TRUSTEE ZIA CENSURED
Trustees vote to reprimand Zia after issues. News | Page 2
HOROSCOPES
Introducing Viking horoscopes News | Page 4
18 YEARS AFTER 9/11
New college students can be born after 9/11. News | Page 3
September 19, 2019 • Volume 93 • Issue 1 • Published since 1927
BERN, BABY, BERN!
Photo by Jorge Hernandez
Bernie Sanders brings thousands to LBCC for campaign rally over the summer
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NEWS
2 NEWS BRIEFS
Romali claims racist reporting
Superintendent-President Reagan Romali called a Miami Herald article racist that raised questions on her credibility for supposedly having a meeting with three gang leaders. Colleen Wright, who wrote the article for the Miami Herald, stands by her reporting and was only trying to fact check what Romali claimed. — Abel Reyes
Queer Space back in the race
Former Queer Space club member Shoup Shoup scouted signatures at LAC’s join a club day to jumpstart the revival of Queer Space. Shoup explained, “I saw that they didn’t have Queer Space this semester so, I think it’s an important resource to have on campus. Even if it’s not like a super active club, I think it’s important to have it as a resource where people can message each other or find out things on campus going on.”
— Anyssa Staine
LBCC celebrates largest graduating class
Long Beach City College celebrated its largest graduating class in the college’s history, with more than 3,000 students to make up the class of 2019. ABC7 reporter Veronica Miracle was this year’s commencement speaker and while up on stage she shared her story about her father who was sent to prison 13 years ago. — Abel Reyes
Buttigieg holds “low Dollar” Event
Indiana mayor and presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg spoke about urgent American issues like climate change, gun control, and higher education affordability at fundraising event in West Hollywood on Tuesday, August 26. The pro-choice Christian politician spoke about the urgent need for the younger generation to vote in the upcoming elections and accepted implementing his policies are not going to be easy but possible. — Karla Altuzar
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September 19, 2019
Sen. Sanders rallies LBCC By Abel Reyes Viking Staff
On his long road to 2020, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders rallied in Long Beach for the first time ever to not only discuss the most recent mass shootings but to remind everyone about his pitch against Republican leaders and the one percent. With the most relevant topic still being the most recent mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, Sanders reiterated an action he made earlier this week, to ban sales of assault weapons and to have a more extensive background check. “Everybody here as seen and heard and have been entirely demoralized by the tragedies we have seen,” Sanders said. “These are not radical proposals. This is what the American people want.” However, this Long Beach rally did not come without its own alerting scare. On Monday, a man was arrested after he made alarming threats against the rally in Long Beach. Authorities believed the suspect was not a serious threat, and has since been released on $50,000 bail, Sanders did not bring up the threat during the rally. Nonetheless the threat, the south-east side of Long Beach City College was completely wrapped with Sanders supporters on Tuesday evening, with a reported 5,390 in attendance. Mary Anderson, a mother of two children, still attended the event nevertheless the threats. “Before we knew about the threat, my family and I was attending for sure, because it’s quite rare that a presidential candidate stops by my hometown of Long Beach,” Anderson said. “But we came to the conclusion that a public rally in a college would be a safe place to go.” Along with this threat and the recent mass shootings, police ramped up patrols for the rally.
Photo by Jorge hernandez Bernie Sanders first rally in Long Beach included topics on the recent mass shootings and his free tuition proposals.
The Senator from Vermont spent close to an hour on stage, finishing his day that included a town hall meeting in Los Angeles, visits to homeless services in LA, and an appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast. To introduce the presidential candidate, Long Beach City College’s Board of Trustees president Vivian Malauulu welcomed Sanders to LBCC. With Sander’s appearance at Long Beach City College, it didn’t take long for him to mention his proposal of free tuition
if elected President. “It is something that everyone in this country deserves. A good education,” Sanders said. For Bernie Sanders, this won’t be his last and only stop in Long Beach, this Nov., Long Beach will host the California Democratic Convention. Along with the other Democratic presidential candidates, Sanders will stop by Long Beach once again on Nov. 15-17 at the Long Beach Arena.
