Volume 137 Fall 2022 Roundup Issue 8

Renowned painter speaks at gallery

Modern artist makes appearance to portray her work

BY MADELEINE CHRISTIAN Reporter

An artist was painting on a sectional couch that had been trashed and left out on her street for a garbage pick-up when the owner of the couch stopped her.

“What are you doing?” they asked.

Stephanie Sherwood was turning what was once her neighbor’s trash into a treasured work of art.

Now, the Pierce College art gallery is featuring the distinctive works of Sherwood, who spoke at the exhibit on Nov. 7 and shared stories about her life, art and career to Pierce students.

Sherwood is a Los Angeles local who has been featured in nationally recognized galleries. She graduated from California State University, Long Beach, and studied at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts where she was taught the fundamentals of fine art. A far cry from her today that draws inspiration from the unconventional and uncomfortable.

Sherwood's ill-contained series, which is currently on display at the Pierce College Art Gallery, features her newest works done on discarded furniture and trash in different mediums. One of the works is an installation piece done specifically for this gallery and is partially painted on the wall.

Sherwood details how her art has evolved to its current state in the Artist’s Talk portion of the show.

“I was always working with subject matter that made me

uncomfortable, that uncomfortable place was a place where my art tended to thrive,” Sherwood said.

“It evolved into painting still lifes of garbage and refuse and shopping carts full of refuse that is a very common sight on the streets of Los

Angeles.”

The large gallery installation piece hides a computer underneath a couch that plays videos she's taken of her art done on the streets of Los Angeles.

Sherwood finds abandoned

furniture and paints it on the street. She leaves the pieces there and they remain there until they are hauled off to the dump. Sherwood was originally drawn to broken furniture on the street as a canvas for its impermanence.

“I would encounter something outside that was definitely not going to be reused for its intended purpose then I would paint my subject matter onto the item wherever it was waiting for the city to come pick it up and take it to the landfill,”

Sherwood said. “It would become this temporary thing, this temporary art installation, its performative, it's ephemeral and it only lasted a couple of days.”

Sherwood's unconventional style strikes a cord with viewers, but for art students, her work is much more personal.

Interior design major Rahaf Khalil finds the obscurity in Sherwoods art endearing.

“I’ve never seen art like this where she gets pieces from the street and puts them together into one art piece,” Khalil said. “She has something about her art that is different from any art I’ve seen.”

Sherwood's work has grown and changed as she’s found her creative voice. Her more recent works that delved into the 3D realm are relevant to some of the course work done in art classes on campus.

Pierce art professor and gallery coordinator Constance Kocs believes Sherwood’s work is the perfect way to expose students to different types of art, and its all done by one artist.

“We try to bring work to (the students) to try to give them a broader experience and exposure to things that are contemporary and happening in LA,” Kocs said. “Stephanie combines things like drawing, painting, 2D work, fabrication, with a range of materials as well as the instillation pieces, so it really touches on a lot of different areas in our department.”

The exhibit runs until Dec. 12 at the Pierce Art Gallery.

Soccer punches ticket to the playoffs

Brahmas get narrow win over Santa Barbara City College

BY VANESSA ROQUE Reporter

The soccer team earned a crucial win on Sophomore Night as they booked their spot in the playoffs.

Defender Natalia Puccio scored the only as the Brahmas got the win over Santa Barbara City College by a score of 1-0.

Puccio said that the game had big stakes.

“I thought it was a very intense game, we all came in the game knowing how big it was, and that they are in first place,” Puccio said. “I was happy to get a goal in early on and definitely set the tone for both teams.”

Head Coach Adolfo Perez said that this win was special.

“Wow, Unbelievable, we just beat the number 14 in the state, which is their number 4 out of 140. So, it’s very impressive, this is their first loss all year in conference. To do It in front of all these people, it’s just special and then to make it on sophomore night it’s like a perfect script,” Perez said.

The amount of grit and

determination was seen on the field Friday night due to the number of players covered in scrapes and abrasions.

Forward Alexandra Meza said they put everything into this win.

“I thought we played very tough and strong and definitely showed up to win and just put our hearts on the field,” Meza said.

Sophomore Night celebrated the sophomores that are going to be moving on after this season.

Meza was overwhelmed with emotion as she saw her photos being displayed on the very platform that she saw previous players being showcased.

“I teared up when I saw them have my photos and just definitely felt very appreciated, so I got very emotional,” Meza said.

Puccio continues to show great tenacity as she plays a part of the defensive unit.

“Recognizing our sophomores last year was such an amazing feeling and I was like so excited knowing that I was coming tonight on sophomore night,” Puccio said.

