Volume 135 Fall 2021 Roundup Issue 3

America's racist roots

Pierce Library book discussion series examines the country's prejudiced past

BY ANASTASIYA OREL Reporter

The Pierce College Library took part in the national One Book, One Campus project, hosting the first event within a series Friday afternoon.

The series provides an insight into Ibram X. Kendi’s nonfiction book “Stamped from the Beginning,” with the first event focusing on the “Codification of Racism in the U.S.A.” Assistant Professor of History Christopher Strickland hosted the presentation through a PowerPoint and discussion of the book. He began the event with an introduction of historical significance of racism and indentured servitude with a quote from chapter three of the book.

“Prior, class, religious customs, sex, gender, and traditions primarily structures the relations, divisions, and interactions between groups of people, as opposed to codes/laws/policies based on racist ideas,” Strickland said. “However, for North America, the codification of racist ideas began to profoundly proliferate in the 1660s during the colonial period. Racist ideas and racist codification in North America predate the founding of the United States of America, which highlights the long history of the codification of racism in America.”

Strickland continued discussing quotes with historical importance that demonstrate implementation of racism into an individual’s values, such as providing explicit conversation on a 1662 racist law to which he quoted:

“[Virginia lawman] proclaimed that ‘all children borne in this country; derived their status from ‘the condition of the mother.’ Thrashing English law, they dusted off the Roman principle of partus sequitur ventrem, which held that ‘among tame and domestic animals, the brood belongs to the owner of the dam or mother’” (Pg. 41, Chapter 3, of "Stamped from the Beginning," by Ibram X. Kendi).

Strickland also included quotes from a Virginia lawmaker, slave owner, and President of the United States Thomas Jefferson, providing understanding towards racist ideas within government documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

After the Powerpoint presentation, Strickland displayed a variety of websites that further provided discussion of codification of racism in the United States.

Adjunct Professor of Sociology Karen Sabbah said she teaches her students the Loving vs. Virginia civil rights decision and brought up the question discussion of interracial marriage.

“Interracial marriage was

legal in the United States because ‘I Love Lucy’ aired in 1951 and that was a white woman married to a Cuban man,” Sabbah said. “They were celebrating interracial marriage. It makes me wonder how many others way tht we celebrate interracial marriage are, because it was a white woman marrying a Cuban whereas Loving V. Virginia was a Black woman who dared to marry a white man.”

Instructor of Theater Brian Moe said that understanding historical periods and its significance provides insight and context circling current laws and policies.

“I look at all of these policies, and we’ve made comparisons

from things that happened in the 1800s that are still permeable today, and so why hasn’t that changed?” Moe said. “It’s because of the phrase ‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.’ These policies serve a certain people that don’t want it to be fixed, but don’t understand the needs for it to be. Understand that these practices were put in a different context to serve a different purpose that is not appropriate at all, especially now.”

Department Chair and Spanish Professor Margarita Pillado said that these events and conversations are what allow society to grow, to understand, and to be educated from.

“The fiber of American society, at least the large proportion of American society that is still there, is what needs to be addressed and eradicated, and I am talking about microaggressions,” Pillado said. “I think education and an

explicit anti-racist approach is absolutely necessary. All of us are bias and all of us are prejudice, and we need to look at that blindspot and we need to be explicitly and intentionally anti-racist. We are undermining the possible success, we need to be better at learning how to be better.”

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Brief: 'Rally for Abortion Justice'

BY TRISHA ANAS Editor-in-Chief

Thousands of people across Southern California participated

in the fifth annual Women’s March, which focused on abortion rights, as part of a national demonstration against Texas’s anti-abortion law. Demonstrations included

sister marches in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley. Some streets were closed as protestors carried colorful signs and voiced their opinions in support

of reproductive rights for all.

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(Top to Bottom) Assistant History professor Christopher Strickland and Dance professor Brian Moe discuss during during the One Book, One Campus event on Zoom on Oct. 1, 2021.

Screenshot by Anastasiya Orel "Stamped from the Beginning" was discussed during the One Book, One Campus event on Zoom on Oct. 1.

Photo by David Pashaee

Christina Krebs holds a sign at the San Fernando Valley Women’s March at Tujunga Park in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021.

