts one might have when barely coming out from high school. It serves as time to think about the different options that are out there.

There are many careers that are unconventional and can only be discovered by going out into the real world. The American Gap Association National Alumni Survey Report concluded that students take a gap year to get experience, mature, travel to other parts of the world and take a break from “the traditional academic track.”

While there are students who want to continue their education right away, some students do want to take a year off just for the sake of getting a break from school. As soon as they are put in kindergarten, it doesn’t stop

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until twelfth grade. The amount of stress school puts on a student can be damaging to one’s mental health. The transition from high school to college can be a good opportunity to take the break that is needed. According to an article from Time Magazine, writer Katie Reilly references information from an American College Health Association Survey on the effects of declining mental health on college students.

“Nearly 40 percent of college students said they had felt so depressed in the prior year that it was difficult for them to function, and 61 percent of students said they had ‘felt overwhelming anxiety’ in the same time period,” Reilly said.

Taking time off between high school and college doesn’t necessarily mean a student is giving up on their academic endeavors. College is always an option that someone can go back to, whether it be a year or two later. You see it happen all the time. What you can’t pass up on is experiencing life.

CHELSEA WESTMAN Reporter @roundupnews

Taking on a gap year may seem like a feasible way for high school students to prepare for college. Little do they know the potential risks of losing valuable time and resources away from Academia.

When it comes to taking time off, statistics show how the benefits of a gap year outweigh its disadvantages, so most students tend to make this decision for various reasons. Forming a savings account, a new job experience or personal growth can seem delightful, but there are dire details that seem to get overlooked.

A crucial consequence of booking a gap year off is that students tend to miss out on several opportunities such as getting familiar with college and transfer programs.

Months or even years spent toiling and vacating can distract the student from their academic path. Forgetting about application processes would also make it more of a challenge to enroll in classes and register for financial aid.

A gap year doesn’t only make enrollment a painful process; it also can decrease the income of student's future career choice.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said high school graduates with no college degree had median weekly earnings of $726 and $1,310 for those holding at least a bachelor's degree.

Leaping into a gap year without much consideration can cause far more setbacks than expected.

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Investing longer periods of time outside of school can place a student academically behind, lowering transfer rates.

According to the Gap Year Association, those who took a gap year between high school and postsecondary education had the lowest transfer rate (16 percent), while those who took a leave of absence had the highest transfer rate (30 percent).

Many students realize too far into their gap year that they have lost essential skills they once had on standby in high school. The complication regarding adjusting back to educational structure can demotivate many high school graduates to continue with their academic progress.

Unfortunately, balancing college and a social or family life can present itself as the biggest obstacle for most students. A student might have a friend who took a gap year, while they chose to jump right into a college education. That friend most likely has lost connection with the student since they chose to not be on the same route.

Students delay their academic progression in the form of using a gap year for college preparation. Many factors are put at stake when a career or family life is prioritized over educational achievement.

It is ultimately up to the student to decide if taking a gap year is the best strategy. Although the benefits sound promising, students should reconsider jumping into a gap year to avoid possible financial struggles and stay on track.

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Textbooks arrive late

ALEXIS CANELO Reporter @alexiscanelo_

The delay of textbook shipments at the Student Store have made it more challenging to learn all the material for the course.

Outside competition and late textbook requests have caused some books to be unavailable during the first weeks of the semester.

Until last week, some students were having issues with textbooks not being available for purchase.

Holly Hagan, a book buyer at the Pierce College bookstore, said sometimes instructors do not submit textbook requisition forms by the deadline, which causes books to be unavailable when students need them. Another cause for books not being in stock is a decline in purchases from the student store.

“Why as a taxpayer would you want me to bring in 45 books for a class that, maybe historically, I only sell three books,” said Hagan. “Now all of a sudden there’s this urgency, because Amazon doesn’t have the book anymore, but I only brought in three books. So, we’re on a limited budget, because sales aren’t as they used to be.”

Due to the increased amount of online purchases of textbooks, the student store recuperates from the loss of sales by ordering less of certain texts that didn’t sell in previous years.

However, this hurts students who shop at the bookstore because they don’t want to wait for books to ship after an online order to gain a copy.

“I have not been able to find two of my books for three weeks now,” said Pierce student Anthony Piazza. “My professors are really disliking me in class not having them, but I’m trying to buy it from the Pierce bookstore so Pierce gets the money, and so I don’t have to wait weeks for it to get ordered.”

Despite trends of online shopping, many students still try to purchase their books at the student store.

Candy Van, the assistant manager at the bookstore, said she wants to help students. Special orders are available for students who cannot find their books.

Van says she even opens the bookstore on weekends for students to pick up their textbooks, and save money by picking up the books at Pierce rather than having them shipped to their house.

While students remain divided on whether online shopping or buying from the student store is more effective, there can be another way.

Communications Studies professor, Jennifer Rosenberg, had issues with a textbook being unavailable for her intercultural communication class.

While this was a publisher issue, Rosenberg brings up a new way to access required texts for a course.

“I’m actually considering in the future, so we don’t have these kinds of problems, to use an OER,” Rosenberg said.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely licensed digital teaching materials such as texts.