The team’s success couldn’t have

happened without Perez, his experience and expertise has helped create the dynamic team that competes at high levels.

“We defended, we were engaged, we were focused, and we defended well. We defended like we have not defended all year,” Perez said.

Amazing work ethic mixed with dedication and aggression is reflected in Perez’s coaching and in the Brahmas statistics.

The contributions of everyone involved with the team have helped the Brahmas achieve great success, and the team hopes to come back to the next game stronger than ever.

Perez wants the Brahma's energy and consistency to remain steadfast.

“In the playoffs, anything happens, because it’s one game, so you win, you go on, you lose, it’s over. “So, we expect to play well, if we play like this, we have a great shot to go far,” Perez said.

With the win, the soccer team improves to 12-2-5 and will travel to Moorpark College on Veteran’s Day. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Photo by Benjamin Hanson

Artist Stephanie Sherwood stands in front of her piece, "Offload," in the Pierce Art Gallery in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 7, 2022.

Photo by Rachael Rosenberg

Alexandra Meza (right) kicks the ball away from Dakota Thyssen at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2022. The Brahmas won 1-0. vroque.roundupnews@gmail.com

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Give the students more food options

Pierce College is a school that has a large farm as its founding focus at the institution. It could grow fresh ingredients that serve as a catalyst for an exclusive sustainable environment for the campus and its students and faculty.

During the fall 2022 semester, the food provided at the Brahma Cafe is outsourced from Subway and other vendors, however the college isn’t maximizing its potential for having both fresh and local ingredients from its own agricultural department, but it could also help student workers from Mission College’s culinary program gain vital work experience at Pierce's campus.

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At Cerritos College, they have employed their culinary program to operate and serve their campus at their campus restaurant. While Pierce doesn’t have such a large culinary department as Cerritos College, Pierce can adapt a similar method of providing campus jobs to local culinary students. The inclusion of both fresh ingredients and culinary students ensure a much better dining experience at Pierce.

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pierce cafeteria had essential yet expensive food. They provided burgers, chicken tenders, and other common college dishes,

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however nothing stood out from other colleges, and the product wasn’t noteworthy.

A menu change of improved food choices including available fresh greens and salads would also revitalize the Pierce cafeteria experience on campus. The Pierce

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cafeteria served as an inclusive and community-based center in which students on campus could interact and socialize to make the campus more friendly and welcoming.

However, due to the effects of the pandemic, the cafeteria, which is closed, has been struggling to reach

its prominence on campus as it has in prior years. There is a food truck available at the Mall.

In addition, Pierce’s new culinary and farm joint program could yield great success and opportunities for local residents, in which they can support Pierce and other students,

while eating fresh and innovative food choices, not typically served at community colleges. Cerritos College’s falcon restaurant, operated by their culinary students, serves dishes such as grilled salmon caesar salad, grilled top sirloin, micro rusted salmon, and wild mushroom over fresh pappardelle pasta. Despite these dishes being rare and even nonexistent among large universities, the food is very affordable for college students and close in price to past dishes served at Pierce’s cafeteria. Following the success of Cerritos College’s impressive menu, Pierce and other colleges can follow a trend of serving restaurant level dishes at an affordable price for students.

A new program designed to provide fresh and local food which can be much more cost effective and sustainable, while giving more campus jobs and experience to local culinary students—which in turn would lead to excellent results for both Pierce students and faculty looking for improved meals—as well as a better community for local culinary professionals.

Who ran the better campaign?

BY JAYNA KUKLIN News & Copy Editor

Earlier this year, billionaire businessman Rick Caruso switched parties. He is running as a Democrat for Tuesday's Los Angeles mayoral election.

Instead, vote for Karen Bass, a woman who has worked for years in politics and has the experience to lead us out of this mess.

The 2022 midterm election is coming up, and it’s time for people to get out and cast their votes.

For the first time in nearly 10 years, Los Angeles is choosing a new mayor, and its primaries include Rep. Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, a billionaire businessman.

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"RickCarusowillpullandwin althoughIknowit’sveryneckand neckrightnow.Soitismoreofa tossupthanIthinkotherelections havebeen.”-MaxStolarz,aerospace engineering major

BY PAMELA KALIDASAN Features Editor

The election polling between Los Angeles’s mayoral candidates Rick Caruso and Karen Bass has been a close tie with Bass leading with 45 percent and Caruso with 41, according to BallotPedia.

Although it looks like Bass is taking Caruso by the upper hand, an interview with Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Oreskes and National Public

by Nadra Nittle, an education reporter for 19th News on Sept. 8, 2022 explains how in 36 hours on Sept. 1915, Los Angeles Councilmember Estelle Lawton Lindsey served as the city’s acting mayor when the previous mayor before her and the city council president left town.

