Volume 129 Fall 2018 Roundup Issue 6

Defense dominates Vaqueros

Football opens conference play with 23-7 home win, moves to .500

A field goal from kicker Erik Castro gave the Brahmas a 3-0 lead.

Guided Pathways expands

The Vaqueros were unable to corral the Brahmas on Saturday night as football defeated Santa Barbara City College in their first conference matchup of the season.

The Brahmas’ defense stood out in the win with eight sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and only allowing a late score on a short field.

Marqi Morgan led the way with four sacks while

Mylic McCurdy had two. David Williams also made a big impact on defense with a forced fumble that he recovered and an interception.

Head Coach Carlos Woods said he was very happy with the way his defense played.

“We knew were capable of doing something great,” Woods said. “We just had to play well for four quarters.”

The Brahmas kicked off to open the game and they forced a fumble on Santa Barbara’s first possession. The fumble was forced and recovered by Dante Witcher Jr.

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On their next possession, Pierce lined up to kick a field goal on fourth-andsix, but ended up running a trick play. They faked the field goal and Corey Horvath threw a 24-yard touchdown to Marcus Johnson, giving the Brahmas a 10-0 lead.

The second quarter was an offensive struggle for both teams, and the Brahmas took a 10-0 lead into halftime.

The third quarter started out with both offenses struggling. Williams forced a fumble and recovered it to give the Brahmas the ball, only to see the offense give it back with a fumble.

The defense stopped the Vaqueros once again and the offense rewarded them.

Quarterback Jonathan Saavedra found wide reciever Christian Graves for a 55-yard completion to put the Brahmas in the red zone.

“It was kind of a broken play,” Saavedra said. “I was rolling out of the pocket and saw him one-on-one. We have that chemistry where I’ll take him one-on-one any day.”

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Top Girls: Who's coming to dinner?

First play of the new season looks at female identity

Performing Arts Department by reflecting the themes prevalent in society.

CHELSEA WESTMAN Reporter @chelsea_spero

Students have access to an academic highway that allows them to to get to their educational goals faster.

Pierce College has taken the initiative to go forward with implementing the first phase of Guided Pathways this upcoming February.

Guided Pathways has expanded its district-wide grassroots project to Pierce’s website under the faculty and staff page. The Pathways movement aims to identify its four essential pillars of academic achievement. The goals are to clarify the path for students, help students choose and enter the pathway, stay on the path and ensure students are learning.

Soon, the Program Pathways Mapper pilot, which is an interface that will help students construct a visual map to reach their academic goals, will be released.

Angela Belden, the general education guided pathways coordinator, said the program mapper is guaranteed to help students achieve their goals.

“The pilot program looks great,” Belden said. “The mapper is beautiful and it’s so clear for students.”

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In society today, women often feel as if they are forced to choose between a career and motherhood.

Top Girls may resonate with audiences facing those same struggles. The 1982 play by Caryl Churchill opens the season for the Performing Arts department. Performances begin Friday and run through Oct. 28.

Top Girls follows the story of Marlene, a woman in the 1980s struggling to find an identity that is separate from her role as a mother.

An all-female cast gives a new perspective to the Pierce College

Director Shaheen Vaaz said having an all female cast has helped the team bond in a way that has translated on stage. Sarah Zhuk, who plays Jeanine and a waitress, said being surrounded by a group of females empowers her.

“I was so excited to know that it was an all-girl cast because I knew that every single one of us was going to get so close,” Zhuk said. “It's exactly what happened. We're really connected and honestly these ladies mean so much to me.”

Churchill displays the strife women go through when choosing between following their career aspirations and building a family.

“We get to see what is lost and what is gained,” Vaaz said. “How it is virtually impossible to create a female utopia of any kind, how they still live in a very male world and how with every gain there is a sacrifice.”

The first act of the play centers around Marlene, a recently promoted managing director at Top Girls Employment Agency, is accompanied by five dinner guests throughout history. All of the different women at the dinner table gathered together to share their stories of their ex-lovers over dinner.

Vaaz also explained that she believes the play touches on incredibly relevant topics happening in the world today.

Former Pierce President Rocky Young and Interim President Larry Buckley

“It was a chance to talk about some things that the college hasn't done in a long time. As you go through various incarnations of leadership and things change, some of that historical memory is lost. We had an aging faculty when he was president. People were kind of at the end of their career and they've all retired since he retired, so we have a lot of younger faculty so there are these things that the college did back in the day that nobody remembers except people like Rocky."

-Larry Buckley

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David Williams tries to rip the ball from a Santa Barbara City College player as he holds on to the ball at Pierce College's Shepard Stadium during a game against Santa Barbara City Colleg e on Oct. 13, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. [see GUIDED on pg. 3]

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Photo by Sonia Miller

Natalie Miranda / Roundup Alexa Maris portrays a concubine to the Emperor of Japan in the 13th Century alongside Justine "J.C." Brandy's character during dress rehearsal for "Top Girls" on Oct. 15, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

From the desk of the Roundup: Editorial

Pierce College allows students to print at two separate locations, one in the CopyTech and the other is in the Library / Learning Crossroads, both of which can be found along the Mall. This may be an inconvenient location for students who have classes that deviate from the center of campus which inevitably causes students to go out of their way, taking up unnecessary time and energy.

Additionally, the current printing resources can be difficult to access. A task that should only take a few minutes can sometimes drag on for much longer if it is being occupied by a train of students waiting in line.

Having more student-friendly printers distributed in key locations can allow for equal spread, ensuring students are sufficiently accommodated while alleviating the stress endured from rushing across campus.