Photo by David Pashaee

A group of demonstrators hold signs at the San Fernando Valley Women’s March at Tujunga Park in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021.

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Incoming transfer students may struggle with making friends or meeting new people at their university.

Pierce College should host school specific mixers for students transferring to the same school.

This would allow students to meet each other, exchange contact information or even find potential roommates before transferring.

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While the school has Go Days, this event would be for students moving on to the next step and would be held in the late spring.

At these mixers, Pierce could provide food and have “get to know you” activities. There could also be trivia games where

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students can answer questions and ultimately learn more about the university they are attending.

The mixer can have designated areas or booths where students of the same major or academic department can meet and interact.

To familiarize students with the university they will attend, Pierce could invite representatives from each school to answer questions and discuss campus life with incoming students.

Pierce could also invite alumni from several universities to speak about their experiences as a transfer student and offer incoming students advice.

For example, if Pierce hosts a UCLA student mixer, they can

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invite UCLA alumni to be guest speakers.

Several universities, such as UCLA and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, host transfer student events. Such events provide students the opportunity to meet each other and build a larger community, and it makes for a lasting bond among Pierce students.

Hosting transfer student mixers can ease one’s anxiety of moving on to a large university. Pierce can make it easy for students to find a familiar face among thousands of new ones.

Pro: Social media is a good thing

BY ANGIE ALVAREZ Reporter

Social media has improved personal lives and made everyday tasks easier for the majority of people around the world. There are many ways for social media to be used positively and reasons why college students should be encouraged to make social media accounts.

Social media is a good tool to connect with friends, family and teachers and has become a helpful tool when doing school assignments.

Communication is key to making anything happen, besides common sense, and with social media accounts, it has become the easiest way to get a message across.

If you want to advertise a personal business of yours to help make extra money, creating a separate account strictly for business is a good way to start. Promoting school events or activities on a personal or separate

account is the easiest way to get a large amount of people informed at once.

Instagram can be really helpful to look up tutors in your area if you’re struggling with a specific class.

Schools are literally on every platform and it’s one of the best ways to figure out what’s going on in real time.

You can even go through their followers and find graduates/current students that are majoring in the same area as you, which is also a good way to make friends or even form a study group.

Yasmeen Bannourah from Marymount University wrote, “The effects of social media and technology on college students”, an article where she interviewed students on campus and mentioned that social media “can better a student’s college experience through oncampus organization pages where events are shared.”

Looking through your

school's social media account, there is always going to be information on deadlines for joining activities and groups, classes, clubs and organizations and any general information that a student would need to know.

You can use different networks for inspiration when you’re writing, drawing, painting or anything that you’re creating. That's what’s great about applications like Pinterest because there is no limitation to what you can be inspired from.

There is a tool on Pinterest that was launched early 2021 which is similar to Instagram stories, except whatever you post doesn’t expire in 24 hours. Instead it stays up so others that come across the page can see it long after it was posted.

In the article, “How to Use Idea Pins on Pinterest” by Gargi Ghosal, they mention how you can edit your pin even after you've

posted it in case you need to change something or update it which means it’s always live.

Social media can help students improve their social skills by letting them practice how to read, communicate with others and practice their speech. It can improve reading skills because when we’re online we’re constantly reading things. Whether it’s a big passage or something as small as a caption under a picture, regardless it’s still reading.

We put our communication skills to work when we talk to others online, video chat with our friends or teachers, do interviews online for a school assignment or for whatever reason.

Despite the reason, social media should be commonly used among some students because it can help them gain advantages whether they know it or not.

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Con: Social media runs the world

BY AJ WERNER Reporter

Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube are all apps that a student may scroll through during their day.

However, these forms of entertainment can have some negative side effects.

Cyberbullying is the first one that comes to mind.

According to DataProt, 59% of U.S. teenagers have experienced some sort of online harassment or bullying.

On top of that, 37% of cyberbully victims end up developing social anxiety.

Because there is no face-to-face interaction when having a conversation online, people tend to feel that they can get away with saying hurtful things or being disrespectful without any consequences.

When you’re talking to a screen, there’s just too little of an emotional connection established for people to feel the need to treat others with respect and kindness.

But cyberbullying is just the first thing on a very long list of why social media is bad for students.

