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“Queer: The Now” is currently open in the Art Gallery located in the Library — page 4

The Mustangs prevail against the Contra Costa Comets to win share of conference title — page 6

Men’s basketball preps for the upcoming season starting Jan. 2 at home against Mendocino College — page 7

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LMCAS treasurer resigns

Canceled conference cause of leave

By HERMAN STAMPLEY III hstampley@lmcexperience.com

It wasn’t business as usual Nov. 18 when Los Medanos College Associated Students Treasurer Rossana Clark resigned unexpectedly during the weekly meeting.

The members were progressing normally through the agenda and Clark was in the midst of reporting details of a meeting she had recently attended at Diablo Valley College. She spoke briefly, took a breath, paused in between sentences, then stated loudly “I resign.”

Clark slid a paper across the table and added, “This is my letter of resignation.”

The room went silent for a moment while everyone looked around at each other to

process what had just happened.

Then the LMCAS President Briana Klipp took control of the room and broke the silence by moving onto the next agenda item.

In an interview after the meeting, Clark explained she made her decision following her unhappiness with the LMCAS decision earlier this semester to cancel the Breast Cancer Awareness Conference that had been planned for Oct. 12.

“I had no more joy working on it. A lot of work went into this and it didn’t happen,” she said. “The senate didn’t work during the summer, I did ... I couldn’t deal with it.”

Klipp declined requests for direct

comments about the resignation, but simply stated, “She had her own issues.”

According to an article in the Nov. 1 edition of the Experience, the Breast Cancer Awareness Conference was canceled due to a lack of student interest. There was a difference of opinion among members of LMCAS. While some claimed not enough had signed up, others said enough paper applications had been turned in by the deadline but had simply not been input in time for the official tally.

Ultimately Klipp and the majority of the LMCAS decided to cancel the event, which Clark had persistent misgivings about. This contributed to her stepping See LMCAS, page 8

“I had no more joy working on it.”

— Rosanna Clark

A shining performance

Study slam session The Center for Academic Support is a great place for students seeking help with their classes.

Located on the third floor of the Core Building, it is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Thursday, Dec. 5, the center will extend their closing time to 9 p.m. for a ‘Study Slam.’ You don’t need an appointment to utilize the center. Students can find tutors and one-on-one help in a relaxing environment.

Orchestral performance LMC Concert Band Director Dr. Jonathan Knight will be the featured soloist in the upcoming Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra Concert set, Nov. 23 and 24. The performance on the 23rd is in the Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 to $10 at the door. The performance on the 24th is at the Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for seniors and $10 for youth at the door. You can also purchase tickets or get more information by phone at 943-7467. The show is in partnership with Saint Mary’s College of California, Performing Arts Department

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Anton, played by Federico Bartolo, gives a heartfelt monologue during a dress rehearshal of the LMC Drama Department’s “The Government Inspector.” Will Pinnell (Ivan), Tiffanie Moore (Alina), Kristina Cruz (Anna) and TJ Spadini (The Doctor) listen intently in the background. The play runs until Nov. 25. See full story, page 5.

Paving career paths

Mustangs win, denied bowl bid

Tiebreaker determined outcome

By LUKE JOHNSON

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Students Ashley Sandoval, Kalee Kennedy and Chloe Cooper learn about careers in art.

According to California Community College Athletic Association rules, in the act of a three-way tie for first place in a football conference, the winner in the power rankings gets to advance to a bowl game.

In the Bay Valley Conference Los Medanos (7-3), Contra Costa (7-3) and Shasta (6-4) all finished with a 4-1

into groups depending on the career interests of the students. Groups included, but weren’t limited to: public health, graphic design, music therapy, neo-natal nursing and art majors.

Each student or group of students was tasked with researching their chosen field and to create a poster. Along with the poster, they were to give out fliers or brochures detailing what they’re lives would be like were they to be ideally employed.

Items on the flier that help

LMC players celebrate after their win in Contra Costa Friday over the Comets.

Fair informs students

By JOSEPH DELANO

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Approximately 60 students from the LMC Transfer Academy set up shop in the indoor quad on last Tuesday to put on their first Major Career Fair.

The fair was the product of a month-long research project conducted by the ACS-10 class. The ACS, Academic Career Success classes are part of the Transfer Academy at LMC. The event, held in the mid-morning, was aimed towards helping students to realize what would need to be done to succeed in a chosen career.

Co-instructors Rosa Armendariz and Dr. Michael Cross split the students

division record and are all co-conference Champions.

Shasta beat LMC, CCC beat Shasta, and LMC beat CCC in the final game of the regular season to even up the score between the three.

Power rankings are calculated mathematically, similar to the BCS system in Division I College football. The results of the ranks strongly depend on the individual team’s schedule

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to illustrate the particulars of the job include: salary, what level of education is needed, different types of levels in the job, links to more resources online and what colleges are offering these tracks to a sought of career.

Also on the fliers was a short description of their career.

Student Danielle Brophy wishes to be involved in the graphic design field in the near futures. Dressed sharply, she coolly and confidently See FAIR, page 8

See BOWL, page 8

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Show more diversity on TV

LMC needs more security

As an avid fan of television I watch my favorite programs as often as my busy school and work schedule will allow. From comedies to drama, action to romance I watch a lot, probably a lot more than I should, but no one is perfect.

While watching TV recently, it struck me that there is a huge problem with primetime television. There is a strong lack of diversity.

Entertainers of color are present on the small screen, however the vast majority do not hold their own shows; they are subject to bit parts in an otherwise all-white cast.

Not only are the ethnic actors underrated and underused but they are also being represented poorly during the pivotal hours of television.

And I’m still shocked to find that size is still an issue, as there are little-to-no overweight actors sharing their talent.

Am I to believe that during the whole primetime block the characters of the television shows we all love so dearly all look the same?

All people know and are friendly with only one ethnic person? That being on the heavier side of life is unheard of? I refuse to accept that. Television should reflect the society more accurately as a whole, not in selected parts.

Daytime television has made strides and even successes in this area, with Queen Latifah, Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey, Michael Strahan and others leading plum shows and acquiring mass audiences.

