PCC Courier 11/19/2015

CO U R I ER Pasadena City College

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015 VOLUME 109 ISSUE 10

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Election: PCC delivers new nurses with simulation Osterling surges ahead John Orona News Editor

After trailing by just three votes in the race for the district two seat on the PCC Board of Trustees on election night, Jim Osterling has pulled decisively ahead of opponent Tom Selinske, 2,163 to 2,045.

Polls closed on election night with Selinske ahead 1,721 to 1,718 and cautiously optimistic.

After the first update, Osterling overtook Selinske by 92 votes, and with a 118 vote lead he is now officially declaring victory.

“I won the election,” Osterling announced on his Facebook page.

He could not be reached for comment.

“At this juncture, it’s difficult to overcome an over 100 vote deficit,” Selinske conceded. “There’s a great need to connect PCC to Pasadena Unified School District and that’s what I had hoped to work on.”

According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Clerk office, although the election results will not be certified until Nov. 23, 99 percent of all votes have been counted.

There will be no further updates until the official results, making Osterling the victor.

Over 800 votes were tallied after the polls closed—nearly 20 percent of all ballots cast. Over the half the total votes for the two top candidates came by mail.

Osterling will be sworn in during the Dec 9 board meeting when he and the district four winner, Hoyt Hilsman will replace Jeanette Mann and Bill Thomson, respectively.

Keely Damara/Courier Registered nursing program student Molly Shea, 29, participates in a birthing simulation wtih Simulation and Skills Lab coordinator Kim Baily during the Health Sciences open house on Monday, Nov. 9 at the Community Education Center in Pasadena.

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Cross country coach missing in action following altercation Christian Rivas Staff Writer

Courtesy of PCC

PCC cross country head coach Armand Crespo was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with a student in the GM building last month and has been relieved of his coaching duties.

There were no arrests after officers responded to reports of an altercation between Crespo and an unidentified student on Oct. 16,

according to PCC Campus Police Sgt. Bill Abernathie.

“When we responded out there the parties were already separated so anything that happened before that was already done,” said Abernathie. “Both parties involved and several witnesses were present so we interviewed all parties involved and the story was still not clear cut.

We gathered all of the information, combined into an investigative report, and shipped it to the city

prosecutor.”

The city prosecutor reviewed the investigation and declined to file charges on either side, Abernathie said.

Crespo has been absent from cross country meets since the reported incident but school officials will not comment on whether he’s been suspended or terminated from his position.

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GOOGLE JUMP Pg. 3 PCC teams up with Google for new virtual reality app

DOO DAH PARADE Pg. 6 PCC alum Veronika Sorrow chosen as this year’s Doo Dah Queen

NEWS

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November 19, 2015

Board updates the student trustee policy Ericka Bernabe Staff Writer

The Board of Trustees recently updated the policy for the office of student trustee this month and lowered the GPA required for a student to hold the position.

The board lowered the cumulative GPA from 2.5 down to 2.0 to comply with legal requirements instituted in July of last year.

“The Board formally reviewed the entire bylaw in July of 2014 as part of their 6-year review cycle,” Superintendent-President Dr. Rajen Vurdien said. “But sometimes we have to make revision outside the 6-year cycle.”

The most recent revision was prompted by auditors who pointed out the conflicting language under the compensation section.

The change was under the student trustee privileges about the stipend he/she receives.

Instead of the student member receiving compensation, the board has changed it into a scholarship that is administered through the Pasadena City College Foundation.

“Since it’s a scholarship and not compensation, the student trustee will not have to pay social security and taxes and so forth on,” said Trustee Dr. Jeanette Mann.

The scholarship awarded to the student trustee is worth $3,000 total and effective June 1. The trustee receives $250 per month over a period of 12 months. If the student trustee doesn’t attend a meeting he/she is eligible to attend, the monthly amount would be prorated.

With any board bylaw or board policy, updates are made when the regulations change or, as in this case, the auditors pointed out conflicting language.

Katja Liebing/Courier Trustees Bill Thomson and Ross Selvidge listen to Superintendent Rajen Vurdien talking at the Board of Trustees meeting in the Creveling Lounge on Nov. 4.

POLICE BLOTTER Monday Nov. 9 Staff reported that a student requested to be transported from CC105 after his leg was pinned with an electric car and a trash can. The student who suffered an ankle injury was taken to the Health Center.

parked in level 1C of Lot 4. The car was damaged on the passenger side.

A camera in the parking lot showed a suspected vehicle, a dark fourdoor Honda with a tire hung on the back at around eight in the morning.

Follow up is still needed.

A student parked his car Thursday in Lot 4 level 1B and upon returning discovered his car had been keyed.

