Volume 129 Fall 2018 Roundup Issue 8

Mall of opportunities

Transfer Fair brings 60 universities to campus

You may have noticed your professor wearing a shirt from a different college. Or maybe you noticed The Mall was even more packed than usual on Thursday.

Community College students are typically skeptical when it comes to transferring, because the decision to go to a certain university over others can affect your future career and life.

Pierce College hosted a Transfer Fair on Oct. 25 for students to learn about different universities they could transfer to with hopes of making their decision more clear.

Roughly 60 universities sent representatives to Pierce for the Transfer Fair, according to Sunday Salter, director of transfer center.

Salter said the main goal of the event is to get students to visit as many universities as possible at the same time and place.

“Over the last nine years that I've been doing this, students come to the fair and get to ask questions to the schools that they know they want to apply to,” Salter said. “But then they also learn about schools they haven’t thought of and it allows them to broaden their options.”

Pierce Interim President Larry Buckley noticed two things at the event. His alma mater, the

University of Hawaii, was not there, and many students at the event went to talk to representatives from the University of California, Irvine and Cal. State Northridge.

“Most of the students were at UCI and at Northridge, where I expected them to be,” Buckley said. “Those campuses are the campuses reaching out to us and being available to us. It makes all the difference in the world because what students need is to know that the places they want to go are interested in them.”

After not sending a representative to the transfer fair for years, Bruce Vancil, University Outreach and School Relations for Cal. State Long Beach, made a

promise to come to the event.

“I always regret not coming out to the valley,” Vancil said. “So many schools don’t come out here. It took me close to three hours to get out here, but i promised Sunday Salter that i’m going to do it.”

He said his main focus to is to make sure students know what they

need to be eligible to get accepted to CSULB.

“My goal is to make sure that people understand that if they don’t have the requirements, they're not going to get in,” Vancil said. “And really, that’s all of us. If you don’t have the requirements, you won’t get in. The assumption is it’s too

competitive. No, you didn’t have the right requirements.”

Pierce student Brandon Moghanian went to the event to learn more about the application process for the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California.

“Those are my two main

schools because I’m LA based,” Moghanian said. “I just wanted to get more information. UCLA is very difficult to get into so I thought it would be best to start getting familiar with the whole process early.”

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Vintage is back again

Flea market comes to Pierce once a month

CHELSEA WESTMAN Reporter @chelsea_spero

The last Sunday of every month brings hidden treasures to the table tops.

From intricate jewelry to shabby chic furniture, the Topanga Vintage Market at Pierce College has it all.

Vintage clothing, art, antiques, food trucks and live music is just the tip of the iceberg, having over 180 vendors in the small market selling a

plethora of unique items.

Vendors Bob Backus and Leilani McDaniel have been coming to the vintage market for five years. The pair commutes from Palmdale and sells vintage items ranging from classic cars to handcrafted stone necklaces.

“I come to sell, she [McDaniel] comes to buy,” Backus said. “She collects antique dishes. I look for stuff too, but most of the time I just sell.”

McDaniel said she used to live in Topanga and transferred from Pierce to California State University,

Northridge. She said she was familiar with the area when the vintage market migrated to Pierce.

“We come here because we knew about it before when it was at the Promenade, then we were coming here and decided to sell because we have so much stuff,” McDaniel said.

Backus said he tumbles crystals, which is a technique used to polish rocks, to sell and his favorite aspect of the market is finding old boat models.

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The technological issues on campus are once again a topic of discussion.

The Pierce College Council meeting on Oct. 25 centered around advances on campus including better Wi-Fi, more surveillance cameras and an updated school website.

Buckley said when he first arrived at Pierce, he was surprised by the lack of Wi-Fi connection. Fixing the technological infrastructure has been a priority for Buckley and he does not want to delay fixing this problem.

“What we need is a multimillion dollar infrastructure change, but we need to do something now to fix the Wi-Fi,” Buckley said.

Buckley said the school has the ability to increase 75 percent of total coverage on campus with an emphasis in the Library / Learning Crossroads and the classrooms both north and south of the Mall.

Rolf Schleicher, vice president of administrative services, said the problem with the Wi-Fi are the access points, roughly 140 of them. He said it is going to take $150,000 to fix all of them.

Schleicher thinks a realistic goal is six weeks to increase coverage, but Buckley is optimistic and thinks they can do it in four weeks or less.

Eddie Tchertchian, the department chair of mathematics, is ecstatic about the improvements coming to the wireless internet.

“We have been reeling for this and it’s been years that we have been waiting for such an improvement to come and it would be really great to see what happens within four to six weeks so I am very excited about it,” Tchertchian said.

There is also a campuswide security camera project that has already been put in place. According to College Project Director Ed Cadena, the installation of these cameras are going to be fully installed possibly before the holidays. They will be placed in areas such as the Student Store, the Library / Learning Crossroads and in classrooms.

Mission College currently has 200 cameras on campus. The plan is for about 175 cameras at Pierce, with 140 active.

There were some concerns about faculty and staff privacy following a report from a staff member in the Admissions and Records office.

According to Will Marmolejo,

the dean of student services, said the staff member felt uncomfortable because the camera was installed directly over her work space.

President Buckley reassured that the cameras are for security and to ensure liability. They will not be focused on workspaces and not be utilized as an evaluative tool for employees.

Tchertchian was relieved to hear the cameras are being used for campus safety rather than to keep an eye on faculty.

“I just wanted to make sure and get reassurance that we are using these cameras for security purposes, not for evaluation purposes and the President reassured us of that, which was great to hear,” Tchertchian said.

Buckley also mentioned that they are in a position to renew the front page and some prioritized second pages of the Pierce website. His goal is to successfully revise certain aspects of the webpages by the end of this semester and has taken full accountability for this project.

“I am putting myself out as someone accountable for this,” Buckley said. “If all goes well, thank Rolf. If it doesn’t work, you can blame me.”