However when night comes much of this cultural flavor diminishes. Only a select few network series-including ABC’s “Scandal”, starring African American actress Kerry Washington; Fox’s “The Mindy Project” with Indian American actress Mindy Kaling; and CBS’ “Elementary” with Asian American actress Lucy Liu-feature minorities in lead roles.

Only two major networks feature overweight leads, ABC’s “Super Fun Night” starring Rebel Wilson, and CBS’ “Mike and Molly” with Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell are the only three stars who represent the overweight set.

“There’s a lot more at stake in prime time, with productions that involve large casts, a slew of writers and technicians,” said Darnell Hunt, head of the Ralph J. Bunche center for the African American Studies at UCLA, who is conducting an analysis of the diversity of casts on cable and network series, in a Los Angeles Times article.

He added that television executives develop shows with an eye towards an international market, and worry that foreign buyers might be hesitant to buy a show with an ethnic lead.

“Looking for the broadest appeal possible,” Hunt said, “network executives almost always favor white leads for primetime shows.”

I find this information unsettling, the world is not black and white, it is a melting pot of interesting and different characters.

There’s no reason why people of color can’t hold stronger story lines, whether they are a central character or a part of an ensemble cast, the opportunity for growth needs to be given.

The same should be said for heavier actors, the shows main purpose should be delivering a solid story arc, however the scripts obnoxious comments about the characters weight becomes the focus.

Instead of creating character development, overweight actors are faced with becoming the joke of their own show.

The entertainment that viewers consume are heavy influences, with this in mind, it’s surprising that the material given to audiences is so archaic.

Society is diverse and it’s time that primetime television makes a change to reflect society in a real way.

Los Medanos College needs to have security in the back parking lots throughout the whole school day. I have been attending LMC for four semesters, and I have only seen police in the back parking lots sporadically.

Although closed off by a wire fence, the back lots, are still easily accessible to the public. This ultimately can lead to the endangerment of LMC students. People can easily go onto the campus through the trail entrances.

Sooner or later, this can lead to a breakin of any of the students’ cars or a possible assault of an LMC student.

Fear has only been rekindled in the minds of some students with the recent attempted robbery that occurred on the trail near LMC’s back entrance beyond Lot C. Although the victim got away from his attacker, the attacker also got away before any authorities arrived.

We have to ask ourselves, if there had been a police officer or security guard patrolling in the back of the campus would an incident like this occur in broad daylight.

While talking with LMC student Angie Templeton about the issue, she said she is very cautious when returning to her car in Lot C. “I keep a close eye out for anything or anybody that looks strange,” she said. Templeton also agreed that even though nothing bad has happened to her in the back parking lots so far, it would still be reassuring to see a security guard or police officer keeping an eye out for students’ safety.

“Having someone back there at all times could prevent someone from trying to break into a car or rob someone walking,” she said.

Since the parking lots fill up so fast, many students have to park in the back parking lots and sometimes even alongside the perimeter road.

Other students without cars have to walk through trails that lead into the back parking lots on their way to classes.

According to the website nces.edu.gov, in 2011 burglary and motor vehicle theft were the highest ranked criminal offenses on the Los Medanos College campus.

In 2005 there were five burglaries but no vehicle thefts. In 2010, there were six burglaries and two motor vehicle thefts, and by 2011 burglaries had doubled to 12 and motor vehicle theft had also shot up to 12 on the LMC campus. Burglaries and motor vehicle theft are rising in numbers year after year.

As students, we can only do so much to protect ourselves on campus. We cannot carry any kind of weapon for protection so keeping someone constantly patrolling the area or just standing back there can be very reassuring for students.

We should feel safe at school and not be afraid of criminal activities such as being robbed.

The rising statistics of robbery and car theft incidents on the LMC campus make it clear that we students need a little more protection.

If we had at least one form of protective authority assigned to remain in the more isolated areas of the school, such as the parking Lot C, it could help prevent future burglaries or car thefts.

Students have many things on their minds during their school day — homework, classes, jobs — and they often forget to keep a close eye out for their surroundings.

There should be security in the back parking lots whenever the college is open to help prevent any dangerous issues from occurring.

With a little help more help from campus police students would worry less and remain safer.

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LMC deserves a bowl game

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t is pathetic and a joke that the Los Medanos College football team did not qualify for a bowl game, but Contra Costa College did, despite the fact they had identical records, along with LMC beating CCC on the Comets home turf for the final regular season game. In addition LMC shared the Bay Valley Conference title with CCC as well as Shasta College, even though it had a better overall record than Shasta and beat CCC. According to the power rankings, CCC finished ahead of LMC, which is why they get to play in a bowl game. However, there are certain things that the computer generated power ranking cannot factor in.

First of all, in the regular season LMC beat CCC, CCC beat Shasta, but Shasta beat LMC just to make things confusing. What the computer does not compute home field advantage.

The lone conference loss for LMC came on the road after a four-hour drive to Shasta. Both CCC and Shasta’s losses came at home- a place where they have more of their own fans and have much less travel.

Another factor that the computer does not generate is the hotness of a team. By that, that means how a team finishes a season. LMC finished hot with four straight wins to close out the season and as mentioned before, beat CCC who is supposedly “better” than Los Medanos.

It’s not like LMC finished with a worse record then CCC, they both finished 7-3, but since Contra Costa was thought to have a tougher schedule they get the glory.

Look at the 2012 Los Angeles Kings, the 2007 New York Giants, and the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals. All three franchises started off poorly, but got hot in the end and finished champions in their perspective sport. While college football doesn’t have a playoff system like that, the point is that often times teams will be much better as the season goes on then at the beginning. That being said LMC once was 1-2, but rebounded strongly and won six of its last seven games.

LMC is well deserving of a bowl game, and even Shasta who lit up the scoreboard almost every game is as well. A simple solution is to simply have more bowl games for deserving teams. One may think that it will dilute the talent of teams who make bowl games, but in reality it will give deserving teams a shot to prove their worthiness. If a team is good enough to split a conference championship, then they are definitely worthy of a bowl game.

Saving the young people matters Sometimes I wonder if the value of life is worth anything today. Someone’s child has been shot down like an animal. I know that young people are involving themselves in situations that could cause them to lose their lives, and be taken from this earth so early in life.