While parked a student reported that her car had been vandalized.

Her passenger door was dented and a footprint was left on the car.

The facilities supervisor reported that a member of the facilities staff scratched a PCC van that was parked between the C and V buildings. Cameras were checked but footage was not caught of the event. Officer Chan will make an attempt to contact the facilities employee.

Tuesday Nov. 10 A student reported that her vehicle, a white BMW, was hit while

Professor Cuatt reported an incident that occurred between one of his students on Nov. 4. The

UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, November 19 12 noon, Center for the Arts West Patio Free Jazz Combo Concert Saturday, November 21 8 p.m., Westerbeck Recital Hall Chinese Music Ensemble Saturday & Sunday, November 21-22 Third annual Million Meals Marathon Food Drive Festival.

Sunday, November 22 4 p.m., Westerbeck Recital Hall Lancer Jazz Choir

CRESPO Assistant Superintendent of Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Robert Bell declined to comment, citing an “ongoing investigation.”

As of Wednesday, the cross country page on PCC’s website lists the position of cross country head coach as “vacant.”

With just one meet left before the big finale, the Pasadena City College cross-country team headed to Mission Bay Park on Nov. 6 looking to advance to Fresno for the 2015 state championships without a coach.

Throughout the week the Lancers had to train for this big meet without a coach. Some of the members of the team, like freshman Christina Elizadale, drew inspiration from their coach not being there.

“Our spirits were high because we ran each race for coach, every step was for him,” Elizadale said.

While Elizadale ran for her coach, she and other members of the team found it frustrating that their coach has been absent with no

explanation.

“Honestly it’s hard to prepare with no coach giving you guidance during practices and all but I’ll do my workouts a little faster and work on my kick I had last Friday so I’ll continue to keep it and make it stronger,” said Elizadale.

Elizadale placed 67th at Mission Bay Park with a time of 20:53, ensuring her spot for state.

With Elizadale cheering for her teammates at the finish line, Franceska Millaponce was the next to finish, taking 82nd with a time of 21:16.

“It was nerve-racking since everyone wants to go to state. I was just thinking about how could I be the cut off mark of qualifiers to make it to state which made me push myself to keep passing people,” said Millaponce.

Overall the women’s team finished 21st out of 27 teams.

Elizadale and Millaponce will travel to Fresno on Nov. 21 for the 2015 cross-country championships.

Whether a coach joins them remains to be seen.

alleged victim bumped into another student, the alleged suspect, and “words were said” after bumping into each other. Things escalated when the alleged suspect pulled a knife out. The victim reported the incident to his professor on Nov. 9 and directed the student to the campus police. Officer Chan interviewed the victim. The weapon was taken from the suspect.

Thursday Nov. 12 A staff member found a male sleeping in the elevator in the quad.

A female student was reported unconscious in SV-28. The student was conscious and breathing a couple minutes later and called her

mother to pick her up. The student was then taken to the Health Center afterwards.

Saturday Nov. 14 A student from the Adelante event complained of a headache

in the first floor of the R-building.

There were no known medical conditions. Officer Arechiga advised the group to find the instructor.

The situation was resolved as the instructor assisted the student.

OPINION

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Free Speech: What does it cost?

Amber Lipsey Staff Writer

The first amendment NO to the constitution states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Freedom of speech is often a cudgel used to prevent others from criticism of one’s statements; however, no one seems to actually know what it means. Simply put, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.

Back in March, the Oklahoma State University chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity was permanently suspended after a video of a racist chant surfaced on the internet, according to The Huffington Post.

In the video, the white frat members were seen singing the words, “…you can hang him from a tree and he’ll never sign with me, there will never be a n***** SAE.” University president David Soren commented that the behavior shown in the video created a hostile learning environment for all students on campus.

This is what it boils down to.

The learning environment for all students on campus.

There’s been criticism about using “trigger warnings” and “micro-aggressions” on campus that are allegedly stifling freedom of speech.

Micro-aggressions are not new. They are something that minorities have dealt with nearly every day of their lives.

By definition, micro-aggressions are subtle, offensive comments or actions directed at a minority group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype.

To claim that calling out and/ or intolerance to micro-aggressions on campuses stifles free speech, is not only wrong, but reinforces white, male, heterosexual patriarchy that has gone unchecked on college campuses for the past century.

The issue is not a loss of freedom of speech because that is not happening. The issue is people don’t like being called out on how they use free speech. It is not stifling free speech for minority students to expect to go to class and not be faced with racist, sexist or homophobic comments and aggressions.

According to Slate, students at Yale University protested the administration over accusations that the school cared more about free speech than safe spaces. This was after another year of racist, offensive Halloween costumes were seen worn on campus.