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“My goal is to make sure that people understand that if they don’t have the requirements, they're not going to get in.”

- Bruce Vancil Outreach and school relations CSULB

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Reza Yakhi and Kavous Shirzadian have the main section of their vendor area dedicated to bobblehead-esque antique models of famous entertainers, as well as cat statues. Parking Lot 7 of Pierce College, Woodland Hills, Calif. October 28, 2018.

Alex Moreno / Roundup Pierce College students and some high school students are attending the Transfer Fair at Pierce College on Oct. 25, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Pew Trusts did a survey and determined that only six percent of unregistered voters were asked at school about voter registration.

The school doesn’t have a steady year-round promotion of where or how you can register to vote, which every person is given the opportunity to partake in, or at least be aware of. There also isn’t information about who is running and what propositions are present on the ballot.

Millennials are now as large of a political force as Baby Boomers according to an analysis of U.S. census data from the Pew Research Center. They define Millennials as those who were born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 22 to 37 in 2018), and anyone born from 1997 onward will be part of a new Generation Z.

The Silent/Greatest Generation (ages 71+) is roughly 12 percent of the vote and Generation X (ages 36-51) make up about 25 percent. Millennials and the Baby Boomers both make up 31 percent of the vote.

So if we are make up a big percentage of the vote, and people in that demographic aren’t represented, the results will generally not lean in the interest of the younger generation.

In fact, according to NPR, Millennials and Generation Z continue to have the lowest voter turnout of the age groups. Only 46 percent of Millenials group voted in the last presidential election, which means they are terribly under-represented. This comparing to a 76 percent voter turnout for those 60 years of age or older.

With all the current controversy, it was thought that the youth would be compelled to register and use their voices, but a recent Vox poll stated that only 28 percent of young voters were “absolutely certain” that they would be voting in the midterm elections.

A huge factor of why the youth doesn’t vote is because they aren’t even sure or aware of how to register, which creates a lack of interest. If Pierce and other colleges could assist their students, or at least give them the

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ith such an important midterm election coming up, one would think that a place that is supposed to encourage knowledge and consciousness, would be sharing voter registration information and awareness with the demographic that votes the least.option to obtain that information, it could have a big impact on the elections to come.

The age difference brings a new and fresh perspective to the laws and decisions being passed.

So how can Pierce College improve it’s voter awareness without infringing on students day to day routines?

For one, Pierce could post the online registration website link on our website, giving students a

quick and easy way to get directed straight to the voter registration. Pierce could also have posters in designated areas on campus that give instruction on where and how they can go about the process, just to see these things on campus might spark the drive to want to do so. They should also include who is running and what propositions are up for vote. They could even go as far as creating voter awareness

workshops, since there are already a variety of workshops that the campus provides for students.

The Center for American Progress reported that almost 92 million eligible Americans did not vote in the 2016 presidential elections, that is a abundant potential for a change in elected officials.

Pierce College should do it’s part in encouraging the

youth to exercise their rights as Americans, and help them put the people they want in office and the propositions they agree with approved.

According to the California Secretary of State website, after the 15-day prior registration deadline, which has already passed, in most elections any individual may conditionally register to vote and cast a provisional ballot by visiting

their county elections official. Midterm elections will take place on November 6 of this year. You can find your polling location at https://www.headcount. org/find-your-polling-place.

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This time of year, Californians are rifling through voting information pamphlets in hopes of gaining a better understanding of what to vote for or against on Nov. 6.

Many of the props that hold the center of concern regard authorizing bonds and city funding. But one that stands out in the bunch is Prop 7, which plans to decide whether daylight saving time is worth keeping.

Daylight saving time is a weird and annoying occurrence that continues to baffle time conscious Americans, as it is completely unnecessary in today's modern society.

Daylight saving time was established in Germany in 1916 in hopes of conserving energy. Then

many other countries continued to adopt this time change into their respective clocks. It was a couple years later when America caught on and established a summer time change in 1918. Yet, it lasted for a whopping seven months before being removed because people didn’t enjoy having their schedule changed so abruptly.

Daylight saving time continued to pop up for decades until it was changed in the '60s under President Johnson with The Uniform Time Act of 1966. The act became officially amended into federal law in 1986, and is the foundation that California residents observe today.

According to webexhibits. org, daylight saving time was first enacted to make better use

of daylight. Which would make sense in a society that didn’t have as many street lights as we do today, as cars of that time would be prone to more accidents.

But under the bright lights of Los Angeles, it’s rare to walk down a street in darkness. And in 2018, daylight saving time is actually causing the one thing they wanted to prevent.

According to a study by sciencedirect.com, daylight saving time causes up to 10 percent more fatal car accidents in a year, meaning that if we were to abolish daylight saving in California we could save up to 366 lives per year.

The strange appearance and disappearance of an hour in the fall and spring is not only

frustrating and produces more car crashes, but their are many studies that suggest daylight saving time causes life threatening health issues as well.

A 2012 University of Alabama study found that heart attacks increase by 10 percent on the Monday and Tuesday following the shift to daylight saving time.

In 2008, a Swedish study found your chances having a heart attack increase in the first three weekdays following the hour loss in the spring switch to daylight saving time.

Younger students reading this article may comprehend these detriments listed above, being too young to worry about heart attacks and such. So how would the effects of daylight saving time

affect college students in their pursuit of education?

According to a 2011 study in the Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics, students in counties where daylight saving time was observed had SAT scores that were 2 percent lower than those of students who didn't have to spring forward or fall back.

In the end, daylight saving time makes students dumber, drivers worse, and heart attacks more prevalent. California’s effort to save energy by messing around with people’s sleep, turns out to be a waste of time. Vote no on Prop 7 and lets all retain a proper sleeping schedule year-round.