“Books are so darn expensive and in some cases it just seems ridiculous. You have to think as a professor‒you’re not just taking my class, you might be taking five other classes,” Rosenberg said.

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Taking the bus to school

LAUSD drivers take PACE classes during split-shift

CHELSEA WESTMAN Reporter @chelsea_spero

A route for most bus drivers usually ends at the last stop, but for these employees it ends in the classroom.

The Program for Accelerated College Education is partnering with Los Angeles Unified School District bus drivers the chance to take classes during a split shift.

PACE Director Joleen VossRodriguez has set the curriculum in motion and said taking part in classes will help promote the bus drivers within LA Unified. Rodriguez said most of the workers get approximately $600 reimbursed for enrolling in different classes each year depending on their bargaining unit.

“They have money where they can have their college fees and tuition reimbursed after they take the classes and they pass the classes with a grade of ‘C’ or better,” Rodriguez said. “Any kinds of fees that they have incurred toward their education LA Unified will cover that.”

Rodriguez said this program has been around for many years and wanted to bring the same opportunity to the bus drivers.

“I think it’s really important for them to be able to continue to advance their education while they are working so they don’t have to take off work for them to get their college education completed,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a really nice time for them to study.”

Adjunct Professor Robert O’Neil is teaching a cinema class at the bus depot and said he is fairly impressed with the non-traditional group.

“A lot of these people are first generation college students in their family to go to college and that’s really exciting,” O’Neil said.

O’Neil said the bus drivers are a cohesive group and PACE has brought them together.

"They know what it’s like to be a little bit older or to be working fulltime and going to school,”

O’Neil said. “It gives another group of people who are especially women a chance to get a college degree.”

Rodriguez said the bus drivers work a split-shift and have a big gap of time in between shifts.

“The bus drivers are driving kids in the morning and dropping them off at school and then they have time off,” Rodriguez said. “They have to go pick up the children and drop them off after school as well.”

O’Neil said his students are confined to a tight schedule with many responsibilities.

“They have a break in the day and can’t take a night class,” O’Neil said. “They are driving in the hardest city in the world driving in LA and then being responsible for children of all ages including special ed children and special needs children.”

Valerie Hall, a bus driver, works part-time for LAUSD and said the program is a motivation for a lot of the bus drivers involved.

“This class here is going to help us further our education for the bus drivers that possibly want to move into management,” Hall said. “Once you have associate. degree, you can be a system supervisor.”

Rodriguez said students involved in the PACE program tend to have higher success rates.

“So instead of studying for four

classes at a time, students can study for two classes the first eight-week, two classes the second eight weeks and they are still a full-time student,” Rodriguez said. “So, this leads to greater success because now students are focusing on two classes at a time.”

O’Neil said PACE students can get their degrees faster on average.

“PACE students can theoretically get their community college degree within two years,” O’Neil said. “If you go full-time you get 60 units and you’re ready to move on to a four-year school.”

Hall said it is important students know that PACE is available and offers eight-week hybrid courses.

“We don’t have to go to a college,” Hall said. “We can come to our workplace on our down time and have the classes presented to us, which is a really good thing.” Bus Driver Jamie Feenstra said the program is beneficial to the bus drivers.

“It’s awesome, I love all of the professors,” Feenstra said. “We are able to achieve something that we’ve put off for so long.”

Feenstra drives a 60-mile round trip route from Carson and West-

Rundown Brahma Blotter

These incidents were reported between Sept. 9 - 15

Reported by: Danielle Padilla

09/10

• Traffic collision no injuries

There was a traffic collision near the 4100 building.

09/10

•Suspicious Person

A shirtless male was walking near the Horticulure building.

09/10

•Identity Theft

Hollywood to Van Nuys each day as a bus driver. Feenstra said the district covers the bus fees and said it is her second semester with PACE.

“It works with our schedule and we’re are able to take the GED requirements for the programs we are all going for,” Feenstra said.

Rodriguez said the bus drivers are a close cohort that assist one another.

“They develop this great community and they have this really nice relationship with one another,” Rodriguez said. “They really truly are the essence of a learning community which we think is really fantastic.”

The former PACE director and LA Unified Transportation Services Manager Sheri L. Armstrong worked together to get the program started for bus drivers, according to Rodriguez.

It is possible to take PACE classes at the bus driver depot while concurrently taking classes at Pierce. The PACE classes are offered at the Van Nuys Bus Driver Lot Mondays and Wednesdays.

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Pierce awarded grant from NASA

BLAKE WILLIAMS Reporter @BlakeMWilliams_

Students will be reaching for the stars after receiving a grant from NASA to establish the Introduction to the Solar System lab course.

The proposal by Travis Orloff, instructor of physics and planetary sciences, makes Pierce one of five schools in the country taking part in the NASA Minority University Research and Education Project.

The class will be a hands-on learning experience that allows students to learn the basics of space exploration. Fulfilling both California State University and Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum, the course is expected to

start being offered in Fall 2019.

“We know that hands on active learning experiences can drastically change students’ opinions on science,” Heather Kokorowski, instructor of oceanography and geology, wrote in an email response. “With this in mind, the new Introduction to the Solar System lab class at Pierce will embrace an active-learning approach. Students will design and build spacecrafts and instruments with 3D printers, and they will go through the steps to design and implement a simulated mission to space.”