For example, in addition to CopyTech and the Library / Learning Crossroads, the Student Service Building, the Village, Art Hill and Center for Sciences would be good locations for stations.

According to the Santa Monica College website, black-and-white printing stations are available in the Library, Business Building, Science Building , Bundy Campus and CMD Campus.

This ultimately reduces the amount of traffic at any one station and can be more convenient.

According to the Sacramento City College website, students have access to five self-service printers that can be accessed through a mobile device called Wireless Go Print Stations that can be found in the Academic Computing Lab, Business Lab, Davis Center and Library Resource Center.

And going one step further, UC Santa Barbara uses a PrintSpot Printing Service at multiple locations on campus.

According to the UCSB website, “The PrintSpot service promotes the conservation of both printing resources and power, helping to make UCSB a more sustainable campus. All of the PrintSpot printers use 100 percent post-consumer content paper and feature standard double-sided printing. Additionally, the printers are set to power save mode at low usage times throughout the day.”

If many campuses can have various types of printing stations at multiple locations throughout campus, why not Pierce?

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-Corrections-

Volume 129, Issue 5:

News 3: Michael Gend was misquoted in "Sexual assault prevention."

Correct quote is "And compliance is not the same as prevention and to improve transparency and accountability."

Sports 7: Volleyball photo was taken by Natalie Miranda.

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Pro Con Mandatory foreign language classes

Pro: Communication is key Con: Tongue tied

NICK MARTINEZ Reporter @NickEsai

Language is the basis to connecting to others, so why wouldn't you want to expand your horizon by learning a foreign language? Learning a foreign language should be a mandatory requirement in college as it is something that can aid us, and make us more successful in the future.

Most have already taken a foreign language in high school and it might seem redundant to take it again. At a college level, that same foreign language from highschool is a more refined course, that can refresh and help improve your knowledge of that language. Those who want to broaden their knowledge even further by taking a different foreign language than that in high school should know that there are many benefits to learning another language.

One of the most important benefits of learning a second language is how it can make you can be successful in the job market. A study by Albert Saiz of the

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia found an increase in earnings of “2.3 percent for speaking French and 1.5 for speaking Spanish,” Saiz said. “The results indicate that those who speak languages known by a smaller number of people obtain higher rewards in the labor market.” Both Spanish and French course are available for all students to learn. One of the best collective benefits of taking these courses is that the human brain works harder when it learns a different language. Those who are bilingual will be good at problem solving and it could even give you a boost in succeeding within other courses. Learning a new language can be very useful when traveling to Europe. For example if you take french class before going on vacation you can communicate with other people who speak french. It may be difficult to learn another language but in the end it is rewarding in improving ones academic success.

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BLAKE WILLIAMS Reporter @BlakeMWilliams_

While learning a new language is great and helpful in life, colleges should not make foreign language classes a mandatory general education requirement. Doing so brings about a possibility of stress for students.

The main reason is there just isn’t enough time over one or two semesters to justify making students take the class. Learning a new language takes a lot of time and practice. How much will the average student know after one or two semesters of class? It may not be much, and it’s definitely not enough to make the class worth taking.

There also needs to be the motivation to learn a new language once you are an adult. Studies show that people must start to learn a new language by the age of 10 to become fully fluent in that language, according to Newsweek. That same study also showed that people past the age of 17 or 18 struggle to learn a new language at all.

If a student has no motivation to take the class other than to complete their general

education requirement, they are just going to bring their grades down or learn enough to pass and probably never think about it again. Another reason foreign language classes should not be mandatory is because they are completed during high school.

If a student enjoyed learning a new language in high school, there is a good chance they stuck with it and learned the language well or plan to continue it anyway. If a student did not do well in their foreign language class, they would just start at the beginning in college and take the same class a second time.

One should also consider that going to college is not a cheap investment. Making students take a class that is difficult to succeed in and undesirable is not a benefit for any student; it just adds financial strain and stress on students that are already possibly struggling financially or with stress.

While learning a new language is great, forcing students to attempt to learn one is not.

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Portfolium bridges communication gap

New faculty web pages look to establish a direct connection between students

CHELSEA WESTMAN Reporter @chelsea_spero

While it may not be proper for students and teachers to be friends on Facebook, there's a new platform to connect the two groups.

Faculty and students at Pierce College can network internally and with institutions by using Portfolium, a new Canvas integrated program that displays teachers’ information on a user-friendly online profile.

Pierce Web Page (PWeb), which was the old system, was mainly used among faculty and committee members as a directory and information page. PWeb also did not comply with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards and needed to be replaced with a program that is.

“Portfolium is ADA compliant and is easier for faculty to build and add content,” Mark Henderson, manager of information technology, wrote in an email response. “It is similar to Facebook or LinkedIn regarding how information can be added.”

Although Portfolium is a new system, its functionality is structured the same way as existing profilebased web interfaces.

Wendy Bass, the distance education coordinator, was one of the first to use Portfolium and said Portfolium is user-friendly for faculty members and students.

“Faculty can put information on the Portfolium page that may help students decide whether to take the class or not,” Bass said. “You might have a sample syllabus. You might have some sample lessons.”

This system will help students

make informed decisions about professors and classes they plan on taking.

With Portfolium, students have access to a faculty profile that is compatible with Canvas.

“The switch will benefit the students because it will allow faculty to provide even greater content for student interaction,” Henderson wrote in an email response. “There is also integration with Canvas,

and

teachers

students automatically have an account set up for them when they initially start using Canvas.