USNews reports that researchers have linked a trend of depression in young people to the use of social media and the amount of time spent

online.

The use of social media can fuel one’s feelings of anxiety, depression and loneliness.

When all you see is people being successful in their profession, happy in their relationship or just having the time of their lives at an event or party, one can also start to feel that their life isn’t as good as others.

Basically, social media portrays people’s lives as “perfect” since they get to pick and choose which moments of their life they share online. In reality, that is far from the case but if that’s all you’re seeing on these platforms, you might not know any better.

When you add that, according to SocialBuddy, teens between the ages of 13-18 spend about nine hours daily on these social media platforms, this all becomes extremely alarming.

If teens are being exposed to this online world early, they could end up developing mental issues before they’re even ready to face the real world.

Social media overall can also just be an unnecessary distraction.

Instead of a student doing their work, they can lose focus and start messaging friends or scrolling through posts especially since it’s so easy to access.

This can lead to a student building bad habits and being unproductive, which can then lead to poor grades on assignments and tests.

What you do in your daily life is your business, but in the world we live in today, anything and everything can and will be posted online.

This has led to some very unfortunate situations where the personal life of a college student gets exposed for many to see.

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Lineman Laremy Tunsil is a perfect example of this. Tunsil was a football player at the University of Mississippi, getting prepared for the 2016 NFL Draft. He was one of the most talented players in the draft at his position and was expected to be selected by a team very early in the first round.

However, on the day of the draft, Tunsil’s Twitter account was hacked and a video of him smoking marijuana was released. Teams who had an eye on the gifted prospect quickly scrambled looking for options other than Tunsil due to this video.

Tunsil would see himself fall from a top five draft pick to being selected 13th by the Miami Dolphins.

Though his career

Dear Roundup, My name is Nelson Solares, and I am a Fall '21 student at Los Angeles Pierce College.

I was reading the latest publication of the Los Angeles Pierce College Roundup (Volume 135-Issue 2, Thursday, September 30, 2021) when I noticed Brief: Managing Money, an article brief on the Student Financial Literacy Fair at LA Trade Technical College on September 24, 2021.

It was a well-written brief mentioning the $100 MasterCard giveaway being offered at the event in question. This fact really intrigued me as it reminded me of another LACCD $100 giveaway that Los Angeles Pierce College was offering at a certain Open House event (August 7, 9am1pm, PCT). A giveaway that was meant to be given to the first 50 attendees to present themselves at the event, but which to this day has not actually been given away. I was one of the first 50 attendees at the event and that fact has been verified by Dean William A. Marmolejo's office (he was the dean responsible for heading the event, as it was informed to me by the Dean's office on campus), and can speak

for myself when I say it has been confusing and even frustrating to try and understand why there has been a hold-up in the reward process. It was been nearly two months since the Open House event at the time of my writing this letter, which is making me think the entire event might have been a bait-and-switch on behalf of Los Angeles Pierce College in an attempt to boost enrollment numbers (as it is public knowledge that LACCD colleges have taken a huge hit in their attendance in the past year since the current pandemic started). I really hope that is not the case here because I would not like to believe that my college of choice would resort to such underhanded tactics in order to achieve their goals. I also hope this letter gets published and/or this situation gets investigated as it would disappoint me to think that the Roundup would be afraid to critique and/or investigate their own institution.

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has been a good one and many have moved on from this incident it did almost cost Tunsil a successful football career and definitely stained his reputation for quite a bit.

While Tunsil’s circumstances stemmed from a hacked account, there have been instances of students putting themselves in a bad situation too.

K’Vaughn Pope, a football player for Ohio State University, tweeted out a vulgar statement of his own school during halftime of his own game. He did not return to the game after halftime and it looked like he left the team for good.

While Pope deleted the tweet very soon after, it was too late, as it was already seen by a large number of people. There have been no further developments on this story, but if Pope is looking to keep playing division one football, this recent tweet of his will certainly play a role in whether or not a program wants to bring him in.

Pope has no one to blame other than himself, but the fact that social media can be so damaging to one’s life, makes it hard to see why students would want to use it in the first place.