Video games such as Kerbal Space Program and Universe Sandbox will be used to help teach students the essentials of space flight. They simulate launching a rocket and potential scenarios in space that

students are tasked to solve.

Pierce student Brandon Moghanian was impressed by the proposal of the new lab class and enjoys the idea of technology in the classroom.

“It's a little more hands on than what I'm used to,” Moghanian said. “I like the idea of video games in school. You'll introduce more technology because I think that’s the future of education, so any way to implement that in the classroom would be good.”

The course introduces a different avenue of learning through video games, which is something that is not offered in any other science class at Pierce.

Through the class, five students will also be offered an internship at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

“Our students have five spots just

for themselves, whereas it would be competitive across the nation for the rest of the spots,” Orloff said.

“Somebody who might be interested in science but just doesn't have the chance, now they can.”

Opportunities offered through NASA’s grant will help students embrace science and provide them with a way to be involved in the field.

Orloff credits Kokorowski for helping him turn the class into a reality.

“Professor Heather Kokorowski provided a huge help in adding a lot to kind of just improve the proposal itself,” Orloff said. “She brought my proposal from being a good proposal to what I think is a great proposal.”

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A student reported her identity was stolen and was being used to register for classes.

09/10

•Hit and Run Parked Vehicle

A parked vehicle was hit in Parking Lot 1.

09/10

• Traffic collision no injuries

There was a collision in Parking Lot 7.

09/11

•Disturbance

A student and faculty member had an argument at the North Gym.

09/11

•Ill Student

Paramedics were called to room 1309 because a student felt sick.

09/11

•Hit and Run Parked Vehicle

A parked vehicle was hit in Parking Lot 7.

09/11

•Disturbance

A student refused to pay for his copies at Copy Tech.

09/12

•Ill Student Paramedics were called to room 3252 because a student felt sick.

09/12

•Disturbance

A student caused a disruption at the Sheriff's Station.

09/12

•Driving Under the Influence

Online appointment

problems A Transfer Center glitch slows scheduling

SOFI MATZAGANIAN

Campus Life Editor @sofimatz

Students are not getting where they need to go due to a scheduling glitch within the Transfer Center. Recently, students have been having problems making appointments with counselors at the Transfer Center using the online appointment system. To make an appointment, there are certain criteria that must be met, such as having a history of at least 24 units at Pierce College.

The problem some students are facing is that they have met this requirement, but are not able to make the counseling appointments via the online system.

“Since last semester every time I had tried to make an appointment, the system would tell me that I had less than 24 units,” said Pierce College Student Allan Rivera. This process has proven grueling for some students. Especially those

who do not attend classes every day of the week and are not here regularly. In order for these students to actually get these appointments, they must go through a series of steps. As a result of the glitch, Rivera had to make an appointment with the Transfer Center in an alternative way. Students who have completed over 24 units at Pierce, but are having trouble with the online system must go into the Transfer Center. From there, the student would have to fill out a form and have it reviewed by the clerk. After the student has verified they have completed at least 24 units at Pierce, they must again see the clerk to make an appointment for another date.

During appointments with counselors, students can ask questions pertaining to the transfer process as well as their personal educational goals.

“It’s important because they need to have access to that

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resource so that they have access to that information, so that they know how to go about the process of transferring,” said Transfer Counselor Akadina Amrekhasadeh.

Students’ accessibility to materials and information is an integral part of finding transfer success.

The current glitch with the online appointment system has prolonged students in Rivera’s position from receiving the help they need from the during this transfer season.

While some students are experiencing the online appointment glitch for the Transfer Center, they may still have their questions answered by other counselors.

“Every single counselor is a transfer counselor,” Sunday Salter, director of the transfer center, said. “We do it this way because most students at Pierce plan to transfer.”

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“I think the positive that we can take out of this, is the administration's willingness to acknowledge their mistake, take responsibility and their will to correct it in a timely manner,” said Roberson. Regalado hopes as the college and district staff continue to learn the integrities of our new student information system (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions), the staff will become more familiar with the system, making a smaller margin for error.

“This incident made me realize that we need to develop a policy and schedule on when to purge the waitlist,” said Regalado. “The date should be sometime after the last day to add classes for each unique session to prevent something like this from happening again.”

She assured that no student that was accidently auto-enrolled from the waitlist on September 11 will receive a “W” on their transcript and they are retaining an Excel

file of all the students affected by the waitlist auto-enrollment issue. That way, if a discrepancy does occur, for example, they do receive a “W,” not only will the system record the add date of the invalid auto-enrolled class but we will have a hard copy of the transactions performed.

When asked about the current status of the students enrolled, Donna Villanueva explained that they do not have anymore updates at the moment.

“We are still waiting to hear, I don’t have any updates right now” said Villanueva.

If students are still experiencing problems with autoenrollment or adding classes, they should contact a counselor to get further assistance.

Two male drivers were suspected to be driving under the influence.

09/13

•Suspicious Circumstances

A male and female were smoking marijuana in Parking Lot 7.

09/13

•Suspicious Circumstances

A malewas walking shirtless near the Student Drop Off.