I feel so bad about the young boy that was shot and killed by a Santa Rosa off-duty policeman. Its looks like another George Zimmerman and Travyon Martin case, no gun control. I sympathize with the people who are marching for gun control there in Santa Rosa, because there was no reason for this child had to be shot seven times.

The police don’t even shoot at an adult that many times unless there are two or more officers involved.

This child was only 13, with much more life to live and so did Trayvon Martin. I have a grandson who is 12 years old, that’s why it hits so close to home.

We cannot judge this policeman too hard because the boy was carrying a fake gun that looked real and he had to know the consequences of the situation if the police spotted him walking around carrying a gun. Real or fake, I still feel that he didn’t have to shoot him so many times.

I think about the young children who have died in Oakland because of the lack of gun control. A baby boy was spending the night with his father when someone shot through a window killing the father and the baby.

A young girl was shot while spending the night at a friend house. They are not just someone one’s child but in reality they are our children too. It is time for us to do more than what we have been doing to fight for justice

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and peace in our country so our children can have a better way of living.

We, as citizens of this countr y, cannot just leave it to President Obama to get this situation together because it is not just in Oakland, San Francisco, Palo Alto and San Jose; gun violence is all over this country. It is a shame that a person can’t ride the Bart, bus or any form of public transportation without their lives being in jeopardy, for instance the boy that was set on fire riding AC Transit in Oakland because he was wearing a skirt. I feel if he wants to wear a skirt that’s nobody business but his own. Now he is suffering from 2nd to 3rd degrees burns. It is really getting rough out here when you can’t walk down the street without people wanting to rob you of your smart phone and gold jewelry.

The smartphone seems to be the in thing nowadays and that’s why there are so many robberies. I know they are nice to have, but they are not worth losing your life for one. I would keep my phone in my pocket.

So be wise, don’t adver tise that you have a smar t phone. Well the holidays around the corner so be safe, watch out for people who are maybe watching you.

You know we really have to use wisdom if we want to survive the madness of this world.

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Editor-in-Chief .................... BRENDAN CROSS Perspectives Editors......... VANESSA FLORES and JAZMINE GORDON Campus Editors .................. JOSEPH DELANO and ALEXANDRA TAGLIAMONTE Features Editors .......................RATTANA KIM and STEPHANIE PATTISON Sports Editors .......................LUKE JOHNSON and DAKOTAH ZABROSKI News Editor ....................... HILLARY HETRICK Photo Editor ....................... IRVIN TRIGUEROS Web Editor ................................. JESUS CHICO The LMC Experience is published Fridays by students in the Journalism Program. The newspaper serves both as a laboratory for journalism classes and as a First Amendment forum for campus communication. Opinions expressed in the Experience are solely those of the students and do not represent the views of the college.

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Campus NEWSWATCH Meet with a representative

The Transfer Center will host a representatives from CSU East Bay: Dec. 5 from 9:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you are interested in what CSUEB has to offer, stop by the Transfer Center, Room CC2-225, to talk with the representative.

For more information, contact the center at 439-2181 ext. 3124 or check out the website at www.losmedanos. edu/transfer.

Honors outreach presents

The Honors Center is holding a coat/sweater drive for the cold winter season to benefit low-income families in the community.

Drop off your coats and sweaters through Dec. 6 in various places on campus including: Q Honors Center outside Level 1 of the College Complex Q Student Life Office by the ramp to Parking Lot A Q Center for Academic Support, third floor of the CORE Q MESA in the Science Building Q Child Study Center For more information, please contact either Jose Alvarez at jma2893@gmail.com or Miguel Mauricio at miguelmauricio@gmail.com.

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Kristi Farrell and Cyril Karunaratne were winners in the READ fundraising event.

READ Club spins the wheel

A glassware set and a book titled “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories” were the prizes at the Club READ fundraiser Nov. 20 in the indoor quad. Instructor Scott Cabral and several students attended the event hosted

by Reiko Kubota.

The fundraiser involved spinning a wheel to play trivia in a random category. Cabral was given the true/false statement: “There is no honor in profit.” He answered correctly with false.

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By MALIK LAWSON

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This week, LMC welcomed a visit from an unlikely guest, one who’s after your blood!

The Blood Centers of the Pacific set up shop in Library, Room L-109 on Nov. 20 to await the arrival of various donors. Lots of people came to help out and support this community based, non-profit organization that provides blood and blood components to hospitals throughout Northern California, which in turn are able to help countless patients.

Blood Centers of the Pacific also houses the Blood Systems Research Institute, which conducts medical research to improve blood safety and patient care.

Blood Centers of the Pacific helps 50,000 patients every year with blood donated by community volunteers. Wendy Theisen conducted the event with BCP to help save lives.

Once I heard about the blood drive was here, I couldn’t help but pay them a visit.

This was my third time donating blood and even though it’s the same outcome every time, the process always differs in my opinion. Back in high school it would take about 2.5 hours just to get through one person, so it came as a shock to see the donation center so deserted. But because of that the procedure went by a lot smoother for me — and a lot more quickly.

I was greeted by a medical professional named Andrey, and to be honest he came off as a bit intimidating, but once I got settled in he really began to open up to me.

He told me that he had donated blood more than 103 times. I thought that was unbelievable. He must have really helped a lot of people

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LMC Experience reporter Malik Lawson strikes a pose while donating blood. with his donations. That’s also my reason for going to the blood drive.

After running though the information sheet, he then did the finger prick, which is to count my iron level; I got a 15.6.

According to Andrey, my health is on the right track.

But even though I’m a veteran donor I tend to always forget about the finger prick, that’s actually the most nerve-racking part for me, but I got through it. Later on I was moved to a chair where they began to draw blood from my left arm.

The procedure I chose to do was to donate whole blood,

which is the most common type of donation. Approximately one pint of my blood was donated.

It didn’t take long, only about 20 minutes to give the pint needed.

When all was done my body felt a little light, almost like I was weightless. It was actually pretty cool, I was ordered to sit down for about 15 minutes in an area where treats of all sorts were provided, like Oreos and Capri Suns. The snacks were there to raise my blood sugar because I lost a lot of it that day.

Once again I enjoyed my time at the blood drive, it felt

The MESA program at Los Medanos College wants to invite anyone interested in attending the presentations.

They will be held in the Science building, Room 227.