Board of Trustees censures one of its own By Abel Reyes Viking Staff The Long Beach City College Board of Trustees voted 3-2 on Wednesday August 28, to censure Trustee Sunny Zia for referring to the board president’s Christian faith and for inappropriate behavior in the previous board meeting. Trustees Udak-Joe Ntuk, Doug Otto, and board president Vivian Malauulu voted for censure, while Trustee Virginia Baxter and Zia voted against it. Before the vote, Zia apologized for her behavior in the last meeting. “Quite frankly, I messed up,” Zia said. “I lost my temper and said a number of
things I should not have said. And I definitely very much regret saying it. From the bottom of my heart, I apologize.” In the previous board meeting, Zia and Malauulu had a conflict when discussing a proposed project on the agenda. “This was not personal, this was policy,” Malauulu told The Viking News. According to Malauulu, the type of behavior that Zia showed during the last meeting is not new and has been going on for a very long time, Trustee Otto concurred with Malauulu. “It is my opinion that given evidence and dysfunction of this board not just on the 24th of July but over an extended period of time, something must be done,” Otto
said. Coincidentally, when Malauulu sent her complaint about Zia on August 22 to Superintendent-President Reagan Romali, Zia apologized to Malauulu. After LBCC Board of Trustees member Sunny Zia made inappropriate remarks regarding fellow Trustee Malauulu’s Christian faith, the board took a vote to censure Zia. Student trustee Jones purposefully stepped out to the bathroom to avoid voting on the matter. Jones said his only regret is that possible students’ questions will go unanswered about what the context of Zia’s censorship means.
September 19, 2019
NEWS
Last class born before 9/11 events
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By Marissa Lopez Viking Staff As the 18th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, students begin to reflect on their memories, feelings and the effect that the tragedy has left on America. Christine Torres, a biochemistry major who was born after the September 11 attacks, explains that she had to educate herself on the tragedy. “I had to kind of teach myself about it, I grew up watching adult cartoons and they would always joke about it, that was my exposure,” Torres said. “My family never really talked about it.”Maliyah Mason, journalism major, was around five or six years old when the September 11 attacks occurred. “I was on my way to kindergarten and I thought it was a movie because it was so chaotic,” Mason said. “September 11 negatively affected the United States because it gave a lot of power to the U.S. to control what it sees as terrorism. It gave the U.S. too much control in controlling the rest of the world.” Mario Garcia, a computer science major, was only 2 years old when the attacks took place. Despite the downsides, Garcia believes that September 11 changed America and our security for the better. “Just like with what happened with concerts two years ago, although I hate the racial profiling that happens at airports and with police because of it,” Garcia expressed. David Lehman, the Department Head of History and Political Science at LBCC,
Photo by Marissa Lopez Kim Porrazzo’s way of representing and honoring the September 11 attacks is by setting up bricks, flags and lights in front of his home.
explains where he was on September 11, 2001. “I was here on this campus in 2001 and I remember the shock and the feeling that people had. 18 years is a long time, I realized when I teach my History 11 class that for most of my students, 9/11 is something that they can’t remember, it did not happen when they were aware of their surroundings,” Lehman said. “You tend to remember things from your memory and when that no longer is a personal memory, yeah that’s going to be
the response. Lehman struggled with finding the right words to tell his students on the morning of the terrorist attack. “What I remember is the uncertainty of ‘Should I go to class?” I was trying to be reassuring and I’m not sure it was very helpful,” Lehman said. Kim Porrazzo, a long time resident of Long Beach, explains the atmosphere in his middle school classroom on that day in 2001. “Obviously everyone was kind of
numb, you can just see it in their eyes. Nobody could really talk, it was a lot of quiet, and middle school and quiet… never happens,” Porrazzo recalls. Porrazzo set up a 9/11 memorial on his front lawn in honor of the tragedy, it consists of string lights, American flags, and two stacks of bricks meant to represent the fallen Twin Towers. “I’m patriotic, I love the country and I do what I can do. This is my way of doing things,” Porrazzo said.