09/14

•Safety Hazard

There was a chlorine leak at the pool.

09/15

•Injury Football Player

The player dislocated his ankle.

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Maria Novoa and Jessica Jasso sit in a Pierce Cinema class at the LAUSD Bus Driver Training site on Sept. 12, 2018, in Van Nuys, Calif. Photo by Sonya Miller

Presidential leadership ASO President Isha Pasricha leads by example

NICK MARTINEZ Reporter @NickEsai

Her charisma glows everywhere she goes, lighting up the room of fellow friends and colleagues who have been waiting for her to discuss and plan various activities and upcoming events.

ASO president Isha Pasricha is spending her third year at Pierce studying political science, which she had decided on after coming to pierce.

Pasricha had previously planned on studying at Santa Monica Community college to major in Chemistry right after high school and even started attending classes during the summer session.

“Right when I got out of Granada Hills Charter High School, I went to Santa Monica College because everybody said that it is the best transfer school to UCLA and had so many opportunities that I was so enticed by it. I started taking classes in the summer, I was on

it,” Pasricha said. “I even applied for the STEM program and I got in, that was the hardest program to get into on campus,” Pasricha continued.

She later found the commute troublesome, and just overall did not feel that Santa Monica was not the right place to further pursue her future.

“As I kept going I just didn’t feel involved. I felt like i didn’t belong there, and I was so upset about it that I called my parents and broke down, telling them how I didn’t like it, so I dropped all my classes.”

Pasricha added Pasricha then wasted no time to apply for summer classes at Pierce,

where she quickly found herself getting involved with the school.

“I went and talked to Lara Conrady Wong, who was the advisor of ASO, and I expressed my interest in getting involved as a senator, and she helped me fill out my application. From there I became senator, to vice president, and fi nally president,” Parchisa said.

Once becoming part of ASO, Pasricha quickly found her passion in helping others through getting more involved.

“I was so confused in the beginning about what I wanted to do with my life, but once I found ASO and all these honors programs

and opportunities, so many things started coming together,” Parchisa said. “Then I found out I wanted to do law, human rights law specifically, because I’m really passionate about helping others and advocating for others needs,” Pasricha said.

A two-sport coach

Jeremy Boyle splits time at Pierce and El Camino HS

AMIR MALEKPOUR Reporter @MalekpourAmir

While coaches in the offseason are recruiting new players for their teams, there are others that are immediately transitioning to coach another sport.

For quarterbacks coach Jeremy Boyle it’s no different. When he is not on the sidelines, he is in the dugout coaching the junior varsity and freshmen/sophomore teams at El Camino Real High School.

“The timing works out because right as football season ends the baseball season begins,” Boyle said.

Boyle said that he played four sports growing up.

Boyle has been in the program for four years. Three of those years were under former head coach Jason Sabolic, and he was apart of the coaching staff when James Sims was the interim coach.

“This is my fourth-year coaching at Pierce. I spent three years under the old coach but was retained by Coach [Carlos] Woods as a coach for my fourth-year. As far as I know I’m the second oldest coach at Pierce.” Boyle said.

Boyle said they didn’t start well in the season opener, but have been able to improve since.

“You all know the fi rst game we got off to a shaky start, but we rebounded and played really well,” Boyle said. Wide receiver Christian Graves said that he has gained knowledge from Boyle.

“He’s a great coach. He usually

coaches the quarterbacks but he’s also the offensive coordinator. Even though I play a different position than what he teaches, I’ve learned a lot from him,” Graves said.

Jonathan Saavedra said that Boyle it always motivating him and that he wants them to be successful.

“He’s encouraging us. He’s always watching film. He has a deep understanding of the game. He played everything, he’s played wide receiver and quarterback. He’s multidimensional. He wants to see us succeed,” Saavedra said.

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Currently for this semester, Pasricha is trying to bring Pierce together as a community by planning various events on campus.

“I’m trying to create more events, bring in different organizations, speakers, and

collaborating with different clubs to make the campus more lively, make it a place where students can really gain more educationally and socially,” Pasricha said

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The Associated Student Organization (ASO) President Isha Pasricha stands outside of Pierce Collegeʼs ASO Building on Sept. 14, 2018, holding the ASO Club Council Leadership Award, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

“She is a very bright person with a lot of potential, but its her hard work and effort that I really want to compliment her on,”

-Lara Conrady-Wong ASO advisor

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Associated Student Organization President Isha Pasricha talks during a Pierce College Academic Senate meeting on Sept. 10, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Alexander Moreno / Roundup Quarterbacks coach Jeremy Boyle stands in John Shepard Stadium during football practice on Sept. 5, 2018, at Pierce College, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

2018-19 theater preview

AMIR MALEKPOUR Reporter @MalekpourAmir

The Pierce College Theatre department is entering its 61st season, and is set to bring two plays and a musical.

“We always try to balance our season when we're deciding plays. It's always all of our fulltime faculty making the decision but the whole department gives input,” Theatre Manager Michael Sande said. “For me when it comes to giving input I give it from the audience's point of view. I do that because it's my job to put butts in seats.”

According to Sande, a variety of genres is key to bringing in audiences.