By ALICIA ALM

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Study Slam in the works

The Student Life office will hold a screening of the film “Girl Rising” in the hopes of empowering women in the community.

The film is a documentary focusing on nine different women from nine different countries, and their life stories.

Meetings will be held and the film will be screened Dec. 4 and 5 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. in the Student Life office, in order to “learn more about the issues that girls face around the world and come up with ways that we can make a difference.”

Food and beverages will be provided.

— compiled by Hillary Hetrick from press releases and staff reports

Be mindful of heights with kids Editor’s note: The ‘Word the the Wise’ will be an ongoing regular tip of the week in which safety statements are provided by experts in their respective fields.

WORD TO THE WISE

“Falls greater than eight feet will usually kill 50% of people from that height. If a child is climbing something like a tree make sure they don’t climb that high or there could be lethal consequences.”

— William Cruz, Director of Process Technology

really good to know that this is all going to a good cause.

Most of the blood goes to The Children’s Hospital in Oakland, and to know that my donation is going to save the life of a small child is just so breath taking.

The Blood Donation Centers I’ve worked with tell me that with an O+ blood type, I was able to save the lives of six people.

The thought that six people are alive today because of me made me feel like a hero. I hope I can encourage everyone to give blood donation a shot.

Be a hero today!

Speakers share dreams at lunch

Two engineers are visiting LMC next week. They will offer advice and insight about careers in the engineering field.

Q Jason Chen, a licensed professional civil engineer will speak Nov. 25 at 3 p.m.

Q Jasmina Hodzic, an Improvement Engineer at the Dow Chemical Company, will speak Nov. 27 at noon.

‘Girl Rising’ film screening

— Steve Jobs

Give blood, save lives

MESA to host speaker series

The Center for Academic Support will be holding its regular pre-final Study Slam on Dec. 5 from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Center for Academic Support on the third floor of the CORE. Subjects that will have peer-tutoring available include: Q Anthropology Q English Q Chemistry Q Art Q Music Q Anatomy Q Economics Contact the Center for Academic Support at 439-2181 ext. 3176 for more information.

“Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.”

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From left, students Megan Young, Erin Skowron and Kim Calia gather to use one of the many group rooms available for use in the Library.

Study space open Library resources available

By KIMBERLY A. STELLY kstelly@lmcexperience.com

Students of every major use the Los Medanos College Library but many may not know all of the services it has to offer.

Process Technology Student Daniel Justo-Sanchez said he mainly uses the library for completing homework but is curious about “how to get one of those groups or conference rooms.” In case anyone else is wondering the same thing, they are available to students when you make an appointment with Office of Instruction Supervisor Eileen Valenzuela at evalenzuela@losmedanos.edu or Senior Administrative Assistant Sandi Schmidt at sschmidt@losmedanos.edu.

Also available to students are individual and group library orientations, which are facilitated by one of the LMC Librarians and they are held regularly in the computer lab on the second floor of the library. To schedule an orientation, you can e-mail Instruction Librarian Christina Goff at cgoff@losmedanos.edu or stop by the main floor of the library.

“We usually do them with English classes but not all classes have them,” said Technical

Services Librarian Christine Park, who added that it’s a lot easier for students to use the library effectively when they have attended the library orientations.

“We rolled out Google Hangout consultations - we soft launched the program last April,” said Park. The online consultations are done face to face with one of the library staff members on Google’s webcam option.

Now the librarians are trying to put more emphasis on online consultations so students know that the library is keeping up with technological advances.

Webcam and screen share consultations, which are also available on the Brentwood campus, are available to students who may not have the time to come to campus. According to the library website, you must have a Google+ account, access to a webcam and a microphone.

Also, there is a link you can click on which will take you to a page where you can make an appointment for a consultation.

“We get the most questions about printing,” said Electronic and Technical Services Librarian Kim Wentworth, who has worked at LMC See STUDY, page 8

Many people don’t stop to think about how lucky they are to have been born in the United States. Being a U.S. citizen unlocks many opportunities including: funding for education, having the option to serve in the military, access to different fields of employment and not having to worry if you and your loved ones will be deported at any moment.

There are people in the United States who want an education, but because they are undocumented many of them don’t know how to get help or who to trust to ask for information.

On Nov. 13, the EXITO Grant Team and Looking In – Looking Out Committee held LMC’s second Tertulias Brown Bag Lunch meeting.

Project Director of the Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant Rosa Armendáriz had arranged the meeting. The topic of the meeting was one that needed to be heard, “Deferred Action and Beyond: DACA, the California Dream Act & Making College a Reality for Undocumented Students”.

Transfer Academy students Sarai Espinoza, Crystal Cuevas and Alicia Rojas put their heads together to create an informative presentation called “El Camino Para un Futuro Mejor,” which translates to, “A Path to a Better Future”.

They also put together a brochure containing information from their presentation on the Dream Act and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

See DACA, page 8

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‘Queer’ bares all at LMC art show From past to present

By RATTANA KIM

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A  crowd  of  students  gathered  outside  the  Los  Medanos  College  $UW *DOOHU\ DV LW KHOG WKH ÂżUVW ever  “Queer:  The  Nowâ€? art  show,  which  had  its  opening  night  on  Thursday,  Nov.  14.

This  exhibit  celebrates  the  history  of  the  lesbian,  gay,  bi-­ sexual,  transgender  and  queer  (LGBTQ)  community  from  the  past  and  present  through  the  work  of  Queer  artists  from  the  Bay  Area.

The  reception  opened  up  with  a  brief  speech  from  gallery  Guest  Curator  Seth  Eisen  prior  to  giving  the  attendees  the  opportunity  to  browse  the  artwork.  After  some  time,  Eisen  made  another,  lengthier  speech.  Then,  he  introduced  and  gave  spe-­ cial  guest  artists  the  chance  to  speak  about  their  artwork  and  themselves.  One  of  the  artists  that  was  present  was  San  Francisco  based  Eddie  Valentine,  who  had  one  of  his  pieces,  “Poof,�  featured, was  surprised  to  see  such  a  large  amount  of  attendees  present. “The  whole  idea  that  you  could  actually  go  to  an  outlying  suburb  and  participate  in  some  LGBTQ  function  and  not  feel  that  knowing  that  the  time  has  changed,� said  Valentine.  “I  felt  like  I  could  safely  get  here  and  feel  appreciated  by  the  crowd  that  there  is  such  a  lovely  space  this  far  out  in  the  city,� he  added.

