BALLOT DROP BOX ARRIVES ON CAMPUS BY ANGELIA COYNE An official ballot drop box has been placed on the Los Angeles City College campus adjacent to Heliotrope Drive and Monroe Street near the Student Union Building. The L.A. County Registrar and the Los Angeles Community College District partnered to offer voters another secure and socially distant way to cast their ballots in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 election. The Los Angeles County Registrar has placed an additional 194 ballot drop boxes throughout the county since the state and presidential primary elections in March. The drop boxes were set up on Oct. 3 at each college in the District and will be available until the General
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Election on Nov. 3. Voters have access until 8 p.m. (or sundown) to drop in their ballots at locations throughout the county that can be found at LAVote.net. Drop boxes are designed with security features, and there are more than 400 of them throughout L.A. County. L.A. Metro will also post a drop box outside of the campus on the northwest corner of Santa Monica Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. Union Station downtown and the El Monte Station are two drop box locations that are easy to get to on the Metro train or bus. “We want to make it easy for people to reach the polls or vote by mail and cast their ballot this election,” said Phillip Washington, CEO at Metro in an interview with CBS News. “Democracy works best when everyone participates in it.”
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Alcohol Sales, Consumption Goes Up in Lockdown COVID consequences drive rise in purchases and compulsive drinking.
It was a Sunday morning attack. Neighboring Azerbaijan dropped bombs on Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh in an area contested since 1992 that lies South of the Caucasus Mountains between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sept. 27. The attack reverberated half a world away in Los Angeles. Members of the Armenian diaspora decided to reimagine their protests, through shock at the sudden, overt surge in posts for Facebook and Twitter by Azerbaijani accounts. Enter
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Social Justice Center Organizers Blaze Path for Racial Equity
President Seeks Campus Space and $10 Million Endowment.
Friends of Brianna Nelms say she is a generous woman. The 34-year-old said before the pandemic she loved going out with her friends to clubs, to dance, hookah lounges and restaurants, when she could find the time.
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Angeleno Armenians shut down Sunset Boulevard at Vine Street in the heart of Hollywood over Azerbaijan’s attacks on the majority-Armenian, disputed region of Artsakh/NagornoKarabakh on Oct. 4, 2020. Protesters also marched at media outlets like the L.A. Times and CNN to call for more coverage of the conflict.
the rapid execution, from planning, to graphics and slogans, to campaigning, to meetups and marches, all quickly coordinated. Community mobilization included marches on Azerbaijan’s consulate, Turkey’s consulate, the L.A. Times building, the CNN building in Hollywood and blocking freeways and ramps. The Collegian looked to both communities for comment, including the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA Western Region). The “grassroots”
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS Center organizers hosted a series of Black Lives Matter Town Halls at L.A. City College over the summer.
Georgetown University sociology professor and New York Times contributing opinion writer Michael Eric Dyson compared contemporary U.S. politics to the civil rights era of the 1960s at LACC’s fall convocation on Aug. 27. He told his online audience the topic of his speech is the “United States of Amnesia,” borrowed from author Gore Vidal. “We are living in an epic and an era when the echoes of history resonate and rebound in our own day,” Dyson said. “Emmett Till, meet George Floyd.” Dyson came at the invitation of organizers of the college’s new Race, Equity and Social Justice Center. He called the center “extremely important.” Center organizers hosted a Black Lives Matter Summer Town Hall speaker series, which culminated with the attorney for the families of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Ben Crump. Crump asked organizers of LACC’s Black Lives Matter Townhall to pause their meeting
when former Vice President Joe Biden’s office texted him on Aug. 31. Both Biden and President Donald Trump called Crump the next day about his latest client, Jacob Blake, an unarmed African American man shot seven times in the back by police. The 29-year-old father’s three children were in his backseat when he was getting into his minivan. “You can only imagine what kind of psychological problems these babies are going to have for the rest of their lives,” Crump said to his LACC Zoom audience. The shooting stoked a national furor already raging for months over police killings of Black Americans. The day before, Crump warned the meeting organizer, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Thelma James Day, that Biden would be calling. “He could’ve called me that morning and told me, ‘I’ve got too much going on,’ but that’s SEE “SOCIAL JUSTICE” PAGE 6