It’s been 107 years since, and Los Angeles has yet to elect a female mayor.

Karen Bass not only is a six-time councilmember and a Congresswoman—She also was on the shortlist to become Joe Biden’s running mate during his bid for presidency in 2020.

Bass comes from Los Angeles Congressional District 37—which is said to be one of the most diverse in California.

A column written by columnist

Sandy Banks for Politico on July 31, 2020 shows diversity through the numbers: One-quarter White and one-quarter Black, while 40% of the population there is Latino, and 8% is Asian-American.

Bass’s campaign centers on tackling homelessness in Los Angeles along with increasing public safety along with making sure women have the right to get an abortion without the state or the government intervening.

Rick Caruso, however, is a whole different story.

While his campaign centers on the same issues as Bass’s campaign, such as battling homelessness and public safety, one of the big problems that lie with Caruso is his inexperience with politics, and it shows.

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Rick Caruso

Radio’s (NPR) correspondent Adrian Florido recently discussed how the voting gap between Caruso and Bass is not as big as it seems.

“Rick has been gaining on Karen for months now. When we did this poll last month at the end of September, early October, she was winning by 15 points,” Oreskes said. “Now she's winning by four. This is kind of remarkable. It speaks to the incredible Bloomberg-esque investment that Rick Caruso has made in his candidacy.”

And it’s true that Caruso had

spent over a $100 million 13 times more than Bass reported by the Los Angeles Times.

However, what makes Caruso’s campaign better than Bass’ is that Caruso focuses on two main concerns that affect Angelenos, which is homelessness and public safety. And he uses this effectively on his campaign videos by appealing to his audience by using ethos and pathos.

Although Bass had used ethos to convey her message, Bass should try to connect with the community by showing more of her personhood to

Josh Haskell for ABC Eyewitness News on Oct. 31, 2022 stated that Caruso said that Bass won’t be able to fix the problems Los Angeles faces due to her being in office for “too long,” and it will “take an outsider.”

First, there’s a reason why Bass has been in office for as long as she has been. She’s worked hard to get to where she is right now.

Second, spending $81 million dollars on advertisements doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t mean Caruso has won, nor does Bass spending $11 million dollars on ads mean that she lost the race.

Spending money on ads for a campaign is normal in the world of politics, and Caruso needs to stop treating it as a requirement in order to win a position.

Third, what does fixing the

the public to build and ensure more trust.

He even listed out the complete plan of action he has for the housing crisis along with his other projects such as his agenda for sustainability and climate change on his website.

Additionally, unlike Bass’s campaign, Caruso addresses issues women are facing, despite past controversy, he’s using his platform to say that he’s reformed and plans on making Los Angeles “work for women”.

Some of Caruso’s agenda

problems in a city have anything to do with one being “over experienced” or that because Bass has been in office for too long she suddenly cannot “fix all of Los Angeles’s problems?”

And finally, even if it did take an outsider to fix homelessness or public safety, hell even giving women the right to their own bodies, who can say it would actually go according to plan?

When you’re in a city like Los Angeles, you not only need the experience to become mayor, but you also have to know the territory well in order to solve the problems.

And Caruso is not the right person for Mayor of Los Angeles.

items involve hiring a deputy mayor that centers women and supporting more representation of women including supporting women owned businesses and providing more accessibility to childcare for women. With the elections still in motion, it’s safe to say that Caruso’s campaign has tremendous outreach and advantage, and that there’s still time for him to catch up in the election polls.

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Photos by Mikey Piyarat

File photo by Nathan Chung

Inside the cafeteria at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Apr. 8, 2019.

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Making a difference through their vote Pierce College provides option for voters in midterm election

BY FELIPE GAMINO Editor-in-Chief

Voters marched to the polls to make their voice heard in the 2022 midterm elections and Pierce College was one place they could cast their ballots.

From Oct. 29 to Election Day, the Faculty and Staff Center opened its doors for voters.

Interim President Aracely (Ara) Aguiar said it is important for the school to be involved.

“We are very committed as a district, and of course, as a campus, to serve our community, so that they have access to voting and in a nice environment come and visit our campus,” Aguiar said. Voters either dropped off their vote-by-mail ballot or voted in-person using one of the machines.

Aguiar said that Building 600 could potentially be the permanent site for voting.

“It's the most ideal and the best facility in terms of meeting their needs, and also being accessible to our community. Because those two things, right, because if it was The Great Hall, it would be very difficult to find,” Aguiar said. “So you can come in, and and go real quickly. Right?