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The Annual Security Report is released

Statistics on campus crime rates across LACCD is documented in the yearly reports

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Not everyone always feels safe on campus, but Pierce was ranked third in overall safety among the nine Los Angeles Community College District schools. This ranking is determined by the Annual Security Report. Los Angeles Mission College ranked first with followed by Los Angeles Harbor College.

Deputy Sheriff Lazaro Sanchez explained that the officers at the Sheriff’s station have been trying to increase their presence on campus to eliminate spots where crimes could be committed.

“On a routine basis we try and improve our visibility, which means more patrol checks, we drive more often through the

parking lots and we are trying to do more foot patrols,” Deputy Sheriff Lazaro Sanchez said. “We do have our number in the school newspaper and encourage students to contact us to report what they see.”

The crimes are all organized into sections such as violence, stalking, burglary, and other crimes of that nature. This way students and staff are informed on the crime statistics on each campus. The annual reports are available online at each college’s website.

In comparison to other colleges, in terms of on-campus safety and public property. Pierce is reportedly the third most safe campus based on the report from the district, with Los Angeles Mission College ranked first with followed by Los Angeles Harbor College.

Dean Juan Carlos Astorga said the vigilance of the Sheriff’s station

is improving Pierce’s notoriety.

down from two to none.

of the needs of our students,” Astorga said. “If we continue to get the word out that Pierce is a safe campus, I’m hopeful that others will treat it as such.”

The only subsection that Pierce has not improved in is burglary. There was an increase from two to five burglaries between 2016 and 2017.

There was also a consistent number for robberies with one being committed a year.

Motor vehicle theft on campus has gone down from three to two a year.

Focusing on the violence, arson, assault and drug/alcohol related offenses, Pierce has made this almost non-existent. The only offense in these sections was one reported case of fondling.

Counselor Joseph Roberson said the crime statistics report reflects the progression of Pierce College.

“I would say that the crime report can be seen as the identity of the local Pierce community, as well as the diligence of the Sheriffs and the cadets, as well as the student population,” Roberson said. “I would consider us blessed to be part of the Pierce college family.”

According to the report, the area that all the schools in the district need to improve is the amount burglaries and aggravated assaults on campus. This is a consistent problem across the board according to the reports.

Rundown Brahma Blotter

These incidents were reported between Oct. 21 - 27

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“It really speaks to the visibility of the Sheriffs and the cadets, I really appreciate the response time and their ability to be supportive

Domestic violence disappeared in 2017 after having three in the previous year. Drug abuse violations also disappeared going

Crime analysts from the Los Angeles Sheriff Department ensure the statistics are placed in the appropriate geographic and crime categories pursuant to the Clery Act.

Subway sandwiches are offered at Brahma Cafe

Pierce expands its food options to include outside vendors and competition

College, City College, and Valley College, have caught onto my idea and have already started working with Subway as well,” Van said. “This is just the beginning. We also have Costco pizza here, and I plan on bringing in other food like burritos into the cafe. I've already gotten calls back, so hopefully soon we will add even more.”

Although the cafe has the ability to invite outside food competition to sell their products, the cafeteria does not share the same freedoms.

Cafeteria Manager Jaime Cancino from the catering company, Pacific Dining, said the cafeteria cannot adopt a similar system.

“As part of our contract, there can't be any other vendors in the cafeteria,” Cancino said.

Students have had positive reactions to the sale of Subway sandwiches on campus.

Pierce Student Jack Hageman believes that having Subway at school has saved him time and energy.

A middle school student attended a track meet at Pierce and became ill. Paramedics transported him to a hospital.

10/23

•Student Injury

A student was bit by a squirrel while feeding it outside of the cafeteria.

10/24

•Hit and Run

An unkown driver hit a parked car in Parking Lot 7.

10/24

•Vandalism

A student reported that her back window was smashed with an unkown object in Parking Lot 6.

10/25

• Student Incident

A male and female had a verbal argument on the Mall.

10/25

•Petty Theft

Van’s influence has also found its way on other surrounding campuses, but for Van, this is only “Other surrounding community colleges like Los Angeles Mission

“I eat Subway regularly, as it is also close to my job. With that said, it is always something familiar, something I can trust when looking for quick meal,” Hageman said.

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Strawless Cafeteria

The convenience of drinking on the go has been eliminated with the new no straws policy at The cafeteria began its no straw policy to help reduce the amount of plastic straws that were not being recycled with the general Rather than becoming a part of the problem, the cafeteria opted to try and be a part of the solution.

Pacific Dining Manager Jaime Cancino said that they follow the decision for the health

“There are millions of straws go to the ocean damaging the environment,” Cancino said.

He also said that recycling at the cafeteria is made harder because of the difficulty managing the recycling system at the cafeteria.

Because of this system, plastic straws usually go in the main garbage bins, which isn’t effective for recycling the plastic in the

“Therefore, Pierce’s cafeteria started the straws policy about one month ago,” Cancino said.

According to Cancino, students’ reaction was mostly positive. Even though they weren’t happy at the beginning, they accepted it when they knew

Another step the cafeteria has taken to continue being sustainable, is to replace their old cutlery and plates with biodegradable products.

“Everything we use in the cafeteria, spoons, forks, knives or plates are biodegradable, which are made of corn,” Cancino said.

Alessia Morelli, who works at Arezzio Station in the cafeteria,

An unkown suspect stole a 2000 Honda Civic car battery from a student's vehicle in Parking Lot 7.

10/26

•Petty Theft

An unkown suspect stole a 1996 Toyota Camry car battery from a student's vehicle in Parking Lot 7.

10/26

•Petty Theft

An unkown suspect stole a 1996 Toyota Camry car battery from a student's vehicle in Parking Lot 7.

10/26

•Petty Theft

An unkown suspect stole a 1994 Honda Accord car battery from a student's vehicle in Parking Lot 7.

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said, “most of students reacted in a very good way, everyone is positive about doing something good to our environment.”

The feedback for the the no straws policy has been well received by students.

