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Club and department events help fill the void of Harvest Festival Mall marquee

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The Halloween celebration wasn’t limited to just clubs and departments. Baseball had some fun during practice, with players dressing in costume and having what they call “backwards baseball.”

“They’ve been doing it for years. The last place I coached, we did it. Last year, we got rained out,” Picketts said. “Everyone has to do the opposite thing. They have to swing opposite hand, run backwards and do the bases backwards. Hopefully no one gets hurt. Take a little break from our daily practices.”

The Mall marquee has been malfunctioning since last year’s construction of the North of Mall, displaying inaccurate information before being shut off entirely last semester. There is no timetable for its repair.

The marquee was previously used to present information about the school, such as upcoming event dates, but it has been off throughout this semester without use. the Mall marquee has been off for a semester, and prior to that, it was displaying outdated information.

Associate Vice President Larry Kraus explained that the marquee is inactive because of problems with a cable connection.

“During construction of the North of Mall, cabling that connects the marquee to the computer network connection was disconnected,” Kraus said. “We were looking for the cable but were unable to locate it.”

Information Technology Manager Mark Henderson said that the cabling issue will be resolved.

“The Mall marquee will be down until we re-route the cabling to another location. That will allow for ease of administration by the department that will be in charge of providing content,” Henderson said.

Director of Facilities Paul Neiman said that the marquee does work, but the only problem is the lack of a network connection.

“From the facility side, the unit has power and functions, however, there is some sort of computer communications issue,” Nieman said.

The Mall marquee does have power, but Kraus explained that without the cable connection, there is no way to program new information into the marquee.

The marquee can now only run off its own internal memory, and this is why when it is powered on, the marquee displays old information.

The plan now is to create a new connection, but there is no timetable for the repair.

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The baseball team dresses in Halloween costumes during practice for backwards baseball on Joe Kelly Field at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.

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he halloween spirit always seems to find its way to Pierce.

From 2005-2014, the Farm Center played host to the Halloween Harvest Festival.

While the corn mazes and haunted house may be gone, clubs and departments at Pierce are still bringing the celebration to campus.

This year, multiple events were held at Pierce, including a costume drive organized by ASO [see page 3].

The campus festivities began on Thursday when the English Club hosted a costumed movie night with films including “Elvis and Costello Meets Frankenstein” and “Halloween” [see page 7].

On Tuesday, the costumed fun kicked-off with the Peer2Peer Halloween event, which focused on bring together mentors, mentees and Pierce Promise students together.

“Our program strives to achieve the goal of making these students feel welcome at a community event,” said Isha Paricha, a Peer2Peer mentor and the ASO Vice President. “They can come along, dress crazy on the day of Halloween and enjoy

free games, free chocolate and candies.”

Paricha sees the event as a way for students to have fun on Halloween just like they did as children by dressing up and trickor-treating.

Kimberly Castillo, the cocoordinator of Peer2Peer, thinks that while the events are smaller than the Harvest Festival, they still provide students an ample place to dress up and have fun.

The Peer2Peer event wasn’t the only place for students to trickor-treat. The English Department held “Haunted Office Hours,” with candy, spooky music and scary stories.

English Department Chair

Donna Accardo said it was offered to convince students to visit their instructors.

“It’s like the secret sauce,” Accardo said. “We are getting students to come in and talk and get to know their teachers during office hours. Our students and teachers work so hard that we decided to have our own Halloween thing.”

More candy was to be had on the Mall, with the Pierce College Vegan Society handing out vegan candy.

Festivities ended with the Queer Brahma Collective’s costume contest and a screening of “Paris is Burning” in the Great Hall.

Volleyball sinks Pirates

No. 4 Brahmas bounce back from loss to El Co, remain unbeaten in WSC RANDI LOVE Photo Editor @randi_love29 A five set loss to El Camino College on Wednesday showed no lingering effects on the women’s volleyball team (19-6, 5-0), defeating the Santa Monica College Corsairs (7-8, 1-4) in straight sets.

After a rocky start, middle blocker Cairo Harrell, outside hitters Haley Rousselle and Shari Volpis took control of the game, defending the ball and getting it back over the net.

Volpis said the way they played was based on how they prepared prior to the game.

“You usually start the game

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how you play in warmups.

Warmups were kind of slow and a little bit sloppy,” Volpis said. “We talked about it, and I mentioned that I didn’t think we were really taking care of the first ball, the first contact.”

Volpis had 10 kills, followed by 8 from Rousselle and 7 from Harrell. The group’s energy was low, and it took them more than half of the game to raise it up.

Pierce slowly got into the swing of things, although they won each set.

Head Coach Nabil Mardini said the team had low energy, and they talked about it after the second set, which led them to improve in the last set.

Mardini said whether they win or lose, they just have to learn,

and that shouldn’t stop them, but they have to keep their attention on improving.

“You just have to continue to focus on what I call the ‘big longs,’ which is getting better at serving and getting better at passing,” Mardini said. “Our transition game kind of lacked on Wednesday; we were better today. Our serving was better today.”

Volpis admitted she was frustrated, and it may have shown in her body language. She said that, as captain, that was bad, so she had to adjust herself before she could get her team to follow suit. She was happy with the win, but a little disappointed with the f low of the game.

“I was pretty satisfied. I feel

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like that’s how we should play from the beginning,” Volpis said.

“We handled business. Two sets too late, we should have done it in the first one.”

Mardini said that although they are now in conference play, they still have to worry about themselves before they can think about the opponent.

“You kind of have to get ready for the other team, but at the same time, it doesn’t matter if you’re not taking care of your side of the net,” Mardini said.

Rachel Wiley, opposite hitter, knows the team can execute a good game, so she wasn’t worried. She came in the third set and assisted with the overall win.

Although Wiley wasn’t worried, she said there are a few

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Team capitan Shari Volpis smacks the ball over the net against Santa Monica College's Ivanna Gamboa on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 in Santa Monica, Calif. things the girls have to think about for the upcoming games.

“We just need to group together and focus on the fundamentals, really focus in with each other and trust each other,” Wiley said.

“Trust the back and front row and

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ROUNDUP: November 1, 2017

STREET This parking is not preferable BEAT From the desk of the Roundup: Editorial

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uring the mor ning hours at Pierce C o l l e g e , s t u d e n t s com mute to campus and a n x io u sl y l o o k fo r a p a r k i n g s p o t s , e a g e r t o g e t t o cl a s s on time.

T h o u g h t h e s t r e s s of parking eases th roughout t h e d a y, i t i s a c o n s i s t e n t i s s u e t h a t s t u d e n t s s t i l l ke e p i n t h e b a c k of t h e i r m i n d s du r i ng thei r ti me at Pierce.

The Business Off ice needs to reinst ate rest r icted p a r k i n g p a s s e s a t t h e $2 0 rate, which is the cu r rent c o s t fo r Fa l l p a r k i n g p e r m i t s a t Va l l e y C ol l e g e a n d L o s A n g el e s Ci t y C ol l e g e .

C u r r e n t l y, P i e r c e of fe r s o n e k i n d of p a r k i n g p a s s i n t h e b u s i n e s s of f i c e p r efe r r e d . A l t h o u g h Pe i r c e of fe r s $3 fo r d a i l y p a r k i n g a n d $1 fo r 3 0 - m i n u t e p a r k i n g p a s s e s , t h e r e i s n o t a n o p t io n fo r a r e g u l a r o r r e s t r i c t e d pass, so all st udents are f ig h t i n g fo r t h e s a m e l i m i t e d s p o t s d a i l y.

The Pierce C ol l e g e S h e r i f f ’s Depar t ment we b s i t e says that “the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of f i n d i n g a legal park ing space rests w i t h t h e m o t o r ve h i cl e o p e r a t o r.” O f t e n i t c a n t a ke more than 30 mi nutes to f i nd a legal park ing space on the 470 a c r e c a m p u s .

Fo r a m o r e ef fe c t i ve parking exper ience, the Pierce Business Off ice, where park i ng per mits are s ol d , s h o u l d b e g i n t o of fe r b o t h p r efe r r e d a n d n o n p r efe r r e d p e r m i t s .

P r efe r r e d passes will cost st udents more and will be accepted i n all lots, but h ave p r io r i t y i n p a r k i n g l o t s 1 a n d 7, w h i c h w i l l n o t b e a c c e s s i bl e t o c a r s w i t h reg ular passes. “ Pa r k i n g L o t 7, t h e l a r g e s t l o t , of fe r s e a s y e n t r a n c e a n d

What is the best Halloween costume you've seen?