Every year on campuses across the country, minority students deal with white students who put on blackface, and dress up as caricatures of what they believe African-American, Asian or Hispanic students represent. Students act out stereotypically racist behavior of which they believe these groups participate.

If college campuses should be open to discussing uncomfortable ideas, let those uncomfortable ideas be the fact that the history we’ve been taught up until this point has been severely white-washed.

Let the uncomfortable ideas be the fact that white students have been coddled throughout their K-12 education to believe that in 1920 all women won the right to vote, when the truth is that it was only white women, and black women have only had the right to vote for the last 50 years.

Let the uncomfortable ideas be the fact that while students have been taught that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are feminist heroes, while the reality is that both were unapologetic racists who used racism to try and prevent the 15th amendment from passing.

Let the uncomfortable ideas be the fact that despite the civil rights movement in the 60s that white people today still profit and benefit from the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and Jim Crow era institutionalized racism.

The fact is that students across the country have had enough of sitting silently and allowing the cudgel of “free speech” to further their marginalization and oppression at the hands of those in positions of power.

The protests at Mizzou and Yale University are not the beginning and will not be the end of this uprising.

Students want everyone to be aware that they will no longer allow their campuses to be overrun with racism, sexism and violence under the guise of “free speech.”

They want everyone to be aware that the possibility of peacefully co-existing exists in equal measure to the possibility that they will figuratively “burn that mother***er down” if necessary.

Rachel Ho Staff Writer

Freedom of speech is a constitutional right YES that is increasingly being threatened on college campuses nationwide. Once viewed as open forums, colleges are no longer safe platforms for students to engage in discussions and debates about their opinions and ideas.

In September, an opinion piece published by The Wesleyan Argus criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement almost cost the Wesleyan University newspaper its funding.

Bryan Stascavage, the author of the article, was slammed by readers for his conservative views, which differed greatly from the majority of his peers at the largely liberal college.

Stascavage’s article, which questioned the legitimacy of the Black Lives Matter movement, was largely viewed as racist. He later opened up about the controversy on The College Fix where he related the hatred he received to cultural terraforming, the action of trying to conform people to accepting and abiding by a certain point of view. “[Cultural terraforming] poisons the free exchange of ideas and destroys the mission of liberal arts colleges,” Stascavage wrote.

The purpose of higher education is to expand students’ worldview and encourage critical thinking.

When encountering different opinions and ideas, students should not attempt to retaliate but instead engage in meaningful, thought-provoking discussions while remaining respectful of every party.

College is a place of diversity where students hail from different backgrounds and cultures. It is an excellent place to exchange ideas and one should not cower from this opportunity to learn and discuss.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what students have been doing. There have been several occasions where student body dissent has caused schools to rescind commencement invitations to speakers such as last year’s Rutgers University incident where former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s commencement speaking engagement was axed following student and faculty protests.

In a speech in Des Moines in September, President Obama expressed his disagreement with such behavior.

“Anybody who comes to speak to you and you disagree with, you should have an argument with them,” he said, “but you shouldn’t silence them by saying, ‘You can’t

come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say.’”

Opportunities for college students to freely express themselves are becoming scarce as “social justice warriors” fervently advocate for their causes and write off all opposition. Even if the majority agree on an issue, the minority that disagrees should be granted its own voice to justify and rationalize its view.

In the event of an unpopular opinion, a student’s first instincts should not be to attack the holder of that opinion but to instead be open-minded and understand the rationale behind it.

“The solution to speech that offends should always be more speech, not less,” wrote Catherine Rampell in The Washington Post.

As unpopular as some opinions may be, they should still be heard and discussed. Shutting down a person’s view not only discourages them but also breeds a society of “sheeple” who suppress their own individuality to hop on the ideological bandwagon. When this occurs, innovation and creativity comes to a halt and prevents society from progressing forward.

Being open to different perspectives can also help a student grow as a member of society. College is like Real World Lite: it immerses students in a community that reflects the global landscape on a smaller scale. Just like the real world, college campuses are filled with a vast diversity of people who come from different backgrounds who hold differing beliefs. Being accepting of their college’s diversity prepares students for the even greater diversity that they will encounter post-college.

Of course, there are limits to free speech that should still be set in place to make college conducive to learning. While students should be free to share their own views, hate speech and threats should not be tolerated at any cost as these acts can potentially cause violence and death.

For the most part, however, students’ right to freedom of speech should not be infringed—especially on campus grounds.

All voices should be represented and heard on campus grounds, and students’ right to free speech should not be stifled. Students should be entitled to learning about all sides of the argument before coming to a conclusion about their own opinions on a topic. Only when they do so can they make informed and mature choices that will carry them through college and beyond.