“I can’t say it is bad or good idea, but if it lowers the cost of food supplies, it will be good,” Business Administration Major Kenneth Asuto said.

However, some students see this policy as a starting point for other green initiatives.

“It is good for the environment, but they should change the cups, or make them like coffee cups,” Music Major Jasmin Gomez said. The cafeteria has taken numerous initiatives to make the cafeteria more environmentally conscious. The next step for the cafeteria will be to put an effect recycling system in place.

10/26

•Petty Theft

An unkown suspect stole a 2006 Toyota Corolla car battery from a student's vehicle in Parking Lot 7.

10/27

•Child Locked Inside Vehicle Officers located a mother who accidentally left her child in a locked vehicle on Victory Boulevard.

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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY Natalie Miranda/Roundup into the refrigerator to get a box from Subway at Pierce College's Brahma Cafe in

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION by Danielle Padilla / Roundup A student throws away straws to show that they will no longer

at the cafeteria on Oct. 30,

at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Students who are lucky enough to have the time may leave campus to grab fast food at a nearby restaurant. But in the last month,

“If we continue to get the word out that Pierce is a safe campus, I’m hopeful that others will treat it as such.”

- Juan Carlos Astorga Dean of student engagement

Keeping the St.A.S.H.

Students Against Student Hunger President continues club’s mission

to seek the help that they need.

“This is the type of club that hits home and hits your heart,” Iqbal said.

At the right place at the right time.

That’s how Fatima Iqbal describes the start of her journey as the president of Students Against Student Hunger, or St.A.S.H.

She said it all started when she walked by Philosophy professor Christopher Lay’s office and saw the word St.A.S.H. She had no contacts on, so it was hard for her to read the club’s full name.

Lay came out of his office and presented her with a card. He told her to take one and read into the club.

Iqbal later asked Lay if she could donate some food, and from then on, she knew the club had a special place in her heart.

“I thought a great way to give back to my community would be in the form of donating food,” Iqbal said. “I’ve always thought if I’m able to eat at night, why can’t my peers? Why can’t the next person sitting next to me?”

Iqbal said she started to get involved with the club while Jordan Rice, vice president of St.A.S.H., was the acting president at the time. She said her core values and religious beliefs ignited her passion to give back to the community.

“Personally, myself there have been times where I’ve had long gaps and I’ve needed food, or I was too busy to go get food,” Iqbal said. “I’ve had friends in that position and it’s very heartbreaking you know?”

Iqbal said food insecurity is a big problem that students struggle with and she wants to make the campus community feel more secure when it comes to eating.

“There is this stigma just because you may be of color, low-income, you have a different gender or race and, top of that, you don’t have access to food,” Iqbal said. “You become exiled and you are seen as an outcast. That is the stigma that we are trying to alleviate.”

Iqbal wanted to become president not just to aid with the club’s structure, but to make a lasting impact on those who are too afraid

The goal for the club changes each semester regarding new leadership roles, according to Iqbal.

“Each semester has a different theme depending on who is in charge,” Iqbal said. “My goal is, ‘Food is love, let’s spread it.’”

Iqbal has been working with the club to get good stock each week in the food pantry and events started on campus.

She said St.A.S.H. will be hosting a Halloween costume event on the mall Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. to spread awareness about the club. Candy will be passed out that advocates some of the club’s messages.

The club has been active for a few years but must continuously adapt when students transfer on to fouryear universities, according to Iqbal.

“Because St.A.S.H. is fairly new and we have this community college atmosphere, we have members coming in and out,” Iqbal said.

She said it can also get difficult when balancing many heavy duties at the same time.

“I am a full-time student,” Iqbal said. “I also am a full-time worker. I have a lot of things on my plate as well, so it gets challenging.”

Iqbal said she has felt herself get better at communicating and providing a healthier environment to students under her role as president.

“Anybody and everyone can get food, even if you feel like you don’t deserve it, our doors are open,” Iqbal said.

Lay said Iqbal presented herself as a strong candidate for the role of president.

“She expressed interest in leadership over the summer,” Lay said. “At the beginning of this semester there was a vote and she was elected president.”

Rice said he sees great potential in the skills Iqbal presents to the club.

“She’s actually brought in a lot of new faces and integrated them into the fold really well for someone that hasn’t stepped into a leadership position before,” Rice said. “She’s had to inspire a lot people and give

them a sense of purpose within the group.”

The club shares a universal interest to feed those in need, according to Lay.

“Fatima and I are both interested in helping other people help other people so that they can both be benefited,” Lay said.

Rice said it is because of Iqbal’s persistence that the pantry now has

flexible hours.

“She’s been able to create a system where we have operating pantry hours throughout the week,” Rice said. “She’s done a great job at dishing out the roles, or delegating, so to speak.”

Lay has witnessed Iqbal’s passion toward making sure every person can be fed.

“She’s expressed an interest

in seeking after equality through regards to food,” Lay said.

Rice said Iqbal is an inspiring natural leader with a lot of warmth to offer.

“She has a great taste in hip hop,” Rice said. “She’s very grounded and down to earth. No drama, just good people and I’m happy to be working with her.”

Rice said Iqbal admires the craft

of leadership and brings a lot of positive energy to St.A.S.H.

“I think Fatima captures that essence because she really does care,” Rice said. “She lifts up the weight when someone else isn’t pulling it and she takes a lot of action. I appreciate her a lot and I look forward to seeing what type of leader she becomes.”

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Hello Mister Rice guy

Student activist has found ways to help throughout the campus

Jordan Rice has helped others in a variety of different ways, and his passion for doing good things stems from what he has learned from others, and just a natural desire to do good.

“I have a lot of passion for connecting with people, I’ve been given wisdom from my mother, my grandmother, to say like i’m standing on the shoulders of giants so like i have to elevate myself and bring other people up with me,” Rice said. “You know, do to others as you would want done to you, and I just like giving, giving feels nice.”