So it's good, it's so it's good for everyone. It's good for our students. And once that's great for our community.”

Communication Studies

Dept. Chair Yeprem Davoodian said he voted on campus and was pleased to do so.

“It is perfect. I was able to drop off my vote and my wife’s. It allows us to open the campus and use the resources. It also allows the community to also come and do their civic duty,” Davoodian said.

Davoodian said the voters

for future elections should go to Pierce.

“You can drive to us or walk. You get a workout in, get to see the school and cast your vote. That is awesome,” Davoodian said.

Fitness Center Coordinator and head football coach James Sims said people should have the freedom to make their voice heard and at the same time be treated well.

“They only want to have certain times when people go out and vote. You can’t feed people when they are in line. All of that is a void to prevent people from voting,” Sims said. “This is a free country and we fought for that right. People should be able to line up and be fed.”

District celebrates LGBTQIA+ History Month

Celebrations are part of the resolution passed in October

BY PAMELA KALIDASAN Features Editor

For 2022, the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) kicked off with a list of hybrid events to celebrate October as LGBTQIA+ History Month.

They included film screenings, talking about the historical contributions of queer, trans, gay and other allies of color had on the movement, and bringing awareness to the spectrum of people in the community.

Pierce College, along with its sister schools participated in hosting various events, such as with Oct. 11 celebrating National Coming Out Day and East Los Angeles College holding their flag raising ceremony and ribbon cutting for their Husky Pride Center.

This is a part of LACCD trustees' promise of upholding the LGBTQIA+ Bill of Rights Resolution for students, faculty and staff that passed on Oct. 8, 2022.

Mario Macias, Librarian to Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMP’D) and Associated Student Organization (ASO) club advisor to the Power to the People Student Coalition, said that designating October as LGBTQIA+ history month is good, but he asked what are the next steps taken to ensure students have their needs met.

“I think it’s good at the district level, the Board of Trustees, are acknowledging the need to advocated of LGBTQ student rights and needs, but these past resolutions they’re just symbolic documents so it makes me wonder like what kind of resources have actually been emerging after

those resolutions across the nine campuses of the district,” Macias said.

“At some point not only do we need to support the student clubs that might self-organize on campuses but there should be a more collective effort to unite all the campuses and all the student clubs and maybe all the pride centers or LGBTQ resource centers so that all the campuses of the district are actually helping students,” Macias said. “If we raise a flag on campus that’s cool, but at what point are we actually contributing to the life of our students?”

Pierce stage manager Roya Row talked about how she felt confused about National Coming Out Day and whether the days celebrated for queer people are inclusive enough.

“One of my classmates told me it was coming out day and they weren’t sure if they were supposed to say happy coming out day, so they were just telling me as news and they were looking at me waiting for me to say something. And the thing is that coming out for people is different, it’s not just like one action just coming out and done, because I am out among my friends and at school and some of my close family members, but not completely out,” Row said.

“But also there’s the fact that when there’s a day for one thing, it could make a lot of people in between feel like is this a day for me too? Maybe for these days just like how LGBTQ has a plus, these days also have to include the plus because we are humans and we’re not robots,” Row said.

Physics and Planetary Science Department Chair and Astronomy

Professor Dale Fields said that it’s great that our district sees the need to reinforce their communal

support for LGBTQIA+ people and take action to celebrate their past.

“I’m really glad that the LACCD sees this as a priority and it’s certainly gives validation that queer folk like me are seen and I think that’s especially helpful for other students to know that there’s a lot of people out there that value them and want to see them do well,” said Fields who also has hosted a few events on Pierce with the Queer/Gay Straight Alliance.

“And I’m really glad to see the dedication of people that are producing events like the history of Queer Los Angeles which was screened over at East LA on National Coming Out Day. Our district is not just saying things matter, but then actually doing events and bringing people in to demonstrate that they matter,” Fields said.

And with October honoring the efforts of historical figures who contributed to milestones, there is still work that needs to be done, including having a pride resource center on campus that’s open for students, staff and faculty.

“Well for Pierce, since we don’t currently have a LGBTQ student center, space or coordinator, it would be highly valuable for all students because a lot of our students are traditional students coming from high school and they might be exploring and needing that type of sociological education about the gender and sexuality spectrum,” Macias said. “It would only be helpful not only for the student body but also to the employees of Pierce to learn and advocate for all the inequitable struggles that LGBTQ students or people in Los Angeles might be facing.”

“And most of those struggles

overlap the main struggles the average student faces. Like housing insecurity and food insecurity, but the value of having a student center space for the LGBTQ population at Pierce is something that I know the administration is aware of and working towards,” Macias said.