VOICES: What do you think about the cross country coach being relieved of his duties?

November 19, 2015

COURIER

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“I’ve grown so much because of coach Crespo and I can see that in a lot of other athletes as well. I kind of find it unfair, that at the snap of their fingers, people can do that, without thinking about the athletes because he means a lot to us.”

“Thinking about it, there’s not much we can do, but just stay strong together as a team and keep going.

As far as coach goes, we’re not just doing this for us anymore, we’re doing it for him because he’s been a big part of this for a long time.”

“I feel like if they have the sufficient amount of evidence to terminate him then they should, but if they don’t have enough evidence then he should have the right to fight the case and show his perspective.”

“I think they should investigate it more. I think he should be terminated but at the same time everybody deserves to be given a second chance.”

Christina Elizalde, cross country runner

Yossi Castillo, cross country runner

Jesus Cardenas, television and radio

Gonzalo Flores, political science

Reporting by Alex Chhuon Photos by Samantha Molina

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SCENE

November 19, 2015

Monique A. LeBleu/Courier Freshman Eddie Shannon of Azusa, business, practices the flute for the Lancer Marching Band outside the Westerbeck Hall on Nov. 12.

Samantha Molina/Courier Kyle Parker, music, practices playing the guitar inside the Center for the Arts on Nov. 18.

Irma Carrillo/Courier Pasadena City College music/percussion major Abraham Perez-Gordillo, practicing outside the Center for the Arts on Nov. 9.

Monique A. LeBleu/Courier Vivian Rodriguez practices the marimba for the Lancer Marching Band outside the Westerbeck Hall on Nov. 12.

FEATURES

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Nursing education through simulation

November 19, 2015

Keely Damara Managing Editor

Airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed an airplane on the Hudson River near Manhattan in 2009 after a flock of geese ran into the engines midair, disabling the plane. All the passengers and crew survived.

“Afterwards, he was proclaimed a hero and he said, ‘No, I did what I trained to do,’” said simulation and skills lab coordinator Kim Baily. “’I’ve practiced this in the sim lab a hundred times.’”

Kim Baily, who chairs the Southern California Simulation Collaborative and has been in nursing education for over 20 years, spearheaded the new Health Sciences sim lab that was unveiled at the Community Education Center on Monday, Nov. 9.

The lab, which included a $150,000 remodel and three new state-of-the-art simulation mannequins, is designed to help nursing students practice working with patients in different scenarios—creating a realistic atmosphere with no risk to real patients.

The Health Sciences also has a skills lab area where students learn simple procedures like starting IVs, measuring blood pressure, wound care and how to swaddle a baby. The idea is to perfect procedures in the skills lab and bring those skills to the simulation lab to put them into practice.

“They cannot come into the sim lab until they know the skills,” said Baily. “We are not teaching skills in the sim lab, we are putting all the pieces together.”

Keely Damara/Courier Jennifer Gaunt, nursing, prepares a model arm for for IV therapy in the skills lab during the Health Sciences open house on Nov. 9 in the Community Education Center.

Baily said that simulation plays an integral role in training nursing and medical students because it forces them to adapt to different situations and think on their feet.

“We don’t need to spend this kind of money or have this kind of space to teach you how to give an injection,” said Baily. “We do need to have a space like this where we’ll walk in and a patient will say, ‘I’m allergic to that,’or ‘I had that injection’ or to interact with the patient—because students are so tunnel-visioned about their skill that they forget that there is a patient

there.”

Scarlet Nestor, a 4th semester nursing student set to graduate in December, said that the scenarios that they train for are a completely different ball game when they are let loose in the sim lab, which looks strikingly similar to a hospital room with beds, monitors that display patient’s vital signs and even little details like a box of latex gloves on the wall.

“As soon as you walk through that door, everything that you had planned is gone,” said Nestor.

The mannequins, which include a

a 3D viewing app—and your own smartphone. Google Cardboards can retail for as low as $20 depending on your phone and your own personal taste. However, the 3D apps available are as diverse in price, type and quality as the common smartphone.

The Jump camera rig and assembler is equipped with 16 “off the shelf,” 12-megapixel GoPro cameras using 64 gigabit SD cards to store the virtual reality hi-resolution images.

The Jump assembler does video as well, where currently some video content is already being made available to view on YouTube. But for the project involving the campus, Google will provide 3D stationary images.

“Right now we’re just starting with photos, because it’s just a lot of data to support jump content,” said Massingill. “I did a quick video that was about a minute long, and it was about 6 gigs [of data],” The Google Jump imaging project is being piloted in just a few states and began in New York before jumping through the mid-west to the opposite coast of California.