One of the ways that Rice has helped others is by getting involved with the Students Against Student Hunger, or the St.A.S.H. club at Pierce.

“A good friend of mine named Juan had started it after taking an ethics class with professor Lay,” Rice said. “They had taken action on something that I had thought about, and it was a great way for me to get out of apathy, and be able to push forward and become the change that i wanted to be, by being that person who says i want to help and actually doing something about it.”

Philosophy professor and St.A.S.H. club advisor Christopher Lay recounts Jordan’s contributions to the club in the past.

“Jordan was a part of the original

year and served in a bunch of different capacities. He spearheaded an event and called it the St.A.S.H. Bash,” Lay said. “It was a success as it helped raise awareness of food insecurity which means that people can self identify whether or not they can get help from the pantry.”

The St.A.S.H Bash was a success for Rice, and for what he set out to do, helping spread awareness for food insecure students.

“I brought together two of my passions, which is helping people and music, and I was able to do that, and it was a night that i would remember for a while,” Rice said. “We also had plates, and on those plates we had students write down what it’s like to be hungry, and in between performances i would read them off, and you could literally step into someone’s mind like this is how it feels to struggle the way that i do, to be food insecure, and to not have a meal waiting for you.”

Rice was previously president of the St.A.S.H. club, but has recently decided to take on the role of vice president instead.

“I became president before because St.A.S.H. couldn’t die, and there was a need that needed to be fulfilled. But it’s been interesting being in a leader position, trying to organize, and being selfless, and ive learned alot about myself,” Rice said. “But real leaders are also able to take a step back.”

Lay believes that there is a reason for Rices decision to resign leadership, and sees it as an endearing feat.

“It’s kind of an odd move to step out

of the way and renounce leadership, but what’s really nice is he remains on hand as a vice president to help others learn how to require the skills needed to run a complex club with a lot of challenges to overcome,” Lay said.

As for the future, Rice wants to incorporate his artistic skills with a business mindset, and the things he has done here at Pierce have definitely helped him.

“Im studying business marketing because i am an artist in multiple capacities, but i also don’t want to be a starving artist, so I’ll be building my brand,” Rice said. “I have made logos for people, I’ve done work in advertising, and I’ve done events, and now I’m doing my own events.”

By attending Pierce College, Rice has accomplished many things, not just for others, but also for himself.

“Pierce gave me a sense of purpose because I came out of highschool and didn’t know what I was doing, I wouldn’t even say I know what I’m doing now, I just know I need to move forward,” Rice said. “I try to move in the right direction, and it has given me a lot of confidence, and a lot of trials, thats allowing me to develop a desire and a sense of purpose here.”

Joseline Menjivar Program assistant for Umoja, also recounts how Rice has helped out with the Umoja program.

“He is very outspoken and very sociable and took part in most of the programs we had at the beginning of the semester,” Menjivar said. “He’s very nice, and he was really good at

artwork, so he did most of our flyers and stuff like that.”

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Fatima Iqbal , the St.A.S.H. (Students Against Student Hunger) president, stands in the food pantry in Pierce Collegeʼs IRIS 910 on Oct. 30, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. The food pantry accepts donations

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Thursday Concert

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From West Side Story to spanish pop music. The Kadima String Quartet flexed their musical capabilities by putting a unique spin on universally celebrated songs from varying genres. The latest concert was held in room Music 3400, which made for a more intimate setting as it is noticeably smaller than the concert hall. As the audience entered, there waiting on stage was a four string quartet, staying silent as people found their seats. When all found their seats, Music Instructor Garineh Avakian briefly introduced the group as The Kadima String Quartet, and without saying a word, they began to play their first song, a rendition of Kiss from A Rose, by Seal.

After the song that's when Viola player Beth Elliott stood up and began to properly introduce every member which also consisted of Eric KM Clark on violin, Brian Benning, also on violin, Lynn Angebranndt on the cello. She then asked the audience who hasn't heard a four string quartet before, to which the majority of haven't. She responded by saying “We have a lot of music virgins in here, don't worry we are going to be easy on you,” to which the audience laughed.

They then went on to their next song, their version of the popular song Despacito by Luis Fonsi. The whole band was in sync, even to the point where each member put down their instrument and began clapping one at a time until they were all clapping simultaneously in a rhythm. Still together they all stopped clapping at once and quickly

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“Oh, if I could find an old model because like I said I love to build model boats,” Backus said.

Theo Strehlo has been working at the vintage market for two and a half years. He said he helps set up fences and canopies for the event each month.

“There’s always a lot of cool stuff here and it kind of changes every time,” Strehlo said. “You never know what you’re going to run into.”

Strehlo said the diversity and action is what led him to work at the

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English club hosts movie screening and costume contest

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The Pierce College English Club hosted an All Hallows Eve event open to all students. The event featured a costume contest, snacks, and a movie screening Wednesday in the Great Hall.

picked up their instruments and finished the song.

“We are going to change where we are in history,” Elliot said as she began to explain how Mozart was one of the people help conceive the idea of a four string quartet.

The song they played next Diverimento No.3, K138 by W.A. Mozart, who wrote it when he was only 13 and it was in honor of him. Four string quartets have no composer, so the musicians use body language to communicate and stay composed, and in this song is a good example of that. Because throughout its intricacy, the band members all manage to stay together.

The next song played was The String Quartet Op. 11 by Samuel Barber, and it consisted of three different parts that were all composed at different points in time. The first part was light hearted and easy, which contrasted with the deep and powerful second. The final and third part which was composed in the middle of the second world war was best described by Elliot, as having a feeling of being “unsettled, as it was in the middle of a war that had not been settled yet.” Together when played as one whole song, it resonated some kind of tragic beauty to it.

Returning to the modern day for their next song, they played another currently popular song, which was Shape of You, by Ed Sheeran. by Leonard Bernstein. The songs intensity at its end was a great way to close the show.