“We don't want all comedies. We don't all want Shakespeare. We don't want all contemporary. We try to keep it as a mixture,” Sande said. “I personally look at it as a four course meal. I always try to keep it different”.

The first play is Caryl Churchill's Top Girls, directed by Professor Shaheen Vaaz.

“It's a statement to the conservative politics of Margaret Thatcher,” theatre major Bobby Johnson said. “I think being able to see a show in today's political climate really goes to show how timeless this play is.”

Top Girls will open the season on October 19th and it will run until October 28th, 2018 at the Dow Arena Theatre.

The next play will be Christopher Durang's Durang/ Durang.

“This is pure unadulterated classic American Comedy. It's a parody of the popular comedies of the time,” Johnson said.

The Anthony Cantrell directed Durang/Durang is set to open November 30th and will be running through December 30th at the Arts Mainstage.

The third play is set to be William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on March 21st, 2019 at the Dow Arena Theatre. A director has yet to be chosen.

Closing the season is going to be Lin Manuel Miranda's In the Heights. “I loved Hamilton and am super excited to audition for this,” Johnson said.

In the Heights will be directed by Shaheen Vaas and opens April 26th, 2019, and set to close the season on May 5th 2019.

Tickets are available at www. brownpapertickets.com, with a discount offered for purchasing tickets for the season.

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Why did you choose Pierce?

When it comes to the work of a\\ Erika Lizée, art is not merely bound to a typical canvas, and at Pierce College’s Art Gallery, ”Gazing into the Great Unknown,” helps turn the gallery itself into an art piece.

Lizée, a Chicago-born artist, now resides in the San Fernando Valley and has worked on many projects ranging from paintings, drawings and, more recently, a combination between a 2-D painting and a 3-D installation.

One of Lizée’s most notable installations is a piece titled “Transfiguration,” located at the Los Angeles International Airport. It is a combination of painting and installation, while having an aspect of symmetry as well.

Monika Ramirez Wee, the Pierce College gallery director, hosted “Gazing Into The Great Unknown,” as well as a large reception on Sept. 13 where many inquiries could speak to Lizée, as a means to encourage and inspire Pierce College’s many art students.

“The reason why I selected it was because I thought it would be something interesting for our students to see,” Wee said. “I liked the fact that it was combining both installation and painting. We teach painting, we teach sculptor, we teach ceramics and I thought ‘Oh, this is a way students could see something I could do.’”

Opened to public viewing on Aug. 27, the work itself, built upon themes as perception, transforms the gallery into an otherworldly place, where the painting leaps from one part of the wall and seeps into another.

“Yeah, it’s that idea of installation work really,” Lizée said. “You go into a space and (for me) I’m making the work, and the work changes based on the space. So it’s always kind of interesting to see how people come into that space and how the work impacts them, especially when they are familiar with that space and then kind of seeing ‘Oh, this is different."

The piece itself was installed in the gallery within a two week period in July, utilizing help from students to build the project under Lizée’s guidance. Jesse Johnson, one of the Gallery Assistants, was thoroughly

interested by the project due its uniqueness.

“It’s super interesting,” Johnson said. “In my opinion, it’s really different than other galleries, because at other galleries there might be a picture, and then you walk, and there is another picture, but you walk in here and it’s the full on wall, it goes all the way around. Honestly, you don’t know where it starts or ends.”

However, the gallery not only brought in attendants of the exhibition and reception, but also curious students like Daniel Tupper.

“I noticed the door was cracked and I wanted to see what was happening inside,” Tupper said. “Then I saw Jesse over here, and he said ‘Come on in’. It was very warm and welcoming and then I saw the shapes and it caught my attention”, Tupper said.

While being up for some time now, the exhibit “Gazing Into The Great Unknown” will only last until Sept. 27 before being retrofitted once again.

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Joshua Becker, an astronomy tutor, decided to help out with the event the first time he took astronomy. Since then he has become an astronomy tutor and has been one for four semesters.

“Saturn is usually the coolest, just because all the different things

you get to see on it. You can see the different layers in its clouds, you get to see its moon Titan, and then the moon Enceladus clearing out a ring through its larger rings,” Becker said.

Fabian Chavez, a biology major, discovered the event through his friend. Chavez has never looked at stars through a telescope before.

“I see it all the time [the moon]

but I’ve never seen it through a telescope. So, using the telescope will be pretty cool. I’ve never used one,” Chavez said.

“When we were walking up I saw like a, I don’t know if it was a shooting star or comet. I saw it and I was like ‘wow, that's pretty cool’ I saw it coming up in the parking lot.” Chavez said.

The next Telescope night will take place on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m.

The astrony Program also has two planetarium shows planned for the semester. The shows are two hours long, and have limited seating for 48 in the planetarium.

The shows will take place inside the planetarium, the big blue dome, on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. and Friday, Dec. 7 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The show offers audience participation, with the second half

open to questions. Doors open 15-minutes before show times, and seating is on a first-come first-served basis.

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Can’t decide? Welcome to the club

Alabaster white pop up tents draped with multicolored pennants and posters line the pathway of the Pierce College Mall inviting students to discover different school clubs.

On Sept. 12 and 13 the Associated Student Organization (ASO) sponsored their biannual Club Rush, which gave students an opportunity to make connections with their peers who share similar interests.