Dean of Student Engagement Juan Carlos Astorga agrees and acknowledges that Pierce is going to be doing something regarding setting up a pride resource center on campus.

“I think what I do want to do is encourage our campus to consider a space where we are able to then allow for individuals that maybe fully out and accepting of themselves or maybe beginning the conversations with themselves of am I or am I not, but more so giving them the opportunity to just

be,” Astorga said.

As of now, it’s quite unsure where Pierce would place their pride center and Macias said in general Pierce should consider making more space available for their students to utilize.

“At some point we literally just need more space for students, even if we repurpose the space, like if the administration is going to hire somebody to be the LGBTQ coordinator for Pierce, is that funding going to be institutionalized so it keeps going? The emergence of the multicultural center is a great thing for Pierce, so we’ll see,” Macias said.

Astorga added that the district had given $25,000 to fund activities and programming for the LGBTQIA+ community, and for the long term he’s considered

putting more effort into doing additional training and for Pierce to show up for their students.

“I think what I like for us to consider institutionally is beyond just thinking about a pride center in the future, but how do we become more intentional in doing safe-zone trainings, and being able to publicly put out,” Astorga said. “I would love to raise the flag on this campus, and one of these days and not to say that I don’t want to see the California flag, but putting up the pride flag, but really on a visible way just say look this institution supports and is going to champion the rights of all, and in particular our queer community.”

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Board of Trustees honors life of former administrator

Ned Doffoney remembered by colleagues during November meeting

BY PAMELA KALIDASAN

Features Editor

The Board of Trustees adjourned the meeting to honor former Orange County Community College District Chancellor Ned Doffoney for his service in community colleges and universities across California along with serving as the founding president and chancellor at South Louisiana Community College.

“Dr. Ned Doffoney was known as an avid supporter for all students encouraging each individual to reach their full academic potential,” Board President Gabriel Buelna said. “Dr. Doffoney’s positive and enriching spirit will be truly missed. On behalf of the entire Los Angeles Community College District we send our deepest condolences to the Doffoney family.”

After the Board took roll call and motioned to begin, Pierce College’s Faculty Student Advisor James

McKeever thanked the trustees, the chancellor, the Academic Senate and sister unions for their rapid response on condemning racism, sexism, homophobia and recent antisemetic comments. He also thanked Human Resources senior personnel technician Mary VanGinkle for helping remove a technical glitch so that adjunct faculty could receive public service loan forgiveness.

“I also want to thank the Board for its continued opposition to AB 928,

which if implemented will deny our students the ability to take Kinesiology and health courses. These courses not only allow our students to explore these fields as an option, but they are crucial for the future physical and mental health of our communities,” McKeever said. “They give them coping mechanisms to deal with stress and lead healthier lifestyles."

Another issue mentioned is the healthcare coverage of adjunct faculty across the district.

Bill Elarton-Selig, AFT 1521 Guild Executive Team’s vice president, spoke about the funding given by the state and the need for the Board to come up with a better healthcare plan for adjunct faculty while extending the Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) which will terminate by the end of December.

ongoing $200 million fund to fund adjunct part-time healthcare. We have been waiting for guidance from the Chancellor’s office which came out a couple of days ago. It is going to be a bumpy road to implement however the intent is clearly from the state legislature that we provide healthcare for our contingent faculty.”

Photo illustration by Benjamin Hanson

A pride flag is held in front of the statue on Nov. 3, 2022 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

Photo by Rachael Rosenberg

Henry Schrage votes in the Voting Center at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2022.

Student athletes recognized at rally

Different sports programs represented in event held during Spirit Week

BY MADELEINE CHRISTIAN Reporter

The Pierce College

Associated Student Organization held a studentathlete appreciation event Thursday as part of Spirit Week.

The pep rally came two days before the Brahmas homecoming football game on Saturday versus Antelope Valley.

Student-athletes and athletic faculty gathered at Rocky Young Park to take pictures together and get some Brahmas swag.

Tables were setup along the edge of the park with free sandwiches and snacks while Athletic Director Susan Armenta welcomed those in attendance

“Today is about showing appreciation for our student athletes who not only work on the field, but in order to be there they have to be students first,” Armenta said. “We don’t always get a chance to go to the games as faculty so this is our chance while we’re here on campus leading up to the homecoming games on Saturday.”

Athletics at Pierce is having a growth spirt with the updating

of many sports facilities and the reintroduction of football. Student athlete appreciation day is about celebrating athletes, but it represents much more. Dean of Student Services Claudia Velasco shares her excitement for the turnover in athletics with red and white pom poms in hand.