The next concert will be held Thursday, November 1st, featuring from Pierce’s Amplified Music Program (AMP) at the PAB Mainstage at 1 p.m.

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vintage market instead of any other job.

“I realized I could work here, make a little extra money on the side and make this whole thing happen,”

Strehlo said.

Working at the vintage market is worthwhile but poses some challenges, according to Strehlo.

“The hardest part about working here is that setup starts at 4 a.m.,” Strehlo said.

Tony Suarez is a general contractor and crystal miner who carefully extracts and crafts unique stones for leisure. He started mining precious stones from countries like Mexico and Brazil six months ago and

Guests were also invited to write their favorite book quote onto a poster.

English Club voted on which movie to watch. Runner-ups included “Coraline” and “The Shining”.

Madison Carter, an English and architecture major, is the on-campus event coordinator for the English club. Carter has been a part of English Club since it formed last year.

“So tonight we're having a costume contest, mummy wrapping, musical chairs and a screening of ‘Beetlejuice’,” Carter said.

Everything at the event is free, except for cupcakes which were sold to fundraise.

“So we have free candy, pizza, and drinks. And then cupcakes will cost $2 to help fundraise for English club,” Carter said.

Jordan Hunter, a member of the English Club and an English major, said she felt the event brought her closer to the other first-year students.

“We all collaborated as a group, as a team and that was really fun. We all put in ideas, we all had like a huge debate about which movie to play, which was really fun and we all agreed on ‘Beetlejuice’,” Hunter said.

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costume contest. She was dressed as Jade Harley from the webcomic “Homestuck”.

“She's a witch of space, but yeah, that's what she is and that's her god tier. She's one of the best characters in ‘Homestuck’,” Hunter said.

Maya Lev and Adrian Camp who are both music majors won second place in the costume contest. They were dressed as Jack and Sally from the film “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.

Neither of them are members of the English Club. Lev learned of the event through a friend and flyers.

“So I'd actually met Jacob

of the English club and he had mentioned organizing this thing. And I went up in the music area and I had actually seen a poster about it. And so that had all the info and I sent it to Adrian,” Lev said.

Camp thought it would be a cute couples costume.

“It was mostly her’s [idea] but I agreed to it,” Camp said.

Clarissa Cuellar, a member of the English Club and an English major, helped decide what movie would be played.

“I mean I voted for ‘Beetlejuice’ because I'd never seen it before, but I also voted for ‘Coraline’ and ‘The Shining’,” Cueller said.

Cuellar won third place in the costume contest. She was dressed as Mabel from the television series “Gravity Falls”.

“I was going to be Dipper because I related to him more but also Mabel's a little bit more relatable to me and I just really liked her in general,” Cueller said. Winners received a themed gift bag full of goodies. Themes included science fiction and literature.

English Club meets every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in faculty office 815.

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French film festival kicks off 3 day event

ALI BASH Reporter @roundupnews

Pierce will be hosting a French Film Festival, which will screen a series of six French films with no charge starting on Nov. 1 with

decided to make the most of his hobby by displaying his crystals for sale at vintage markets.

“This one is galena, white quartz and pyrite,” Suarez said. “This combination is so powerful. The pyrite is for good luck, the galena is a grounding stone and the white quartz is for the energy.”

Suarez said he has been coming to the vintage market for a year from Northridge to live out his passion.

“I like this vintage market because it’s not that big and I get a really good reaction from it,” Suarez said.

He said the biggest interaction he receives is from children.

“Thirty percent of my clients

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the L’Atelier / The Workshop. For viewer convenience, all the movies will be translated and subtitled into english.

“The students are bored from watching documentary movies,” Assistant Professor of French Denis Pra said. “The movies we are presenting are more

are children,” Suarez said. “Some of those children love crystals and when I started selling and sharing my crystals I never thought that thirty percent of my clients were going to be children.”

Setting up can take time and energy from carrying heavy stones that weigh up to one ton, according to Suarez.

“They help me, but all the heavy lifting I do by myself so that way nobody gets hurt,” Suarez said. “I’ve been doing this construction and heavy loads since I was 19 years old.”

Despite the heavy weights in the way and long hours of stocking the booth, Suarez said he enjoys every

independent in style, another way to see the world and to think about life.”

The movies being screened will explore a variety of topics such as socialism in the Le Crime de Monsieur Lange to religious extremism in Timbuktu.

The festival will open with

minute of the hobby.

“I don’t feel the tiredness because it’s the things that you do for fun,” Suarez said.

Laurie Loredo has been a shopper and collector at the vintage market for about a year and visits from Ventura County. She said the vintage hats she buys from the market give her confidence..

“If you’re going to stand head and shoulders above the crowd you might as well have a well-dressed head,” Loredo said.

Loredo said her favorite score of the day was a twenty-dollar vintage pink kimono.

“I usually shop for vintage clothes

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and some of the brand-new boutique clothing,” Loredo said. “It could be whatever. Vintage jewelry, sometimes the plants.”

Sharon Burr comes to the vintage market from Ventura with her emotional support dog, Cupcake. She said she has come to the flea market many times and was previously a student at Pierce.

“It’s just fun interacting with the people and with the sales people,” Burr said. “They’re nice, and it’s just fun to get a bargain.”

The Topanga Vintage Market will be back Nov. 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mason Entrance.

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Coaching pedigree

New men's basketball head has the job in his blood

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Most of the fall sports went through a coaching shakeup, and for men’s basketball a new era begins under Casey Weitzel.

Weitzel started coaching basketball for Grand Canyon University while he was still a student there. Then he went to West Virginia University and helped the team get to the Final Four.

Weitzel said going to the Final Four was awesome and the experience he got during it was invaluable. He also won a Big East Championship during his time at West Virginia University which he said was better than advancing to the Final Four.