Students Against Student Hunger (ST.A.S.H), the Mule Packing Team and Anthropology Club were among many of the booths offering information and answering questions for perspective members.

Some booths brought props to accent their club and enhance their display. ASO had a wheel that students could spin to win prizes, such as candy, pencils, wristbands and lanyards. The Mule Packing Team also brought a horse mannequin that team members use to learn how to approach the animals safely.

Club Rush will return in the Spring 2019 semester.

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Pierce plateaus versus Mesa Brahmas blown out at home, fall to Olympians 29-0, 1-2 on season

As the saying goes, never bring a knife to a gunfight. That is exactly what the Brahmas did last Saturday when they hosted the San Diego Mesa College Olympians.

The Olympians got out in front early in the first quarter when receiver Dejon Smith dragged his toes in the front of the end zone for his first of two touchdowns in the first quarter.

The Brahmas struggled to move the ball, totalling -19 yards in the first quarter.

Pierce had a couple opportunities in the second quarter fueled by fumbled punts by the Olympians. However, the San Diego Mesa defense clamped down, forcing a turnover on downs and an interception on those two possessions.

The Olympians added a field goal before halftime, and went to the locker room leading the Brahmas 16-0.

“We’ve got to get something together,” said quarterback Jonathan Saavedra on the sideline.

The third quarter opened with another touchdown from the Olympians.

Watching in frustration was Brahmas alumni and current corner for Mexico City’s Mayas LFA Jonathan Tinajero.

“They’ve got to find that sense of urgency. They look great, but they need unity,” Tinajero said. “Something is holding them back like a bacteria. It needs to be removed immediately. Removed by the root.”

The third quarter ended with the Brahmas down 29-0.

“There’s too many people playing for themselves and not enough people playing for the team.” said Brahmas receiver Malik Ferguson.

Tinajero stood quietly at the sidelines brooding.

“The players are too focused on getting scholarships, but what they don’t realize is that the only way to a scholarship is to win,” Tinajero said.

Quarterbacks coach Jeremy Boyle attributed the loss to San Diego Mesa’s

raw muscle and discipline.

At the post game huddle, the collective feeling was a mutual frustration. After a few players traded jabs, head coach Carlos Woods was quick to stomp the raw emotion.

“We should have capitalized on their weaknesses, but the thing we lacked today was discipline,” Woods said. “We lost the game the moment we stepped on the field.”

The Brahmas next game is Saturday, Sept. 22, when they head to LA Valley College to take on the rival Monarchs for the Victory Bell. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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New gameday environment

Off-field additons try to change the fan experience at football games

Math and English tutoring center opening in South Gym

Gameday experiences at a Pierce College football game will feature a new and energetic atmosphere this season due to changes brought by head coach Carlos Woods.

Woods has hired a DJ to play music during breaks in the game, and there are also plans to use smoke bombs, rally towels, t-shirt cannons, and miniature footballs to try and pump up the crowd and bring more fans to the games.

Creating a top tier fan experience at an affordable price is one of the main reasons for the gameday changes, according to Woods.

“My whole mindset is for a family that doesn’t have the money to pay for a USC or UCLA game, why can’t they get the same experience here at a Pierce College game, at a more economical price,” Woods said.

Keeping fans involved in the game and getting them to come out is another one of the main reasons for the change.

“I want music playing in between a series. I want music playing on the kickoff, I want us to have some type of rally song when we score touchdowns,” Woods said. “All those things increase the fan experience and you have more likelihood of them returning for the next game.”

Woods also believes that having more fans in the stands can provide the energy to boost a player’s performance.

“It just helps them elevate their game to the next level,” Woods said. “It makes them want to play that much harder.”

Former Brahmas cornerback Jonathan Tinajero, who played with the team from 20082010, winning back-to-back championships with the team, agrees that having more fans during a game can help the players.

“They have to get loud, not just for the person they’re here to see, but for the team,” Tinajero said. “Getting the fans loud brings a comfort to the team. And if the sideline gets loud, the crowd gets loud.”

Athletic Director Moriah Van Norman sees the positive work Woods is doing to connect the college

community and the football team.

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“I think coach Woods is doing a great job trying to bring the community in,” Van Norman said. “I think he’s really working to appeal to our student population and that’s just a great addition for our games.”

Besides the benefits for the fans and players, Woods also believes it can help the school from a financial perspective.

“It’s only going to drive revenue,” Woods said. “Drive more students to our school and make more people more aware of our student athletes and our school itself. So I think that’ll be a win-win.”

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The Center for Academic Success and the Pierce College athletics department have collaborated to create a new mathematics and English tutoring center for student athletes in the South Gym.

According to Moriah Van Norman, athletic director, athletes are required to be full-time students along with attending practices, and some even working part-time jobs outside of school.

Van Norman said they have the Center for Academic Success at their disposal, but their times vary throughout the day. By having this facility, it makes tutoring more accessible to the athletes because they have a larger workload than the average student.

Having had experience as a student athlete at USC, Van Norman understands the importance of having academic resources available to them. She said that she knows what it takes to get the student athletes to the next level so they can transfer to a four-year university, and help them become adapt academically and athletically.