“The corpse bride because the undead look was just so cool."

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e x i t r o u t e s ,” a c c o r d i n g t o t h e P i e r c e we b s i t e .

Ac c o r d i n g t o t h e P i e r c e onli ne page titled, “Map a n d P h o n e D i r e c t o r y,” A S O p r efe r r e d p a r k i n g p a s s e s c u r r e n t l y c o s t $27, w h i c h i n cl u d e s t h e $7 d ol l a r A S O fe e n e c e s s a r y t o a c q u i r e p r efe r r e d p a r k i n g.

T h o u g h t h e we b s i t e a l s o notes a cheaper rest r icted p a r k i n g p a s s fo r $2 0 , t h e b u s i n e s s of f i c e n o l o n g e r dist ributes these passes, as t h e o n l y o p t io n av a i l a bl e

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t o s t u d e n t s i s p r efe r r e d p a r k i n g.

St udents who qualify fo r d i s a bl e d parking, should automatically gai n a p r efe r r e d p a r k i n g p a s s fo r $2 0 , a s d i s a bl e d s p o t s w i l l b e i n p r efe r r e d l o t s .

A n yo n e p a r k i n g i n a P i e r c e C ol l e g e l o t w i t h o u t a p a r k i n g p a s s i s s u s c e p t i bl e t o a $3 0 p a r k i n g t i c ke t fe e , w h i c h i f u n p a i d w i l l a c c u m u l a t e t o a l a r g e r fe e .

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fe e s m u s t b e p a i d b efo r e a parking pass is acquired.

T hough st udents may see a parking pass as a waste of t h e i r m o n e y, t h e c o s t of s e m e s t e r- l o n g p a s s e s a r e r ef u n d a bl e .

“T he park i ng per mit must be ret ur ned at the time t h e r ef u n d i s r e q u e s t e d ,” accordi ng to the Pierce we b s i t e . “ No r ef u n d s a r e a l l owe d o n d a y p e r m i t s .”

I f a s t u d e n t c a n n o t a f fo r d p r efe r r e d p a r k i n g b u t i s wo r r i e d fo r t h e i r s a fe t y,

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Cooperation is the key to success in many ventures throughout life. Our jobs, our personal relationships, our college careers—we are more likely to see positive results through joint efforts. Yet, it seems that the “group project” is as much cause for dread for the average student as midterms and presentations.

Group projects offer us the opportunity to gain better understanding of both the values and intricacies of working with others toward the best possible outcome of any undertaking.

Through group projects, we see that individual facets of an assignment can be completed to a higher degree of quality when they are focused on by a student whose task it is to complete it, which results in a superior finished product. In other words, group projects demonstrate that many students working diligently on different parts of a project can produce better work than one student attempting to do everything.

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or class. We learn, through effective group work, to value the motivation and energy given to us by being part of a successful team.

Most importantly, group projects allow us to hone our professional communication skills. Though an effective team supports and motivates its members, it also holds them to certain expectations so that the group can complete its project to the best of its capabilities.

Ultimately, group projects are like anything offered by school—their value is that which students take from them.

Given the myriad of benefits group projects offer students who take advantage of the opportunities for enrichment, professors should implement group projects as required assignments.

And to students: If you’re dead set on lamenting every group assignment that you are meant to take part in, then you’re only depriving yourself of the chance to develop worthwhile capabilities. However, if you see them as the opportunities to learn valuable skills in professional cooperation, you will most certainly be benefiting yourself in the long run. afortincaldera.roundupnews@gmail.com

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Group projects add too much drama to the already stressful life of a hardworking college student.

Imagine being forced to be in a group with three other people you know nothing about. You must exchange numbers and keep in contact, but after the assignment is done, you continue to receive messages from one of your groupmates.

The classmate may message you inappropriate things at all hours of the night. Then you have to see them in class... that’s awkward.

Individuals get stuck working in group projects, and they have to pull the majority of the weight. They are forced to work with people they don’t know, and work harder because others in the group are not taking it as seriously.

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should be done or they don’t even try to come up with their own ideas.

The timing of completing a project could also be held back.

Say you are on a tight schedule for finishing the project, and everyone can not agree with on decision. This pushes back when the project can be done and not having to rush and finish it in the last hour.

Getting everyone to meet at the same time can be a complete nightmare. One person might work and attend school and is only available at night. The group members’ schedules may conf lict. It’s even worse if the group consists of three or more people. Coordinating only 1-2 hours of time with that many people’s schedules is practically impossible.

Dealing with multiple personalities can be a lot to handle as well. You may have the person who gives no input whatsoever, the person who is stubborn and believes all their ideas are correct, or the person that has no idea what’s going on in the first place. How in the world are you supposed to pull these people together so you can get your “A” and be done?

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Costume drive down the Mall

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ASO members organize month-long outreach to help students celebrate Halloween CHRIS JUAREZ Reporter @roundupcaj

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ctober is the time of the year to play tricks and relish in treats, whether that be hanging out with friends or snacking on sugar candies, however having fun sometimes has to wait because of problems.

To help students have a spooky time on Halloween, ASO placed bright red buckets throughout campus for students to drop off clothing or costumes. And on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. members were on the Mall.

Gisela Tarifa, an ASO senator, said the purpose of these events are to bring knowledge to those students who don't know much about what Pierce has to offer.

“It’s not just about me collecting clothing to donate it back to other people, it’s also about spreading awareness and information about the resources that Pierce students have available to them,” Tarifa said. “Not only are we collecting clothes, we are also talking about resources that Pierce students need.”

According to the Los Angeles Times, 1 in 5 of the 230,000 students in the Los Angeles Community College District are homeless, and about two-thirds can’t afford a balanced meal.

The costume drive branched out from the Brahma Initiative, a resolution passed by ASO. “It's a lot of community service,

Erick Salgado/Roundup News From left: Gabrielle Castleberry and Gisela Tarifa speak to Emily Martinez about the costume drive on the Mall at Pierce College in Woodland Hills Calif. on Oct. 24 2017.

it’s a lot of helping out students, access to food, creating the food pantry, and having community drives,” Lopez said. “In the spirit of Halloween, I think it’s important to have the community bonding and the community engagement to run these drives.”

The Community Welfare Committee is determined to help students here on campus, Tarifa said.

“This committee really strives to address anything that is occuring within the Pierce student body community or anything that is happening in our local area,” Tarifa said.

The goal for the costume drive remains the same, according to Tarifa. Originally, they had planned for only costume donations, however, it was opened up to donations of any

type of clothing.

“The original goal for the costume drive was to redistribute it back to Pierce students that weren’t able to afford a costume or didn't have the time to go purchase a new one because of midterms,” Tarifa said.

“That’s still the goal, but if there are leftover clothes from the drive, we’re going to donate it to a local shelter.”

Isha Pasricha, the ASO Vice

President, hoped that the costume drive would bring happiness to those in need.

"The goal of our event is to provide a little more happiness to people who aren’t privileged enough to have costumes,” Pasricha said.

Planning these type of events do come with challenges, said Pasricha.

“The challenges would be when we were organizing it, publicizing it, letting people know that we are doing a costume drive, and if they have any costumes that they don't use, that they can donate them to people who are actually in need,” Pasricha said.

Pasricha thinks it’s important for ASO to have these events because it benefits the students.

“We are the student body government on the campus, it is our job to create an environment on the campus where students want to come and feel welcomed and have somebody who is there advocating for their rights,” Pasricha said. “The student body government, we take pride, we take it as our responsibility to help students.”

The drive ended on Oct. 31 with a final event, in which all donated costumes would be available to students at a Peer to Peer social event in the Student Engagement Center room 5100 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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These incidents were reported between Oct. 22 - Oct. 28

Reported by: Jose Herrera and Vanessa Arredondo 10/23 Trespassing Advisement Two men were wandering around the north area of the Child Development Center at 8:50 p.m.

They were warned and told to leave campus.

10/24 Student Incident Student was ill during their class in room 3216 at 7:55 p.m.

10/24 Ill Student Student was ill during their class in The Village room 8341 at 9:37 a.m.

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Out with the old, in with the new parking system?

Pierce College Council votes to explore transitioning current regulations toward online and incoporating a scanning method for cars NATALIE MIRANDA Reporter @natalierosemir Campus parking access may require a digital component.