“We’re bringing all the communities together to celebrate that we have athletics,” Velasco said. “The culture in athletics is changing, we have more community, we’re present, we’re back.”

Briging students together on campus is the primary goal of this spirit week, but this special emphasis on atheltics means a lot to the student athletes who dedicate their time and effort to their craft.

Brahmas cheerleader Destinee Trahan appreciates the recognition as someone in a underappreciate sport.

“Cheer is a sport, and for it to finally get its recognition means a lot,” Trahan said. “My favorite part of today is just the music and the environment and everyone being here together.”

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Showing off their school spirit and swag Former Pierce President Darroch "Rocky" Young made an appearance

BY FABIOLA CARRIZOSA Bull Magazine Editor-in-Chief

For any student on campus

feeling the November college student burnout phenomenon, Spirit Week came to the rescue.

Swag Day took place on Wednesday at Rocky Young Park and provided the students with various foods, toiletries and Brahma-themed freebies on day three of Spirit Week.

With the help from the Peer Mentor Students who assisted in setting up the event, ASO (Associated Student Organization) members gave out various goods to students while music played under the busy canopies.

Former Pierce College President Darroch "Rocky" Young attended the event that was held in front of the park with his namesake.

Students received free T-shirts when they went through the steps on a wipe board that said to follow @ piercecollegeaso on instagram and @pierce.aso on TikTok. The T-Shirts were black with a small Pierce Logo in the front and an abstract custom

design in the back.

“The shirts were designed by a student and have the values of the college printed on the back,” said Student Engagement coordinator Lara Conrady Wong. “It’s a super cool shirt to wear on campus to support the Brahmas on Spirit Week.”

Shelf-stable foods were available, such as cooked sticky white rice, canned goods, energy bars, single serving cereal cups and water. There were buckets of personal items, including miniature Degree antiperspirant and Nivea body lotion, and some buckets had candy.

Students were also provided other Brahma swag, like lanyards and ID holders, binders and USB drives.

Student Services Assistant Geremy Mason handed out food vouchers for students so that they may eat Subway meals.

Dean Juan Carlos Astorga handed out T-Shirts to students as he helped the ASO members with the dispersing of distributions.

Treasurer of ASO and philosophy major Aiden Rubinstein said the event was great, and that people

are getting back on the campus and back to these kind of events

“It has been no secret that during the pandemic, Pierce College didn’t really have much of a community,” Rubinstein said. “I feel like we are trying to rebuild this community brick-by-brick.”

Wong said that with this event, the aim is to make the students feel supported during midterms and while they do their applications for transfer.

Vice President for Student Services Jason Cifra said that traditionally, colleges have a Spirit Week to celebrate student athletes and to create community for the non-athletes to rally.

“We all get tired from classes,” Cifra said. “Co-curricular athletics, events and activities help give students energy.”

Reseda High School was touring Pierce College. As they walked through the mall, staff encouraged them to grab some swag as well.

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Film Club shows screening

Attendees watched "The Shining"; participated in discussion after

BY OLIVIA ESPINOZA Reporter

Pierce College’s Film Club showcased the second installment of their “Dark Side Of The Mind” series, “The Shining,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, on Monday in the Great Hall, which was sponsored by Associated Students Organization (ASO).

The film club’s “Dark Side of the Mind” series followed each movie with a panel of film club members and guest speakers.

The panel consisted of the English Department Chair Brad Saenz, film club members, and film club alumni delving into the abusive family dynamic and the theories around the iconic film.

Since the film series touches base on mental health issues, the event starts with a presentation from the Student Health Center Director Houry Tanashian, providing

information on what it means to have mental health issues, the mental health support provided at Pierce, and a Q&A with Tanashian.

“Students get six [therapy] sessions per semester and that is covered under the student health fee,” Tanashian said. “You do not pay extra for the services. We also do group sessions. Everybody's information is kept confidential.”

Following the presentation, host and Cinema professor Kenneth Windrum welcomes students who haven’t already collected their free pizza, chips, candy and water provided.

After everyone had collected their snacks, the screening of “The Shining” began and for Biology major Sarah Padron this was her first time being able to watch the iconic horror film on the big screen.

“It's my first time sitting down and fully experiencing the movie,” Padron said. “And I've heard a lot of people say that this is long and a bit hard to get through. But I didn't find

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it that way.”

Once the film is over, the panel creates an open discussion for those in the audience to participate in and even the students on Zoom who are present for the Cinema 3 class.

Panelist Anjelica Hymel, a Pierce alumna and former film club member who now attends UCLA, welcomed the students into sharing their theories on the ghosts shown in the film and shared her own perspective.