“It’s a wonderful student tool and I have no objection to it,” Perret said. “I’m glad we have a standardized tool and we are hopefully going to help students understand how to use this.”

Similarly to students, Perret said a lot of faculty don’t have adequate training on how to use Portfolium. He also said that faculty don’t know how to build their faculty web pages.

However, once faculty and students learn to navigate Portfolium better, the program will serve as a way to display department information.

Bass said there will soon be department websites available using Portfolium.

“Eventually we are going to link to them all from our Pierce College homepage,” Bass said. “So, it’s just a matter of getting it all linked.”

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so the faculty member can have a seamless experience between platforms. These qualitative changes can attribute to student success.”

Professor Joseph Perret said although Portfolium was initially designed for students, but the way Pierce implements the program, it is designed to bring back faculty web pages. While a link to Portfolium has already been sent out to faculty,

“The future hope is that Portfolium will have more tools that will integrate with classroom teaching tools to promote and support student success,” Henderson wrote in an email response.

Students are encouraged to customize their Portfolium account and learn how to get the most out of its resources.

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Students missing out on outdoor study space

Opening of Library / Learning Crossroads patio area hits multiple delays, winter or spring planned

EZZAT WANAS Reporter @EzzatWanas

Group studying and projects are supposed to be full of lively conversations, but this is something that can’t be done in the quiet library.

The college has found a solution for this, but plans have been delayed.

During the winter or spring semester, a patio space will open at the Library/Learning Crossroads that will allow students to eat, drink and talk freely outside of a quiet zone.

While the patio was expected to open last semester after spring break, the design of the space has raised concerns about library resources, student accessibility and safety.

Inside the library, students have access to group study rooms, study carrels and lounge areas furnished with couches. The patio space offers students a chance to bring the academic atmosphere of the library outside.

“It is supposed to be a space where the students can go outdoors study, have food and drink,” said Lauren Saslow, library department

chair.

The patio space, which is located behind Computer Lab B, is currently unavailable for student.

According to Saslow, a gate in the patio area was intended to prevent students from exiting through the back entrance. She said the purpose of the gate was to buzz if students took a book outside of the library’s perimeter. The only side of the library that doesn’t have a security gate is the patio Saslow said.

However, once the security gate was put in, another delay presented itself regarding the patio’s

compliance with the American with Disability Act (ADA).

“The doors weren’t opening wide enough and that is required by the law,” Saslow said. “Whether it looks like something that is easy to be fixed, in fact it is not easy because we are still under warranty with the original building, it takes about two years to get fixed.”

Although the space has now fixed the problem, library safety is a concern.

“There are stairs that go down to Parking Lot 7, and it shouldn’t be an exit,” Saslow said. “Anyone can

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Elizabeth Strother, the student services guided pathways coordinator, said the mapper will help satisfy the goals set under the pillars of Guided Pathways.

“The purpose of that is to help students know what they need to do to reach the goal that they want,” Strother said. “A big function of that is counseling, although with Guided Pathways we really want the whole campus community to be involved the whole step of the way.”

Guided Pathways requires a campus-wide effort in order to be successful.

Vice President of Academic Affairs Sheri Berger said Guided Pathways has been an ongoing discussion since last year.

“This will take time, it’s not going to happen overnight,” Berger said. “We have three different priorities we are working on at the same time.”

According to Berger, there was a short window, giving the Academic Senate just until Oct. 8 to come to a solid decision.

Adrian Youhanna, the career and technical education guided pathways coordinator, said the mapper pilot will help organize a student’s educational route.

“It ties in perfectly with Guided Pathways because it will allow students to graphically visualize the path for their selected program,” Youhanna said. “It’s designed to show semester by semester what the student needs to take in order to successfully complete the path.”

The Los Angeles Community College District was accepted into the mapper pilot program on Oct. 9.

According to Berger, five of the nine colleges are starting the program next week, and four are starting in February.

“I think that it will help students maybe be on a better path, so that we’re not having students transferring with over 100 units,” Berger said.

Guided Pathways aims to synthesize the amount of hidden prerequisites students have to take on their educational path, Belden said.

“One of the pieces we are trying to do this year is clear out some of those hidden prerequisites,” Belden said.

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• Suspicious Person

A male was caught hiding between two buildings at Parking Lot 6 and was escorted off campus.

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•Ill Student Paramedics transferred an ill student to the hospital from their class.

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•Suspicious Person

come up and it could be a way that someone sneaks into the library, it is dangerous especially at night.”

If students start to use the patio space as an exit, the door leading to the parking lot will remain open and unmonitored.

“By the end of this month we are going to have a meeting with the sheriff and other people to assist the security risk before we open it up,” Saslow said.

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These are classes that class that already has a prerequisite has another requisite inside of it.

Strother said there are a lot of goals to be met under the second phase of implementation.

“The first thing we want to do is we want to make sure we have programs established that can get students where they want to go,” Strother said. “We want to make sure that we clarify the path so it’s easy to understand. I want to make sure we’re very good at making paths that can lead to a variety of different scenarios.”

Yohanna said it is critical that staff and students hop on board with understanding what Guided Pathways has to offer.

“Guided Pathways will require the participation of everybody on campus,” Youhanna said. “Not only faculty, but staff as well as students.”

Belden said there will be student focus groups created to help spread awareness about the progression and benefits of Guided Pathways.

“We are also planning on using the focus groups as a way to potentially cultivate an interest in student participation,” Belden said. “We have a goal of doing at least five or six focus groups with between 10 and 20 students so that we can really get a wide arrange of student input.”