Qless app faces criticism in second semester By Marissa Lopez and Tyanna Sallis Viking Staff Long Beach City College is using QLess for the second semester and there are questions from students regarding whether or not it is as successful as it was intended. QLess is a virtual line system the Cashier’s, Admissions, and Financial Aid Offices have adopted that holds a students place and sends frequent updates regarding appointment status through the phone, much like a restaurant pager. There have been mixed reviews from students about the app, some think it’s a good method of saving time while others acknowledge its a good concept but difficult to put into practice. Haley Chojnacki, a LBCC student, spoke of her frustrations with the software. “It still has it’s technical issues. Like you’ll type your name in the system but
because so many students are also typing in their name yours gets lost. Also the wait times are still extremely long. I had to wait 2 hours just for one line,” Chojnacki said. Students expected Qless to alleviate some wait time but many were left confused when their wait times seemed to have doubled when compared to just standing in a physical line. Student Support Staff have acknowledged that some students still want to wait around the offices despite the long wait time by adding a shaded area with chairs to make waiting a little more comfortable. Mike Munoz, Vice President of Student Support Staff, explained “Qless doesn’t necessarily reduce the time you have to wait in the lines, it just allows you to not have to physically wait in a three hour long line in the heat.” “Students are getting frustrated because they think that Qless is creating these wait times, but the long lines are due to the time
of the semester and the fact that we have over 24,000 students all needing the services at once,” Munoz added. Despite objections to Qless, some students like Daniel Degirolamo, believe the Qless system is convenient for students and their schedules. “I like it because you’re able to work around your class schedule. I find it the most effective to sign up between classes therefore you aren’t just waiting for your name to be first,” Degirolamo said. With Qless, students now have the convenience of being able to wait in line without the fear of losing their place or the irritability that comes with waiting, which can allow for smoother interactions between the staff and students. Federal Student Work Study Volunteer Wendy Ramirez explains her thoughts on the new method. “Traffic flow is a lot easier now. Normally for the first two weeks there are
lines out the door, but now we offer shade and seats. Something good about it is that you get to wait in multiple lines at once,” Ramirez said. Munoz and the Student Support Staff essentially want to eliminate potential long lines with the Qless system. “In the spring semester the book loan EOPS will launch online. We are also going to be having a debriefing group, that will go over what we can improve with the system and also include students feedback. We know at first students are going to resist the idea of a new system but in the long run I think it’ll improve the overall student experience,” Munoz explains. Along with the Spring EOPS book loan program, the Student Support Staff plans to add a feature for students to be able to upload their Financial Aid forms online.
LIFESTYLE
4 FIVE EVENTS ON CAMPUS
Art gallery reception
September 19, 2019 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. LAC, Building K, Room 100 The gallery showcases art addressing issues facing the community by LGBTQ+ artists and allies, and features work by local and international artists influenced by the cultures and artistic traditions of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
Vikings mental health workshops
Next workshop is September 25, 2019 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. PCC, Building AA, Room 101D On Wednesdays at PCC and Thursdays at LAC, students can attend a mental health workshop to help improve emotional wellbeing, improve health, happiness, and success.
Let’s Talk About Money workshops September 30, 2019 LAC: 12 p.m. - 1 p.m., Room L-212, MDSC PCC: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Room EE-2016, MDSC A free workshop open to all majors to learn how to better manage money in a fun and relaxed setting. Call now, or drop by the Multidisciplinary Success Center to reserve a spot! (LAC) L-212, call (562) 938-4699. (PCC) EE-206, call (562) 938-3991.
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ October 10 - October 20, 2019 Th, Fri & Sat at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. LAC, LBCC Studio Theater Building H, Room 103 Join the Performing Arts Department on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday at 7:30 p.m., or for a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Tickets can be purchased online at LBCC.edu/PerformingArts.
Piñata making event
October 15, 2019 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. LAC, T Building, Room 1200 Design and create a piñata, and learn about the history of the piñata during Latinx Heritage month. Sponsored by the PUENTE program.