Eisen  encouraged  attendees  to  look  “real  deeply� at  the  artwork  to  see  what  the  artists  had  intended.  He  also  stressed  on  the  mean-­ ing  of  the  word  queer,  which  is  a  part  of  the  title  of  the  show. “Queer  used  to  be  a  slur  for  gay  people,  but  twenty-­some-­ thing  years  ago  there  were  some  academic  people  and  also  people  who  took  that  word  to  signify  and  mean  something  else,� Eisen  said  in  his  second  speech.

Adding,  “Queer  can  also  mean  not  just  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual,  transgender,  but  it  can  also  mean  other  or  non-­conformist  who  don’W ÂżW LQWR WKH VWDWXV TXR LQWR every  day  for  many  different  reasons.â€?

Each  artwork  paid  homage  to  the  queer  history.  LMC  student  Andre  Thompson  particularly  liked  a  watercolor  painting  called  “Assentions  9â€? by  Matthew  McQueen,  who  created  it  in  the  year  1978.  The  painting  depicted  the  scen-­ ery  of  hills  and  vast  landscape  in  the  colors  of  the  rainbow. “If  you  didn’t  know  it  was  in  this  type  of  gallery,  LGBTQ,  it  would  still  be  a  beautiful,  colorful  painting,â€? said  Thompson.  He  added  that  the  mystery Â

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During the opening reception, art gallery guest curator Seth Eisen makes a speech about the “Queer: The Now� show and gives brief background information about the pieces and how each relates to the history of the queer community.

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Among the attendees of the “Queer: The Now� art show’s opening reception were a number of LMC students who took their time to observe the art and even take photos of those that stuck out. behind  the  meaning  of  the  wa-­ tercolor  makes  it  something  for  those  to  wonder  about.

Eisen’s  main  goal  was  to  bring  more  of  a  queer  presence  to  smaller  towns  and  suburbs  all  over  the  East  Bay.  About  eight  months  ago,  art  gallery  director  Judi  Petite  approached  Seth  Eisen  about  the  idea  of  curating  an  art  show.  Eisen  was  eager  to  take  on  this  project  and  had  put  out  a  call  for Â

artists,  such  as  through  social  media  websites  like  Facebook.  There  were  many  familiar  artists  Eisen  knew  personally  and  some  artists  created  artwork  just  for  this  show.

LMC’s  Art  Gallery  gave  Eisen  the  opportunity  to  do  that  with  this  exhibit  and  it  turned  out  to  be  a  huge  success. “I  even  talked  to,  several  months  ago,  the  history  professor  Jeffrey  Mitchell  and  he’s  been Â

here  for  twenty  years  and  trying  to  get  more  of  a  presence  of  gay  people  here,� said  Eisen..  “He  said  it’s  been  a  big  struggle  for  him  so  I  thought  it  was  really  touching  that  we  could  put  up  this  show.�  Eisen  believed  that  this  work  is  gratifying  for  Mitchell  because  it’s  not  in  vain.

Other  students  enjoyed  seeing  the  artwork  that  depicted  the  queer  history.

This sculpture is part of a series called “Queer, Fag, Gay and Poof!� created by artist Eddie Valentine. He said that he hopes to inspire others with his work.

One  student  Imara  Jackson  Goudy  appreciated  the  “depth�  of  the  purpose  of  this  exhibit.  It  didn’t  just  showcase  the  artists  talent  but  told  the  story  of  the  queer  history  and  how  each  artists  had  related  to  the  queer  ancestors.

Another  student  Roman  Smith  also  expressed  her  appreciate. “I  like  that  they’re  open  about  it,â€?  she  said.  “It  brings  students  from  the Â

college  who  are  usually  scared  or  hiding  and  are  still  in  the  closet  until  they’re  more  comfortable.  They  don’t  have  to  feel  out  of  place.�

The  art  show  “Queer:  The  Now�  will  continue  its  show-­ ing  until  Wednesday,  Dec.  12  on  Tuesdays,  Wednesdays  and  Thursdays  from  12:30  to  2:30  p.m.  and  4  to  6  p.m.  and  also  by  appointment  in  the  LMC  art  gallery.

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Students from the Los Medanos College Music and Recording Arts departments will perform throughout the Fall 2013 semester. All events and concerts are scheduled in the Recital Hall, located in Room 720 of the Music/ Recording Arts Building.

Q LMC Student Recital: Friday, Nov. 22 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Free admission.

Q Sophomore Recital: Wednesday, Dec. 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free admission.

Q LMC String Ensemble: Thursday, Dec. 5 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free admission.

Q LMC Guitar Concert: Monday, Dec. 9 from 7 to 9 p.m. Free admission.

Q LMC Winter Choral Concert: Tuesday, Dec. 10, 7:30 to 9 p.m. General admission $5, students/seniors $4.

Q LMC Piano Honors Recital: Monday, Dec. 16, 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Movies Coming Soon Q “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug� - Dec. 13 Rated PG-13, Genre: Action, Adventure, Adaptation, Sequel, SciFi, Fantasy Q “Homefront� - Nov. 27 Rated R, Genre: Thriller, Adaptation, Action, Adventure — compiled by Hillary Hetrick from press releases and staff reports

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Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.”

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The laughing con man steals hearts on stage

By MALIK LAWSON mlawson@lmcexperience.com

Los Medanos College’s Drama Department displays a show unlike any other called “The Government Inspector” and it is what I would call ‘the jewel in their crown.’

The play starts off at a meeting with all of the corrupt government officials discussing how they are going to deal with the government inspector, who is going to travel to their town incognito.

If this inspector were to find out how the government runs their town, then they could loose everything that they’ve gained with their wicked deeds.

So by any means, they constantly try to pursue the government inspector to give them a good review to their higher ups.

The show did not waste any time displaying what the main characters objectives were.

It made me more curious how all of these men would use and abuse their authority.

Throughout the show, each and every one of them let the audience know that they weren’t all talk.

I felt that the show was not only comedic, but it had really intriguing dialogue that was really witty and well put together.