A 10 to 7 majority vote at the Pierce College Council (PCC) meeting on Oct. 26 arranged plans to further discuss replacing parking permits with a parking standing system, eliminating the need for physical parking passes on campus.

The idea was presented by the Budget Committee, and PCC

agreed to review how, or if, this would be something the campus would implement in the future.

The new system was described as a scanning software that would require students, faculty and visitors who park on campus to input their license plate information online to gain access to parking and to verify that vehicles on campus lots are registered in the system. The council had mixed opinions on whether this procedure would be beneficial to Pierce.

PCC Committee Vice Chair Patricia Doelitzsch said everything is still up in the air.

“We are under extreme budget cuts, and this vote was the Budget Committee just kind of throwing a bunch of ideas out,” Doelitzsch said. “It would generate a lot for the college, but this vote wasn’t a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to actually do it. It was a vote to send it forward, and say let’s explore the possibilities of it.”

Doelitzsch said there were some strong opinions and that is why the vote was more contentious than a lot of the other ideas.

“Since it passed, it will be interesting to hear what the committee comes up with and how it would be implemented,”

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Doelitzsch said.

During the discussion, Health Center Director Beth Benne said that the parking system on campus is working, and that the “methodology we have now is our kick.”

Doelitzsch said she was shocked to hear about this possible change to parking.

“I just think it’s a lot for Pierce College. It’s a far deviation from our standard right now,” Doelitzsch said. “My concern is our student population and their access to cars.”

PCC Chair Brian Walsh said the parking standing system is a

way to update the current system.

“I think this would provide a more high technology method of being accountable for parking,” Walsh said.

Doelitzsch said that those using a rental vehicle, or borrowing a car, might be required to update their license plates on the system, and this would be an additional step to remember to avoid being ticketed.

Despite criticism from some members, the council unanimously agreed that the system would bring in more revenue to the parking fund that is used to repair roads and signs. The Budget Committee

anticipates an increase in revenue.

“The money it would bring to the campus is much needed as the budget goes down, but we can’t do that to the detriment of our students,” Doelitzsch said.

Doelitzsch said the next course of action for the item is up to the college president to decide, and if she decides to look into this, then the Budget Committee would have to create a task force and present it again to PCC and the Academic Senate. nmiranda.roundupnews@gmail.com

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ROUNDUP: November 1, 2017

A song for a different stage

Pierce alumnus takes music career and advocacy work to Capitol JOSE HERRERA News Editor @jose_herrera012

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air as black as raven feathers, arms tattooed with skulls and facial piercings to match, Justin Emord emits the typical rocker appearance that alludes to his music career.

The 30-year-old has played in diverse venues, from the Anaheim Convention Center to outdoor music festivals, to the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood.

But when he travelled to Washington D.C. in February, Emord found himself playing a different role, advocating for music education with an envoy of representatives from the National Association for Music Merchants (NAMM).

“We were there supporting music education both at the state and federal level,” Emord said. “We were there to support specifically Title IV in the Every Student Succeeds Act because the president had zeroed it out in his budget, which came out when we were in D.C.” NAMM is a trade organization for music products, featuring companies from different areas of the industry such as pro audio, dee-jaying, brass and woodwind, to guitars and amps for mainstream music.

The group has a foundation attached to the trade organization that supports music education programs in schools by working with the government to make sure that there is funding or funds are maintained within school systems.

According to Emord, NAMM sends members of its foundation every year to advocate and help define the language in bills to maintain support for music education throughout the country, but this time was different when President Donald Trump announced his proposed fiscal budget for the following year.

Emord said that his group was in the Newseum and were preparing to go into the Capitol the next day

to work with the government and elected official, when the budget was actually proposed.

“Wow...it was heavy,” Emord said. “To find out something like that when you are supposed to go fight and support music education, and to find out that your president basically killed it. It was overwhelming, but made the task more important and a lot more serious.”

According to Emord, when they met with officials, they were all saying that Trump’s budget was dead on arrival, and that there would be a lot of negotiations between all parties involved to make sure that they agreed on a budget.

“Within 24 hours of the budget coming out, we were there fighting back, which was incredible,” Emord said. “But with Every Student Succeeds, it was authorized funding at one point for $5 to 6 billion for the country. Trump decided to remove the funding fully from the budget.”

Emord said that no one agreed with the proposed budget, which helped calm the group.

When discussions began with government officials, his group had an easier task than others members of NAMM from different states, because California officials understood the impact of music education.

“There’s a lot of stuff coming down the pipeline for California.

That is really exciting, we were able to get the ball rolling early on,” Emord said.

Emord was a communications major in college and took a lot of rhetoric classes. At Pierce, he took a lot of business finance courses, which helps in the music industry.

“When I was going here and CSUN, never in my wildest or weirdest dreams would I have ever seen myself speaking at Capitol Hill,” Emord said.

The knowledge and familiar background that he obtained in communication and philosophy provided him the tools to communicate effectively, he said.

“To be able to use that stuff in a classroom and apply it to the real world in such an important arena like the nation’s Capitol, is priceless,” Emord said. “They set

me up incredibly well to be able to go into a situation like this and succeed.”

Chalise Zolezzi, the director of public relations for NAMM, is in charge of the organization’s social media, highlighting and sharing news with various media outlets, among other responsibilities.

“NAMM is working to make the world a better place by providing passionate defenders of children to raise their voices,” Zolezzi said.

Zolezzi said the work they do at the state level and national level is important because of the impact music has on children and the community.

“Transformative experiences to see the work you are doing affects the community,” Zolezzi said. “It is to encourage everybody to make music.”

According to Emord, the foundation provides donations and has its members volunteer at schools across the nation that need support for a thriving music program.

Such was the case when the organization donated $5000 to an inner city school in D.C. to help with its lacking music program. More than 30 percent of the instruments the school had were beyond repair, and the students couldn’t use them, Emord said.

“It was eye opening to go to a school like that and see what the world is like, becuase in Los Angeles, we don’t have that problem,” Emord said. “We have schools that are hurting, but not to the extent that this school was.”

Director of Communications and Public Information for the Anaheim Elementary School District Keith Sterling said the district had a partnership with NAMM for a few years and it has helped them with their program.

“It brought back the music program,” Sterling said. “NAMM has helped guide us and develop the music program at our school districts. They donated $10,000 collectively for two years.”

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Randi Love/ Roundup Justin Emory play his guitar in Lake Balboa Park in Van Nuys, Calif. on Oct. 23, 2017. Emory is a Pierce College alumnus, he attended both CSUN and Pierce. He began interning for a company called NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, while still in school.

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Playing along with the string theory

Professor works to create an experience in both classroom and orchestra

JESSICA VAUGHAN Reporter @JVaughanRoundup The study of physics explores many theories including sound, however Lee Loveridge takes it a step further by playing in the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra.

Loveridge, as associate professor of physics and astronomy, is involved at Pierce College and spends the majority of his time enjoying the sciences as well as the arts.

For about two years, Loveridge has also played the viola with the Pierce Orchestra.

“I feel like I make a contribution that makes the music richer,” Loveridge said.

Loveridge wanted to play string instruments because his older sister, who he idolized, was playing them. But he was also inspired by his television hero.

One day, Loveridge was watching an episode of “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” and Mr. Rogers brought out the four-stringed instruments: the violin, viola, cello and the stringed bass. Viola was the only instrument that he was unfamiliar with.

Loveridge knew he wanted to be a physics major when he was a junior in high school.

He had previously wanted to be a nuclear engineer until he saw a particular physics demonstration.

“When I saw it, I was so amazed that I knew I had to do that for a living,” Loveridge said.

For about three years, he attended the University of

Randi Love / Roundup Lee Loveridge, professor of physics, plays his viola outside of the Planetarium at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Loveridge plays with the faculty orchestra and began playing viola again once he find out Pierce had an orchestra.

California, Berkeley, where he received his master’s degree, and he continued on to do his research.

A number of things were not going well in his life, so he took a break and taught high school for two years, but he wanted to go back to school and finish his doctorate.

He continued his education for another four years and earned his Ph.D. in physics at UCLA. However, he also focused on particle astrophysics.

Loveridge was looking for ways to understand fundamental particles better and focused on what kinds of insight he could

get from recent discoveries in astronomical physics.