September 19, 2019
LBCC artist paints her life By Yeovanna Sandoval Viking Staff
Victoria Maldonado has always been interested in the beauty of painting her whole life and would spend her childhood watching cartoons and recreating them with her own drawing style. Maldonado’s father was a big influence in her life. He impacted her with all he knew about being a construction painter and what it really means to be a painter. “My work before was more about loss and how I was coping with my dad’s loss, but now I feel that I have expanded my work about other things,” Maldonado said. As an introvert, Maldonado learned that being an artist is all about sharing one’s own experiences and history through their art. Through her paintings, she became open to expressing herself. Maldonado has explored beyond her traditional work and reached out with what’s going on more in the world. “My work is really about identity policies, political climate, just basically figuring out what is a queers person identity,” Maldonado explained. Right now in her current practice, Maldonado is making a statement with her work. She wants the public to understand the story work is portraying. “Much of her work focuses on social political content,” Trevor Norris, the art gallery director said. One of Maldonado’s paintings depicts with a figure of a man wearing a shirt saying, “Abolish ICE”. The piece shows the man holding a child in his arm. The arm reads, “Families Belong Together.” The art piece represents a time where Maldonado found an old picture of her dad holding her cousin. “For me the whole point was to see like the most intimate part of families, so for
Photo by Sabriyya Ghanizada Inside the art gallery artist Maldonado describes inspiration from her self portrait, “Tough and Tender.” Maldonado stands firm in what she believes and who she is.
me that was such a compelling image,” Maldonado said. Her art also reflects identity policies such as queer and trying to figure out what a person’s queer identity is and where they stand in the political spectrum. Maldonado has people within her circle who have faith and support her throughout this journey of her art career. “I would say her work comes from the POC queer latinx women, a lot of her work is coming from identity and how they nav-
igate within the world and touch bases on the LGBTQ,” Vanessa Olivarez, a friend and supporter of Maldonado’s said. Maldonado is one of many Generational: Local Latinx LGBTQI artists who will be showing some of her art pieces at the Sur:biennial Art Exhibition. The reception will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at LAC, building K, room 100 on September 19. Other dates for the exhibition will run from September 12 to October 12.
HOROSCOPE by Sabriyya Ghanizada
Viking staff
ARIES (March 21-April 19) You began your semester with sights set on the horizon. Let go of old patterns in order to create a new future. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Keep up the positive thinking and take any and every opportunity to use your voice. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Get back in the groove by enjoying everything the campus and your surrounding neighborhood has to offer. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Make it a habit to celebrate the highs and lows of this semester.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Continue to be yourself and by the end of the semester you’ll have a clearer understanding of your purpose. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Before diving headfirst into a new position, ask the right questions and get all the facts of a situation before passing judgment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Take the time to check in with financial aid or go to an upcoming financial workshop to make sure your money is in order as you prepare for this new phase of your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) It would fare you well to remember that you have support within you and around you to achieve your desired goals.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Take any opportunity to find resources available to you on campus. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) If you feel a wave of adrenaline to pull an all-nighter and still make it to your lunch shift, then do so with enthusiasm. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Take the time to reap the benefits of your rewards and know that you have the solution to any problem. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Take any opportunity to meet new people or plan an outing with your classmates. A conversation with them may just spark your next idea. Full horoscope online at lbccviking.com
September 19, 2019
LIFESTYLE
5 FIVE EVENTS OFF CAMPUS
Queen Mary’s Night Market
September 20, 2019 5PM- 12AM Queen Mary Events Park Explore and enjoy a night under the stars at the all new Queen Mary Night Market. The end of summer event offers food trucks, vendors, live entertainment and much more for $7 general admission tickets. Tickets on sale at queenmary.com
Urban Hive Market Photo By Martin Koev Long Beach City College art professor Coleen Sterritt, left, assisting student Madisun Ramirez, right, with molding her sculpture.
Professor “thrilled” with award By Taiya Adams, Talia Coeshott, Martin Koev and Abrielle Lopez Viking Staff
Long Beach City College professor and sculpture coordinator Coleen Sterritt is the first community college professor to be awarded the Outstanding Educator Award by the International Sculpture Center. Sterritt has worked for LBCC for over 20 years and has held previous positions at the University of Southern California, California State University of Fullerton, Otis College of Art & Design and The Claremont Graduate University. The International Sculpture Center established the Outstanding Educator Award in 1996, and until this year, it has been exclusively awarded to university-level educators. Sterritt has earned several fellowships and awards in her years creating and her work has been showcased in exhibitions all over the world. Locations include Los Angeles, New York, London, Japan, Kenya, South Africa, New Mexico, and multiple cities in California.