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Post-COVID America: to Soar like Eagles or Capitalize like Crows BY RAPHAEL GERSOWSKY As I sit on the balcony I’m blessed enough to have, yet sparingly enjoy, I ponder the vexing question of what the USA might look like when the wind-borne dust of many fires and the misty particulate of a great many more COVID-19 coughs finally settle. Fortuitously, I spot a big bird soaring in the middle distance and think, “It couldn’t be! An eagle!?” A few loops later and as she cleared landing permission from the transformer-shaped control tower and touched down on her high-voltage pylon runway, I nodded in half-earnestness as she turned out to be none other than a very large crow. There’s probably a pun in all this about my sight being far from eagle-eyed, but I’ll leave that to you to work out. And as with all things fortuitous when pondering life’s great (and good) questions, the buckets, whittled twigs and dominoes
all lined up in my cranial playscape in Rube Goldberg fashion as the words came tumbling out of my mouth, albeit to myself in a whisper, “This is the USA. Divided we stand. Reaction is swift, but change? That comes slow.” Satisfied with my lapse into momentary and profound clarity, I decided to memorialize my neural bon mot and whatever might flow forth thence. In 1996, the USA took on a pack of refugees in my family and me. Just another troop of white folks, we went about life mostly unnoticed; and maybe because we were unnoticed, we also were mostly unnoticing. The first few years weren’t without their obstacles, but relative to the “others” who escaped our gaze, we stayed in our lane, kept up with traffic, noses down and plowed on quietly. The American eagle of our expectations soared. Then, 9/11. Reaction was swift. America went into lockdown. America went to war. Jingoes ate the brown babies The news filled the laypeoples’ feed troughs with terror and dread and Americans gorged to the point of collective PTSD. The Bible
of Nationalism was dusted off anew and services resumed to boisterous pulpits and mesmerized pews. Shock and awe took out our spiritual bird. Our intrepid eagle was sniped out of the heavens that day and crashed down in the dirt where it still lies. The eagle is dead. Long live the big crow! Nigh on two decades since, the USA is as divided as it ever was. The struggles for sovereignty, for dignity and respect fought and died for by Indigenous people who have been here for 12,000 years, relegated to a passing thought save for a day a year. Black African Americans brought here as slaves have built—bricks and mortar— so many civilizing institutions this country is blessed with. Having turned out brilliant orators, sports people, diplomats, scientists and artists, leaders in every nook and facet, African Americans long ago proved white supremacy to be utter garbage. Yet here we are—it is 2020 and once again Black Americans have to come out in droves to justify their co-existence with the “moral” majority. There’s sympathy and empathy— some real, some tokenized, some co-opted by corporations and other enterprising types
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Two Rapes, One Kit A closer look into rape kits shows what they mean for survivors.
BY HOLLIANN HARTMAN Constant noise and movement raced at the speed of light, swallowing me as I stood like a statue in the center of the emergency room. My knees and hands were bleeding, my body throbbing from pain, only I did not notice anything but the rapid beating of my heart. I walked to the reception desk and with my last ounce of strength I whispered, “I was just raped.” “Hartman” a nurse called out who then escorted me to an examination room. Although this was not my first sexual assault, this was the first time I tried to seek justice. No one warned me that by seeking evidence, I signed myself
up to be voluntarily raped by doctors and nurses for the next few hours. A doctor and/or nurse spends four to six hours collecting forensic evidence. The nurse told me at any point I could decline anything I did not feel comfortable with, but strongly urged me to complete all of the necessary steps. After answering my medical history questionnaire, the nurse escorted me behind a standalone curtain. Behind the curtain, was a white sheet of paper on the floor, a folded hospital gown on a bed and I was instructed to undress over the paper and hand my clothing to the nurse. While standing completely nude on that sheet on paper, de-
bris fell as the nurse combed my hair, scraped each fingernail and toenail, swabbed my mouth, and took photographs to preserve my injuries from head to toe. The nurse then turned off the lights and used a small blacklight to illuminate any trace DNA up and down my body. Every sample was collected with a new swab and was placed in a sealed tube, labeled and placed in the rape kit box. The nurse placed my clothes, and the sheet of paper into several evidence bags. I was instructed to put on the hospital gown and lay on the bed. The doctors and nurses worked to remove the glass that had embedded in my hands, knees and back. Each piece of glass saved in separate evidence bags as
hoping to cash-in on a movement inherently good. The big crow soars. And then, it wanes. How will the U.S. look after COVID-19? If the past is anything to go by, we will react by putting on our masks and social distancing, by working and schooling from home, and using enlightened common sense. That is, if we have learned anything from history and experts who know more than we do. The rest of us will be reactionary and refuse to wear masks, we will throw COVID parties and spread the love (and death) around. We will want the kids back in school and the blue collared back in the salt mines and cubicles, if we have learned nothing at all. The USA post COVID-19, therefore, I am resigned to forecast will look much as it did pre-COVID. Some will move forward with care and concern for being better. Others won’t. But to be American is ever to live in hope. Somewhere up high, there’s a nest with an egg in it, incubating an embryonic eagle, slowly and mysteriously taking formidable shape. For us, as the crow flies, change is slow.