“My short answer to what it took to get my Ph.D. is 9 years, two children and a marriage,” Loveridge said.

While Loveridge was teaching high school, he was introduced to constructivist theory, the idea that students

don’t simply absorb what you tell them. According to Loveridge, students have to construct their understanding based on previous experience, new experiences and what they are told.

He loved this idea, and he worked hard while he was teaching high school to include

the constructivist theory while teachings.

Later, when he was searching for a new full-time job, he saw that an opportunity was available at Pierce.

“I was interviewing, and I talked all about how constructivism was important to me. That matched up very nicely with the ideals of the school because that is something they put a lot of effort into,” Loveridge said.

“It turned out to be a very good match,” Loveridge has been working at Pierce since spring 2009.

He saw that positions were open to teach astronomy, and he was interested in applying the active learning techniques he was using to teach physics.

However, he said it is not working out as well as he had hoped.

“It’s a different student population, and learning exactly how to work with them is still something I struggle with, but I feel like we are making progress all the time,” Loveridge said.

Loveridge said that he enjoys physics, and he thinks it is amazing to see that, with a few basic principles, predictions can be made about the world.

According to Loveridge, in physics, you are looking for the simplest description that is accurate and precise and gets right to the fundamentals.

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5 Campus Life Wed. 11/1

Transfer Application Assistance Drop-In for Help at the CTC from 9 to 7 p.m.

Job Search Prep for Veterans Workshop at the CTC from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Weekly Calendar

Thurs. 11/2

Fri. 11/3

Sat. 11/4

“The Things We Carried” Art Exhibit Opening Reception from 6 to 8 p.m.

Day of the Dead Celebration in the Great Hall from 6 to 10 p.m.

Applying to Private Universities Workshop at the CTC from noon to 1 p.m.

Library open from 10:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Sun. 11/5

Library

closed

Mon. 11/6

Tues. 11/7

St.A.S.H Food Pantry in room IRIS 910 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

UC Application Workshop at the CTC from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

“Ace the Interview…

Land the Job” Workshop at the CTC from 10 to 11 a.m. St.A.S.H Food Pantry in room IRIS 910 from 12:50 to 1:45 p.m.

Classical concert with a modern twist Student Recital gives musicians the opportunity to gain experience with performing on stage SAMANTHA BRAVO

Editor-in-Chief @sammybravo93

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ongs from Sam Smith, Miley Cyrus and NSYNC were performed by students in the Performing Arts Building Mainstage on Thursday, Oct. 26.

The ASO occasionally hosts free afternoon concerts on Thursdays, and they are open to the public.

Instructor of music Garineh Avakian-Akkus said the student concert was for any Pierce student and is not limited to students in a particular class.

“I think they were all wonderful.

The more experience and the more performance that they get, the better they become,” AvakianAkkus said. “We try to do at least two to three recitals a semester to give them more performance opportunity.”

Avakian-Akkus said she tries to give students the opportunity to perform with or without an audition.

“It’s based on their talent, and in this one in particular, they actually audition to get into the recital,” Avakian-Akkus said.

Bass guitarist Isaac Mejia ,19, performed “Summertime” with Cleo Maggiore, Adrian Camp and Lindley Dao. “I’ve been playing since I was 9. I do these recitals for myself.

I was hoping more people would enjoy it,” Mejia said. “I played and I had fun.”

This is Mejia’s second time performing in a student recital at Pierce. He performed on the drums in the last recital.

Pianist Sophia Cho has been performing since 7, and this was her second semester performing in the Pierce student concerts.

“There’s a different energy that we all have when we come here to do these performances. We’re all very supportive and it’s really great,” Cho said. “We’re just really excited to be performing with other people, and we’ve been working really hard, so we just want to show that.”

Cho said the student concert is a mix of different genres, and she thinks everyone can enjoy it regardless of their prefered music genre.

“What’s so great is that, you might not come in thinking that you’ll like anything or you’ll like all of them, but there will always be one thing that you might take with you,” Cho said.

Cho said students who to attend the recital don’t necessarily have to like all the type of genres, but they can enjoy some of the performances.

“I think that it’s really great if you just come to just enjoy,” Cho said. “You might not like all of them, you don’t have to, not everyone has to like all of them, but there might be that one that really sticks to you, and that’s the important one.”

Sophia Cho’s mother Jaennette Cho was in the audience supporting her daughter, and she said she enjoyed the music the

students performed.

“I really like the recital. I liked the ensembles, the drums, the piano, and cello or the clarinet.

That arrangement, it was very nice,” Jaennette Cho said. “The students, the vocalist, I think they’re all pretty serious about the music they were playing, and I think they were doing great.”

Benz Marston was performing “Libertango” on the cello with Sophia Cho and Rozz Mantor.

“As a group, we achieved what I think we wanted to achieve,” Marston said. “The audience connected with us. It was less about us, individually on stage, and more about the audience.”

Marston enjoys performing classical pieces, but he thought the concert was very pop driven.

“I think doing a piece like “Libertango” was definitely out of my comfort zone, which I have been wanting to do for a long time,” Marston said. “Finally having that platform to do it here at Pierce was a pretty cool and great experience. I think classical music is not so well appreciated.”

Marston said he began performing at Pierce recitals last semester and has been playing the cello for a few years.

“The Applied Music Program was a huge opportunity for me.

The fact that they’re giving me a cello teacher an hour a week is really powerful, and it really motivates me,” Marston said. sambravo.roundupnews@gmail.com

The art they shared

New exhibit displays pieces of personal histor y VANESSA ARREDONDO Copy Editor @v̲anana

They carried clothing, watches, books or photographs of their loved ones. They carried anxiety, fear, and hope for a better life. Some couldn’t carry anything at all.

Pierce students, faculty and staff were asked to lend personal artifacts that symbolize their family’s journey to the United States for the Pierce Art Gallery exhibit “The Things We Carried.”

As part of One Book One Campus, and in partnership with the Diversity Committee, the exhibit will display items that show heritage and culture, adding a personal touch to the campus-wide reading of “Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother” by Sonia Nazario.

Pierce Art Gallery Director Monika Del Bosque-Wee said they try to have programs that further contextualize the theme of the year, so that students are not just reading the book, but actively engaging with the themes.

“Enrique’s Journey” tells the true story of a boy who goes through hardships to reunite with his mother in the United States.

Enrique’s mother Lourdes leaves Honduras to work in the United States to bring back money to her poverty-stricken family. Her return is delayed, and he sets off on his own to find her with only a North Carolina phone number as a clue.

Jose Herrera/ Roundup This lone clothing item hangs in the Art Gallery for "The Things We Carried" exhibit as it is being set up on Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. The opening reception is on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.

Outreach Librarian Lisa Valdez said that they are trying to be more conscientious about the books they choose so that they are inclusive and dealing with universal issues.

“It’s gaining more ground.

More people are feeling personal connections to the books that we are reading. Even if they haven't gone through it, they know someone who has,” Valdez said.

Del Bosque-Wee said that the key thing about this semester’s exhibit is that it is Piercegenerated.

Usually outside artist's work is brought in to be displayed in the gallery.

“This show is being created by things people of Pierce have submitted. It’s a Pierce cocreated project,” Del BosqueWee said. “I think having it here at Pierce shows that, as a community, we are looking at the issue, and we are saying that

it matters and we are not turning our back on the subject.”

Crystal Hall is an intern at the Art Gallery and said “The Things We Carried” was created with the intention to unite the campus community by showing that many have an immigration story at some point in their family’s history.

“There were items that came with us on that journey. We are sharing that item and sharing that story and finding that similarity between us in the Pierce community,” Hall said.

“We all have a story behind our items, and while some may just see a pocketwatch, to another it signifies their family’s origins.”

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Randi Love/ Roundup Andrew Carmona performs "Pray" by Sam Smith and Paloma Castaneda plays the piano during the student recital on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2017.

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he sounds of modern day and classical music were played on the piano, drums and string instruments in the Performing Arts Building on Thursday afternoon for the Student Recital.

The concert gave students the opportunity to listen to live music played and/

ROUNDUP: November 1, 2017 Top Left: Isaac Mejia performs, “Summertime,” by George Gershwin on the bass during the student recital in the Performing Arts Building on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in Woodland Hills, Calif. Photo: Samantha Bravo Below: Leah Drew sings “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus during the student recital on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2017. Photo: Randi Love

Middle Left: Caleb Wan plays “Clarinet Concerto” during the student recital on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2017. Photo: Randi Love

or sang by their peers. There were 16 performances. Some included popular music of today’s age while the rest was classical.