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New COVID Notifications

Pierce's fi rst town hall addresses vaccination and testing regulations

BY ANASTASIYA OREL Reporter

Pierce College’s Interim President Ara Aguiar welcomed faculty and staff to discuss the return of classes, events on campus, COVID safety measures and protocols during its first Town Hall meeting of the semester on Sept. 29.

Director of Facilities and Safety Officer Paul Nieman began the Zoom meeting with an illustration of a COVID Exposure Reporting flowchart that displayed the steps that need to be taken when a student has been exposed to the coronavirus.

Nieman said that once a professor has been notified by the student of their exposure, the professor should first report to their department chair, the area dean, followed by the interim vice president of Academic Affairs and Nieman.

“We’re under a very, very tight timeframe to make notifications to the district,” Nieman said. “There’s a 24-hour period that these reports have to go to the district. The district has to gather all the information, they have to notify the L.A. Department of Public Health, and in some cases even Cal OSHA.”

Nieman said that as soon as students contact their professors about the exposure, the students should be receiving a contact tracing form. Based on the information provided on the student’s form, exposure letters are sent to each of the individuals listed of a potential exposure. The letters are also sent to union leadership and district officials. After the demonstration of the flowchart, faculty members presented questions and concerns they had for the return of campus life.

Health Center Assistant Loralyn Frederick asked if students have or will have opportunities to get vaccinations on the Pierce College campus, to which Nieman said he is trying to get a provider to do that.

Nieman said that the district had sent out emails to students with a link for them to click on and find the closest locations to go and get their vaccinations.

Aguiar said one of her most asked questions was about the COVID testing and vaccination requirements for staff to use as a condition for employment.

“I must say the testing has been very quick,” Aguiar said. “I went to Valley [College] and it took me less than two minutes. There’s a lot of open spaces and it’s been rather easy.”

Nieman said he has been taking his COVID tests on the Pierce campus.

“I had my test here. They use the swab and they don’t try to reach your brain,” Nieman said. “They are set up in the North Gym and room 5600.”

Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs Donna Mae Villanueva said she also felt that testing has been easy and safe for her.

“I went in and not only was it quick and fast, I felt that it was also very safe,” Villanueva said. “I know that was one of the concerns that faculty and staff had asked, about a crowd of people. That’s not the case because it is done by appointment. I was the only one there, along with the testers.”

Nieman said that protocols are being enforced through the daily passes.

“We do get the daily pass, to which students also get their daily pass and instructors that are teaching in-person can ask the students to show it on the way into the classroom,” Nieman said. “There was talk about having computers with readers that when you have that pass, you can scan it and come onto campus. The new platform does show if people have reported something that would keep them from coming on campus and that can be checked periodically.”

Aguiar said she believes the students have been a great example of how protocols have been taking place and practiced.

“I would say that our students

have been extremely compliant,” Aguiar said. “I look out here and I see students all day long and every single one of them is wearing a mask, even outside. Even when they’re talking to each other, they keep distance between themselves. They’re just as concerned as we are and they are doing an outstanding job staying safe.”

Acting Vice President of

Student Services Juan Carlos Astorga said he believes it is important to establish and maintain communication with students in regards to daily passes.

“One of the things that we need to all work and collaborate with each other is if you are teaching classes or working with students that are on campus, remind them that ‘you should have received

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some emails that invite you to become part of this login,” Astorga said. “They can have some discipline issues after the fact, if they don’t do it by October 18th, so we're going to need to start to really think about what other ways we can connect to the students beyond the emails.”

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Pierce addresses racial equity and student engagement

Strategic Master Plan Town Hall discussion includes concerns over return to campus

BY PAMELA KALIDASAN Reporter

Pierce College has faced challenges, including planned employees not showing up, lower student enrollment and engagement on campus.

At the Pierce Strategic Master Plan Town Hall on Oct. 1 on Zoom, the theme was racial equity and social justice and internal and external community relations on campus.

Dean of Student Success

Kalynda Webber McLean said the state identifies gaps between student performance in specific groups but leaves the burden on the student, rather than the institution. She said Pierce can modernize and use different tools to access the wide variety of students who enroll and expect a quality education.

“So while we can’t in any way have control over student behavior, we do have control over the institution’s behavior,”

McLean said.