“Google emailed us and asked us if we would be interested in participating in this pilot. And we looked at the technology that we saw,” said Steiman. “And if it’s Google, if they are asking you to participating in a pilot, you say yes.”

Specific areas of the campus, such as the Center for the Arts building, the Westerbeck, the Library, the Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium and Robinson field, and the Observatory, were covered.

But with the ease and speed that the team traveled through campus,

the agenda list grew and changed on the fly. Within just a brief two hours time, the team freestyled, covering nearly all areas of campus including the mirror pools, a xylophone ensemble in the Westerbeck, the Courier newsroom, the veteran’s center, the bookstore, several active classrooms and more.

A natural stop on the campus was the Fab Lab, which contains several 3D printers currently being used for projects in learning, both off and on campus.

“I had my list, but as we walk around campus, it’s like ‘Oh let’s get this! Let’s get that!’ said Steiman.

“So I’m going off script because we want to feature as much of the campus as possible. Ideally, we can show students and potential students are anybody interested in PCC a little slice of campus life and what we’re about.”

The end product of the 16 images will be put together or stitched into an equirectangular projection, mapping out a complete 360-degree image where the proportions are equal. The images would need to be seen through a 3D viewer.

“So it’s in stereo. It’s over and under. On the top is the left eye.

And the bottom is the right eye,” said Massingill. “Each image looks like…. Mercator or lat/long projection….basically it’s as if you were to unwrap a sphere into a flat image.”

A few hours on campus completed the task. For the most part, photography took an average of one minute to set up the cameras and complete.

“I have 937 images on each camera, so it’s about 16,000 images already. Probably more than they want me to come back with, but I’m

pregnant mother with the ability to simulate birth, really bring the experience to the next level as they are designed to interact with students through speech, movements and fluctuating vitals.

“They’ve actually come a long way since first semester,” said 3rd semester nursing student Molly Shea. “They can pretty much do everything but sweat. They can talk to us and then their vitals can just drop—so it’s going to put you on the spot.”

Baily has created twenty odd scenarios, from post partum

hemorrhaging to asthma attacks, to keep students using critical thinking skills to solve problems as efficiently as possible. The class is first pre-briefed on the information and then they have to facilitate a course of action for that case study. While a few students take the lead in the simulation lab, the rest of the class sits in the debriefing room where they can view the scenario from behind mirrored glass.

Baily said that simulation is being used in hospital more and more to screen new applicants, but to also train staff to work efficiently as a team. She has seen teams fall apart in critical moments because they didn’t communicate clearly.

“Three people run to get the IV and nobody will do the chest compressions, I’ve seen that happen,” said Baily.

The lab remodel was funded by the capital outlay fund and executive director of facilities Rueben Smith facilitated the labor, using in-house staff. It was designed based on the International Nursing Association of Simulation standards.

Baily said that case studies have shown that, when done effectively, simulation is as effective as bedside nursing experience—which is field experience that students in the registered nursing program also get in addition to their simulation exercises.

“It has to be done well and it has to be done right otherwise it doesn’t count for anything,” said Baily. “Just like Sully in the airplane, it becomes automatic. We welcome the mistakes because that’s a learning experience.”

A small leap for Google is a giant jump for PCC

Monique A. LeBleu Staff Writer

Standing in a Gettysburg battlefield, you look up. It’s a clear day with a cerulean blue sky, bright clouds and a wide-open field. You look around and you are surrounded, the field lined with a five foot spiked perimeter fence and cannons at the ready. You reach out to touch the cold, black metal, but it’s not there. But you are.

That is what a 3D image that will be provided with Google’s newest immersive experience online is like.

David Steiman, media production specialist for Lancer Lens and producer for PCC One and Chase Massingill, an independent contractor for Google, teamed up on the PCC campus on Thursday, Nov. 5, to produce a unique virtual reality viewing experience to the campus for Google Jump.

“The difference between Google Jump and Google Earth is that 360 degree 3D images, so when you look at them in a viewer, like with Google Cardboard for example, you experience it in a more realistic way,” said Massingill, a 3D photographer and animation and visual effects artist of Kinetogenic.

PCC has been chosen as one of the first schools to use Google Jump to create 3D campus-wide images as part of a multi-state virtual reality project to covering landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, as well as schools and even textbooks.

Viewing the images can be done by using Google Cardboard—a “card board” or other viewer, such as a Mattel Viewmaster, and

Irma Carrillo/Courier PCC’s new Executive Director of Public Relations Alex Boekelheide using view master to look at the photos taken by Google’s new Jump at the Robinson Stadium on Nov. 5. here so I am shooting all I can,” said Massingill. “I give all these images to Google, they download them, and they “stitched them all and put them all together.”