Instructor of Music Garineh Avakian-Akkus said the student recital allowed students the opportunity to become familiar with the stage and to perform in front of a live audience.

Brianna Christopher started the student concert performing Sonata No. 34 in E minor by F.J. Hayden on the piano.

Bottom left: Benz Marston plays Libertango on the cello for a trio instrumental piece during the student recital on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2017. Photo: Randi Love

Sophia Cho, Benz Marston and Ross Mantor performed a trio to Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango. Marston said they wanted to give the audience something they wouldn’t expect.

The Latin style isn’t often played at the recitals, and the audience reacted in a burst of applause at the conclusion of the song.

Photos and Copy by Samantha Bravo and Randi Love

Bottom Right: Adrian Camp plays the guitar while Cleo Maggiore sings “Summertime” during the student recital on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 26, 2017. Photo: Randi Love

Spotlight 7 A hopeful Rate my future professor Undocumented students Colleges on the Mall for a Thursday during the fall (in person) discussed with a book, ROUNDUP: November 1, 2017

"Dreams Deported" CHRISTIAN JUAREZ Reporter @roundupcaj Immigration, deportation and personal experiences were discussed in the Great Hall during a panel discussion for the book “Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation” on Monday, Oct. 30.

Shigueru Tsuha, a sociology Instructor, organized the event, which focused on topics such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigration, deportation, and personal experiences of what it is like growing up as undocumented students in California.

Staff from the UCLA Labor Center spoke to Pierce students about the uncertainty within the immigrant community.

“Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation” is the third book from the UCLA Labor Center that focuses on immigration and the immigrant youth movement.

“The movement that we are leading right now couldn't be more important and critical, not only for us as immigrant young people, but for our broader immigrant community,” Director of the Dream Resource Center at the UCLA Labor Center Diego Sepulveda said.

The Dream Summer program, ran by the UCLA Dream Resource Center, is a program that continues to build a pipeline of immigrant youth leaders to continue the advocacy, Sepulveda said.

“We all play a role in our communities. We all play a role on our college campuses to ensure that we fight for resources and to ensure that we are visible,” Sepulveda said. “The work that we do in our communities and with our students, it’s critical to say that the deportation of our immigrant communities is unacceptable.”

The DACA retraction left many students with unanswered questions.

Tusha said the purpose of the panel discussion was to let those students know that there is a future here for them.

“The future of immigrant youth and their families has always been uncertain,” Tsuha said. “This is especially true today because DACA has been rescinded. The “Dreams Deported: Immigrant Youth and Families Resist Deportation” is not just a book about the pain of deportation and family separation, but also about hope and inspiration.”

Mayra Castro, a UCLA Dream Summer alumna, said she doesn’t identify as a dreamer because she thinks it groups and excludes immigrants.

“It categorizes us into this mold of the “perfect immigrant.” That’s a dreamer, an undocumented student who is trying to pursue higher education,” Castro said. “It leaves out every other person, like our parents, who have not been able to pursue higher education.

It’s a term that was coined by the government to, again, categorize us into this group of people. I think it’s important to change the narrative, if we just comply with them addressing us as a dreamer we are fueling their narrative.”

Yael Pineda, a volunteer at the UCLA Labor Center, said using the correct terminology when talking about immigrants is important.

“Definitely not using the “I” word, because we are not illegal. A human being can not be illegal; that's just an illogical statement,” Pineda said.

“Educate undocumented folks on the dignity and justice that they deserve, because we are human beings.”

Tsuha said the recent drop in undocumented students enrolling in college is due to the fear of what is happening at the federal level.

“I want our students to feel comfortable in our campus, and because we have a political atmosphere that is anti-immigrant, it’s even more important,” Tsuha said. “One thing we can do as faculty, is make sure that these students understand that they’re welcome. I want to contribute to an atmosphere welcoming undocumented students.” cajuarez.roundupnews@gmail.com

My fair university SAMANTHA BRAVO Editor-in-Chief @sammybravo93

Event hopes to bring student together to talk freely about professors

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nstead of a usual Thursday afternoon where students headed to classes, the smell of churros and sizzling hot dogs lured students toward the Mall where representatives from over 50 universities waited to answer transfer questions.

The College Fair was an opportunity for students to receive information about transferring to the college of their dreams or look for other options in regards to their next steps after Pierce. On Oct. 26 the Transfer Center hosted their semesterly event to introduce students to possible choices of four year universities.

Transfer Center Director Sunday Salter said most students consider the school that’s the closest, but she wants students to consider other colleges.

“I think the fair is a perfect way to help them really just see what’s out there,” Salter said. “They know CSUN, they know UCLA; they’re right here, but often, it’s because they have no idea what’s out there.

There are other options, and it’s overwhelming, but this is a way they can see 60 of those options.”

Transfer Center faculty was using a scanner to keep track of how many students attended the College Fair. Students would need to sign in before entering the fair or receiving their food item.

Colleges, such as Cal State Bakersfield, American Jewish University, the Fashion Institute of Design and Marketing (FIDM), Grand Canyon University and Chapman University, were at the fair.

Enrollment management at Chapman University Jim Whitaker was talking to students about the programs and departments at the college and said the university is known for film and business.

“It’s one of the series of transfer fairs that the universities and colleges in California and out-ofstate do to provide information for potential transfer students enrolling,” Whitaker said.

Valery Moya attended the College Fair, seeking other options.

“I’m looking for other options. I don’t just want to be obsessed with

NOAH GOLDBLOOM Reporter @JVaughanRoundup

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Student Briana Gonzalez (Left), receives information from Transfer Center Mentor Karissa Masmela (right), about the Student Services Pierce College has to offer, at the College Fair on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at Pierce College, in Woodland Hills, Calif. getting into UCLA,” Moya said.

“USC is an option, but again, it’s a lot of money. So looking for schools around the area, that would be great, because honestly, it’s what you do with your career, not where you go.”

Student Briana Gonzalez is interested in going to CSUN or Cal State Channel Islands and said her counselors told her to attend the fair to receive additional information to prepare to transfer.

“It looks nice; there’s a lot of options,” Gonzalez said.

Cal Lutheran University Associate Director Ineke Dyer said many students were interested in the college and enjoyed learning about what the college offers.

“We are promoting transfer to different institutions and letting students know about all the options they have for transferring,” Dyer said. “There’s a lot of great colleges here, lot’s of different programs and scholarships available for them and providing information about the options that they have.”

Dyer said deadline for spring 2017 enrollment was Oct. 1, however, they are still reviewing applications in

case there is space available.

“If students are still interested in

“Honestly, it’s what you do with your career, not where you go.”

-Valery Moya Pierce College student

spring, they can still submit and we'll consider them. If we’re full by the time they complete, we'll defer their application for the fall,” Dyer said.

Students were drawn to CSUN’s table where representatives had a wheel to spin and a chance to win CSUN geer or treats.

David Turcotte, the career and technical educational counselor, said the College Fair is an opportunity for students to learn about the different

schools they can potentially transfer to.

“We have a full collection of CSUs, we have UCs, we have private schools,” Turcotte said. “And all the schools are regionally accredited, meaning that the units can generally be transferable depending on the institution and the class.”

Turcotte said the College Fair is informative due to the representatives from different colleges, but the students can also enjoy the free food.

“I think students are having fun talking to the representatives.

We have free food, hot dogs and churros,” Turcotte said. “We have giveaways and free stuff; it looks fun.”

Students can go to piercecollege. edu to find workshops, transfer support and transfer statistics or make an appointment to meet with a counselor about transferring.

The Transfer Center is open Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the first floor of the Student Services Building. sambravo.roundupnews@gmail.com

This club is actually lit English Club created in response to class cancellations VANESSA ARREDONDO Copy Editor @v_anana Some like to analyze baseball statistic or discuss science fiction, others like to argue about the best Shakespeare quote or whether two commas belong in a three-part series.

For those in the latter group, there’s the newly chartered English Club.

Due to low enrollment numbers in higher-level 200 courses, the Pierce English Department decided to charter a club in which English and literature majors and enthusiasts could meet and share their interests and career goals.

“It is a safe space to discuss literature, film, theater, anything having to do with the written word,” said English Club President Tristan Eisenberg. “We have multiple professors in every meeting, so if we have some crazy question, we can ask them. One of them will know the answer.”