COMIC -CON COVERAGE AVAILABLE ONLINE Viking staff photographers Abel Reyes and Jorge Hernandez took to the Long Beach Comic-Con to capture the local cosplay and costumes featured at the event. Go to our website by using the link: https://tinyurl.com/comicconphotos Photo By Jorge Hernandez
“A big thing that she pushes for … is just work,” James Davis said, a former student of Sterritt. “She was strict on working hard and working constantly, even if you don’t like it.” Sterritt’s work ethic and style are notable to many people on campus. Gallery coordinator and LBCC art director Trevor Norris expanded on Sterritt’s style of artwork. “A lot of it is sculpture and it’s pretty rugged but it’s not really outdoor stuff,” said Norris. “She disassembles and reassembles… It’s kind of evocative,” Norris said. Sterritt was nominated by her former students, Luis Moreno and Mariah Cool for the 2019 Outstanding Educator Award. Traveling home from Japan, she was surprised when she received a phone call notifying her that she had won the award. “I was, of course, shocked…” Sterritt said. “But I was absolutely thrilled because teaching has been a very important and meaningful part of my life.” Sterritt described the best part about being an educator as a privilege and an in-
spiration. “For me, working with young artists has continually inspired me and gives me hope for the world. It’s both a privilege and a responsibility to aid in the trajectory of someone’s life, and it’s a very humbling experience,” Sterritt said. Sterritt also gave some words of encouragement to share with young artists. “It takes a lot of dedication and hard work to be an artist, but I would say that what you have to do is try to be in touch with your artistic-self every day, in one way or another,” Sterritt said. “You have to do your work with honesty and make it resonate with love, and that’s really what success is about.” A sculpture exhibition and award ceremony will be organized at LAC in Sterritt’s honor, on October 24, featuring work created by her previous students that she has maintained relationships with from up to 20 years. The award ceremony will be open to students with limited space and the exhibition will be open for students to view from Oct. 24 to Nov. 27, at LAC in the arts department, room K-100.
September 28, 2019 4PM- 9PM The Pike Outlets The Pike will be hosting their second annual Urban Hive Event. With over 50 local vendors covering food to music to fashion, find one of a kind, hand crafted items, while supporting local businesses at this artisan popup event.
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor
September 26- November 2, 2019 The Queen Mary For the tenth annual Halloween haunt, sail through haunted mazes and games at the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor. Complete with eerie entertainment at the haunted site itself, this thrilling attraction is sure to leave your skin crawling. Tickets on sale at queenmary.com
Long Beach Yoga Festival
September 29, 2019 11AM- 8PM The Pike Outlets The Long Beach Yoga Festival features free all day yoga classes from local studios, as well as dog-friendly yoga classes, a mindful marketplace, and vegan street food. Register online at eventbrite.com
Women’s Freedom Festival
October 20, 2019 11AM- 3PM Recreation Park 4900 East 7th Street Formerly known as Frida-Fest, this female-led event features arts, crafts, and music, for women, by women. The multi-cultural event is open to all LGBTQ+ women and allies. Admission is free!