Massingill feels that eventually when the product it goes commercial, there will be a connecter that enable the cameras to communicate with each other better.

“I just think that it’s exciting that people everywhere around the world, for example, will be able to see what PCC has to offer,” said PCC spokesman Alex Boekelheide, joining the Google Jump team at Robinson Field. “They can read about it online, but if they can immerse themselves in a virtual environment and I just think it gives them access and experience to what

PCC gives as an educational institution and as a location.”

With Google Earth’s constantly updated street, aerial and water view images available to everyone and anyone who has access to online computing, it is currently possible to virtually travel nearly every place in the world.

“I just think it’s cool that Google contacted us,” Boekelheide said.

We kind of see ourselves as trying something new here, and I think it’s fun to be able to do here. It’s good to try new stuff and to put ourselves forward like this, so we’re stoked!”

The images will be sent to Google, where they will be stitched together and made available for viewing in a few months.

LIFESTYLE

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November 19, 2015

DanceArt brings modern dance to audience Hannah Gonzales Staff Writer The carpet, carefully covered with black tarps, was the stage. The two rows of chairs, filled with curious library goers, was the audience.

Every so often a powerful leap or spin brought the dancers so close that a rush of air could be felt as they moved passed. When the music ended, the five-member troop breathed heavily in exhaustion, but just for a moment—the audience always ended the performance with resounding applause.

Usually a dance performance brings to mind a stage, lights, and rows of chairs that house like-minded individuals who appreciate the art of dance. However, the DanceArt Company performance on the second floor of the La Crescenta Library was anything but.

Curious patrons of the library of all ages attended the event hosted by the Friends of the La Crescenta Library. The chairs were slow to fill up as people began to trickle in and the dancers were forced to stretch on a small patch of uncovered carpet on the side of the room due to the small space.

This didn’t stop the troupe from performing all three modern dances with grace and ease and by the end of the performance the room was packed with patrons.

Benita Bike, the choreographer and artistic director of the dance company, described the event as an interactive outreach dance program.

During an outreach performance, Bike utilizes the time the dancers spend changing costumes to quiz

Monique A. LeBleu DanceArt rehearses at the Post House, the former Bella Lewitski Dance Studios, for the upcoming show at the La Crescenta Library on Monday, Nov. 1. the audience on what they thought about the performance to encourage them to think critically about modern dance.

“The whole idea is to bring dance to people,” said Bike. “Most of these people would not go out to see dance, but now they’ve had an experience because it was brought to them.”

Bike has brought her company to perform at the La Crescenta Library for several years now and her goal was the same now as it was in previous years: to bring modern dance to

the general public.

“Hopefully, over time, they’ll take themselves to a theater and see a dancer,” said Bike.

According to Bike a theater with a stage and appropriate lighting would be the preferred venue of choice, but she was quick to point out the benefits of dancing in a smaller, public space.

“You’re getting to see the dancers very close,” said Bike.

The virtues of a smaller space became clear as the dancers took their positions for the first dance

A Doo Dah day coming for a punk queen Monique A. LeBleu Lifestyle Editor

Beer bribes, live punk rock, and host of colorful characters inspired the crowning of a new Queen for the occasional parade known to East Pasadena as the Doo Dah. Queen Veronika MeowMeowz, PCC alum Veronika Sorrow, has been crowned the Queen for the 38th Occasional Doo Dah parade.

Sorrow, a local business owner of the “1 stop rock shop” MeowMeowz! in Pasadena, said that in the five years since her shop has been on Colorado she’s attended past parades to enjoy the festivities, celebrate friends who have been Queen, and promote her shop among the revelers.

A hair stylist, musician, and Siouxsie and the Banshees tribute performer, Sorrow’s own unique style and vivacious personality strongly lend to all that is expected of a Doo Dah Queen. Dressed in a clinging and sleek floor length black velvet dress and dripping with Cleopatra-inspired jewels in her signature punk-rock style, in a bit of irony Sorrow reflected that it never occurred to her to ever tryout as Doo Dah Queen herself.

“It took former Queen Suzann [Edmonds] to smack me upside the head a couple of months ago and basically say ‘What are you doing?

This is an incredible opportunity for the shop. Get out there and get your name in the public’s eye.’”

The contest has few requirements, some of which involve a $5 fee, a brief three-minute performance or presentation, having a unique personality, a unique talent, and the willingness to give bribes of

the food and alcohol variety.

Gareth Powell from Wales and Lisa Kaspin-Powell, both of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Space Society, came to support Sorrow to be first time judges and enjoy some “fine traditions of bribery and corruption,” said Powell with a laugh.

“Everyone was having a blast.

It was just insane and we loved it.