With an un-expected twist dropped in the middle of this wild zoo of outrages and incredible characters, it gives the viewers an instant shock of being dumbfounded.

Oded Gross’ adaptation of this classic Russian comedy pays homage to the original version by Nikolai Gogol.

I suggest this play for you if you enjoy a comedy about that displays human greed, stupidity and the extensive political corruption among imperial figures.

It’s definitely going to make your evening worthwhile.

The show will continue to run on Nov. 22, 23, 25 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for students. If you haven’t seen it already, go ahead and check it out.

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In the photo above Osif, played by Claudia Vasquez, feeds a cookie to Khlestakov, played

by Sufian Alani. In the background, sitting on the couch, are characters Alina, played by Tiffanie Moore, and Mayor Anton, played by Frederico Bartolo. Alina and Anton whisper a plan to each other on how to bribe Khlestakov as he stuffs his face. In the photo to the left are characters Alina, Anton, and Khlestakov.

Anton tries to convince Khlestakov to stay at his house as opposed to the hotel with terrible service and food, according to Khlestakov.

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Co-conference champs

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Mustang quarterback Adam Nesheim used both his feet and his arm to help lead LMC to victory. He was 7-13 with 105 yards and a touchdown through the air.

Nesheim had a crucial fourth down conversion for a touchdown late into the grudge match. He also ran for 66 yards on 13 carries to help LMC’s ground game.

Mustangs extinguish Comets on the road

By LUKE JOHNSON

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It was a highly anticipated match up that lived to its hype, last Saturday, the Los Medanos Mustangs traveled to San Pablo to take on the arch-rival Contra Costa Comets in the final game of the regular season. After a brutal battle of tug o’ war, the Mustangs came out victorious, 33-26. Now both team share a three way co-Conference Champions with the Shasta Knights.

“To be honest, I had a dream last night, well actually I have a vision that we were going to win. Nothin’ told me that we weren’t,” LMC quarterback Adam Nesheim said. “I knew with all my life and all my confidence. Everyone knew, on the left and the right of me that we were going to win no matter what.”

Yellow flags soared across the field and white referee hats launched 25 feet in the air, for a heated contest that totaled 310 yards in penalties and two ejections between both team.

There even was a personal foul assessed to CCC before the game, when players went to the LMC sideline and taunted their opponents.

The CCC players boasted that they were going to hold

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Wide receiver Jermaine Sims shakes hand with teammate Shawn Vasquez after a touchdown catch.

LMC’s star r unning back Shawn Vasquez to less than 50 yards. Vasquez broke that mark in all of about one play.

The All-Conference tailback tore up the field for 270 yards from scrimmaged and two touchdowns. He is number one in the state in rushing yards per game.

“This is the biggest win of the year,” Vasquez said. “That year of hard work really paid off tonight.”

Vasquez put on a show with CCC’s running back Devonte Sapp-Lynch who is the little

brother of Bay Area native and NFL All-Pro running back Marshawn Lynch. Sapp-Lynch totaled 183 yards from scrimmage, with two touchdowns of his own.

This co-championship almost seemed like an impossibility after the Mustangs were blown out, 41-7, to Hartnell in the season opener. But the members of the team do not feel like that loss effected their mentality.

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226 yards running with two touchdowns, as well as 44 yards receiving.

Thriller in San Pablo, the crowd goes wild

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The Mustang fans go wild as LMC made many great plays on both sides of the ball.

I went to San Pablo to watch the Los Medanos College Mustangs play the Contra Costa College Comets play their final game of the season and the winner would be guaranteed at least a co-conference championship.

It was probably one of the best games I’ve ever attended on all levels.

Being that I went as a fan, I was able to root and be loud and have a blast.

The game bounced back and forth and was full of excitement.

The game’s atmosphere was energetic and there was a lot going on. Both crowds went wild whenever their team scored.

LMC scored first and the Mustang stands went wild with excitement. I was thinking that LMC was going to score early and often and blow out the Comets. However, a couple of fumbles changed that and CCC scored

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to jump on top. LMC answered right back with another touchdown. CCC retaliated even quicker and scored yet again. Yes, it was that kind of game. At halftime it was 13-12 and both teams knew that either side could win this game.

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Fresh in charge

Men’s basketball young leaders

By VANESSA FLORES

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The Los Medanos College Men’s Basketball Team is back on the court and getting prepared for the upcoming 2013-2014 season.

Although LMC has not been a winning team for the last few years they have added fresh new legs, and a couple of freshmen that have been recruited to team.

Jeff Brown is one of them.

Brown is a six-foot-two shooting guard recruited from Deer Valley High School and was a co-captain on the team that played in the Nor-Cal Championship game.

Brown offers toughness to the LMC squad, plays hard and hustles on the court with his ability to obtain possession loose balls and rebounds.

During his time at Deer Valley, Brown said he tried to do anything to help his team win and do the same for LMC. His role on the team as a freshman is being active on the court. Brown feels he can be a leader here at LMC. “I will lead by example.”

Wayne Engelstad a 6-foot-5 forward recruited from Heritage High School is a player

that can shoot from long range.

Engelstad has high expectations for this season’s team.

“We’re going to have a good upcoming season, we’re going to go far and do big things,” Englestad said.

With the addition of new players, LMC has also added new uniforms this year. Sophomores returning think the new uniforms look even better than the jerseys they have been wearing.

The basketball team ended their season last year with a 14-15 overall record. But the team is expecting to have a winning campaign and get to the playoffs this year.

According to the losmedanos.edu, the team has added 13 new players and only has three sophomores, With a bunch of new faces the team

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“Right from the beginning we’ve had good chemistry,” Engelstad said.

The men’s basketball teamis currently playing preseason and their first home game will be against Mendocino College on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

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The Los Medanos College volleyball team started off 1-4 in Bay Valley play but finished 8-3 to have a conference record of 9-7 and overall record of 1114. The Mustangs ended up fifth in division play. Every game the team won in conference play, LMC defeated their opponents soundly with a 3-0 score.

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Gospel Hip Hop Explosion concert crumbles

By KIMBERLY STELLY

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Last week’s Gospel Hip Hop Explosion concert was expected to be uplifting. Unfortunately, the artists and the coordinators couldn’t seem to pull it off.

