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Victim eludes robbery attempt
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The south entrance to the LMC Lake via the Delta De Anza Trail where the student was attacked.
MESA student events If you are a MESA student, The Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement Program will have two events in Oct. you might be interested in. Q A UC Davis Pre-Med conference will be held Saturday Oct. 12 and Sunday, Oct.13. Q The MESA Student Leadership Conference will be held in San Diego Friday, Oct.18 and Saturday, Oct.19. For more information about these opportunities, contact Carol Hernandez who coordinates the MESA Program at 4392181 Ext. 3437, or email her at cahernandez@ losmedanos.edu.
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Attacker knocked out, gone when police arrived By PETER COSTANZA
pcostanza@lmcexperience.com
An LMC student successfully fought off a wouldbe mugger at the south end of campus near the De Anza trail, mid-morning Sept. 23. The student, who will be referred to as John Doe, asked not to be identified due to the possibility of retaliation. “A typical morning… walking to school, nothing out of the ordinary,” said Doe. “I was just minding my own business, then I feel someone put their arm around me.” Doe said he then turned around after throwing the perpetrator’s arm off, and was confronted by an African American male in his late teens to early 20’s, who demanded his belongings. Upon refusing, Doe found himself in a fist fight that ended with the assailant unconscious and unresponsive. After being slapped and grazed by a punch, Doe said he defended himself by throwing a punch that leveled his attacker and proceeded to hit him two more times as he lay on the ground. Realizing he
was unconscious, he then tried to help his attacker. “I felt really bad, I got off and I didn’t know what to do, so I tried waking him up a little bit. He wasn’t waking up, so I immediately called for help,” said Doe. After dialing the music department on his cell phone and not getting anyone on the phone, Doe ran to campus and notified a student assistant who then called Police Services. Doe returned to the scene with a friend to check up on the attacker but found the assailant was gone. “At this point and time we don’t have any names, we don’t have any true identification other than the basic description that was relayed to us from the actual victim,” said Lt. Ryan Huddleston. The mugger was reportedly wearing a gray Pittsburg High School sweatshirt, black pants, grey and black Jordan shoes and had a shaved head with no facial hair. “That is an area … we like to patrol frequently just because it is a little bit isolated and separate
from the main college campus, so it’s a part of our daily patrols anyway,” Huddleston said adding he has asked his staff to increase patrols of the area. Doe said this was the third time he had been assaulted on or near LMC campus, and it happens more than people think, but the victims are often too scared to come forward because of possible retaliation from their attackers. According to LMC’s Crime Awareness Report there has only been one reported robbery since 2011. If you have any information or questions about this case, or any other cases, contact Police Services at 439-1505 ext. 3228. You can also reach Police Services by dialing ext. 3228 from any campus phone. If you or someone you know has been victimized by strong-armed robbery and would like to share your story, contact the Experience at ext. 3357, or stop by the Journalism Lab in the College Complex, Room CC3-301.
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Opening night nears The LMC Drama Department presents Fences. The play is set to open Oct. 10 and run through Oct. 21. For more information call the box office at 439-2181 Ext. 805
Supports new software By RATTANA KIM
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Conference canceled
The Fighting in the Fight against Breast Cancer Conference scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 12 has been canceled. LMCAS continues to support the creation of scholarships for breast cancer survivors. For more information, contact Demetria Lawrence at dlawrence@ losmedanos.edu.
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The LMC Concert Band plays the national anthem before a packed house at the Oakland A’s vs. Minnesota Twins game Sept. 20.
Band brings their ‘A’ game LMC performs anthem at second major league venue By STEVEN LUKE
sluke@lmcexperience.com
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Attendance at the O.co Coliseum picks up when the Oakland Athletics are amidst a pennant race, but when they hold an event like Star Wars fireworks night the stadium gets packed with 36,000 plus. That is what the LMC Band performed the national anthem in front of Sept. 20. For the LMC Band, this wasn’t the first time they’ve played in front of a crowd like this. In fact, the reason they were invited to play for the Oakland A’s is because of their previous performance at AT&T Park as the Giants took on these very A’s last May. The Giants performance was a result of a performance of a whole different kind. Dr. Jonathan Knight has been the director of the LMC Band since 2008, but it was his wife’s experience with the
Giants that got them the performance. “My wife is an elementary school music teacher, and she got her kids to sing the anthem for the Giants,” Knight said. “I was just jealous and thought, we ought to be able to do it too.” From there Knight contacted the Giants and initially could not find a spot, but a last minute cancelation got them in. The A’s enjoyed the performance so much they asked them to perform across the bay as well. Knight wanted these performances, not just out of jealousy, but because it is great for the program. When they do a performance like this the band invites alumni and local high school band members to join in, making it a bit of a reunion as well as a chance to recruit high school students. It is not just a great opportunity for recruiting and getting alumni together. It is a great opportunity for current students to get experience in front of big crowds. Fernando Lozano played the cymbals in the performance at O.co Coliseum, and was also a part of the performance at AT&T Park. Even though it was his second time in front of a crowd like that, he was still a little nervous. “I always have a little jitters when
performing, but it all goes away once we start playing,” he said. Jitters are understandable when you are performing in front of 36,000 plus, but the performance went off without a hitch. Trumpet player Schyler Bryan credits the A’s with the ease of the performance. “The A’s were pretty organized, and had us ready and waiting,” he said. Lozano shared the same sentiment. “It was just as simple as remembering your spot you were assigned, and then playing,” he said. Knight also thought the performance was the easy part for the band. For him the hardest part of the whole thing was selling the block of tickets they were given for fundraising. “Musically it’s not that big of a deal,” he said. “It was more of a challenge for us really to set everything up in terms of getting the tickets all sold.” With that out of the way it was all about the performance, and when they finished, they marched off of the field without issue to the sound of roaring applause. The A’s went on to beat the Twins 11-0 in the game, continuing their march into the postseason, much like the LMC Band will continue to march on into the future.
The InSite Portal received an upgrade from the district office’s I.T. Department. Last weekend, from Friday Sept. 27 to Monday Sept. 30, InSite Portal and WebAdvisor were unavailable due to the scheduled upgrades. According to an email sent out to all employees districtwide from Daniel Abbott, Director of Administrative Information Systems, InSite Portal is now supported by the current version of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and the latest release of the portal application 3.6 by Ellucian. WebAdvisor is now more integrated with InSite Portal but this is only the first step towards full integration. In addition, new hardware and vir tual ser vers have been installed to operate InSite. The upgrade had essentially been planned for several years. “An upgrade of SharePoint was released by Microsoft, and a corresponding upgrade of the portal application itself by the company it was purchased from,” he said. “The upgrade required a full migration of the InSite Portal and its content, which takes some time and effort to accomplish so we’ve been planning this upgrade for years.” Although some of the SharePoint components will function more efficiently than others, there is no guarantee See INSITE, page 6