According to Youhannao, so far there are 33 people already part of the Oversight Committee formed to help move Guided Pathways forward.

“One of things that we really want to do well is communicate information,” Youhanna said. “The other thing we want to work on is either a monthly newsletter or something where information is being disseminated to the campus community. One of the most important contributors are going to be students.”

Strother said a student voice is essential for Guided Pathways to successfully move forward.

“It’s not just an administrative role, it’s everyone,” Strother said. “We really want students to have a voice because students know better than everybody what they need and what’s working and what isn’t working. If we don’t have that voice, we might impose a system that doesn't work for our students at all.”

A male was cursing loudly in the North Gym bathroom and was escorted off campus.

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•Disturbance

A male student was cursing at the deputy and officers in the Sheriff's station.

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•Trespassing

An intoxicated male near the Juniper building was escorted off campus.

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•Suspicious Person

A male was reported urinating in the bushes at Parking Lot 7.

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•Student Injury

Paramedics were called after a student fell near the Elm building.

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•Student Injury

Paramedics were called after a student cut their finger in an auto shop class.

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•Hit and Run Sheriff brought a student back to campus after a hit and run.

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•Trespassing

A male was found sleeping near the Horticulture building.

Pierce College Sheriff’s Station General Information: Emergency: (818) 710 - 4311

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A Screenshot of professor Jill Connelly's faculty profile on Portfolium.

A cat, a lamb and a new path Animal Science student fi nds her future after loss of pet

ALEXIS CANELO Reporter @alexiscanelo_

It all started with a cat named Spencer. He was shy and timid at fi rst. That was until Natalie Albizo took him in from the streets and gave him the love and affection he was missing.

Albizo was working at the Getty Museum when her cat fell ill and was diagnosed with urinary stones. Her usual vet was unavailable, but she recommended Albizo to an animal hospital. It was there that Spencer passed away.

That moment changed everything for her.

From the start, Albizo had a funny feeling about the hospital. She spoke to the vet who assured her the procedure would be done promptly. However, when she called later the vet was on her lunch.

She later learned that Spencer had a different, longer procedure than the one he previously had. Albizo believed he died from improper aftercare. It was then she decided she would pursue veterinary science.

“I can do better,” Albizo said.

Now, Albizo works at the farm five days a week as a sheep shepherd and is a studying to become a registered veterinary technician. She was able to raise her own lamb who she lovingly named Natalamb. Natalamb has her own Instagram, @natalamb444. The 444 was the number ear tag she was assigned. The summer after Spencer passed away, she enrolled in Jennifer Adelini’s class. At the beginning of the summer session, Adelini announced that if anyone got an A in the class, they could become a student helper.

“I said challenge accepted and that was the fi rst step in helping others,” Albizo said.

Albizo continued taking classes and became a tutor for animal sciences. She grew familiar with the front desk at the Center for Academic Success.

Souzan Ebadi, who has worked at the CAS for four years, said she has never seen Albizo without a smile.

“I think what stood out about Natalie the most was her energy. Every time she came in she had this big smile. I’m not exaggerating any of this it’s very true. She was lovely. She laughed. She smiled-- very helpful to all the students. She got a lot of students. I mean so did all of our animal science tutors, but she was known. She was just full of energy,” Ebadi said.

Anush Alakhverdyan, a pre-vet student, fi rst met Natalie at tutoring for anatomy for animals.

“She’s a great tutor. She seems very excited, you know, to help people learn things and even when she’s learning things she’s just trying to get the information in a fun way. Now she works on the farm, which is cool. I follow her [sheep’s] instagram,”

Alakhverdyan said.

Albizo never expected to be where she is today, but she would not change a thing. Her students are not as surprised about her unique past working at the Getty.

“I could have never expected that, but at the same time I’m not surprised. Just because of how she is, she’s a very colorful person. She’s always trying to uplift people. I feel lucky to have met her,” Alakhverdyan said.

Albizo’s life has been nothing but ordinary. Directly after high school, she went to culinary school.

“I was like, well, if I have to eat my food for the rest of my life it might as well taste good. So I went to the program and then at the end of it, there’s the saying if it’s too hot in the kitchen, you know, get

out. So I did,” Albizo said. She fi nished the program and moved onto her next endeavor. She went to UCLA where she studied art history, before becoming a docent at the Getty. The switch from art to science was not simple.

“I still do painting when I have time. Like I used to paint on canvas, both acrylic and oil, and I used to do photography, but then once I started doing science that took up my life really it did. You know, going back in and doing I remember chemistry all I did, was sit in front of like Khan Academy. You’re like, oh my God, I’ve watched this thing twenty-three times,” Albizo said.

Albizo plans to further beautify the sheep farm with a mural.

“I swear to God, every day I’m here, I do not work. I’m so fortunate and lucky I wake up at the

crack of dawn. Sometimes it isn’t great, you know, 5:30 in the morning, but when I get here I get to hear the chickens clucking. I get to see the sun come up. I see the cows, these 2000 pound animals that are majestically stretching and doing these weird yoga- that I’m like, how are you doing that? You know? And then I come by and I hear the goats and I come over here and they all baaah at me, you know, and I’m just like, this is ridiculous. Like they pay me for this?” Albizo said.

Albizo loves her work and has no plans to leave. Her phone’s screensaver is of her cat, Spencer. “I’m not messing this up. Like there’s no way I’m messing this up. I love this place so much, and it all started with my little cat Spencer,” Albizo said.