the doctor treated my wounds. We then carried along into the most invasive part of the whole procedure. The nurse wheeled a tray of sealed tubes and cotton swabs over to the doctor, who was sitting at the end of my bed. I caught a glance of the tray and saw two vials labeled: genital and rectal. I immediately looked at the ceiling knowing for the second time that day I was about to endure an unwelcome human entering my body within 24 hours. Once the doctor was finished, I had felt like I had been raped for the second time that day. The feeling of being violated began to ease when the nurse explained the several medications available to me prevent STIs (sexually transmitted infections result in sexually transmitted diseases), as well as emergency contraceptive and any other treatment required, free of charge. They cared about my recovery and well-being. Whether or not I wanted to press charges was something I was going to have to decide on my own; but hearing the doctor and nurse tell me they found a significant amount of foreign substances on my body; I felt a weight lift. No matter what choice I made; I was the evidence, and my assailant could no longer deny the truth. I did not choose what happened to me, I did not choose how rape examinations are done: I chose myself. In my years of research and working with survivors, you
often hear that they are too ashamed to have a sexual assault examination. I am here to tell you it is worth it. It gives you back your power over the situation. You become fearless within simply knowing you are believed by someone.
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PostPandemic Life: Are We Ready? BY VALENTINA YANEZ
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“IT IS, WHAT IT IS.”
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Life Before Coronavirus The Good Life? It’s all Gone Now
BY DENNIS DAVIS In February 2020, I enrolled in four courses at Los Angeles City College, and I actually attended class on campus instead of a Zoom video conference. When I needed to study, I went to the library; when I wanted to eat, I stood in line without wearing a mask and ordered a vegetarian burrito. I could go to the financial aid office and ask questions about my Pell Grant and visit a counselor if I had questions about which class to take next.
All of that is gone now. Everything is online, and if you can’t find it online, you are out of luck. I rode my bike on the beach bicycle path, I worked out in the local recreation center gym, and I took walks anywhere I could imagine. I had several favorite restaurants where I could go inside, sit down and order a wonderful meal of Italian, Indian or Mexican food. Waiters would bring hot food to me at my table, and I would eat it before it got cold. All of that is gone now. The gym is closed, the bike path is closed, and the restaurants don’t let you eat inside. If you want food, you order it online, and have it delivered, or go and pick it up. You hope the DoorDash or Uber Eats driver does not snack on your food on the way
to your house, or that the food isn’t cold when it arrives. When one of the kids in my family had a birthday, I would go to a big party at my sister’s house where there would be lots of food, a band and usually over 100 guests. If I wanted to visit a local bar, there were 20 or so just five minutes from my house. One of my favorite things to do is to go to the cinema to see a movie on the big screen, with big loudspeakers in front, on the sides and in the back. All of that is gone now. If I want to watch a movie, it must be on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime, or I don’t see it. I watch it on a small computer screen, as my TV stopped working in August from being on 24/7.
New cinema releases? When the theaters were closed in March, the film production companies in Hollywood stopped releasing new movies, postponing many of them until 2021. New releases are gone now. I used to have photography clients who would email me or call me and ask how much it costs for a headshot or event photoshoot. I could bill them for my time, and have money to buy food, clothes or even a new TV. All of that is gone now Many actors, directors, musicians, artists, photographers and others who work in a “gig economy” have not had any income since March when coronavirus started. Our government is ignoring these people and letting them go hungry or homeless. Corona sucks.
Watch the ‘Leaders’ to Safeguard our Future BY JULIUS KOPAULD It is by no means outlandish to say that young people are the future. We will be the scientists, artists, engineers, thinkers, leaders, and workers that will bring about the major changes of the mid-21st century. This responsibility of shaping the future was thrust upon us, but we still have the privilege of deciding what kind of future it will be. It should come as no surprise that we live in a time marked by corruption, abuse of power, nationalism, and authoritarianism. Our
current political administration has openly demonstrated attempted foreign collusion as well as frightening acts of violence against citizens exercising their constitutional rights. These acts, appalling as they are on their own, are part of a larger, more sinister problem: the encroaching threat of fascism. In 2017, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., had for sale in their gift shop a poster that displayed the warning signs of fascism. Among these signs were continuing nationalism, obsession with national security, protection of corporate power, the identification of an enemy, and obsession with crime and punishment. President Trump has, by way of his rhetoric against immigrants and Black Lives Mat-
ters protesters, and his corporate-friendly economic policy, has exhibited these warning signs throughout his presidency. Even more worrisome, is not his relation to the extrapolated signs of fascism, but his relation to the foundations of the ideology itself. In his 1935 publication of The Doctrine of Fascism, Benito Mussolini outlines the ideology with stress on the importance of tradition, reminiscent of Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, as well as the rejection of pacifism, Marxism, and egalitarianism. President Trump has repeatedly called for violence against his dissidents, encouraging supporters to attack protesters at his rallies. He has also repeatedly attacked Socialism, an ideology closely related to Marxism, in
his State of the Union address last year as well as in his surveys on the matter. As for egalitarianism, Trump has made it clear that he stands against current Civil Rights movements as well as economic justice and wealth redistribution. The most terrifying thing, however, is the leader’s two loves: love of authority and the state over parliamentary processes. The President’s recent dispatch of federal agents in Portland clearly demonstrates a disregard for states’ rights in favor of the absolute power of the executive branch. We must remember that the rise of Fascism did not come overnight, it was allowed to happen by complicity, by people not recognizing the problem. This is a mistake of the past that we, the future, cannot afford to make again.