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OPINION
Student Trustee dodges vote During a very crucial decision that the Board of Trustees had to make this year in Aug., Student Trustee Donnell Jones purposely went to the restroom to avoid a vote that would censure a fellow trustee. At a summer board meeting President Vivian Malauulu and Trustee Sunny Zia had a public dispute, leading to comments about Malauulu’s Christain faith from Zia. The dispute has led to Zia being censured, a formal statement which expresses a severe disapproval. The censure may not have any immediate impact on students, but has the potential to cause further issue with the board. The student trustee is the only paid position a student can carry on the board of trustees, and represents the voice of stu-
BOARD EDITORIAL
dents at Long Beach City College. It is imperative that Jones be present and vocal during important discussions and meetings. Though Jones was not present during the meeting in July where Zia and Malauulu had their dispute, board meetings are posted to YouTube shortly after each meeting and remain there for anyone to view. According to the Community College League of California, the primary responsibility for all trustees is to attend all open board meetings and to prepare, study issues and ask questions. Before the board voted to censure Zia, a motion was passed that would allow
Jones to have his advisory vote go before the board’s vote for the rest of the semester, in order to have a better representation of student voices. Since Jones now has the opportunity to influence the vote of the trustees, Jones must use his new advisory vote whenever it could make an impact. Issues such as the censure are prime opportunities for the student trustee to take a stance on whether a censure is too excessive or not. As the student trustee, Jones must be vocal and ask questions that he believes the students would want or need to be answered on our behalf and be present for all votes where our voice is meant to be heard.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
LBCC needs mental CDC offers help to health resources student parents To the Editor: I agree with the claim that mental health should be talked about more frequently (“Opinion: Mental Health, Let’s Talk About It,” May 21). I have seen this effect many of my friends and family who have trouble talking about their mental health. For instance, my mother has had depression for as long as I can remember, until recently it has came back. She refuses to speak about it, as she feels people will look at her differently. She has stated before she does not want her closest friends to think she is sick and needs help. Accepting mental illnesses is the first step in getting help. This step is always the hardest as emotions usually get in the way. Long Beach City College should be more open-minded when it comes to mental health and the forms of help. Resources should be available whenever needed. Yet, not every student knows of the available resources that are provided. Less than half of college students know about hotline numbers for anxiety and depression, which they can call or text any time of the day. The school should promote them by putting signs all around campus so everyone can know about them. The resources are hidden gems waiting for people to take advantage of. With more people knowing about the help these resources provide, the more open people will become. There should be different forms of help for everyone, which should be available everyday of the week. This way more people will be comfortable expressing their feelings. There will be no need to feel embarrassed of something completely normal. -- Stephanie Venegas
I’m Stacey Smith-Clark, the Center Manager at the PCC Child Development at Long Beach City College Child Development Center & Learning Labs.. and I want to clear up a few bits of misinformation: 1) Our CDC’s have zero restrictions regarding children who are not yet potty trained. We believe toilet learning is a developmental phase and children in diapers can and should be enrolled. 2) Our CDC’s are currently fully enrolled with 5 classrooms at each CDC, serving approximately 300 children. LBCC students ALWAYS receive priority enrollment and priority for funding from our subsidized program which provides free and sliding scale tuition for income-qualifying families. It is true that we have a waiting list and we welcome people to be added to it, as we enroll year-round, space permitting. When I was interviewed for this article I was asked if we could add additional classrooms to the Centers and I said that at this time, all of classroom spaces and buildings are being utilized. That is very different than “we do not have enough space.” 3) We have a preschool license which allows us to enroll children ages 2-5 years old. Community Care Licensing tells us how many children we can enroll in each classroom and we would be in violation, should we exceed that. If a family inquires about care for their infants, toddlers or school-age children, we offer resources on where to find such care. Long Beach has a plethora of resources and we are happy to help connect everyone to them. LBCC Child Development Centers have over $700,000 in grants to provide free and reduced-fee, year-round, child
care to income qualifying families and we always serve LBCC students first. The CDC’s are getting ready to open enrollment for the next school year and will soon be contacting parents and families currently on our waiting list. If anyone is interested in being added to the waiting list, taking a tour of the CDC’s and/or obtaining resources for any type of child care services, I’m happy to help. -- Stacey Clark, Center Manager
The challenge of school/work life Dear Editor: I appreciated reading the article Working Students Share Their Experiences Having Jobs While Attending College one of the statements that resonated with me the most was that “…most students find themselves overwhelmed when they do not understand the time commitments between work and school, which may cause them to over commit.” I believe this to be true, as there are many students that just don’t understand how important it is to commit your time to your education more than your job. I was one of them. I came to the obvious conclusion; It wasn’t that I needed to work hours- I don’t need the grand illusion of MORE money- I needed more school, school is the priority. I need to resume my education and fix the errors of my past. I had to learn how to budget myself, find way to set boundaries between school and work schedules then found a job that would work with me on the schedule that, I believed, best fits MY needs. And have seen significant success in my academics ever since then. -- Erick Abarca, Student
September 19, 2019
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SPORTS
September 19, 2019 SPORTS UPDATES
Women’s Volleyball
LBCC’s women’s Volleyball team is on a two-game losing streak. With backto-back losses, the female volleyball team moves to 3-5 on the season. The female Viking volleyball team averages 10 kills per set, and 1.29 blocks per set. Brooke Earkman leads the team with 66 kills and 51 digs. Upcoming games: Sept. 20 vs Cypress, at 6 p.m. Sept. 25 vs Mt. San Antonio, at 6 p.m. Sept. 27 at Rio Hondo, at 6 p.m. Oct 2. at Pasadena, at 6 p.m. Oct 4. vs Cerritos College, at 6 p.m.