“I think that all of the ghosts are real,” Hymel said. “I think the way that people see them is different. She [Wendy] walks into the ballroom and she sees them all as skeletons because she likes spooky things. Jack sees it as a big party because he’s an alcoholic and wants to get drunk. The most that Danny sees is the two girls in the hallway because he’s a little kid and they want to talk to him.”

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Student athletes and coaches huddle for a photo at the Student-Athlete Appreciation Rally at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

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Houman Pourmehdi and Javad Butah performs at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

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Juan Carlos Astorga holds up a T-shirt at the Spirit and Swag event at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 2, 2022.

Brahmas dressed for success

Shirts. Dresses. Slacks. Shoes. Ties. Jewelry.

All these items and more are up for grabs for students looking to boost their professional wardrobe.

The University Transfer Fair was bookended by the opening of the Brahma Career Closet on Nov 3. on the Pierce College Mall. Students are able to browse and take any clothing or accessory items they like.

Career & Transfer Center Director Sunday Salter said they received donations from the community.

"The purpose is to help students

who are planning to look for internships and part time jobs and maybe they don't feel that they have professional looking clothes right," Salter said. "Since the pandemic, most of us got used to just wearing pajamas all day so we haven't refreshed our closet."

Salter said that students can come to the Brahma Career Closet without feelings of judgment.

"We know that so many students are in need and just don't have the extra cash to go out and buy a bunch of clothes," Salter said. "They can come without any kind of negative feelings and just grab a new jacket or a new pair of pants to make them feel more professional for that job

or interview."

Pierce student Thuy Nguyen said she was happy to find some more professional-looking clothes.

Student worker William Macaraeg said he was glad to help.

"Some people aren't able to afford professional attire like suits and pants or even polos," Macaraeg said. "Giving the opportunity to students to have that chance to have personal attire to prepare themselves for an interview or for a job is something that I am happy to be part of."

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Nursing student Lanz Magalong browses through shirts at the Brahma Career Closet on the Pierce College Mall in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

Above, Engineering student Ashley Hernandes at the Brahma Career Closet on the Pierce College Mall in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

Left, Kinesiology student Zack Ramirez browses through clothes at the Brahma Career Closet on the Pierce College Mall in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

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A table of shoes at the Brahma Career Closet on the Pierce College Mall in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

Pierce College students browse the Brahma Career Closet on the Mall at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 3, 2022.

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Cougars spoil celebration

BY PETER POLYGALOV Copy Editor

The bleachers were full, and the spirits were high as the game marked Sophomore Night for the women’s volleyball team.

However, there was no room for celebration as the Brahmas lost to the Cuesta College Cougars in straight sets. The Brahmas started the first set off with a bang, up by five at one point in the match only to then blow the lead as the set ended with a score of 27-25 in favor of the Cougars.

Outside hitter Alejandra Velazquez reflected on the team’s early success in the opening set of the game.

“We’ve been having a rough past couple of games, but I also think the fact that it was sophomore night and we wanted to play for each other is what had us having a strong start,” Velazquez said.

Adding fuel to the fire was the competitive history between the Brahmas and the Cougars. A previous encounter in early October saw the Brahmas lose the first two sets, win the next two, and lose the tiebreaker in set five.

Head coach Edison Zhou spoke about the team’s mentality going into the rematch.

“Before the game, we had a quick meeting like we usually do, and I was saying it's going to be a revenge game because, on the first run, we lost in five [sets],” Zhou said.

The second set saw a significant turn for the worse for the Brahmas as they allowed the Cougars to serve 10 times in a row.

They lost the set with a score of 2511.

In volleyball, a team gets to serve until they lose a point, at which time the other team gets to serve.

Libero and setter Hilda Zahedi spoke about the team’s history of comebacks and the challenges of the second set.

“I feel like we just got in our heads because we’ve done that before, but we've come back from a 15-point losing streak and then came right back up and done that before. That just got us today, which sucks, but it happens. It’s part of

the game, ” Zahedi said.

Zhou saw nothing unusual about the score discrepancy in the second set and shared an analogy to explain what goes through the head of a player on the court.

“Set number two is also obviously a normal game. A volleyball game is just like cats catching mice,” Zhou said. “You need to know where the mouse goes, which is where you’re going to serve and where you’re going to hit. We’re trying to catch the mouse on the court.”

Set number three was the closest of

Marauders hamper homecoming

Pierce drops game a week before Victory Bell

BY MADELEINE CHRISTIAN Reporter

It wasn’t a happy homecoming for the football team as they lost to Antelope Valley College on Saturday.

The Marauders got the win over the Brahmas by a score of 58-6.