It was so uncool it was cool,” said Powell. “It was just kind of colorful, vibrant, multi-colored lunacy from anyone who bothered to turn up.”

After Sorrow and PCC student and band member/boyfriend Adriel Mederos performed their set, she was asked about 10 on-the-spot questions that ranged from masturbatory practices to intimate knowledge of John Waters’ film. And the one serious question on how she sees her future as Queen.

“That was a really deep question,” she said. “So what I said was, ‘I want to use the shop as a platform to collaborate now with the Light Bringer Project…cool music stuff and cool art stuff, all ages events, something that would shed light more light on their projects and on the shop.”

After about two hours of merrymaking, the 20 or so contestants were judged by their peers and nearly 100 participants.

“It was just total disbelief,” she continued and thought to herself.

“Like, ‘No way! This is my first time trying out. ‘A lot of these women here have tried out several years in a row. There’s more wackier, wild Kool-Aid style kind of folks here. I didn’t want to be too hopeful.’”

Each year prior to the contest, the outgoing queen creates a new crown. Queen Veronika Meow-

Monique A. LeBleu/Courier Queen Veronika MeowMeowz Meowz’ crown, created by Queen Narayana, is crafted from faux leopard skin and adorned with red silk roses and stiff red crinoline or tulle, giving it a height of nearly two feet.

Inspired by the upcoming parade, Queen Veronika had new thoughts on what the contest means as opposed to what other pageant-like contests represent.

“It’s not a beauty contest. It’s actually a talent and spirit contest, and that’s what a lot of other beauty pageants I feel lack,” she said. “The other thing about Doo Dah—anything goes. I love that…It’s completely uncensored.”

Mederos, who also works at MeowMeowz, was enthused about the future promotional aspect for the shop and in his happiness for his girlfriend.

“I just think that Veronika as Queen can really express and can show the Doo Dah spirit,” said Mederos. Because I’ve always felt that MeowMeowz is Doo Dah 24/7.”

The 38th Occasional Doo Dah Parade is Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Colorado Boulevard from Altadena Drive to San Gabriel Boulevard.

titled “Renaissance 5.” Every movement, from broad leaps to a twitch of the hands, was noticeable to the audience. In fact, Bike encouraged the audience to watch the dancers bodies closely to get a feel for what they were trying to express.

Rachele Donofrio, Clare Kiklowicz, Dominique Lyons, Trudy Niess-Stevens, and Linnea Snyderman moved fluidly to 16th century music during the first piece, but if the dancers seemed to stare right through their audience as they moved by that’s because they were.

While the audience was encouraged to examine every move, the troupe needed to maintain a little bit of distance from the already close and intimate setting.

“Often time, I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but we’re not allowed to make eye contact with the audience because [the dance] is supposed to have that very distant feeling,” said Lyons.

After “Renaissance 5,” the troop switched up their tempo to perform a more chaotic piece called “Through the Lens.”

While the first dance contained five parts, it was pieced together by the music and the similar dance moves the troupe used. “Through the Lens,” however, had three parts that were more quirky and hardedged than the first dance.

The second piece was set to equally quirky music which punctuated the dance with strange sounds.

During the costume change for the final piece, the audience tried to guess the symbolism and meaning behind the dance. From trees to bugs, everyone had their own theory. According to Bike, each one was right.

“You have to tell them it’s OK,” said Bike. “It’s OK to say what you think.”

The last piece, “In the Garden,” was less symbolic and more literal.

Using props, such as red rocks and triangular skirts to imitate tree trunks, the troupe explored life in a garden though their dance.

Afterward, the troupe mingled with the audience, or as Bike hoped, new fans of modern dance.

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Women’s basketball breaks down against LBCC Ahmad Akkaoui Sports Co-Editor

The Lancers women’s basketball team squandered a double-digit lead they held for most of the championship game on Sunday and fell to Long Beach City College 62-57.

Playing on their own home court was a big part of Pasadena’s 46-point win against Imperial Valley College on Friday and 53-point win against Pierce on Saturday. The home court played little advantage in the final game, as Long Beach fans’ noise echoed in the gymnasium during the entire 40 minutes of the game.

Pasadena played their game perfectly in the first three quarters despite the Vikings’ usual full-court pressure, and was able to draw all of the fouls they needed to get to the free throw line. The Lancers had LBCC in the penalty every quarter of the game but couldn’t take advantage in the final quarter.

Assistant coach Gary Potts stepped into the head coaching spot while head coach Joe Peron is suspended and has led the team to a 3-1 record to start the season.

“Knowing they would do a full court press and knowing they would jump on first passes, one of the things we worked on is fake the first pass and go to the second pass but we didn’t do that. They got fast break points from that,” Potts said.