Men’s Water Polo
The men’s water polo team for LBCC is 8-0. Their last game was on September 14th, and they’re looking to maintain their undefeated record. The Vikings have scored 121 goals in their 8 games, with an average of 15.13 goals per game. Upcoming games: Sept. 27 & 28, at Cuesta College Invitational and times are TBA. Oct. 2 vs El Camino at 4:30.
Women’s Cross Country
For the female Vikings, they placed 15th at their September 13 meetup. Dasani Zavala was the highest placed female, from LBCC at 43rd out of 209, in the women’s 5k run. The female Vikings finished with a time of 1:56:27, and an average time of 23:17 in the 5k run. Upcoming meets: Sept. 27 at Morley Field, hosted by San Diego City College, at 11 a.m. Oct. 11 at Irvine Regional Park, hosted by Santa Ana College, at 10 a.m. Oct. 25 at Legg Lake , time is TBA.
Men’s Cross Country
The last cross country meet was September 13th, and LBCC placed 13th in Men’s four mile run times. Donavon Zavala was the only member of LBCC’s cross country team to place in the top 15 in individual four mile runs. Upcoming meets: Sept. 27 Morley Field, hosted by San Diego City College, at 11 a.m. Oct. 10 at Irvine Regional Park, hosted by Santa Ana College, at 10 a.m. Oct. 25 at Legg Lake hosted by East Los Angeles College, time is TBA.
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Women’s soccer scores win for the home opener story by arlene Guerrero
Viking Staff
With intense defense by the Long Beach City College women’s soccer team, they were able to leave with a win for their home game opener on Tuesday afternoon vs Golden West College with a score of 2-1. The Vikings season opener vs Cypress on Sept 4th didn’t end in a win for the Vikings, but the team used that loss to gain more confidence within each other. Although Golden West scored with one minute into the game, Long Beach came back with intensive defense to defend their home field for their home game opener. Captain for Long Beach, Allison Rose Veloz, made both goals for Vikings with both goals being unassisted. “I felt great, our first game I felt like we were afraid to make moves, but this game we came out to make plays, and I felt very accomplished” said Veloz. The team has shown improvements on structure, communication on and off the field, and working as one. “We have grown progressively as a team since the first few weeks of practice. After losing their season opener the team knew what they had to do. “We came back strong because we needed to defend our field.” Throughout the game, three yellow cards were called, two being from Long
Photo By Arlene Guerrero Vikings forward Allison Veloz keeps the ball moving as the Vikings try to get on the scoreboard during their game Sept. 10 2019. Veloz ended with two goals.
Beach from midfielder Yessenia Hernandez, and defender Emily Barham Goalkeeper, Almareli Quintero had a total of three saves. “We need to continue doing what we’re doing as a team and work with each other,” said Quintero. “We got our win, but we have to continue to work hard at practice and game to move forward”
Although Long Beach secured the win, Head Coach Eduardo Nunes will work on the offenses communication and on the defense not giving up fouls. “Those little things are what make big differences in games,” said Nunes. “The exciting part is we are nowhere near our best yet, but getting better everyday”. Vikings will play on Sept 20 at Orange at 3pm.
Men’s soccer falls short against Chaffey 4-3 Story By Arlene Guerrero Viking Staff
Lack of communication, on the field, caused the LBCC men’s soccer team to fall to a 4-3 defeat against the Chaffey Panthers on Tuesday afternoon, at the Viking Soccer Field. “We have such a young team, we are still getting used to each other and most importantly communicating with each other,” said assistant coach Eric Leon. Panthers struck the back of the net first within the 17 minutes in the game. Midfielder, Jaelyn Agu, scored for LBCC, assisted by Sergio Flores, tying the game 1-1. LBCC Freshman, Cameron Badal, scored for the Vikings, with the assist by Louis Arellano, giving them the 2-1 lead. Chaffey tied the game in the second half 2-2. Pushing the ball and taking it through, Badal scored his brace, giving Long Beach the lead 3-2. Both teams were back to back with
Photo By Arlene Guerrero Goalie for the Vikings, Max Heinze, kicks the ball to set a new play on Sept 10 2019. Vikings fell short to the Panthers 4-3.