Some have lost the most important people in their lives. Others have lost their homes and jobs. COVID-19 has changed the world as we know it, and we are still not taking it as seriously as we should. Many wonder what life will be like post-pandemic. There is no answer to that question yet and maybe not for a while. Now our everyday decisions can directly put someone’s life at risk. With 200,000 deaths and counting in the United States alone, there seems to be no end. But what does 200,000 people actually look like? Big numbers make it hard to picture the effect COVID-19 has had on the country and the people in it. Imagine this: 200,000 people amount to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum being completely filled twice and then half again. If this many people have died, why is it hard for some to believe that the virus is real? All over the country, there have been hundreds of videos and photos shared that show people in large gatherings who are not following the safety guidelines. For example: Sunday night in Los Angeles, a band organized a packed, indoor show where people did not wear masks. Attending large gatherings and going back to school campuses are some of the things that can be blamed for the continuous spike in cases. If people do not follow medical professionals’ recommendations, we might not see a post-pandemic life until well into 2021 or after. Health officials including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that wearing masks can help prevent the spread of the virus. Studies have shown that if everyone were to wear a mask and follow other safety guidelines, the number of cases would continuously decline. If everyone followed instructions and our government was more responsible, we would have been done and over with COVID-19. We would currently be much closer, if not already in post-pandemic life, like China or New Zealand. But what will that look like in the U.S.? Can our lives go back to the way they used to be?
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BY WILLIAM B. TORRES AND VALENTINA YANEZ lackpink has proclaimed itself the biggest girl group to come out of South Korea while K-pop grows as a world cultural phenomenon. In less than two years, the quartet has stacked up billions, a stream on YouTube, performed at Coachella, dropped their first full-length album, and produced a documentary on Netflix. Blackpink’s four members are 23-year-old Lisa, 23-year-old Rosé, 24-year-old Jennie and 25-year-old Jisoo. All four ladies radiate beauty, rock the latest fashion, execute intense choreography and breathtaking performances while they rap and sing in tune. Blackpink has all the right ingredients to become super pop stars. YG Entertainment formed Blackpink in 2016. They scouted thousands of teenage girls all over Korea, Thailand and Australia until they signed Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa to the label, according to Mtv.com. Once signed, all four girls left their families’ home to live in a YG Entertainment facility with other artists signed to the label. All YG Entertainment artists are called “trainees.” Group hopefuls who become trainees receive vocal training, singing, dance, acting and English classes seven days a week until the label company feels comfortable releasing their artist to the world, Time.com reported. The girls of Blackpink spent six years as trainees, the Korea Joon Ang Daily, a South Korean newspaper produced in association with the New York Times reported. All the hard work paid off, because Blackpink began to dominate global charts after their debut in Seoul in 2016. Mary Amontos is a public relations major and a senior at Cal State Long Beach. She is a Blackpink fan and says the label did a great job pushing the four girls to perfection. “They have their own unique sound
and they’re also from one of Korea’s most well-known entertainment company [YG Entertainment], so you know they’ve done years of extensive training to get to where they’re at now,” Amontos said. Blackpink has performed to soldout arenas worldwide, including “Wimbledon” in London and the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, AU, according to Music Week Magazine. All the sold-out tours caught America’s attention because Blackpink was invited to perform at the worldfamous festival, Coachella, in 2019. Blackpink was the first K-pop girl group to play the festival. The group earned coveted second-line billing on the Coachella poster that listed their name higher than Anderson Paak, Juice WRLD, Los Tucanes De Tijuana, and several other artists familiar to many Los Angeles listeners. “In 2019, Blackpink’s’ ‘In Your Area Tour’ became the U.S. most successful concert tour by a Korean female group in history,” according to ‘Tour Data’ posted on their official social media page; Facebook. In 2019, BlackPink earned $38,130,043 in the US alone, selling a total of 266,296 tickets at the average price of $143.19 per ticket, according to ‘Tour Data.com.’ With sold-out concerts, it’s no surprise Blackpink has a huge fan base around the world. Blackpink’s fans are known as “Blink.” Audrey Lo, producer and host of “Remote Work Bae” podcast, has been a colossal blink fan since 2018. “What made me a blink was their extremely unique vocal styles that include pop and rap,” Lo said. “In addition to their strong voices, they have impressive performance skills that leave a lasting impression on their fans.” The Blinks have played an enormous role in their success. On YouTube, Blackpink has 44.3 million Blink subscribers, surpassing Ariana Grande, Beyonce, and the mega-popular K-pop boy band, BTS. In June, the video for their first single “How You Like That” set a YouTube record when it was viewed more than
80 million times in 24 hours, LATimes. com reported. They collaborated with many of today’s substantial American artists such as Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, and Cardi B. They’ve amassed billions of streams on Spotify, despite having 15 songs in 2019, according to ‘Elle’ Magazine. On Oct. 2, Black Pink debuted their first full-Length Album called “The Album.” It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with the week’s most significant pure sales, HITS Daily Double reports. The third single, “Lovesick Girls,” released alongside the album, debuted at No. 3 on the global Spotify chart with 4.88 million streams, and its music video already surpassed 100 million YouTube views, ‘Forbes.com’ reported. Lidia Grande-Ruiz is a film major at Humboldt State University. She believes Blackpink has already made it big in America.