“The other key component we did in the first half that we didn’t do in the second half is shutting them down at the three-point line. In the second half, they started getting threes. We knew once they start knocking down threes, they would put in their post players and go back to their normal offense.”

With less than nine minutes left in the game, sophomore sharpshooter Krystin Nakamura made a three-pointer to keep their lead in the double digits. Within four minutes, the Vikings went on a 12-0 run and the lead went to one point.

Pasadena continued to fight but the Vikings defense didn’t give up the pressure seeing that the game was almost in their grasp.

Sophomore point guard Judith Espinoza finished the game with 13 points and seven assists but had 10 turnovers.

“We could’ve attacked the basket more … In the second half, they changed their defense to a 1-2-2 to get the ball out of my hands and Ella’s,” Espinoza said. “There was a lot of pressure up top and it got to the point where someone else had to take the ball up. I think this experience is good for them for the future championship games we plan to play in.”

Freshman forward Ella Stepanian scored double-digit points in each game of the tournament and finished with 18 points on Sunday.

Freshman center Kailyn Gideon also made her mark during the tournament and finished with 14 rebounds, with six on the offensive side.

Red-shirt freshman Illianna Blanc was disappointed in the outcome on Sunday and said she just didn’t play well. She finished the game with three points, in comparison to Friday’s 13 points and Saturday’s eight points. “[Coach Potts] told us to calm our game down because we were playing up to their pace and that we really just needed to play our game,” Blanc said.

On Friday the Lancers defeated Imperial Valley College 84-38, and on Saturday they defeated LA Pierce College 94-41.

Pasadena held their opponents to below 30 percent from the field in the tournament.

The Lancers’ next game is at Glendale Community College on Thursday Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. against Fullerton College in the Lady Vaquero Shootout. The bracket for the upcoming tournament can be found online.

Monique A. LeBleu/Courier Lancers guard Emiko Powell driving to the basket against Imperial Valley during the Honda of Pasadena Classic hosted at the Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium on Friday, Nov. 13.

Men’s basketball loses in consolation title game Christian Rivas Sports Co-Editor

Photo courtesy of Wade Byars Lancers’ forward Darrell Childs protects the rim against San Bernandino Valley College in the Alvin Hunter Classic on Nov. 13.

The Lancers men’s basketball team traveled to San Bernardino Valley College to compete in the San Bernardino Valley Alvin Hunter Classic this weekend and grabbed their first win of the young season.

Pasadena opened their weekend against the SBVC Wolverines Friday, losing 87-68. They shot 28.6 percent from behind the arc, only making 6 of their 21 attempts from deep.

Forward Darrell Childs led the team in scoring, racking up 15 points on 5 of 11 shooting. Childs was also perfect from the charity stripe on the night.

The Lancers also did a great job of being competitive in the paint on defense and offense. Both teams ended the game with 36 rebounds and the Wolverines outscored the Lancers in the paint 40-34.

Even with the Lancers turning the ball over 23 times, the Wolverines only scored 10 points on fast breaks.

Pasadena bounced back with a win over Bristol JV on Saturday, winning 91-71. That win put them

in the game for a consolation prize.

The Lancers followed a poor shooting performance over SBVC by shooting 50 percent from the field, but struggled draining threes.

The Lancers also moved the ball really well with freshman guard Corey Robinson coming off the bench and dishing out a game-high 8 assists.

Pasadena’s bench was a huge contributor to the win, outscoring the opposition 48-37. Unfortunately, the Lancers couldn’t close out the weekend against ECC Compton on Sunday. ECC Compton blew the Lancers out 93-77.

Both teams shot pretty well from the field, but Pasadena weren’t capitalizing on their free throw attempts, only making 51 percent.

The bench also didn’t have the same energy on Sunday, only putting up 6 points to ECC Compton’s 30.

The Lancers ended the tournament 1-2.

Coach Michael Swanegan was disappointed with his team’s performance but understands that this year’s roster is going to need some time.

“We’re so young right now,” said Swanegan. “We still have a lot of

work to do. We played better this weekend than we did last weekend, but it’s going to take some time.”

Swanegan believes the team will be ready to compete by the time conference comes around.

“Pre-season we’re still trying to figure things out and find ourselves, and it’s probably going to take all the way until December,” said Swanegan.

The Lancers roster consists of three players returning from last season.

Forward Donell Tuff is coming off of the football season and has been playing aggressively, showing some leadership among the youngsters.

Forward Jeremy Jean returns to the team looking for more minutes on the floor. Last season he played in only two games.

Guard Todd Barnes is returning to the team but only played one game last season.

The Lancers play their home opener on Tuesday against Glendale Community College at 5 p.m. in the Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium.

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