Head coach James Sims knows numbers weren't on his side, but he believes the scoreboard is the least determining factor in how his team plays.

Men's basketball start season

the game, with the score being tied at five points throughout the set.

However, the set was also marred by an injury that affected the team.

A tense exchange left outside hitter Gabby Fischer sprawled out on the court in pain.

The set concluded with a score of 2624, cementing the win for the Cougars.

The Brahmas next face off against the Santa Barbara College Vaqueros on Nov. 9. First serve is at 6 p.m.

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Quarterback Peyton Pelletier spent most of the game throwing the ball and trying to run plays himself before getting injured at the end of the third and sitting out the rest of the game.

Pelletier isn't phased by the score from Saturday's game, but the pressure is on against LA Valley College on Nov. 12. He believes the upcoming game is all the motivation they need to finally win a game.

“We're tackling, we’re moving the ball and we're not finishing because we're a young team, but those teams know that this is not the old Pierce and they’re having competition,” Sims said. “The scoreboard doesn't show how we compete.”

The Brahmas followed the usual routine of strong starting defense that burns out by the end of the second. Defensive lineman Derek Cole injured his leg in the second quarter and was out for the rest of the game.

Pierce scored their first and only touchdown of the night through receiver

“Despite what happened tonight score wise, we're really confident,” says Pelletier. “The mindset is different, especially for the sophomores who experienced that pain, ringing that bell is personal.”

Offensive lineman coach Blake Word knows it's never easy to lose but he's glad he's doing it with the Brahmas.

“That was the most fun I've had this entire year,” says Word in an address to his team after the game. “Each one of yall was competitive and I love y'all boys.”

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Women's basketball dunked on Program gets blown out in home opener

BY MICHAEL SMITHLIN Campus Life Editor

Brahmas lose in straight sets to Cuesta Brahmas Scoreboard

The Brahmas lost their home opener to Victory Valley College with the final score of 86-18.

Newly hired head coach Thara Innocent believes this game served as an opportunity to grow and access what the team needs to improve on.

“We had a lot of injuries today and tried to do the best we can due to the injuries we had on the team and also it being a new team with different dynamics, age groups, and situations going on,” Innocent said. “We assumed it would be a different outcome of course, but this is only the second game in, and we have a nice lengthy pre-season to work on stuff and hopefully when it’s time for conference we will be competing.”

Despite losing their home opening game by 68 points, the women’s basketball team remains optimistic about their development, synergy, and success as the season progresses.

“I think we did a great job,” Forward Tijera Henry said. “We’re still getting to know each other and still learning how to do a lot of things, and I think compared to the previous games we’ve improved a lot, and I think playing these elite teams is what we need and we can only get better from here.”

While the team lost a tough game, Guard Nyia Freeman shared only positive feedback about the team’s performance.

“Only good thoughts, and it’s a lesson learned,” Freeman said. “We have a lot to work as a team but we’re all strong in our own way, and everyone has their own individual swag to them, and we

gotta find a way to work together and harness that energy, protect it, and keep pushing.”

Victory Valley College’s performance was surreal, as they were able to get a lead early and distance themselves from the Brahmas with every quarter. Their gameplan of constant pressure from employing both full court and half court presses, resulted in most of the 30 Brahmas turnovers.

The Brahmas’ quick turnovers in the back court led to many fast break points by Victor Valley College, and with the large amount of empty offensive possessions, Pierce found their team in an evergrowing hole.

The lack of chemistry and experience playing together among the Brahmas was evident, as they struggled to get in-rhythm and set shots even when they passed half court. Many errant passes were the result of Victor Valley’s tight set defense, which ranged from zone to man, and the Brahmas’ lack of

familiarity in the half court offense.

“We need to improve how we respond to pressure and work on making adjustments and I believe this will happen but we just have to keep on fighting,” Innocent said.

Even with a dominating loss, the Brahmas had many scoring opportunities that they weren’t able to capitalize on, at least at this point of the season.

“Their press was solid but as you saw we were able to break their press and we can break any press, and so it doesn’t matter about their gameplan but it’s more about what we do and executing our own,” Freeman said.

The women’s basketball team aims on improving both their individual and team games moving following this loss.

Brahmas will travel to Antelope Valley College on Nov. 16 at 5 p.m.

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Kayla Fisher and Julia Nederlk block the ball during the game against Cuesta at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 4, 2022.

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Katherine Sanchez dribbles the ball against Victor Valley College at Ken Stanley Court in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2022.

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Larry Williams shoots the ball during the game against Compton College at Ken Stanley Court in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 27, 2021.

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Parker Pelletier runs with the ball during the game against the Marauders at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2022.