“They are already dominating the Asian music market, so I have no doubt they will blow up in America,” GrandeRuiz said. “They are already big, but I have no doubt they will get bigger. This is the beginning.” You would think Blackpink would take a break from their momentum success, but no. On Sept. 6, Netflix announced their first K-pop documentary based on the popular K-pop group called “Light Up the Sky.” The Documentary premiered Oct.14 on the popular streaming service, just two weeks after a successful album debut. To celebrate the film, which marks Netflix’s first K-pop doc, the streamer will also make the four members of Blackpink — Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé — into Netflix profile icons, “Entertainment Weekly” reported. Bekuh Boom, an L.A.-based songwriter and frequent Blackpink
collaborator says she thinks the world of Blackpink during an interview with ‘Elle’ magazine. “[Rosé, Jennie, Jisoo, and Lisa] are going to set the standard for the new girl group in America.” Boom said on Elle. “We haven’t had anyone like them since Destiny’s Child.” If Angelinos aren’t acquainted with Blackpink by now, that’s likely to change. With the group conquering the U.S. charts faster than any female K-pop act in history, Blackpink has the potential to become one of the country’s biggest girl groups since Destiny’s Child, period. PHOTOS COURTESY OF YOUTUBE (Top) Blackpink performs at Coachella in 2019. The group was a headliner during the popular music festival on Friday evenings. (Bottom) Blackpink’s hit single “How You Like That,” is the first release from their debut full-length album, “The Album,” which was released on Oct. 2. More than 1.64 million fans viewed the single on Friday, Sept. 22. It has been downloaded more than 50 million times, so far.
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Production designer Akin McKenzie has worked on Netflix’s “When They See Us,” created by filmmaker Ava DuVernay and on two music videos produced by rap mogul Jay Z. McKenzie is currently working on the $183 million Warner Brothers’ live-animated sequel to “Space Jam,” that will be released next year entitled “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” “A designer does all physical aspects of the film, aside from lighting,” McKenzie said. Art directors work with producers, directors and production designers to produce a creative vision. Art director Miles Michael, whose work includes “The Old Man and the Gun,” and working with Marvel’s Anthony and Joe Russo in “Cherry,” also participated in the Zoom panel. The art director brings a designer’s vision to life according to the panelists. The panelists also offered advice and encouragement to students who would like to work in the industry. “Make yourself indispensable,” Healy said. The guest speakers also agreed that starting small, by going to local film festivals is a good exposure to the industry and added that getting your foot in the door is probably the hardest part. “Your hard work does not go unnoticed even if it feels like it does,” Michael said. A recording of the panel will be made available by the LACC Foundation to all students on the college website. “This panel series will inform students to the jobs available in the Art Department, connect students directly to professionals currently working in the field, and discuss how to break into the Art Department to work in the movie industry,” professor Khanna said.
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FROM “BALLOT DROP BOX” PAGE 1
Voters Find More Options at Polls This Election L.A. Metro will be placing 19 drop boxes at their bus and rail stations and providing free rides on election day. “From free rides on election day to new places to drop off a ballot, Metro is doing its part to make sure nothing stands between Angelenos and their ability to vote,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti who also serves as Metro Board Chair. This election cycle, voters have more options than ever before. They can vote by mail; use drop boxes or go to the polls in person.