Passing transfer level math and English in the first year was below average for students who identify as white, Black and Hispanic in the fall 2020 class, according to McLean.

The solution discussed about this opportunity gap at Pierce is to make sure that the objectives and expectations are clear and focused on prioritizing diversifying students.

By providing more outreach for students, improving programs

like Umoja on campus, including more black students in the College Promise Program and possibly extending educational support and trying to figure out ways to meet student and employee needs.

Vice President of Administrative Services Rolf Schleicher said having staff and students motivate themselves to stay on campus.

“I think we need to change that so that our students and employees have a really positive attitude towards the campus,” said Schleicher.

Pierce is aiming to improve overall student success and wants campus to include more diversity.

“So when we go out into the community, and we're trying to recruit students, we want to make sure that students see themselves in us,” Psychology Professor Brian Gendron said.

McLean asked if Pierce is branding itself as an inclusive place, a place where all students can learn and thrive.

The board on campus voted no on having a graphic design firm to help with most of the marketing involved, according to Pierce College’s Public Relations Manager Doreen Clay.

“If we don't change that model, our brand will never change, our design will never be good, we will never have a cohesive structure,” Clay said. “We have never put a lot of money towards marketing and communications."

Instruction and Reference Librarian Mario Macías provided context to how students are also affected by the limited resources available and by technological tools that have not been upgraded for students to use.

“I see students when they come in, and they cannot find something here, or they don't find the textbook that they're looking for, or there's not even a computer that's functional for them to use, or they have an issue with their own computer,” Macías said. “But Pierce does not offer any type of resource for computer repair if students have their own devices.”

Macías said that Open Educational Resources (OER) are not being implemented in most classrooms at Pierce and this should be a big part of student equity.

“I feel like even if you search on the Pearson website for OER or low cost textbooks or zero cost textbooks, you get almost zero resources.” Macías said.

Gendron brought forth plans to incorporate more partnerships and developing relations with the Foundation for Pierce College, the local government and possibly Ford Motor Company providing opportunities to auto students at Pierce.

“We had a lot of discussions about the Ford Motor Company Partnership, which is extremely exciting for Pierce and the auto students,” Gendron said. “That's

only going to open up tremendous doors for students.”

Gendron said students have expressed their dissatisfaction with Pierce and some feel the campus does not provide them with its best.

“The students who are just out of high school, a lot of them, don't look at Pierce as having the best reputation,” Gendron said. “I don't like hearing that. Pierce has so many great things to offer.”

According to Gendron, the founder of the Foundation Edward Albrecht has given away $60,000 dollars worth of scholarships, and there have been discussions to broaden the Foundation from 100 percent pure volunteer work to establishing its own branch at Pierce.

“Think of what we could do with a full time staff,” Gendron said. “So getting to something like $5 million in operations would be an amazing game changer for our students.”

When it comes to student retention and the quality of education, services and resources provided, much more has to be done to make sure everyone is accounted for.

“We are a student serving institution, but this is, to some degree, a business,” Gendron said. “We have to make sure that the customers are satisfied.”

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A COVID-19 exposure reporting flowchart is shown during a town hall meeting on Zoom on Sept. 29, 2021.

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Director of Facilities and Safety Officer Paul Nieman laughs after telling a joke during a town hall meeting on Zoom on Sept. 29, 2021.

Screenshot by Pamela Kalidasan Joi Lin Blake a consultant of the Community College District raises hand during the Strategic Master Plan Town Hall meeting on Zoom on Oct. 1, 2021.

Fifth Annual Women’s March

Cynthia Jauregui participates in the San Fernando Valley Women’s March in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021.

Photo by Raquel G. Frohlich.

Anna Krakowski holds a sign in the San Fernando Valley Women’s March at Tujunga Park in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021. Photo by David Pashaee.

(Left to right) Sarah Nova and Bethany Mia hold signs at the San Fernando Valley Women’s March at Tujunga Park in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021. Photo by David Pashaee.

Marches across the country took place on Saturday, Oct. 2, in support of women’s reproductive rights.

The marches also took aim against the new restrictive abortion ban, Senate Bill 8, that became law in Texas on Sept. 1, which bans abortion after cardiac activity is detected in a fetus.