“My goal for the athletic department is to really build the holistic student, and that means making sure that student athletes understand that they are more than just great athletes,

but also great in other areas of their life,” Van Norman said.

Van Norman already has plans to expand their tutoring services outside of English and math.

“The big picture would be to have workshops,” Van Norman said. “So they are learning more than just academic stuff. So they can also learn life skills bringing that into center to help prepare them for life after athletics.”

The staff at CAS also helped bring this idea to fruition. According to Van Norman, all the tutors that are offering their services are students that work at the tutoring center.

“The Center for Academic Success staff, Crystal Kiekel, Brad Saenz from English, and Edouard Tchertchian from math did such an amazing job helping us,” Van Norman said. “The tutors are excited, so we want the kids to use this service.”

Athletic counselor Joseph Roberson said that Van Norman saw the need for the new facility immediately upon her arrival, and has been working hard to gather the resources necessary to make it happen.

“It most definitely takes the leadership to step in and try to get the wheels turning and acquiring the resources to fulfill that need,” Roberson said.

Morgan Wadlow, outside hitter for the men’s volleyball team, is planning on using the tutoring facility because it will help him create a more consistent study schedule.

“I think it’s a good thing for the sake of the student athlete’s education and future goals,” Wadlow said. Van Norman’s goal for the first year of this facility is to get student athletes to utilize it and see them get tutoring for both subjects.

“I want to show that this tutoring center has actually helped these students academically with GPA, completion, retention, all that stuff and I hope that this is the place to start,” Van Norman said. English tutoring will be from Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Math tutoring will be from Monday to Friday from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. except for Tuesdays which will be from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. It is walk-in tutoring so no appointments are required.

“My goal for the athletic department is to really build the holistic student”

- Moriah Van Norman Athletic Director

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Terence Henderson also known as “DJ TJ” plays music from the sideline during a game against Sn Diego Mesa College at Shepard Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Brahmas defensive end Sterling Cooper pursues San Diego Mesa quarterback Laquan Williams on Sept. 15, 2018, at Shepard Stadium in Woodland Hills, Calif. Pierce lost to the Olympians 29-0, th e first time they were shutout this season.

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Jonathan Saavedra (7), quarterback, avoids the pass rush from San Diego Mesa linebacker Devin Sanders on Sept. 15, 2018 at Shepard Stadium in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Outside linebacker Marqi Morgan tackles a San Diego Mesa College player during a game at Pierce Collegeʼs Shepard Stadium on Sept. 15, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Reinforcing the Brahma attack

The soccer team bring in new faces to score more goals

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Four new forwards joined the soccer team this season. Every one of them comes from a different background and have their own story.

Jordyn Conlon, Keyonna Hill, Dominique Gonzalez and Jessica Tapia are the reinforcements in addition to Gisell Cruz and Adriana Sosa who were on the team last year.

Head Coach Adolfo Perez, expressed his happiness in having them on the team.

“It means that the future is much as success as we had, the future is brighter,” Perez said.

Hill currently leads the team in goals with seven, followed by Cruz with six. Gonzalez and Tapia have two goals and Jessica Palmer and Diana Millan have one. Perez said the team finished last season strongly. He has full confidence in them,but he is concerned that any of them go down with an injury.

Conlon started playing soccer when she was seven. In high school she tore her ACL on both knees. Therefore, the injury prevented her from playing a long time.

Conlon said that she is happy to be playing for the Brahmas and has good chemistry with her teammates.

“It is a very strong team, and I have a very good relationship with everyone,” Conlon said.

Conlon expects to improve as the season goes on. The goal for her is that the team be successful.

Conlon plans to transfer to a four-year where she wants to major in psychology.

Hill began to play soccer when she was three. She played at Taft Charter High School.

Hill likes playing in the forward position because she likes scoring in every game.

Hill only has one objective in mind for her and the entire team.

“Go to state and win, and I want to be the top goal scorer,” Hill said.

Hill plans on transferring to USC and then play at the professional level.

Tapia loves playing forward,

but she also likes to play as a right winger.

Although she likes to play in the attacking third, she performs defensive duties as directed Perez.

For this season, Tapia expects to win because it is a very good team and they progress with every game. She aims to win the conference and move forward to play for a four-year university. Gonzalez started playing when she was six.

She was fond of playing soccer, but for her it wasn’t easy to play the sport at first.

Gonzalez’s father had another perspective at that time, for him was believing that playing soccer

From the land of the rising sun

Brahmas defender makes herself at home in new country

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Coming to a foreign country to start a new life can be daunting. Add in starting a new school and things could get overwhelming. But for Brahmas defender Jessica Palmer, soccer was something she could bring with her and ease the transition.

“My teammates were some of the first friends I made when coming to America,” Palmer said. Palmer left her home of Osaka, Japan five months ago. She came to Pierce to study biology after hearing it was a great school with a solid soccer team, hoping to excel in both her academic and athletic goals.

“The main reason I decided to come to America was because it had everything I needed to become a doctor,” Palmer said.

Palmer said that coming to the United States has given her many chances to work hard.

“There is a lot of hustle here, a lot more opportunities, and a lot more opportunities to meet and talk to different kinds of people,” Palmer said.

Head Coach Adolfo Perez sees the chemistry that Palmer brings to the field.