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Center Seeks Equality for All not who Ben Crump is,” Day said. “He is a man of his word.” The college announced the launch of the Race, Equity and Social Justice Center in June, when center organizers arranged for Dyson to speak at the convocation. That same day, the college selected members for the center’s steering committee. LACC President Mary Gallagher initiated the conversations to found a center at the end of May, following the national protests against police brutality. “I start listening and reading and learning,” Gallagher said. “Mostly, I was listening. We decided to look for an equity group together. We’d already been working on some things; it just hadn’t been happening fast.” Day says Gallagher was instrumental in putting the center together. “After Mr. Floyd’s death, the president made a bold statement and commitment,” Day said. “She joined with forces around the world and said we must address race equity and social justice, starting right here at Los Angeles City College.” Gallagher says to endow the center and “make it meaningful” the college will probably need $10 million. Much of the funding will come from the college’s nonprofit, the LACC Foundation. The center has a list of goals to improve equitable treatment of
all groups at the college. “As our faculty members pointed out diversity does not mean equity,” Gallagher said. “Doing something about it is my job.” Center organizers plan to hire more African American counselors and faculty at LACC. Day says the center would fund student and faculty research and compose a reading list on issues of race and social justice. “These great conversations shape future leaders,” Crump said in the Zoom meeting. Like Dyson, Crump said the protests against police brutality that persisted through the summer are the result of centuries of oppression. “While most Americans are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Americans are dealing with the COVID 1619 pandemic,” Crump said in reference to the arrival of slaves in the American colonies that year. One of the obstacles Crump noted to a more equitable society, is rooted in historical discrimination and enshrined in U.S. law. “In law school they indoctrinate you with precedence: ‘precedence precedence precedence,’” Crump said. “... I think about how we could overcome slavery, overcome the Dred Scott decision, overcome separate but equal, Plessy v. Ferguson, overcome Jim Crow. No matter what they throw at us today, we’re going to be able to
overcome.” Gallagher says she hopes the social justice center will make the college known for its welcoming environment. Her office is looking for a permanent place on campus. “What I fundamentally want to do is make sure our students, faculty and staff feel they belong,” Gallagher said. “Our community belongs at our college. I want them to feel they belong. And if they don’t feel they belong, I believe we have failed.” The center will offer course work in social justice, ethnic studies, as well as internships at organizations that support social justice. “I’m not going to talk about this anymore,” Gallagher said. “I am going to take decisive action.” Crump noted that as education transitions online, young people of color and those from impoverished backgrounds face stark challenges to their education. “A lot of schools didn’t have laptops for children,” Crump said. “That digital divide and economic divide is getting bigger than ever.” The attorney said ongoing protests are the most effective steps young people can take to prevent racial inequity. “Refuse to remain silent, and don’t ever become a well-behaved victim,” Crump said.
FROM “ARMENIANS” PAGE 1
Conflict Rises After the Soviet Collapse public affairs organization works to educate and address areas of concern for the Armenian community. “The Armenian people have only ever wanted the right to live peacefully in the lands they’ve inhabited for thousands of years-- these are our indigenous lands,” said Alex Galitsky from ANCA Western Region. “Artsakh is culturally, politically, historically, and religiously, an Armenian region. It’s been a bastion of Armenian civilization for thousands of years.” The Collegian contacted several members of L.A.’s and greater California’s Azerbaijani community repeatedly, including Nasimi Aghayev, to lend the Azerbaijani side a balanced representation. No one responded to those requests. Shortly after the attack, Armenia mobilized its forces and vowed to defend its people in the long-disputed, majority ethnic-Armenian enclave of 150,000 people who live within Azerbaijan’s borders. Azerbaijan answered. According to News.AZ, an Englishlanguage source headquartered in Baku, Azerbaijan says it was attacked first and likewise promised a counterattack. The ensuing political war of words accompanies an escalating volley of intense skirmishes that continues. The conflict is not new. It dates back to 1991, when NagornoKarabagh was an Armeniancontrolled region inside the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan according to the Washington Post. The history and cultural importance of Armenia is not lost on the campus of L.A. City
College where President Mary Gallagher issued a statement about the conflict on Oct. 1. “Since the fighting started on Sunday, [Sept. 27], Turkey has declared its unconditional support to Azerbaijan,” Gallagher wrote in her statement. “As we speak, many Armenians who immigrated to the U.S. are leaving their homes to return to Armenia to help with the conflict to protect their homeland … LACC fully supports our Armenian community in this time of conflict.” The current conflict originated in the sudden collapse of the USSR, when the framework of enforced comradeships dissolved, giving way to a vacuum in which newly freed republics scrambled to remake themselves. Armenia allied itself with Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh and, to a certain extent, Russia, whereas Azerbaijan invited Turkey’s kinship, and lurched toward what would become a relationship of shared animus of a common foe in which Armenian Genocide denial would become a shared core tenet. Three months ago, Azerbaijan threatened destruction of Armenia’s sole nuclear power plant, which supplies 40% of that country’s electricity according to David Hambling, of Forbes. Social media becomes new battleground What changed in the recent spate of attacks was the formidable, ancillary use of social media by either side, in both defensive and offensive capacities. The opposing sides storm popular platforms— including Twitter and Facebook. Opposing sides have been able to
inform and refute in near realtime. They even go so far as to ring the alarm at major news outlets, many of whom have plucked their headlines directly from at times dubious sources. In the case of Azerbaijan, Buzzfeed News reported that a former Facebook staffer broke rank and blew the whistle on a protracted effort by “fake newsers” from that country and others to affect the outcomes of wholesale geopolitical issues the world over. For her trouble, Sophie Zhang was ultimately terminated. Members of the Armenian community protested in Glendale and Burbank on Oct. 5 to call attention to the violence in Azerbaijan and to demand action from the U.S. government. Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian called for immediate engagement by Washington to end the violence, according to a report on NBC 4. Gayane K. marches with others and urges world leaders to recognize Artsakh as a free and independent nation. “The Armenian people gather on these streets imploring people and the press to take notice of the humanitarian crisis currently taking place in the Caucasus,” she said. “A war is being waged against the peaceful Armenian population of Artsakh. Azerbaijan, heavily backed by Turkey … are determined to destroy or expel Armenians from their indigenous land, committing yet another genocide of the Armenian people.” Gayane K. warns that without a peaceful solution, the conflict could unfold into something much bigger that cannot be ignored.