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Learning can be a messy experience

Professor goes from a field of cow manure to studying the stars

BLAKE WILLIAMS Reporter @BlakeMWilliams_

Maybe cows can’t jump over the moon, but they can lead a young man to study it.

While researching on a large area of ranching land at Field Camp for the University of Washington, Travis Orloff found that out first hand.

“We start hiking in and we run into all the cows,” Orloff said. “They were all sleeping but as we walked through them, they all woke up. They immediately stood up and pooped; Every single one. And it was like a wave of cows doing this. Like hundreds of cows, maybe a thousand even.”

Despite that messy moment, he still wanted to live a life focused on education. Today he’s an instructor of physics and planetary sciences at Pierce.

“I knew I wanted to stay in school forever,” Orloff said. “That was kind of like my life goal that I set for myself. Teaching was a perfect fit so that I can stay in school forever and be part of an educational environment.”

Orloff started his learning locally at Van Nuys Elementary. After that, he moved to Texas and went to middle school and part of high school there. In 2001, he graduated from Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley. From there, he went to college and spent the next 11 years pursuing a Ph.D.

“I went directly to the University of Washington in Seattle after that and I graduated from there in 2006 with my Bachelor of Science in earth and space science,” Orloff said. “I went directly from that program

to a grad school at University of California, Santa Cruz where I graduated from in 2012 with a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science.”

While he ultimately received his doctorate degree, there were struggles along the way.

“There were multiple times I wanted to quit grad school, which if that ever happened, I would not be here today,” Orloff said.

Orloff credited his volunteer work at the Monterey Bay Aquarium as part of the reason he

was able to finish his degree. He spent his time along the coastline, helping with the research and tracking of sea otters.

“That guaranteed day at the beach once a week doing something very different kind of helped relieve a lot of the stress and pressures that come with going to grad school,” Orloff said.

Publishing a paper and getting through the peer-review process was a moment of triumph for Orloff. It helped him realize that he is a scientist and not just a

student.

“I can do this, I’m an actual scientist now,” Orloff said. “I just don’t like science, but I’ve done the science and I’ve made it through this process and I’m a part of it now.”

Presenting the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, American Geophysical Union Conference, and Geological Society of America have also been proud moments for Orloff. Trying to get a job out of college can be a competitive field,

especially for academic positions. There are about 50 to 100 Ph.D.s applying to the same positions. And Orloff was one of them.

“Traditionally if you finished a Ph.D. program, you’re pushed towards doing a research kind of track and I was attempting to do that even though my heart wasn’t really in that direction,” Orloff said. “I wanted to be a teacher and, but I was just casting a pretty wide net. I was applying to everywhere that I possibly could.”

Orloff focused on applying to all the positions in Southern California and Pierce was the one that hired him. It wasn’t the school he set out to join but it was a great match.

“I was excited to find something and this was a perfect fit,” Orloff said.

Orloff has had a strong support system at Pierce. They’ve helped him adjust to the job and learn new teaching methods.

“Professor Lee Loveridge, Professor Dale Fields and Professor Leland Shapiro have all been good mentors for me here at Pierce College,” Orloff said.

He also mentioned receiving help from professor Heather Kokorowski and Dean of Academic Affairs Donna-Mae Villanueva on his grant winning proposal submitted to NASA.[1]

A passion for teaching and a care for his students is something that makes him a great professor, according to Fields.

“Well he’s just an amazing professor,” Fields said. “I see that he is interested in making sure that people learn and now that’s not different from a lot of teachers, but he really is passionate.”

Pierce student Timothy

Siounit, who takes Orloff’s physical science class, said Orloff has been the best teacher he has had and that his teaching method are very effective.

“He really tries his hardest to make sure we understand the topics” Siounit said. “He’ll make sure we try it first ourselves. If we fail, or not, then he teaches it to us. He wants to make sure that we try it first so we really get an understanding of the topic.” Fields also talked about how important diversity, especially in science, is to Orloff.

“I know that he cares about the diversity here at Pierce College,” Fields said. “I know that he wants to see people get into STEM that are not just the traditional white males and he’s interested in seeing the sciences broadened up so that other people can be involved.”

Outside of teaching, Orloff spends most of his time playing video games, especially roleplaying games like Fallout, going to the movie theater and running.

“I ran the Los Angeles Marathon this year, it was my first marathon,” Orloff said. “And I’m running the New York City Marathon in about a month and a half. So, I’m spending a lot of time running lately. I’m not fast but for a marathon you just got to be consistent.”

One day, Orloff would like to be the department chair. For right now, he’s just enjoying his time teaching at Pierce and taking it day by day. And despite his experience with cows, he has no lingering feelings towards them.

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Dr. Travis Orloff, instructor of Physics and planetary sciences at his class in CFS 92035 at Pierce College, Woodland Hills CA, on Sept. 19, 2018.

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Natalie Albizo pets Natalamb at the sheep unit at the Pierce College Farm on Oct. 5, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Unlocking Justice Summit

Keynote speaker Aaron Harvey speaks on his time behind bars

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From being charged with murder to being a motivation to college students, Aaron Harvey shared the story of his wrongful conviction at Pierce College’s first Unlocking Justice Summit.

The event was in conjunction with the semesterly One Book, One Campus Program. Pierce College selected graphic novel The Race to Incarcerate, by Marc Mauer and Sabrina Jones, which highlights the dangers of a corrupt jail system.

The summit featured keynote speaker Aaron Harvey, who was wrongfully accused and later served time for crimes he didn’t commit and workshops briefly after.