Maeve Kiely, the English Club off-campus activities cocoordinator, said that the English instructors began the club as a response to class cancellations.

“They had pretty bad enrollment in some of the more specialized literature classes, and a lot of classes that people needed got canceled,” Kiely said. “This was a way to boost enrollment and create an English community on campus.”

Club Secretary Hollen Raynor said that because it's new, they are still deciding on the club’s main goal. In addition to having literature-related outings and events, English Club also focuses on helping students achieve in that

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Darren Borg, professor of English, and members of the newly chartered English club stand together, after the first movie of their two Halloween film night ended, to discuss multiple topics on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017 in the Great Hall at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. major, she said.

“We’ve had past English majors come speak to us. We can ask them what they are doing with their degrees, what schools they transferred to and how they went about finding what part of the major appealed to them,” Raynor said. “It's about helping English majors succeed and learning more about literature.”

The club hosted its first event on Thursday, Oct. 26. Because of the season, a Halloween movie night was deemed appropriate, and members came in costume to eat candy and watch some flicks in the Great Hall.

The English Club is planning future events related to literature such as, a winter ball based on “The Great Gatsby,” and outings to renaissance fairs, The Last Bookstore on Earth, and the Getty Museum.

“We are hoping to host more events. With events such as this one, we are hoping to make a presence on campus,” Raynor said.

Eisenberg said there are about 90 members signed up on the campus page, and 25 to 30 attend meetings every week.

“We are getting together people that love English and storytelling, and we are exploring what literature

is in all of its forms,” said Sergeantin-arms and co-off-campus events coordinator Adi Vildorf.

Kiely said that members become closer to the instructors and advisors in the department, and they also have the opportunity to mingle with like-minded individuals.

“If you're in the English Club, you are in there with a bunch of people that like English and have a love of literature. You already know that you're going in with a bunch of nerds who like what you like,” Kiely said. varredondo.roundupnews@gmail.com

Compatibility between a student and teacher is almost as important as it is in a romantic relationship, but accurate information can be difficult for students to find.

The Communication Association is looking to inform students about what the teachers are like in the communications department at the Rate My Professor event Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Juniper 807 from 3-4 p.m.

Club president Jacqueline Lopez said that this event is looking to show what professors are like. According to Lopez, many students go to the Rate My Professor website and it is not the best place to find information.

“We are trying to give students on campus a better perspective of professors on campus,” said Lopez.

The aim of the event for Lopez is to have peer to peer conversations about what the teachers in the communication department are like. Lopez said that this event will better represent what a teacher is like compared to other means.

Club advisor Robert Loy Jr. said he is looking forward to the event being held, helping to enrich students.

“The idea came from our discussion of what would help students,” said Loy. Loy said that this will not be a time for students to just talk down teachers. The event will be to have an open dialog on what to look for in professors.

“We want to flip the script,” said Loy. “The Rate My Professor meeting is a way to be more productive when we speak about professors.”

Loy said from earlier teachings that he has found this helpful for students. The meeting is less about students talking about teachers they love, but discussing teaching styles.

“We aim to cater to different learning styles,” said Loy. The event will be closed to teachers and only available to students. Loy said this is so that students can feel free to speak without the worry of what a professor would think or say.

Loy said that Rate My Professor can be a bit of a hot topic due to the stigma of the sight. Loy is looking for the event to shed that issue with more open ended talking points.

“What we want to do with this meeting is try to address that. Instead talk to your peers about your major,” said Loy. Chair of the Communication Department Yeprem Davoodian said he is looking forward to seeing how the meeting goes.

“I feel it is important to be well informed,” said Davoodian.

“As a student I want to take the best instructor.”

Davoodian wants the event to focus on the right questions.

Less of a focus on if a teacher is easy, but on how the teacher actually teaches. Davoodian said that connection is an important part of a good instructor.

“When I ask students do you have a favorite faculty on campus the answer is yes,” said Davoodian. “When I say who and why or just why the first thing they say is well I connect.”

Davoodian said that connection is what should be talked about.

“I think it's good. Let them get together let them talk about it,” said Davoodian. “Knowledge is power.”

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The voice of Brahmas football Game announcer Mark Nogy hopes to inspire others to work hard to reach their dreams SANDY LUQUE Reporter @SandyLuque139

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hen football games start, Mark Nogy is there to announce.

Nogy has been announcing the Pierce College football games for 12 seasons.

"I've been doing the Canoga games for a long time, and somebody told me that they had an opening here at Pierce,” Nogy said. “I've been coming to Pierce games because they are a lot of fun to watch, so I came to a few games every year.”

Nogy said he applied for the job at Pierce when he saw the advertisement in the stands. He said he didn’t have to audition for the job.

"I saw the ad on the stands one day, then I talked to him and he said, ‘Yeah, I can use a PA announcer.'

This happened in 2005, and he said, ‘Yeah if you want the job you can have it.' I didn't had to audition or anything. I told him that I've been doing the Canoga games for 10 years, and he was happy with that," Nogy said.

Nogy said he prepares for gameday with the same routine he has on a regular basis.

“I usually get here one hour before game time, and I already have the rosters ready,” Nogy said.

“I go over the names, and I make sure I don’t screw them up. You don’t screw up because that’s your credibility, although you are going to make mistakes sometimes.”

Nogy said that when he mispronounces a player's name, a coach or a relative will go up and let him know how it’s pronounced.

“Usually, a coach or a relative will somehow get word up here and say, ‘Hey, this is how you pronounce it, or no. 24 is actually so and so,” Nogy said. “Having bad rosters is bad for a PA announcer, so you trust

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Mark Nogy looks at the Citrus College Owls football team as they prepare to play the Brahmas at John Shepard Stadium at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. that these are correct.”

Nogy said that when he calls out the players names, they, and their parents, appreciate it, and especially in high school, they’ll go and thank him.

Nogy plans to retire after his time is up, and said that teams are looking for younger broadcasters.

Nogy said his most interesting

memory was during a Canoga v.

Valencia match when they were having technical difficulties with the scoreboard.

“It was in the 90s, back when Canoga would sit in the visitor’s side. We were having issues with the clock. They thought we were messing around with it, and I could have sworn that 30 fans were about

to kick down our door and get in the booth,” Nogy said. “Thankfully, we moved Canoga to our side, so I’m in friendly territory.”

Nogy was also a sports editor for Canoga Park High School when they had a newspaper called The Hunters’ Call. He said that being on the paper prepared him for college.

Nogy also taught history for 16

years in LAUSD. He then became a counselor. Currently, he’s a counselor at Columbus Middle School.

Nogy began his career at 18 for his college radio station.

"I practiced, and I got on the air just for a few seconds, and from there, it all worked out,” Nogy said.

“About a year later, I was sports

editor of the station."

Antony Villalobos, a health teacher and basketball coach at Canoga Park High School, runs the scoreboard for the games and has known Nogy for 21 years.

"Mark is a true sport's guy. He is much involved in Canoga sports history, but the way he remembers dates and facts regarding sports here is quite amazing,” Villalobos said.

“I barely remember what I had for breakfast."

Besides announcing the games together, Nogy and Villalobos played basketball against each other during high school.

"Our teams actually played each other in a tournament. We shook hands in the late 70s after the game," Villalobos said.

One of Nogy's best memories at Canoga Park High school was announcing the games.

"We had some good players, and we had some good teams. We had some guys going to Division I to play football,” Nogy said. “It was great to say I was there to see their games."

Former Canoga High football player David Parra knew Nogy from 1999 to 2003 because he announced the games.

"He's a great professor. I used to have him for class. He was a history teacher, and he was really cool, down-to-earth guy,” Parra said. “He knew me personally because I took his class.”

Nogy also announces the Canoga Park High School Annual Memorial Day services.

"Mark is responsible for it developing into one of the most respectable and impressive ceremonies around,” Villalobos said. “He always wants things done right and takes it personal if anything falls flat.”

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Business month wrap up

One month, one broad major and many potential paths JESSICA VAUGHAN Reporter @JVaughanRoundup

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As November begins, this means the end of Pierce Business Month.

Last year, there was a similar event, Business Week, however some staff members agree that dedicating a whole month to business would be more beneficial for students.

There are a lot of students on campus that need more information about what their opportunities are, whether that is completing an associate’s degree at Pierce, or transferring to a four year university and knowing what their career options are.