The fifth annual Women’s March occurred at Downtown’s Pershing Square and many sister marches took place in other neighborhoods in the Los Angeles area, including North Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Pasadena.

(Center front) Lisa Falco marches across the street with dozens of other people as she participates in the San Fernando Valley Women’s March in North Hollywood, Calif., on, Oct. 2, 2021.

Photo by Raquel G. Frohlich.

Elizabeth Rubio participates in the San Fernando Valley Women’s March in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021.

Photo by Raquel G. Frohlich.

Destiny Reyes shows her support for San Fernando Valley Women’s March at Downtown’s Pershing Square in Los Angeles, on Oct. 2, 2021. Photo by Pauline Gener.

Participants in the San Fernando Valley Women’s March demonstrate in the street in North Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 2, 2021. Photo by Ginina Pulcinella.

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Women's Volleyball Football Soccer Water Polo Men's Basketball

Volleyball's rough start continues

Pierce loses to Moorpark College in straight sets

BY CECILIA PARADA Managing Editor

Pierce College were unable to get any momentum against the Moorpark College

Raiders on Oct. 1.

The Brahmas were handed their fifth defeat of the season, 25-13, 25-7 and 25-11.

Assistantt coach Cynthia Buggs said the team did well in spurts but struggled to maintain the momentum.

“We’re just trying to find the right piece and we'll continue until we can find it.,” Buggs said.

Pierce was unable to take a lead throughout the three sets and struggled to keep up with the Raiders’ energy. With a slow start in the second set, the Brahmas trailed 5-2 and Moorpark continued to pile on as the Brahmas continued to struggle further into the game.

The Brahmas saw the deficit grow to 20-6 and only managed to score one more point.

The Raiders won the second set 25-7.

Pierce’s Head Coach Hong Edison Zhou commented on his struggling team and what they need to improve on.

“If the girls don’t put everything on the court, then as coaches we can’t figure out how to practice with them,” Zhou said. “So, we’re going to practice passing, because we had issues with passing.”

Buggs said that the players need to practice with the intention of seeing those results in games.

“If they want to see changes, they need to see those changes in practice, which is giving more energy consistently, and just working on the

basics." Buggs said. The Brahmas continued to struggle with momentum at the start of the third set. The Brahmas’ trailed 12-6 as Moorpark dominated.

Pierce’s libero Saisha Kahae said that maintaining energy levels is important even in deficits.

She said she gave the team a talk to encourage them to put an end to their losing streak.

“Losing isn’t a good feeling and we just need to bring the energy with or without a win,” Kahae said.

“Everyday we come to practice, to games and it’s a new opportunity to be better, to be something, to prove something to our school and to the city.

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BY FELIPE GAMINO Sports Editor

March 12, 2020, was the last time athletic competition took place.

On Aug. 27 this year, athletics saw the light as women’s soccer kicked off the return to competition.

competition.”

Aguiar added, “Now that we have the criteria we can implement it and move forward while making sure our student athletes are safe.”

Football and women’s volleyball also started their seasons.

Kahae added, "We’re here to play, we’re not here just to get beaten down and lose every single game. I think we’re coming together a lot better than we did at the beginning of the season.”

Buggs said that putting together a strong team is difficult and takes multiple attempts.

“It’s a puzzle of 1,000 pieces," Buggs said.

Pierce’s record remains to see a win, dropping to 0-5.

Pierce plays against Ventura College on Friday, Oct. 13. First serve is at 6 p.m.

Pierce

BY FELIPE GAMINO Sports Editor

Football’s defensive woes continued in their home opener as they were blown out by the Santa Ana College Dons 83-0.

Heading into this game, the Brahmas had allowed 94 points on defense. After this game they have now allowed 177 points.

The offense has yet to put points on the board.

Interim head coach Anthony Harris said it was difficult to formulate a sentence after the result.

“When you have 40 kids out here and half of our guys are hurt,” Harris said. “We are playing a team that has 40 more players than we do. But for the most part we gave up some big plays in the first half and it is back to the drawing board.”

Harris said sometimes one’s pride needs to be checked and mentioned they will show up next week.

Things began going downhill for the Brahmas when on third down, the Dons intercepted an Andrew Young pass which led to wide receiver Tyler Shimomura scoring the first touchdown.