Harvey was invited by Outreach Librarian Lisa Valdez because she saw Harvey as a man wrongfully convicted in a loophole of America’s justice system.

“Generally he speaks to the untold story of so many who have been railroaded without any true justification,” said Valdez. ”They're using penal codes in a way that they've not been created in order to make their case or to get rid of a specific minority groups.”

Valdez was first introduced to Harvey at a conference for AfricanAmerican males, in which she was impressed by Harvey’s ability to connect with students.

“The way that he presented the information, I was just riveted by his presence alone and just to see all the things that he's gone through and how it has spurred him to take a stand,” said Valdez.

Harvey was investigated for nine months until he was eventually arrested on charges of murder, although he had no criminal record.

Harvey was taken to jail for three weeks before he knew the details of his conviction. Harvey said that when the police arrested him it didn’t register correctly because it wasn’t him who had committed any crime.

“I laughed”, said Harvey. “It didn't really sink in until I got to San Diego about 30 days later.”

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where he was detained for a total of eight months while facing charges of life in prison.

“They have people live in the most horrible living situations to get people to plead out”, said Harvey.

Harvey said that if he had pleaded out to a deal, he would have been in jail for 19 years as compared to his life in prison. Harvey refused the deal. It was then reduced to five years and he refused once again. After continuous refuting his sentence was eventually reduced to three years. Harvey refused the plead and demanded to see a judge.

At a later preliminary hearing for other defendants charged in the same case, the court found there was no probable cause for the charges against Harvey. Harvey’s bail amount was lowered and he was able to post bond. Setting him from free from crimes he didn’t commit.

Joseph Roberson, a Pierce College counselor, gave a workshop briefly following Harvey, exploiting the idea of seeing colored people as predators. Roberson had a classroom discussion inviting all

races to account what it’s like.

Roberson spoke on the importance Harvey’s message has on students and recalls feeling touched personally by Harvey’s story.

“I had an emotional reaction to hearing his particular accounting of his situation. I'm happy that he was available to speak to students and to the Pierce community to offer the information he provided to us.

I think it'd be wonderful if he had an opportunity to come back and speak again,” said Roberson.

Harvey sometimes reflects on the bad that has happened to him. However, he felt like this case prepared him for his life outside of the jail system.

“I am kind of like grateful that it happened to me in a sense. I do feel like if I wasn't on this case, I think it might have went a different way. My whole life experiences were unique compared to the rest of everybody on my case. So I felt God strategically put me in this position,” said Harvey.

Valdez said a lot of planning went into this event with the initial

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Jazz duo continues the Thursday series

the war is still pretty fresh for us,” Naziemiec said. “My grandmother was alive back then.”

Deep blue swallowed the audience, engulfing them with a lighting that was seemingly emblematic of the frigid air in the room.

From the stage, piano keys chimed and were soon followed by a voice singing Autumn Leaves.

As the song proceeded, the lights shifted from blue to a light purple, and with it, the room grew warmer. There were two on the stage, vocalist and violinist Karolina Naziemiec as well at the pianist, Tom Ranier. For this occasion, they had selected a number of songs to play at the Performing Arts Building at Pierce College, many of which came from various different artists during the World War II.

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starting point being in February. Valdez said she owes a lot of the effort to her right-hand woman and other faculty.

“D’arcy Corwin has been very instrumental in helping me get things done in addition to all the other faculty, staff and students who have volunteered their time. It's made it much easier for us to get things flowing.”, said Valdez.

Harvey was only the beginning of the summit. After he spoke there were several workshops. The event filled Pierce’s Great Hall and the pertaining classrooms used for workshops after.

This is only the first of Pierce’s summits. Valdez said the One Book One Campus Program tries to tackle the problems occurring in society at the time but would like to have another summit in the future.

“I was more than happy with the turnout. It was a more than I expected. I think that the initial keynote was extremely successful,” Valdez said.

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“The first few songs I will sing are from my album, Songs of Hope,” Naziemiec said. “Some are from The War, like the Second World War, but some are more contemporary.”

From there Ranier led the way into the next song with Naziemiec keeping tune with a rattle alongside her voice, a combination of I Will Wait for You and the slightly more modern I’ll Walk Alone. The song is then continued by slow and smooth The White Cliffs of Dover, a song that deals with air battles between Britain and the Axis powers during what Winston Churchill dubbed as The Darkest Hour.

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From there, the two of them played numerous songs ranging in theme and tone. From the bittersweet When October Goes to the fast paced and energetic Waiting for the Train, each song featured Naziemiec singing and Rainer’s piano skills. Ranier’s fingers danced across the piano with a bravado that only comes with both years of practice and skill.

Some of the songs played at the concert actually entailed a few moments of improv by Rainer, to which he stated that he believed that playing jazz music entails a lot of “in-the-moment” parts that require some form of improvisation.

Towards the final quarter of the performance, the duo played the main attractions, Moon River and Destination Moon. While both share the word “Moon” in their title, the two couldn’t be stylistically further apart from one another. Moon River is slow, smooth and has a somber tinge to it while Destination is fast, lively, and capped off with highest note performed at the show.

The show ended off with Alfie and I’ll Be Seeing You. A Waltz from Somewhere was not performed due in part by the time constraints the two musicians faced. The latter of the two songs deviated a bit from the more popular performances of the song.

Vegan Society screens Netflix original "Okja" at Great Hall

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Many students and professors gathered in the Great Hall to watch the screening of the Netflix Original film.

