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Urban legends of murderers and kidnappers on the loose are frightening stories to share around a campfire, but they’re also cautionary tales that warn about the importance of safety.

The Los Angeles Pierce College Theatre is tackling this subject by opening their 2019-20 season with the slasher-comedy play “Hookman,” written by Lauren Yee.

Set in the contemporary age of social media, Lexi (Alexa Maris) is a 17-year-old Californian who decides to study out of state at the University of Connecticut (UConn) for her freshman year.

When Lexi returns to California during school break, she and her childhood friend Jess (Loida Navas) drive to a midnight screening to watch a movie. Their plans abruptly change when they get in a car crash and Jess dies, but did the crash actually cause Jess’ death?

Now, Lexi believes a serial killer that an urban legend calls Hookman is stalking not just her, but also her indifferent roommate Yoonji (JJ Javier) and others at UConn.

“I thought it said so many smart things about our modern culture and college campus culture,” Director Shaheen Vaaz said. “It’s current. It’s fresh. How fun to do something scary for Halloween.”

Opening night is on Oct. 18 at the Dow Arena Theatre on campus. Performances continue through the final show on Oct. 27. Tickets are $15 for students from any school with a valid student ID. Senior citizens who are 62 years old or older pay $18,

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“What I presented today is proven facts,” Castillo said. “If you do what we discussed today, your chances of survival are very high.”

Having children of his own, Castillo takes his chance to inform seriously.

“Through all my years and experience, I gathered the most pertinent information I could,” Castillo said. “Knowing that this is going to help people, I put my heart into it.”

The training also included a showing and breakdown of a video depicting an active shooter on a college campus as well as slides going over each course of action in the Run, Hide and Fight method.

The video held nothing back to which Academic & Personal Counselor Tara McCarthy appreciated.

“It was graphic, but I think it was needed,” McCarthy said. “A lot of people don’t even know what a real gunshot sounds like, so I think for people to be able to see that and have some reaction to it. It helps them realize how close this is to home and it could happen at any moment.”

“When you’re in a car accident, you’re in shock, you’re trying to figure out where you are at,” Armalin said. “Same thing when you’re in class. Your body is trying to come back and figure everything out at once.”

Armalin stressed that situations of life or death need constant attention.

“Emergencies, especially active shooters, muscle memory, practice and preparing is highly important.”

Also, in attendance was Pierce’s President Alexis S. Montevirgen who felt being a part of the training was paramount.

“I actually had a meeting that was scheduled for the same time and rescheduled,” Montevirgen said. “I felt it was important to be here and show my personal commitment to campus security safety.”

The President also expressed his plans to bring the information into classrooms.

“We have a 10 minute program we have sent out to faculty,” Montervirgen said. “In the classes, they’ll actually do a 10 minute session to inform the student in that class. It’s important that students are made aware of what they can do in similar situations.”

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Guiding students finanically in the Great Hall Preview: Thursday Concert

Instructors from the Music department will return to the stage to showcase their talents at the Thursday Concert series the next two weeks.

Applied Music Program instructor John Storie will be the next to perform at the concert. He will perform Jazz Guitar on Oct. 17.

Storie has been an instructor at Pierce College for a year and is also an artist-in-residence at his former school California Institute of the Arts where he teaches student musicians how to self promote.

Apart from being a guitarist, according to his website, johnstorie. com, Storie is also a vocalist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. His website also mentions that he has performed with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra with actor and pianist Jeff Goldblum and the New West Guitar Group.

Following Storie, Applied Music Program instructor Micah Wright will be performing the following week on Oct. 24. Wright will take the stage to perform the clarinet and saxophone.

According to his Linkedin, Wright is a freelance musician and has been an instructor at Pierce for a year. He has also been a clarinet and saxophone instructor at California Lutheran University for three years. Callutheran.edu states Wright has won many awards in his career. He recently won the 2018 Beverly Hills National Auditions.

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JOEY FARRIOLA Reporter @RoundupNews

A student’s major is similar to announcing a career plan, and the choice will alter not only what to study, but potentially an entire lifetime of work.

To help students choose more carefully, the business administration and economics departments on Thursday, Oct. 10, began a month of events titled #PierceBusinessMonth, with a symposium on being a business major, held at the Great Hall. The event’s goal was to help transform class choices into a future job.

Business Administration Chair Martin Karamian talked to students about possible degrees, where to transfer and yearly cost at different colleges.

“The most popular major by far not just at Pierce but almost across the country is the business major, but I want students to know what it is first before they decide to commit to it,” Karamian said. “I always tell people business is not for everyone.”

Karamian advised against most students racking up student loans.

“It’s kind of like a credit card,” he said. “The more you use it the more you are going to bury yourself in debt, and the more interest rates will pile on that debt and the harder it is going to be to pay it off.”

John Gonzalez, a Pierce business major, came to the event to learn more about his desired field.

“I want to start my own gaming technology business, starting first small with Microsoft gaming, then going big with my own company,” Gonzalez said.

Student Michael Rosales said the event showed him that the varied business world provides a lot of opportunities. There are three more events on the schedule. “Is Economics the Money Major” will be at 12:45 p.m., Oct. 16. The Business College Fair runs 12:30 - 2:30 p.m., Oct. 23, and a Q&A with business professionals is 1-3 p.m. on Oct 30. All events will be in the Great Hall.