Five minutes later, fellow wide receiver Kristian Constantine doubled the Dons’ lead.

The Dons kept piling up touchdowns as Arthur Shaw, who is also a wide receiver and Constantine gave Santa Ana a 28-0 lead to end the first quarter.

Harris said overall execution must improve.

“Football is a team game. When you have 11 guys out there and only 10 are doing their job, that one guy who is not doing their job

For athletic director Susan Armenta seeing soccer return was a breath of fresh air.

“I’m so happy to be back and see our student athletes compete. Our main goal is to make sure we can get through this season of competition safely,” Armenta said.

Pierce College Interim President Aracely Aguiar said they are moving forward with competition.

“Absolutely. As long as we can do it in a safe manner. The rules and regulations of competition in terms of testing are different,” Aguiar said. “One of the things that was holding us back was needing to hear from the athletic associations in terms of what was going to be the criteria for students to enter

All sporting events recently have allowed for spectators to attend. For indoor games, fans must complete screening and wear masks.

Midfielder Alexandra Meza said she is excited to see competition return to the school.

“To be with my teammates and to encourage one another is special. We’ve waited more than a year to return and we are happy to be on the field,” Meza said.

Former athletic director Bob Lofrano is pleased that athletics is back on campus.

"I'm happy that the kids are back competing. Of course doing it safely. I'm sure one day the campus will fully reopen," Lofrano said.

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affects the entire team,” Harris said. “That one missed block or read it kind of stopped us.”

In the second quarter, the football team showed no signs of improvement on defense.

Quarterback David Griffin and wide receiver Jacob Biddle scored touchdowns which gave the Dons a 42-0 lead.

The Dons with 1.9 seconds left in the half scored a touchdown to lead 56-0 at the half.

Pierce offensive lineman Tremaine Dunn said they should have come out with more intensity.

“We need to work on a lot of things. We should’ve had a better opportunity to win this game because the people we played were not better than us and things didn’t go our way, but we will bounce back.”

To start the second half, there was a change on the game clock. In the first two quarters it was 15 minutes, however in the second it was only 12.

The Dons did not stop on the offense and scored more TD’s through running back Ethan Pocci

and wide receiver Nathan Castro as the third quarter ended 70-0.

Santa Ana were not done in the final quarter as another wide receiver in Andrew Carrazco scored to make the game 77-0.

Wide receiver Tyler Smith wrapped things up for the Dons scoring on a 85-yard return as the game ended 83-0.

Pierce were close to scoring their first points of the season, however they were stopped on 4th and goal.

Dons head coach Anthony White said they don’t focus on the scoreboard and they are just happy to be on the field.

“I thought we did a phenomenal job as a team through all four quarters," White said. "We are excited to be out here because of what happened with COVID-19. We are so blessed. I’m proud of our coaching staff and our college is building something special."

White was proud because his team gave 100% effort.

There was an incident when one of the Pierce players was celebrating in the Santa Ana locker room.

“One of their players was jumping up and down and celebrating with us," White said.

"All I can say is what the heck."

Dunn said both coaches and players must do their part to turn the season around.

“It’s just the coaches and we as a team need to do better. We can’t fall short. We just need to go out there and get a win,” Dunn said.

The Brahmas have a second straight home game when they host Glendale Community College on Saturday, Oct. 9. Kick off is scheduled for 6 p.m.

“If they want to see the changes, they need to see those changes in practice, which is giving more energy consistently and just working on the basics.”

Cynthia Buggs Assistant coach cparada.roundupnews@gmail.com

Photo by Cecilia Parada

(Center left to right) Teresa Quintero and Nirmolakpreet Kaur attempt to take possession of the ball during a game against Clovis College at Shepard Stadium at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2021.

File photo by Ben Hanson

(Left to right) Cindy Rivera attempts to block Piper Lavine's pass during a game against Citrus College at the Aquatic Center at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 9, 2019.

“Football is a team game. When you have 11

not doing their job affects the entire team.”

Harris Interim head coach

Photo by Cecilia Parada

(Left to right) Yesica Cruz and Julia Nederlk attempt to stop the ball during a game against Moorpark at Ken Stanley Court at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on O ct. 1, 2021.