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Police Find Dead Body at Hollywood Majestic Theater By Cashia Kirksey L.A. County Sheriffs are investigating the death of a man whose body was found last month at the intersection of Melrose and Heliotrope. Los Angeles Sheriff ’s Deputy Victor Tiscareno responded to a call about a dead body at the Hollywood Majestic Theater on Sept. 22. Foul play is not suspected in this case, according to Deputy Tiscareno, and the dead man has not been identified. The East Hollywood area has battled rising numbers of crime, poverty and homelessness. Residents in the area are not shocked at the fact that a body was found in their neighborhood.
East Hollywood resident Brandon Mitchell says he has lived in the area for about 30 years. Mitchell along with many of his friends represent the homeless population in and around the LACC area. “I haven’t heard anything about a dead body being found, but I’m not shocked,” Mitchell said. “A lot of us are homeless, we eat what we can eat and sleep where we can sleep, it’s just a part of life.” The Hollywood Majestic is a theater in the East Hollywood area. It has been closed since mid-April when theater management canceled performances of “Beauty and the Beast” because of COVID-19 concerns.
FROM “ALCOHOL SALES” PAGE 1
Alcohol Sales Rise Nelms is a mother of three, who says she finds herself drinking more than she ever did before the pandemic. “Once I’m done with my work and my kids are done with their virtual learning for the day, the only thing I want to do is sit back and have a drink,” Nelms said. Nelms struggles with working from home while homeschooling her three young children. A lot of work is being done at home because of the pandemic. Schools are shut down and students are learning at home. Many employers laid off workers, decreased hours of operation, or moved employees’ work home. Thanks to the pandemic, people have a lot of free time to indulge hobbies or turn to vice. Some may be overwhelmed by the economy. Others face the sickness or the death of loved ones and may choose to escape their trouble with a drink. One survey by Triangle Business Journal reported alcohol consumption on the rise across the nation. Another Neilson report from May 6 sparked an increase in alcohol sales and consumption. In her May 26 New York Times article “Could All Those ‘Quarantinis’ Lead to Drinking Problems?” Maria Cramer wrote about the risks of pandemic drinking. “But addiction experts say they are worried it could also trigger more serious drinking problems and even create new ones for people who have never struggled with alcohol dependency before,” Cramer wrote. The U.S. Surgeon General recommends women limit themselves to one drink per day and men two. Since March, people are consuming more alcohol than they did over the same period last year, the Triangle Business Survey documented. People like Nelms are drinking more alcohol and doing it more often. “I know I’m drinking way more than I ever have, and I know I need to slow down, but drinking is
my only escape right now,” Nelms said. In the Triangle Business Journal, Seth Gulledge reported an increase of alcohol consumption in adults in his July 20 article, “Pandemic drives up alcohol use across America, RTI survey finds.” The results of the survey showed that 27% of respondents increased the number of “more than usual” drinking days with an additional 4.5 drinks. Because of California’s “stay at home” orders, most restaurants and bars are closed indefinitely. Despite the closures, alcohol consumption is up. Alcohol, beer, and wine sales have increased during this pandemic, a Nielson report found. PBS SOCAL’s Larry Altman reported an increase of alcohol sales since April in, “Alcohol Sales, Especially Online, Shoot Up During Stay-At-Home Orders; Will it Last?” “The Nielsen research company found alcoholic beverage sales for the week ending March 21, right after the initial stay-at-home orders went into effect, rose 55% as Americans stocked up. The company reported wine sales increasing 66%, beer 42%, and spirits 75%,” Altman wrote. Nielsen found despite bar closures in the lockdown, people are ordering from online sources and even stocking up. They reported online sales of alcohol shot up 339% and brick-and-mortar alcohol sales went up 41% by May 9. A lot of people like Brianna Nelms are stuck at home with nothing better to do than to drink. The pressure of living life during this pandemic is causing people to consume an increasing amount of alcohol. The outcome of alcohol consumption may be beneficial for the industries of wine, beer, and spirits, but not everyday people who are drinking it. “The amount of money I’m spending on liquor is my biggest issue,” Nelms said. “I’m spending double the money I normally would.”
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he NBA has a new champion. LeBron James led the Los Angeles Lakers to their 17th title, the first one in 10 years, and the first since Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this year. This win makes James a four-time NBA Champion. One basketball player said, “LeBron James is on basketball’s Mount Rushmore.” Lakers went for the crown and beat the Miami Heat in six games.