The whole month consisted of five different workshops to help students understand their opportunities with the major.

The first workshop, led by business department chair Martin Karamian, I’m Taking Business Classes… Now What? was about helping students discover which pathway they would be interested in.

Money Making Careers in Economics was led by Kaycea Campbell, Associate Professor of Economics and department chair of Poli Sci/Econ/AJ/ and Chicano Studies (PEACh).

Aside from helping with general planning, Campbell coordinated, chaired, and developed this workshop.

Professionals, past students and industry experts were able to explain how economics can be used to secure a money making career.

Wisdom From Business Gurus allowed students to hear from business professionals and how they got to where they are.

Navigating Business Colleges was similar to a college fair.

Representatives from the business departments of different universities were available to answer students’ questions and help them explore their options Mingle With the Pros was all about networking and its importance.

There was a speaker from LinkedIn who talked about the significance of the social network site. Students were also give the opportunity to talk to the professionals and put their networking skills into practice.

Campbell said she was glad to be involved with this event and was glad she was able to share her knowledge and show how useful economics can be.

“So many of our students want to do ‘business’. However, this is broad and big - they need a roadmap,” Campbell said. “They need to talk to people who have done it, those who are doing it, and experts letting them know what to focus on and what is important. This event did that.”

Counselor Norine Fine said that business is a major that is documented by many students as being of interest to them.

According to Fine, approximately five thousand students have indicated that either they are interested in the business major or a related major.

If a student was not able to attend any of the workshops, Fine advises students to make an appointment with an academic counselor to find out about academic planning, or see

a career counselor to see if business is a good fit for them.

“A lot of the stuff in workshops is very informational in nature and the goal of it is really to expand students’ understanding of what the business major is all about, how to utilize that in their workplace and how to translate that into a career and so that,” Fine said. “Once they have that more globalized idea, then it’s really a matter of sitting down with a counselor and talking about the particular major they are looking at the particular emphasis they are looking at and then the schools that they are targeting.”

Though Fine was happy with the outcome of the month, she noticed that one of the challenges the coordinating team faced was knowing how to make the event relevant for students and make it an event that students would want to attend.

Fine said that the informal feedback they did get from students as they were leaving the event was really helpful. She was pleased to hear students express how they had relatively low expectations for the event and ended up having their expectations exceeded.

Wendi Meckler, Transfer Center director and counselor was happy with the turnout of the events.

“Each event met its goal in terms of informing students of additional information about business as a major and what careers that can lead to,” Meckler said. “Im hoping on the students end, they agree with that.”

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Brahmas Scoreboard

Volleyball W @ SMCC 3-0

Soccer

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@ West LA 3-1

Football

L v Hancock 44-34

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Hancock hampers homecoming Football drops final home game of the season to Bulldogs, conference title hopes end NATALIE MIRANDA Reporter @natalierosemir

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he Brahmas lost the last home game of the season to the Allan Hancock College Bulldogs 44-34 to drop 3-5 in the season.

In the first quarter, the Bulldogs led with the first touchdown of the game, a 77-yard run, making the

score 7-0.

The Brahmas responded as Kyshawn Richards scored on a 38yard run, while Oscar Gonzalez scored the extra point to tie the game.

The Bulldogs scored again with a 36-yard field goal, making the final score of the first quarter 10-7.

The Bulldogs kicked off the second quarter with another touchdown, which extended their lead by 10.

Game previews:

Volleyball 11/1 Sterling Salguero reduced the 5-yard touchdown pass to make the finish the season strong with their vs Citrus

deficit on a 3-yard touchdown run, making the score 17-14.

Wesly Touze scored a touchdown for the team on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Jonathan Saavedra to make the score 24-21.

The Bulldogs had 27-21, until Joseph Branch received a 29-yard pass from Touze, and tied the game at 27.

The Bulldogs broke the tie in the start of the fourth quarter on a

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Travis Koontz runs down the field while fighting Hancock College’s Stephen Sings in a loss of 44-34 against Allan Hancock College at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif.

score 32-27.

Touze responded for the Brahmas with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Steven Frost in the fourth quarter.

An onside kick cost the Brahmas the game. The Bulldogs ultimately scored the game-winning touchdown, making the final score 44-34.

Quarterback Jonathan Saavedra said he is proud of his teammates despite the loss.

“I’m proud of our team and how we fought,” Saavedra said. “We fought to the end. Sometimes things don’t go our way, and sometimes the ball doesn’t go the direction we want it to. And that was the case today, but I’m proud of our guys.”

Saavedra said the team needs to improve on their finishing.

“I think we just got to make plays down the stretch,” Saavedra said.

“That’s the main thing. We have to finish. We’ve done a good job staying in games, but we just haven’t been able to finish. At the end of the fourth quarter, late in the game, we got to be able to make plays and put ourselves in positions to win. And we just didn’t do that today.”

Running back and receiver Richards said that the game was heartbreaking.

“Emotions were running high before the game,” Richards said.

“Everybody was excited. Trying to keep our home safe, but you know, we tried. It didn’t happen.”

Interim Head Coach James Sims said chances were there for the Brahmas to win.

“The team played well. I’m proud of them. That was a tough team we played,” Sims said. “I would just like to make the score different.

That’s all, but the way they played, I’m proud of them.”

Sims said he wants the team to

two upcoming games.

“The next two games we will finish strong,” Sims said. “We should win both of those, and finish the season 5-5, and that’s an accomplishment for a team that went 1-9 last year. And for a team that had to face losing their coach this year, it should still be a good accomplishment for us.”

Sims said the team won more home games than they lost.

“We finished three and two,” Sims said. “We won more at home than we lost. We would of liked to finish five and zero, or four and one.

But we still won more than we lost.

It was a good accomplishment.”

Sims said his team fought hard and should be satisfied with their performance during the game.

“I’m proud of all of them,” Sims said. ”Everybody came here, and they gave everything they had. And like I told them, ‘When you give everything you have. You have to walk out of here with your head up.’”

Richards said losing to the Bulldogs was unfortunate.

“We played a hell of a game,” Richards said. “We fought as hard as we could on both sides of the ball.”

Saavedra said losing at home was hard for the team.

“It’s difficult,” Saavedra said.

“We’ve actually done better at home. But today it was hard, because it was our homecoming game. We just wanted to pull out the win for everybody, and for the crowd, but we just couldn’t get it done. But it just sucks that it had to end like this.”

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Brahma of the Week Wesly Touze

Sport: Football Position: WR Class: Freshman Hometown: Orlando, Florida

Two touchdowns in the 44-34 loss to Allan Hancock College You had two touchdowns in the game Saturday, how do you feel?

“It felt great. I was coming in to try to win the game, but in the end we fell short.”

What do you feel the team could improve on for the next game?

“We can improve on special teams. I felt that it cost us so we need to work on that.”

Do you have any pregame rituals.

“I pray to God and stay humbled. Also I listen to music.”

How do you want your coaches to remember you by?

“A humbled and funny guy. Always smiling.”

The women’s volleyball team return to the court as they host Citrus College in a conference matchup.

The team lost against El Camino College in five sets, but got the win over Santa Monica City College in straight sets.

The Owls come from beating Glendale College in four sets on Friday.

The Brahmas are first in the Western State - East conference with a 19-6 overall record.

The game begins at 6 p.m.

Volleyball 11/3 at Victor Valley The women’s volleyball team are on the road when they face Victor Valley College.

The Brahmas are ranked fourth in the state for this week.

Victor Valley come from losing against Citrus College in straight sets on Wednesday, Oct. 25.

The Brahmas are undefeated in conference play and will look to continue that streak on Friday.

Victor Valley’s overall record is 6-13 The game begins at 6 p.m.

Soccer 11/3 at Glendale The Brahmas are back on the field for their second straight away game this week when they face Glendale College.

These next games are crucial for the team if they want to claim another conference title.

The team’s overall record is 9-4-3 and are in third place behind SMCC and Valley.

After the game they have two more home games to wrap up the season.

Game kicks off at 7 p.m.

Football 11/4 at Santa Barbara The football team are on the road for their last two games of the season starting with Santa Barbara City College on Saturday.

The team lost to Allan Hancock College 44-34 in their last home game to see their overall record drop to 3-5.

SBCC also have a 3-5 record, but in conference play are 0-3.