plays and performance, but the Panthers didn’t give the Vikings a break, as they made two more goals and came out with the win. Lack of communication was a large factor that led to the Vikings defeat to the
Panthers. “We could have communicated a lot better, I’m pretty disappointed in our lack of communication we had as a team” said Badal who scored two of the three goals for the Vikings. “We need to take practices more serious, because what we bring to practice is what we bring to games and it definitely showed this game” he added. Ivan Hernandez, assistant coach, agrees that lack of communication caused the team to fall short. “I didn’t hear them talking in the back, middle, or anywhere on that field,” said Hernandez “When I work with my goal keepers I stress them to communicate with the defense, but I didn’t hear any of that” Moving forward Vikings will push to communicate and work on adjusting together as a team. Vikings will have their next game on Sept.20 vs San Diego City College at 4 p.m.
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Vikings fall short in home opener By Arlene Guerrero Viking Staff
The Long Beach City College football team fell short against Mt. San Antonio College with a score of 36-20 for their home opener on Saturday night at the Veterans Stadium. Before kickoff, the team took a moment of silence to remember Brent Le Roux, a former teammate who passed away due to an accidental overdose this summer. Coming off a win in the season opener, the Vikings came out struggling and couldn’t get the offense going, ultimately coming away with a loss, and now hold an overall record of 1-1. Linebacker DeAnthony Jones was disappointed with the loss vs Mt. San Antonio but will push stronger for next game. “One of our biggest goals as a team this season is to not lose at our home, we unfortunately lost but we have the rest of the season ahead of us,” Jones said. Jones ended the game with a total of five tackles. The Vikings struggled on offense, trying to make a play and not getting on the scoreboard for the first half. Mt. San Antonio scored two touchdowns in the first half, and then followed with a safety. The Mounties did not give the Vikings a chance to score and forced them into halftime with a score of 22-0. “Mt. San Antonio just came out to play we dug a huge hole for ourselves, and as much as we tried to come out we fell short,” head coach Bret Peabody said. Coming into the second half, Mounties scored another touchdown leaving the score at 29-0.
Running back Jonathan Watson (Left) attempting to stiffarm the defender and get the offense going.
Freshman wide receiver for the Vikings, Julian Woodard, followed with a 32 yard pass from Derrah West, giving the Viking first touchdown of the game. Vikings scored another touchdown
from the 38 yard line from freshmen Saeed Galooway leaving the score at 29-14. Mounties scored their final touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the Vikings had a 42 yard pass complete from Dominic
Photo by Arlene Guerrero
Wingfield leaving the final score at 36-20. Although the Vikings fell short on their home game opener, defensive back Derrick Williams ensured they will come back stronger.
Player believed to have died of accidental overdose By Abel Reyes Viking Staff Long Beach City College defensive lineman Brent Le Roux died earlier this week, the fourth LBCC football player to die in the past 24 months. The Vikings head coach Mike Peabody told the Long Beach Post that Le Roux was recovering from a recent surgery, and is believed to have died by an accidental overdose. Le Roux was unable to play the 2018 season due to an injury on his right shoulder that he received playing against College of the Canyons in 2017. The Vikings quarterback Drake Peabody, son of head coach Mike Peabody, took to Twitter to express his emotions.
“Still can’t believe this… I lost a brother. RIP Brent.”. Le Roux’s grew up in Brisbane, AU, and came to America in his final year of high school and then joined the St. John Bosco football team. Le Roux is the fourth person from The Vikings football team to have died in the past 24 months. Vikings lineman Tim Johnson died in late 2017 due to complications after a car crash, Guy Alford III was shot and killed in North Long Beach a year later, and in January, former safety Bryce Turner died of a heart attack. Future services for Le Roux will be held at the St. John Bosco chapel; no date has been given.
Photo from twitter/ @BrentLeRoux8 Photo of Brent Le Roux, who died of an apparent medical overdose