Six minutes until show time Thursday night, and there were only 17 people inside Los Medanos College’s spacious Recital Hall. The room could have easily seated 200. Despite the small audience, there was some excited chatter going on as a few more people shuffled in.

The chatter dissipated as the crowd waited for event coordinator Kareem Bennett to show up. In the meantime, DJ Howie T blasted gospel rap music to fill the silence. Though the show was scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. it didn’t get under way until 8, and by then only slightly more than two dozen people were seated – including the performers.

Bennett finally arrived, apologized for the delay and got started. The first performers were Bay Area gospel rappers the Conscious Brothers.

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There was just one microphone so they had to share. In the first song, one of the brothers seemed to forget the lyrics and the music in the background was louder than the actual words.

The second song went smoother but the crowd was still dead. Up jumped a hype woman to try to get audience participation going – it seemed to work as the clapping increased.

The crowd appeared hopeful by the time second act Young Hollow appeared. He spoke about how the word of God is “supernatural” and explained that when he was a teenager, he experimented with Satanism, which got a few gasps from the crowd.

It appeared that Bennett and the DJ were experiencing some difficulties with the CD, so while they worked to fix this glitch, Young Hollow continued to speak-awkwardly. He talked in circles for a few more minutes until the DJ gave the signal the music was ready.

The crowd’s energy seemed to pick up as Hollow ran through a quick two-song set. Even another fellow performer got up and danced to his songs while concertgoers clapped loudly.

Next up was Oakland native Jesus Peace, also known as Word Nerd. His first song was

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The presentation and brochure were both in Spanish so parents of undocumented students would be able to understand the information as well. Some undocumented families have children who speak English because they grew up in the United States, but their elders struggle to adapt to the language since they did not have that opportunity.

Espinoza, Cuevas and Rojas wanted to make a point to help include family members so the knowledge would not be restricted which is often a problem with literature.

According to Educators for Fair Consideration, “Assembly Bills 130 & 131 known as the California Dream Act of 2011, are laws that increase access to financial aid for undocumented students who attend a public university, community college or private college in California.

In order to qualify, students must meet the requirements of AB 540 and not be eligible to apply for the FAFSA.” The AB 540 requirements can be viewed at http://www. e4fc.org/resources/californiadreamact.html. Further information and instructions on how to apply can also be found online.

The students who presented included information on different types of grants undocumented students would be eligible for if they are covered under the Dream Act and DACA. The information included dif ferent types of schools available (CSU, UC and community college levels) showing that there are different grants available for each.

Rodrigo Dorador is an outreach organizer with Educators for Fair Consideration who spends his time sharing his story and informing educational institutions on undocumented students and what they can do to build their future. Dorador was the final speaker at the meeting.

“I’m not just undocumented, I’m a lot more than that,” Dorador shared proudly. Dorador presented on the Dream Act and DACA while adding information about the application process, news, laws and legislations and support groups those undocumented individuals may find helpful.

Going through the process of applying for recognition and benefits can be hard to handle alone, which is why the Educators for Fair Consideration has resources listed on their website and offers assistance finding legal help.

Dorador shared how there is a $465 DACA application fee and people may have a difficult time affording the cost. The E4FC works with the Mission Asset Fund in San Francisco and is considered a “Lending Circle” that will pay $155 as a charitable donation and will loan the applicant the rest of the funds.

With each obstacle that may arrise in the application process Dorador is proud the E4FC has come together to provide resources and peer support.

Dorador shared what he has experienced working with the non-profit, “Sometimes folks don’t know there are benefits that exist they can apply for.

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CCC finished 17th in the Northern California Section and will be rewarded Living Breath Foundation Bowl participation against Hartnell College this Saturday. Meanwhile, Shasta, finishing 19th, and LMC’s, finishing 24th, have nothing to look forward to in the postseason as their 2013 campaigns have come to an end.

“When we lost to Shasta the first game of our conference [schedule], we lost all control of what we were capable of doing,” LMC Head Coach Chris Ship said. “We pretty much had to win the rest of the games through out the conference, and hope somebody beats Shasta on the way out, besides Contra Costa.”

LMC did success the rest of the conference, and ended the season on a four-game win streak.

In regional rankings, a poll decided by the head coaches, LMC finished 17th, CCC finished 18th and Shasta finished 20th.

LMC and CCC ended the regular season with identical overall records, while Shasta had one less regular season win.

LMC also defeated CCC in their regular season meeting, which has raised some eyebrows for who should actually be involved in postseason activity.

“I feel like it wasn’t fair,” LMC running back Shawn Vasquez said. “Of course CCC doesn’t belong in it over us. We are clearly the better team, and that showed. And there’s other teams that got bowl games over us that shouldn’t have.”

CCCAA Commissioner Gar y Kollenborn said that this power ranking system “isn’t permanent,” and it is also “a work in progress.” He added that it is a much better solution than previous one, which was a coin toss. The CCCAA stopped doing coin tosses six years ago according to Kollenborn.

Even with LMC’s postseason absence, the team feels they have still had many accomplishments this year, including nine players earning All-Conference honors.

“Yeah, as upsetting as it is that we didn’t get a bowl game, it was good for the program that we ended on such a good note [by] becoming conference champs and beating our rivals CCC,” Vasquez added.

“I knew this was possible there was no doubt I my mind.”

Another player that had success in the big game was LMC wide receiver Jermaine Sims aka “Optimus Prime.”

The 6-foot-4, 220-pound circus-catching machine faced off with CCC’s Oregon-bound cornerback Dominique Harrison. He finished with four receptions for 61 yards, and a touchdown that came on crucial fourth down.

“I ain’t gonna lie, I give the man credit, he’s good,” Harrison said.

“He’s got the physicality fa’ sho’… He’s gotta D-1 body. I expect to see him at the next level.”

The play of the game was when LMC defensive back Marcus Fenderson tattooed CCC quarterback Malik Watson behind the line of scrimmage, causing a fumble that was recovered by LMC. Just one week earlier, Fenderson was kicked out of the game against Yuba by his own coaches and received some stern criticism from the Defensive Coordinator Darrin Foreman.

“I was just being selfish, [and] I wasn’t being a team player,” Fenderson said. “I told my coach I was going to get him the ball back. I went there and got him the ball back….