Wesly Touze scored two touchdowns in the game against the Bulldogs.

The game begins at 1 p.m.

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3 quarterbacks, better than 75 cents

Records (as of 10/30)

Football's 3 signal callers look to guide the team into the end zone W’s Volleyball 1 9 - 6

NOAH GOLDBLOOM Reporter @NoahGoldbloom

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ierce College football welcomed fresh blood with three quarterbacks this season.

Offensive Coordinator John Austin thinks highly of all three quarterbacks.

He said that they could be starters at any community college, but they all decided to come to Pierce and compete.

Jhakari Harrison comes from a family of athletes. Two of his brothers played college football, and his younger sister is set to go to a Division I school for track.

“Growing up, I used to be the ball boy for my brother’s football game. I was always carrying the ball, on the sidelines,” Harrison said.

Harrison said coming to the community college level humbled him. He is taking a leadership role for the team. Harrison previously played football for a Division I school, and is using his knowledge to help his teammates.

“I’ve been to Division I, I tell them how different it is and what it takes to even get there,” Harrison said.

Offensive coordinator John Austin said that Harrison struck him as a leader the day they met.

Harrison wants to play for the National Football League one day, and he would like to become a coach after his football career ends.

“I just want to help. I just want to give back,” Harrison said.

Harrison has had a roadblock though. Austin said that due to scheduling issues, he won’t be on the field.

“He had a class he dropped. He thought he had a certain amount of units, and he didn’t,” Austin said.

Austin said that when sharp passes and precise timing routes are needed, the team looks to Steven Frost.

Frost, 19, traveled from Florida to Pierce in search of new opportunities.

He found a place with the Brahmas as a quarterback, filling a position he said he wanted to play since young.

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Season preview: men's basketball JORDAN NATHAN Reporter @JNathan_Roundup Shae Hammond/Roundup Jhakari Harrison, Jonathan Saavedra, and Steven Frost, Pierce College's quarterbacks, pose during practice at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 24, 2017.

Playing with the Brahmas has led Frost to appreciate his teammates and their skills, and it has given him insight about his capabilities on the field.

“They are really good guys. You learn their weakness and strengths, and you learn yours with them,” Frost said.

Frost said that coming to the West Coast has been a challenging transition. The different weather and new environment are very distinct from Florida.

“It’s like being in a new country,” Frost said.

Frost said that he wants to return to the East Coast after this season is over, and he hopes to pursue a career as a physical therapist once he finishes

college.

“I grew up knowing about it and asking question about it,” Frost said.

“It just interested me.”

Frost said he is a four-two-four.

Because he is coming from a fouryear, he needs to finish his degree at Pierce before jumping back into a four-year school. After that, Frost plans to go back home soon.

“If you go to a four-year, you have to go to a two-year to get your associate’s degree to go back to a fouryear,” Frost said.

Austin said that quarterback Jonathan Saavedra, 20, is hoping to prove his worth.

Saavedra said he had been recruited from high school to attend

Pierce, and he just got a scholarship offer from Lake Erie College. This is Saavedra’s first year with the team.

“I’ve been practicing and working out, getting better mentally and physically,” Saavedra said.

Though Saavedra said he wants to play football as long as possible, he wants to go into finance once it is over.

“To work around money would be ideal to me,” Saavedra said.

While football is important to Saavedra, family is number one. He is the youngest out of all of the members.

“I’m the baby of the family.

People think I’m spoiled, or that I get everything,” Saavedra said.

Saavedra said he gets along with his fellow quarterbacks, who push

each other to do better. It is healthy competition that makes them strive to get better.

“Competition breeds success. We practice together every practice, every game, whatever the situation is,” Saavedra said. “We try to outplay and outperform the other person, but in the end, we are the same team.”

Austin said that all three quarterbacks are great players with unique talents, and he expects that they will be successful and move on to greater things.

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Black and Red Madness tips-off season

Mens basketball's annual event adds excitement to start of new year JORDAN NATHAN Reporter @JNathan_Roundup Men's basketball let lose its talent and expertise during its first public showing in different events that culminated into a scrimmage game, in which the whole team took part.

The Red and Black Madness was held Saturday and included six different events and a basketball battle royale to raise community awareness.

The six contests were a twoball contest, 3-point shooting, a beat-the-clock contest, dueling free-throw, and a half-court shot followed by the scrimmage match between players dressed in red and those in black. The final event was a slam-dunk contest at the halftime point.

Head Coach Charles White said he was excited about the event, and as the game started, he saw that the team had worked hard, and it made him proud.

“The team works well together.

Each players competes against each other everyday in practice,” White said.

The first event was the two-ball, in which players were told to shoot basketballs into the hoop from five designated spots around the basket.

Two partners went up against another pair from the other end of the court to compete and see who could make the most points within a 45-second time limit.

As the two-ball contest came to a close, Jordan Newt and his partner Shonnie Martinez, his mother, were victorious. Each event winner received a gift card to a fast food restaurant.

“It was me and my mom. We went out there and we shot a lot of shots; we had a whole lot of fun,” Newt said.

The second event was the 3-point shooting contest. One player shot at a time, and in the end, there was a tiebreaker between three players,

which led to Randale Lacey winning by two 3-point shots.

“I kinda knew going into this event that I was going to win it. I told everyone that I would win, and it was a good game from my teammates,” Lacey said.

The third event was a beat-theclock contest where each player tried to complete four different shots on the basketball court in just 30 seconds.

Each participant was given one shot to make a free-throw, complete a lay-up, hit a 3-point shot, and go for a no-miss half-court shot.

Team members cheered each other on during the event. Both sides of the court were put to use and Tyquan Neal and Malik Johnson were declared the two winners.

“I didn't actually think that I was going to make the half-court shot in this event. I was also really excited with the turnout from Pierce today, and it makes me really happy,” Neal said.

The fourth event was the dueling free-throw contest where teams of two tried to make as many freethrows as they could in 45 seconds.

Players stood side by side at the free-throw line and threw their basketballs into the net as quickly as they could. After every shot, a non-participant team member would give the participants a fresh ball so that they wouldn't have to worry about chasing a ball in case they missed. Partners Myles White and Malik Johnson were the two victors.

“This was a great experience today; it brought us closer as a team. I love my teammates. Also Coach Charles has done a lot for me, so much, that I could thank him a hundred times. I believe that we are going to have a great season,” White said.

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Randi Love/Roundup Chance Cole runs down to court behind Jordan Newt as he looks for a team mate to pass the ball to during the Black vs. Red Madness game at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017

The men's basketball season is right around the corner, and the team will look to improve on last season’s 11-17 overall record.

Head Coach Charles White is excited that his team has been practicing everyday and is glad that his team has the drive to be the best.

“I have a better point guard play this year, and we actually have some pretty good shooters. We have smart kids that want to win. We have guys that want to work hard and play hard.

Hopefully we will have some good results,” White said. “Our guys last year didn't have anyone to look up to.

The younger freshman have someone to look up to in our returning players.”

The Brahmas also have four returning players: Jordan Newt, Malik Johnson, John Flowers and Drion Graham.

They are doing their part to make sure that each member of the team is comfortable in their position and are ready to show off their skills as practice moves along.

Newt is co-captain with Johnson this season, and he expressed his excitement about how the team looks, and hopes to reach the playoffs.

“It is looking like it's going to go great. The team is looking good, and everyone practices everyday. We all have our separate roles, guards, forwards, and the setters. When we come together, we can win. We want to make it to the playoffs and make it as far as we can,” Newt said.

Johnson said the team had a lot of strengths that made the team great, and it showed in the past two months of practice.

“Our strengths are that we all listen and communicate well. Everyone talks, communicates and there are no knuckleheads. You are not coming out here to lose. You come out here to win,” Johnson said.

The game plan for the basketball team involves moving the players up and down the court. The team wants to “push” the ball. Running across the court in practice has helped the team be ready to pass the ball and make correct moves. The main focus, however, is communication.

Michael Farmer, the new assistant coach, said that when the team speaks to each other, they are able to accomplish more and learn from past mistakes.

“We want them to talk on the court and get to know each other so we can tell what spots teammates like and don't like. We are really starting to be a team and a unit. Doing it this quickly is pretty amazing because, usually, it takes a longer time to get there. We are doing a great job so far,” Farmer said.

White said he is glad that the team has been making great strides to succeed, and he hopes to overcome the mistakes that last year's team had.

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