For meat eaters, bacon makes everything better. However, some may change their mind after watching Okja. The Vegan Society at Pierce College hosted Thursday a film screening about a genetically modified pig and her stand against evil corporations who try to take her unlikely friend

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According to the President of the Vegan Society Alicia Salazar, the organization has done documentaries about veganism in the past to inform the students about the benefits being vegan has on people’s health. Salazar states they wanted to “Do something new.”

“In this case we did Okja to let the people understand the animal right system and the environmental system. It’s a very powerful movie, the students will have a better understanding and it would grab the students attention. Also it is another way to spread veganism,” Salazar said.

According to Stephanie Winnard an adjunct professor of psychology at Pierce and faculty advisor for the Vegan Club, Okja is heavily based in science fiction

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but the central themes in the movie hold relevance to the message of the Vegan Society.

“It's important for people to feel empathy for animals because animals feel pain just like we do. Animals, not only our cats and dogs, but animals raised for food, they also feels pain and they have capacity to suffer. It's important for everyone in our community to think about this and to inspire empathy to everyone,” Winnard said.

Pierce College student Lauren Alpanian said vegan documentaries usually don’t succeed in impacting people to rid themselves from animal products.

“It is important to everyone to be here and watch this movie because it's not just facts and facts like most of vegan documentaries, it’s more like a real movie were you can feel more connected when you see how it’s done,” Alpanian said.

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major and a newly enrolled freshman to Pierce College, said he was pleasantly surprised that Pierce has events like these. After watching the screening he is now considering going vegan.

“The movie makes you think about eating meat versus going vegan. It was cool in here and I’m a new student. You can just chill, eat free popcorn. All of it was nice,” Morales said.

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Performing in the Pierce College Theatre, the duo of jazz pianist Tom Ranier and Karolina take the stage with a mix of classic and refreshed jazz arrangements. Oct. 11, 2018, Woodland Hills, Calif.

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Girls take to the stage

Top: L-R) Justine Gorry portrays a character based on the obedient wife in the “Clerk’s Tale” from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Alexa Maris plays a concubine to the Emperor of Japan in the 13th Century during dress rehearsal for Top Girls on Oct. 15, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Middle Top : Sabrena No’mani portrays the subject of Brueghel’s painting called Dulle Griet during dress rehearsal for Top Girls.

Middle Bottom: (L-R) Asia Herbison plays a nextdoor neighbor and friend to Sabrena No’mani’s character during dress rehearsal for Top Girls.

Bottom Right: A group of actresses, playing historcal women figures, during dress rehearsal for Top Girls.

Bottom Left:(L-R) Justine “J.C.” Brandy plays the biological mother of a 16 year-old, who is played by Sabrena No’mani during dress rehearsal for Top Girls.

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This all female cast production highlights the life altering decisions women in society have to face, whether to become a mother and raise a family or follow their dreams.

According to the Top Girls poster, the play is “an insightful commentary on bourgeois feminism, this bold and ingenious work offers one of theatre’s most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world.”

Top Girls opens Friday Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Dow Arena Theatre, with other showings on Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 21 and 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com

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Churchill’s Top Girls comes to Pierce College under the direction of Shaheen Vaaz.

Brahmas stampede through Monarchs

Soccer’s win streak extends to six games, 2-0 in conference, 9-3-2 overall

The Brahmas finished the drive with a five-yard touchdown run by David Kates to give the team a 16-0 lead.

“We were running hurry up, I saw that the line wasn’t ready,” Kates said. “They were all bunched up together so as soon as they snapped it I needed to get to the outside because they weren’t set.”

Kates finished the game as the Brahmas leading rusher with nine carries for 42 yards and one touchdown.

The Brahmas defense then stepped up again as Williams intercepted a pass from Santa Barbara quarterback Franco De Luca.

With the momentum on their side, the Brahmas offense drove down the field again. Saavedra found wide receiver Giomanni Perez for a 41-yard completion.

“I know his skill set,” Saavedra said. “He’s going vertical, he has speed. I saw the safety flatfooted so i just tried to give him a chance. Unfortunately it wasn’t a touchdown but it was those two big plays that sparked the offense.”

Saavedra finished the game with 12 completions for 166 yards. Graves had 4 catches for 95 yards and Perez had 5 catches for 69 yards.

Three plays later, running back Doma Morris finished the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run to put the Brahmas up by 23.

The Brahmas did not score in the 4th quarter, and a Brahmas fumble gave the Vaqueros excellent field position.

Vaqueros’ running back Clifton Taylor had a 5 yard touchdown run to make the score 23-7 with 3:31 left in the game.

The Vaqueros recovered an onside kick but they were unable to do anything on offense.

scored her 19th goal of the season.

they could make some noise.

Women’s soccer kept the winning streak alive in dominant fashion with a 3-0 win over the Los Angeles Valley College Monarchs. This extends the win streak to six games and improves the Brahmas overall record to 9-32, while 2-0 in conference play.

Adolfo Perez, head coach, was very impressed with how the girls competed against an LA Valley team that started conference play on top.

Perez said that this was a statement win against a team that is extremely confident

“This is the most wins they have had in many years,” Perez said. “So to come in their house and beat them when they thought this was their year is great for our confidence going forward.”

Perez acknowledged that his team has multiple Division I talents and that, through all the injuries and adversity of the season, they are the fuel that is keeping this machine running.

“We’ve had so many injuries and we just patched it up,” Perez said. “We have three or four Division I players, so when you have players like that it helps you. Great players make a great coach.”

Diana Millan, center midfielder, netted two goals and Keyonna Hill, forward, added another. Hill

Perez said they are both valuable to this team on the offensive end. Perez found it ironic that Diana scored twice today because she leads the state in assists.