He told me to play my ass off, and that’s what I did.”

This is the first time LMC earned a conference championship in over a decade, and its 7-3 record is the best in the four-year tenure of Head Coach Chris Shipe.

“For my coaching career, this is my best win,” Shipe said. “Best win so far out of four years.”

affected the kickoff from the Comets. There were even three ejections from the referees who seemed to enjoy what they were doing. Obviously, the refs didn’t have their bowl of Wheaties that morning because they all seemed bitter and were taking it out on the players.

The crowd was getting frustrated with all of the flags.

I even heard a parent say, “My daughter is tougher than you referee.” While I found that extremely funny, (I actually was laughing), it clearly showed the frustration of the crowd.

When the second half began, LMC came out and played tough smash mouth football.

They were roaring with excitement, hoping to see the Mustangs pull off a victory.

There was a fan walking back and forth and waving the Pittsburgh Steeler’s famous

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Park added that a lot of student inquiries don’t involve librarian expertise.

“We get a lot of child development, nursing, recording arts and music students,” said Wentworth, who added that she said cheerfully informs them there is an online database for every major.

“It’s hard to find good information from a blog,” said Wentworth adding that using the search option on the library website gives you more sources that are relevant to your research.

The library website offers a wide range of books including

words about sex and “killing your enemies with kindness,” he gave up the mic to DJ Howie T who then introduced his cousin — or does it count as an introduction when the name of the performer isn’t announced?

Though his performance wasn’t bad, the night seemed to drag on. Even another concert attendee had a few remarks about how long this thing was taking to end.

After the unnamed rapper’s song, Jesus Peace came back up to do an encore of “Waterworld” and though the audience was exhausted, his excited demeanor actually got more people to sing along and stand for his song.

There was still more to be said even after everyone had performed. Bennett preached some more and Jesus Peace told a story about past abuse and how it affected him mentally.

Even after this there were two prayers — one for the audience and one for those who accepted Jesus. Even after the DJ assured us we’d be free “in a minute,” Bennett took an extra 10 minutes to thank LMC and his supporters.

Attending this event was supposed to be inspiring but turned out to be an exhausting endeavor.

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“At the same time, coming out as undocumented has been one of the biggest strengths in the student movement. I have seen students claim their status and publically announce they are undocumented to directly challenge immigration.”

Dorander added, “We found that we could organize something to stop people from being deported so we would hold coming out parties where we would say that we are undocumented and not afraid. It was empowering.”

The presentation was moving, eye opening and informative.

Word got out about the presentation’s purpose and an anonymous individual attended with a relative in search of help on what to do with their future.

When the individual reached out and asked for help and advice, there was so much warmth and support that came from the faculty who attended and all who presented. People were exchanging information and talking together on possible ways this individual could get assistance.

“It’s been so empowering working with other young people to go out and present with them so people can go out and pursue their dreams and get an education,” Dorador said.

Each presentation was informative and gave hope that there are ways undocumented students can build a life and get an education.

People not only came to show their support but there was also an opportunity someone took to reach out and receive that support.

HSI Grant Director Rosa Armendáriz enjoyed the meeting. “The presentations were outstanding. I was especially excited to see the students present because it’s always nice to see the advocacy coming from our own students. The E4FC presentation was very informative and gave a lot of good details on the legislation in California that is up to date.

Even if it’s just one student that we help, it’s worth it,” she stated.

The issue of undocumented students raised awareness that there are people who fear for their future. Together the students, faculty and volunteers showed that there are people who care and will start a movement in the right direction.

“Renew Yur Mind” and he gave a charismatic performance as he simultaneously rapped and danced. Some members of the audience seemed highly amused as he went into the aisles and danced right next to them.

Halfway through his second song, “Waterworld,” the lights went out. It seemed no one knew what was going on but that fact only distracted Jesus Peace temporarily. He continued to preach until the lights came back on. This didn’t spell the end of the technical troubles because even though the lights came on, they started to flicker again. Still the preaching continued and after a few minutes, the flickering lights stopped.

When it came time for Kareem Bennett himself to perform, he made a speech about changing himself into a godly person then attempted to get the crowd to stand. Only half of the audience stood but he continued to perform anyway. After his set, which featured his wife and singer Shanelle Bennett, he preached about what it’s like to be a child of god as the next performer showed up.

This man was introduced as Brother Influence. After a few funny jokes and some terrible

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explained the ins-and-outs of the career she hopes to have, citing that the field is expected to grow 10-20% in the near future.

Dr. Cross, who also teaches English at LMC, said that the project was a “boots-to-theground,” ground level type exercise that means to both illuminate the job needs and to inspire the students and rally their excitement.

Enter the Fair, the large amount of students and their boards filled the quad, while their harmonious chatter filled the halls.Armendariz is hopeful that one outcome of this project is that students can learn to plan in the long term, save time and allow themselves to excel with ease.

Terrible Towel and getting the fans amped up. It worked and the crowd began shouting “LMC, LMC, LMC!” I could tell that the parents and fans wanted the victory almost as much as the players.

When LMC’s Jamal Lockett ran back the kickoff late into the game it had two effects.

It sparked the LMC crowd even more and at that point the Mustang fans were as loud as I heard them all night. On the opposite of the field you could hear a pin drop.

The Comets scored once more, but it wasn’t enough to silence the LMC crowd.

Once the clock hit zero and the Comets’ fate was sealed.

This game was nail-biting to the finish and I loved every minute. It was one of the best LMC games that I was able to witness.

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down as treasurer.

Student Life Coordinator Demetria Lawrence said people have resigned in the past for various reasons.

“As an adviser, I expect there to be tensions, but not necessarily this one. There are challenges with personalities as people work together and develop leadership skills — learning conflict resolution is a skill that takes practice.”

Clark, who had been one of the organizers of the Breast Cancer Awareness Conference, said it meant a lot to her and she will continue to pursue it by other means.

“I am a breast cancer survivor,” she said, adding that her brother and sister are cancer survivors as well.

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“Occasionally I check out books in print,” said Justo-Sanchez.

Using the online site is a better way of navigating the library “rather than just wandering around the librar y,” said Park.

Although there are all of these options, Wentworth said, “the best resource is to just ask a Librarian.”

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