It did not seem like it would even get this far. The NBA stopped play back in early March when a player for the Utah Jazz was infected with coronavirus. Back then, playing the season seemed like a fantasy. So, the league commissioner Adam Silver decided to bring the season to ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World in Orlando, FL. The league started up again in the NBA Bubble. All players, coaches and staff had to quarantine before entering. Everyone got tested regularly. The isolation of being stuck in the bubble started getting to the players, even LeBron, who was crowned the NBA Championship MVP.
Silver said the bubble did work. “We’ve had zero cases among players, among team staff working on campus,” Silver said. “This program is working.” That is what got them to the playoffs. The Lakers were heavily favored over the Miami Heat. But the Heat star player Jimmy Butler did not make it easy. The Heat suffered some injuries and that helped the Lakers win the championship. “We just want our respect,” LeBron said. “Our organization wants their respect. Laker nation wants their respect. I want my damn respect too.”
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BY NELSON CRUZ
Clayton Kershaw and Joe Kelly, are needed to put the Braves away. It’s starting to smell like postseason baseball in The Braves have just scored one less run than L.A. again. the Dodgers this season, according to MLB. The Dodgers come off back-to-back sweeps com. It’s pretty fair to say they are matched up in against the Milwaukee Brewers and the San offense. The Braves present an offense threat with Diego Padres. The Dodgers have advanced to the the duo of Freddie Freeman and Ronald Acuna National Championship League Series against Jr. They also have the young pitching tandem the Atlanta Braves. of Max Fried and Ian Anderson. Braves have to Game three of the series against the Padres come out hitting to beat this Dodgers team. really flexed the Dodgers’ depth. This series will be home of the two top According to ESPN senior writer Bradford offensive teams of the league according to MLB. Doolittle, the Dodgers have a deep and powerful com. lineup. The Dodgers have their eighth straight Mookie Betts brings up the depth the Dodgers division title and made it to the World Series two have throughout their team consecutive times, according to MLB.com. But “Throughout the whole organization we have they have not won a World Series since 1988. talent,” Betts said. “ … We are just constantly The Braves have not won a World Series since bringing up guys throwing 100.” 1995, according to MLB.com. It is going to be The Dodgers’ talent from the hitters like Justin very interesting watching two of the top offenses Turner and Joc Pederson, to the pitchers like going at it to advance to the World Series.
As the world goes through a difficult time with a global pandemic, it is not the only important issue we’ve faced this year. Unfortunately, we are in a time where some people still use hate speech. On Sept. 30, the Phoenix Rising FC faced San Diego SC in a regular season match for the USL, United Soccer League. During the match, forward Junior Flemmings was allegedly heard saying homophobic slurs to an openly gay San Diego SC player, Collin Martin. After the incident occurred San Diego SC decided to walk off the field and forfeit the match during halftime. San Diego was leading 3-1 before they left. They sacrificed points that would have kept them in the playoff race. San Diego is currently in second to last place in their group with 23 points. They would have to catch up with LA Galaxy II, which has 26 points Rick Schantz, coach for the Phoenix Rising FC, commented at the time by saying it’s just competition. The team placed both Rick Schantz and the player accused of making the slur, Junior Flemmings
on administrative leave. Phoenix Rising FC released a statement on their decision. “Phoenix Rising midfielder Junior Flemmings will be taking an administrative leave,” they said. “Additionally, and unrelated to USL’s investigation, head coach Rick Schantz will also be taking administrative leave.” The next morning, Collin Martin came out with a statement about the incident. Martin’s statement went into detail about the slur that was uttered. “In last night’s game against Phoenix Rising, an exchange between Junior Flemmings and myself escalated,” he said. “To the point of him calling me a “B**i B*y,” which is a homophobic slur that can be translated to “f*gg*t.”” Shortly after the statement was released, San Diego SC decided to forfeit their match against Phoenix Rising FC to show they will not tolerate slurs on the pitch. Head coach for San Diego, Landon Donovan addressed the issue. “We made a vow to ourselves, to our community, to our players, to our club, and USL,” Donovan said. “We would not stand for bigotry and homophobic slurs. Things that
don’t belong in our game.” The team made it clear they weren’t going to tolerate such behavior with forfeiting the match. This year has been difficult for many people for many different reasons. We are going through a global pandemic that is killing thousands a day. There is proof we are still dealing with racism in our country. Not only is it sad that we have slurs used in today’s world, but also in sports leagues. The San Diego SC experienced hate speech directed at their openly gay player. They made the best decision they could at the moment. That was to leave the game. The team sacrificed three points by leaving. The USL should give the forfeit to Phoenix instead of San Diego. They were leading the game and still forfeited. Rick Schantz mentioned that it was because of competition. The usage of slurs should not be tolerated at any time. There should not be any way that a team provides cover for someone using homophobic slurs whether it be on the pitch or elsewhere. Phoenix Rising is now being investigated by the USL. The league is interviewing all players, as it should.