“They are key,” Perez said. “They are both in the top five in the state and for Diana, the irony is that she is leading the state in assists and today she scored two goals which is pretty impressive when you have almost 80 programs.”

Millan said that since conference play began she had to start being more aggressive offensively and do more than just assist.

“Since conference started I had to make a difference,” Millan said. “I’ve been assisting, but I’ve been wanting to score a goal and I finally got to.”

The Brahmas have not allowed

an opposing goal for two straight games, the first time this season they have put up back-to-back shutouts.

Perez said the key to their defense has been effective communication and that they are playing as a team.

Millan believes their defense has been effective because of the physicality that they play with and that it is important that they are consistently aggressive for the rest of the season.

“At times we aren’t aggressive and they do get past us,” Millan said. “Today we played well defensively and fought the whole time and that is how it should be every game.”

Diana Salonga, midfielder and one of the captains, said they were extra motivated on the defensive end because the Monarchs always come out with plenty of energy every

time they match up against them.

“They always come out with a lot of energy and even though they did, we still ended up getting the win,” Salonga said.

Perez believes their next match against Santa Monica College is a huge test for them because they are currently one of the best teams in the conference.

“They are one of the strongest, if not the strongest team in the conference,” Perez said. “If we play at our max, I think we will do fine.”

The Brahmas will host a Santa Monica College team who is currently on a four-game winning streak and has only one loss that came in a non-conference match. The game will be on Tuesday at 4 p.m.

The game ended 23-7 as Pierce picked up their first conference win of the season.

After the game, Woods said they need to improve as they prepare to play more conference games.

“We are grateful for the win, but we still have a lot to work on,” Woods said. “The conference games are going to be that much more competitive.

So you gotta lift your level of expectation to the competition and they did a good job tonight.”

The Brahmas are now 3-3 on the season and 1-0 in conference play. They will be back on the field next Saturday, Oct. 20 as they host Pasadena City College (2-4, 0-1). Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. ctorres.roundupnews@gmail.com

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Gisell Cruz (5) surges past Diana Caballero (22) and Wendy Garcia (8) of Los Angeles Valley College on Oct. 12, 2018, in Valley Glen, Calif. The Brahmas won the game 3-0.

Brahmas horned by Rams

Volleyball wins first set of the season, still in search of victory number 1

offset hitters were finding spots that were open, and everyone was communicating,” Romero said.

“So it was just flowing really well.”

From pitch to pool

Women’s volleyball had their best outing of the season Friday, but will have to keep searching for their first win of the season after losing to the Victor Valley College Rams in four sets.

In the first set, the two teams remained fairly consistent, staying within a three point range.

Towards the end of the set, the Brahmas held a five-point lead until the Rams came back to win 29-27.

The second set saw the Rams manage to gain a six-point lead over the Brahmas, but Pierce came back to win the second set 25-22.

Linnea Romero, libero, said the Brahmas were able to win this set due to the team understanding each other.

“I’d have to say energy and our

The third set was opened with the Brahmas serving, but the Rams took the lead once again.

The Rams managed to distance themselves away from the Brahmas with a five-point lead.

The Brahmas closed the gap and eventually tied the game at 22, but the Rams took the next three points and the set 25-22.

Meaghan Wheeler, assistant coach, believes that in order to improve they will have to focus on minimizing errors and staying aggressive.

“The number one thing I noticed was staying aggressive in heated moments,” Wheeler said.

“So when the game gets tight, not backing down and maintaining aggression, I think you need to have that fight or flight response

and learning that fight response. I think some moments we do have it and in some moments we don’t.”

In the fourth and final set, the Rams continued to hold the lead, with the Brahmas trailing behind by six points until they were able to overtake the Rams and lead by three.

The Brahmas were unable to force a fifth set, and the Rams won the fourth set 25-23.

Head coach Edison Zhou believes that the team can still win the next game against the Rams.

“We know the team,” Zhou said. “We watched a little bit of a video, and we know how good they are, but I think we can beat them. Even when we lost the match, I still think we can beat them.”

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Ava Recchia transitions from HS soccer to college waterpolo

Playing a sport that you were not drawn into can be a tough transition.

For water polo player Ava Recchia it is no different.

Recchia played soccer at Agoura Hills High School, but transitioned to water polo because not many were involved in playing the sport.

Recchia was on the team for two years, before transferring to Calabasas High school where she played there for her junior and senior year.

Recchia talks about her beginnings with the team.

“My beginning with Pierce was different because the teams we played against are super fast, so it was little more challenge than playing with high school,” Recchia said. “It pushed me to figure out how to be creative, how to move around players, and how to work with their speed.”

Brahma of the Week

Marqi Morgan

Sport: Football

Position: OLB Class: Freshman

Hometown: Havlock, NC

Four sacks in the game against Santa Barbara City College.

Four sacks in the game against Santa Barbara, what was the overall feeling?

“I felt I had to go out there and make a play, we hadn’t won a home game this season and I felt I had to do my best.”

If you weren’t playing football, what sport would you be playing?

Basketball.

What do you feel you can improve on?

“My technique and just getting better in the game.”

Who do you look up to?

Reuben Foster.

Do you have any pregame rituals?

“Just pray and and text my mom and tell her that I play for her.”

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Middle blocker Keturah Scott spikes the ball over the net in the Pierce College South Gym during a game against Victor Valley College on Oct. 12, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Pierce won its first set of the season, but lost the game in four sets (29-27, 22-25, 25 -22 and 25-23).

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