“It was actually more thrilling to win the Big East tournament than it actually was to advance to the Final Four,” Weitzel said. “In the Final Four, you still have games left. When you win the Big East Championship, it’s done. You’re the champion of it.”

Weitzel also coached at Shepherd University in West Virginia and then went to Azusa Pacific University.

Weitzel knew he wanted to coach and wanted to follow the same path as his father.

“My dad is a coach and it's always been a passion of mine,”

Weitzel said. “You know, you idolize your father and you want to follow in his footsteps. It was something I always knew I wanted to do from a very young age.”

The chance to bring new life to the team is what brought Weitzel

to Pierce.

“I really like building programs and building things. I feel like Pierce is at that point where they really want to build this athletic program and I'm really happy to be on the ground floor with it,”

Weitzel said.

Weitzel said he is still learning and adjusting to Pierce, but he

has enjoyed getting to know the people around campus.

One of the people he has met is associate head coach Charles White. Weitzel said he is really excited to have White on staff.

“Charles has been such an asset for guiding me through the junior college ranks and I've leaned on him for a ton of stuff with

Pool problems pester polo

Water polo forced to play lone home game at SMC, practice in backup pool

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When classroom equipment is not functioning properly, it can be difficult to teach the course. The same can be appiled to athletics when a team does not have the resources necessary to go on with their season.

The main pool at the Steven E. Schofield Aquatic Center is currently going under maintenance and different programs have been affected by this situation.

“It affects our masters, it also affects our lap swimmers, our kinesiology classes, ENCORE, enterprise which is our community services so it is much deeper than just one program being affected,” pool manager Deborah Hefter said.

Last semester, there was no swim meet at Pierce due to the same issue.

Hefter said the pools are working all day which leads them to have these problems.

working. They both run on two different systems,” Hefter said.

The water polo game against the Santa Monica College Corsairs had to be moved to Santa Monica because there was no water.

Hefter said that the interim president and vice presidents have been helpful with this issue.

“He has been very active and our vice presidents have been very helpful and getting everything done in a quicker process. Usually it takes time to get things here and get approvals for a lot of pieces with this pool. They have given me verbal permissions so it makes things go quicker,” Hefter said.

Head coach Judi Terhar said this is not the first time they have had this problem.

“The same thing happened last year with the pool but it was a different issue. This time I have been given a few different dates, all the way from soon until the end of the semester,” Terhar said. “We are going with what we have, so this is our option and we are using it.”

eligibility and with the conference itself,” Weitzel said. “He's really been an asset for me in that regard, just helping me through all this stuff and he's an amazing man.”

White said he has enjoyed working with Weitzel and is looking forward to this season.

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Soccer victorious against Vaqueros

Brahmas win at Glendale 5-0, second place in conference at 4-1

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Campus Life Editor

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An incident from the opposing team’s fans did not throw off soccer Friday as they beat the Glendale Community College Vaqueros 5-0 to improve

their overall record to 11-4-2. With the win under their belts, they remain second tied with the Santa Monica Corsairs at 4-1 in conference play. Head Coach Adolfo Perez explained that Glendale’s team was coming off of a win against Los Angeles Valley College, and was playing with a lot of confidence.

However, this confidence did not shake Pierce’s team.

Even though the game was off to a rough start, The Brahmas were able to pull through and end up scoring 5 goals. Three of these goals were scored by forward Keyonna Hill. The remaining two goals were scored by team captains Gisell Cruz and Diana Millan.

Volleyball drops final home game

Straight set loss to SMC brings record to 1-8, 4 road games remain

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Women’s volleyball faced defeat against the Santa Monica College Corsairs in the final home game of the season, dropping their overall record to 1-8.

The Brahmas lost the first and third set 25-21 and the second 25-16.

Team captain Catelynn Pulido led the team in with 15 kills, while Landry Bearden had 18 assists.

Head coach Edison Zhou believes that not having Rachel Wiley, who wasn’t able to play due to an injury from the previous game against Santa Barbara City College, was a major contributing part to how the game unfolded.

“I think we played pretty well, but we were missing our outside hitter Rachel who’s also one of our captains, and she's really good,” Zhou said. “We had to move Linnea to outside and it was a big change.”

Assistant coach Meaghan Wheeler said the team did well despite the changes.

“We had to work around an injury so there was some adversity,” Wheeler said. “I think they worked well around the change that we had today.

Zhou said that overall they need to improve the offense and make some slight changes.

“We need more hitters, passing is good, digging is good, but hitting and blocking need work,” Zhou said. “Right now we have seven players to play, so i don’t think we can change

a lot, Just some details, like hitting and blocking, but we still have time.”

Wheeler said communication is going to be key for success in future games.

“We want to continue to work on communication, and that was the number one thing we talked about,” Wheeler said. “When there are challenges to work around, communication just has to triple.”

Pulido believes that a lack of intensity on the court contributed to their performance.

“It wasn't the worst game, we had a lot of good swings and good passes here and there,” Pulido said. “We definitely could have had our energy up a lot higher, and we could have gained a couple extra points as well as not missing serves.”

After playing back-to-back home games, the Brahmas will play two away games against Citrus College on Oct. 31 and El Camino on Nov. 2. Both games start at 6 p.m.

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Perez explained that in conference, you play each team twice. It is for this reason that the team is aware, because they have already played everyone once before. This has helped the team to know what to expect coming into the second round of games.

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“It’s not always the same issue. They are very complicated. They work 24 hours a day seven days a week without ever being turned off,” Hefter said. “And just like a car that runs that much there is always going to be maintenance or things that have to happen to it and sometimes you can get ahead of them and other times it gets ahead of you.”

Hefter said that this has been happening ever since the pools were built.

Hefter said that the administration are being supportive and expects for the repairs to start this week.

Hefter said the problem this time was that the pump stopped working and since the water was not filtering it was not safe for people to be inside.

Hefter mentioned that during her time being the pool manager it has happened at least once a year.