“Jessica is a special kid, a coach’s delight and she listens well. She is disciplined, and she is a great teammate. She is also a great soccer player,” Perez said.

Keyonna Hill, forward, also sees Palmer as a great new addition to the team.

“Jessica has great chemistry on the field, anyone barely gets past her. She brings great vibes and always positive to the team. She’s a great team player,” Hill said.

Team captain and midfielder Diana Salonga said that Palmer made an impression on her during the training sessions.

“I was the first to meet Jessica. I remember on the very first day of practice she was wearing an orange shirt so she stood out, but at the same time I also noticed she had great ball control, and I thought that was great,” Salonga said.

Brahma of the Week

Gisell Cruz

Sport: Soccer

Position: Forward Class: Sophomore

Hometown:

Van Nuys, CA

Scored four goals in the team's 5-0 win against Cerro Coso.

You scored four goals against Cerro Coso. How does it feel to be back on the scoresheet?

“It feels good. I feel that the more practice I get, it makes me a better player."

In what areas do you think you need to improve on?

“I feel I'm on the ball too much. I need to release the ball quicker because if I don't, I hurt my team."

Do you have any pregame rituals?

“I usually pray before the game. I get down on one knee on the field."

If you weren't playing soccer, what sport would you be playing?

"I feel I wouldn't be playing another sport."

Which soccer players do you look up to?

"Tobin Heath and Lionel Messi."

Salonga said that the team is improving and they will continue to do better as the weeks progress.

“Your first game you don’t really know exactly how everyone plays even though you have played together in practices,” Salonga said. “You have never really played together against another team, and there was a lot we needed to work on, but we still got good results, and even when we were trying new things and putting things together. We were still winning.”

Although Palmer has found her place on the soccer team, adjusting to the American culture has not been easy.

“Language has been the hardest for me, Japanese and English are nothing alike, and because of this I struggle,” Palmer said.

Through soccer, Palmer is able to meet new people, learn more about her school, and overall help her feel more at ease in her new home.

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is more compatible for boys and not for girls.

Gonzalez loved playing soccer, so she didn’t give up. She continued trying to fulfill her goal. She ended up succeeding so her father accepted the idea and allowed her to play the sport.

Furthermore, he allowed her

to join a soccer club. FC Golden State was the first team she joined and played there for ive years.

Gonzalez has a winning mentality and looks forward to bringing it to the team.

“I usually play to win,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez said she felt nervous

because she didn’t know any of her teammates. As the days progressed, she has fully adapted.

“Now I feel good, more confident and much more closer to the girls,” Gonzalez said.

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Soccer splits 2 last week

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Brahmas soccer wrapped up another week in their season with games against the Chaffey College and Cerro Coso. The team went 1-1 dropping the game against Chaffey, but getting the win over the Coyotes. The Brahmas with the results are 3-2-2.

Perez said that when the schedule is made, it is unpredictable what will occur.

“You don’t know what is going to happen. We lost our goalie [Madison Holland] with a torn ACL, Irene who hasn’t played since the third game. We had a couple of girls who were under 12 units, but will be back once they add a class,” Perez said. “[Jessica] Tapia suffered a concussion. So we are rotating players.”

The Brahmas were down 3-0 at the half against the Panthers. In the second half, things went more downhill as Eileen Reyes scored her brace to give Chaffey a 4-0 lead.

The team however showed

fight as Jessica Tapia put the Brahmas on the board. Keyonna Hill than would score two goals, but the comeback fell short.

Midfielder Diana Salonga said that the team had to come out focused for the whole game.

“In the first half, we didn’t come out as best as we could. We knew that so at halftime we brought ourselves together and as a team we came back,” Salonga said. “I was so proud of them. We scored three goals and we were so close to tie the game.”

In Friday’s game, the team bounced back to snap their twogame losing streak, however they would have only 13 players available for the game.

The Brahmas were up 1-0 at the half despite creating many opportunities. However they came out stronger in the second half to win 5-0.

Cruz led the Brahmas with four goals. She has six goals in the season, just one short of Hill who is the top goal scorer.

Cruz evaluates the team’s performance in the two games last week.

“Overall I felt we did pretty

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good We just need to improve on our performances in order to get the results we want,” Cruz said.

Diana Millan scored her first goal of the season, being assisted by Palmer. Both goalkeepers Iliana Yanez and Valerie Mojica played in goal just as they did in the game against the Panthers. Perez had to expirement putting players in different positions to fill in for those that did not make the trip.

“Iliana had to play on the field on Friday as a central midfielder. She actually did very well,” Perez said. "I put Jessica as an outside midfielder and I put Jocelyn [Ramos] as a left back. At this time of year with injuries and girls being sick you have to maneuver things and that is what we did Friday.”

Salonga said that for the game against Cerro Coso the team did very well.

“We just find a way. Its great that we are getting these opportunities. I believe that little by little we are improving more. Hopefully we get less injuries.”

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Jordyn Conlon, Dominique Gonzalez, Jessica Tapia and Keyonna Hill pose for photo at the Pit on Sept. 4, 2018 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

"It is a very strong team, and I have a good relationship with everyone."

-Jordyn Conlon Forward