“Sometimes we plan them to happen so we say when we are going to be shut down for this amount of time and sometimes they happen randomly, but just about every year there is an issue and sometimes I feel like its more because we have two pools. So maybe one has an issue, then they are both fine and then the other pool is not

Water polo was scheduled to have a home game against the Santa Monica College Corsairs, but, due to the pool not functioning, they had to move the game to Santa Monica.

Cassidy Hoffman, utility player, said that she is frustrated in not being able to have more space to practice.

“I’m really disappointed because the pool is not working, we have the other backup pool, but it is very hard to practice in. Even though our season will end in one week but I hope the pool get fixed very soon,” Hoffman said.

Hoffman said the team is trying to work with what they have available.

“It’s difficult to set up and run full, normal practice in the small pool, but we are trying to to make the most of it,” Hoffman said.

Azin Vazirizadeh, attacker, said that practicing in the other pool has given her problems.

“It’s hard because my feet are always touching the floor. That’s why I feel more pain in my knee,” Vazirizadeh said.

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Middle blocker Keturah Scott and Santa Monica College setter Hannah Douglas try to block the ball during a game in Pierce College's South Gym on Oct. 26, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Pierce lost the final home game of the season (25-21, 25-16, 25-21).

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Head coach for the men's basketball team Casey Weitzel stands outside of Pierce College's South Gym on Oct. 25, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif. Weitzel is a ne w hire.

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Seahawks grounded

Football wins 10-3 at Harbor, fourth consecutive win, 3-0 in conference

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Perez said that the key to a successful outcome lies within the team’s mentality.

Football continued its hot start to conference play, defeating LA Harbor College Saturday in what proved to be a defensive battle.

The Brahmas move to 3-0 in conference, 5-3 overall, with the 10-3 win. While the result is similar to the past few weeks, the scoreboard reads a little different.

The 10 points scored by the offense is the fewest scored this season, other than a shutout loss to San Diego Mesa College six weeks ago. The Brahmas came into the game averaging 37 points in the three previous games of the win streak.

“Offense has had our back pretty much the entire year,” head coach Carlos Woods said. “We won two ball games 44-43, complete shootouts. It feels good as a defensive minded head coach to come in and say hey, let’s bear down support our offense.

The defense stepped up when it needed to.

Defensive ends Sterling Cooper and Eli Sloan-El had two sacks each, and Cooper added one of the two Brahmas interceptions.

“From day one we wanted to be a shutout defense, and we all worked this whole game,” Cooper said. “At the end of the day we’re a family and they depended on

Both offenses struggled to move the ball. The Brahmas crossed into Seahawks territory just four times in the game, only once in the second half.

That drive in the second half was the difference maker. 10 plays, 75 yards that culminated in a Premire Wilson eight-yard touchdown run.

Wilson made himself known on second down when he broke off a 29-yard run, making multiple Seahawk defenders miss. The run was only his second carry of the game.

“It was an amazing experience. I just had to stay patient and wait for my number to be called and make it happen,” Wilson said.

Wilson added 31 more yards on the drive, and gave the Brahmas a 10-3 when he scored the only touchdown of the game.

“We’re just trying to get our playmakers involved as much as we possibly can,” Woods said.

“We can mix it up. It’s going to keep the defense off balance.”

Wilson is listed on the roster as a receiver, but he is comfortable in the backfield and wants to stay there.

“Running back is my ideal position for this year throughout the rest of my years,” Wilson said.

On the ensuing Harbor drive, Cooper made his mark for the defense.

First, he had a key sack on a critical third and four. After

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Defensive end Sterling Cooper rushes the edge against the LA Harbor College right tackle on Oct. 27, 2018, in Wilmington, Calif. The Brahmas defeated the Seahawks 10-3, and Cooper had two sacks and a fourth quarter interception.

a pass interference penalty on fourth down kept the drive alive, Cooper brought it to an end on second down when he intercepted Aidan Kuykendal. The interception is number 13 on the season for the

Brahma of the Week

Catelynn Pulido

Sport: Volleyball

Position: OH Class: Sophomore

High School:

Taft Charter

32 kills in the two games against Santa Barbara City College and Santa Monica.

32 kills in the two games last week. How do you evaluate your performance?

"I feel I have improved a lot since the first game on my line shots, angle shots and I'm putting more control in putting the ball away."

What do you feel you can improve on?

"Mixing it up a little bit more and letting the players on the other side not read my plays easily."

Do you have any pregame rituals or superstitions?

"I definetly make sure that I have my protein drink before I start my warm up and we are basically playing for more two hours and I'm already burning calories and I tell my self to play and work hard."

If you weren't playing volleyball, what sport would you play?

"Basketball as a guard or a forward."

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Brahmas, which leads the American Pacific Conference. The Brahmas are not alone at 3-0 in the conference. Allan Hancock College shares the same record. However, that will change when the two

teams face off next week for control of the American Pacific Conference. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Shepard Stadium.

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“I think preparation and focus”. Although the team did not do anything out of the ordinary to prepare for this specific game, keeping this mentality is what carried the team to a win,” Perez said.

Gisell Cruz, who scored one of the five goals that brought the team to victory explained that all of the girls are very excited to play and possibly win the conference.

“The best feeling out of the whole game was just getting the result and that win with your team. After everything that happened it was just a good feeling to know that we won,” Cruz said.

Cruz went on to talk about how a winning conference could secure a spot in playoffs as well. The results of this week’s game will have a lasting effect on the team.

During the game, parents from Glendale’s side were causing multiple disruptions, yelling negative things to the soccer team.

These parents were escorted off the field, and security proceeded to escort the team off campus once the game was over.

Hill reflected on how she felt after being put into the game while the parents on the opposing side were still being disruptive.

“I kind of did fear for my safety when coach put me in the game and they started saying stuff toward me. But I knew that my coach had my back,” Hill said.

The next game is Friday Nov. 2 at Santa Monica College. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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