20180510 issue

May 10, 2018 • Volume 91 • Issue 10 • Published since 1927

Smoking crowd connects Rappers perform at Smokers Club music festival at Queen Mary

- Photo Story Page 7

ON THE MIC: Ty Dolla Sign performs Sunday, April 29. Photo by Osbiel Montano.

Tech problems solved

Cats create controversy - News Page 3

Seniors learn to stop identity theft - Citystyle Page 5

Volleyball team finally loses

- Sports Page 8

- News Page 3

NEWS

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MAY 10, 2018

Smoking areas to be relocated by 2019 LBCC is planning to become a smoke-free college by 2019.

Story by Meghan Gonzalez Staff Writer @meghanelenaa LBCC is looking to regulate and relocate designated smoking areas on both campuses by 2019.

The Associated Student Body has been trying to steer away from the everyday event planning of student activities and be more involved with the student body by conducting surveys on what should and or can be changed on campus and the majority of students’ views were alike.

ASB Rep. of Students Jocelyn Reyes said, “About 300 students were surveyed and the majority want the smoke zones relocated, specifically the D Building,” at the LAC near the Food Court and the east side of the A Building.

The need for regulation of smoking zones is due to the fact that “these areas are located near main walkways. It gets in the way of students who have health issues and sets a bad example for young students on field trips as well as potentially harming the trees where students leave their excessive cigarette butts,” Reyes said.

SMOKE-FREE CAMPUS PLAN: Dylan Brekk, 20, a Commucations major signs a poster advocating for cleaner air. The poster was on display in the LAC College Center Nordic Lounge on Wednesday, May 9.

The change was proposed originally in 2009 and will officially be presented to the Student Senate for LBCC to vote on the issue in the upcoming year as well as be brought up to the Board of Trustees.

When informed of LBCC plans to relocate and regulate the smoking sections, smoking students were caught off guard and upset. Brittany Truxton, 27, a health

science major, 27, said, “The smoking section was here before the cafeteria was even in earshot of the smoking section. Even so, moving it would cause more of an inconvenience for us because it’s easily accessible and centrally located to reach the crosswalk” as well as being convenient for the student body.

Truxton said she met her husband in

the LBCC smoking section: “It’s not just a place for us to smoke and be a nuisance.

You meet a lot of great people here and it becomes a very social and interactive experience.”

Although cigarette smoking is the norm, with today’s modern tech society and the student body also having to consider vaping, kinesiology major Genevieve Engeran, 25, said, “Vaping doesn’t actually harm others, so it should be allowed around campus.

I’ve been warned about a citation for even vaping on my way to a smoking section.

“If they get rid of the smoking sections, we’re still going to smoke. That’s not going to change, but it will probably cause more of a hazard because of the trash. It would be nice if they could build an indoor smoking section, but I doubt it.”

Although the school will be petitioning the change throughout both campuses, Reyes said, “ASB want to assure students and employees that these changes will not mean a removal of these area, but create environment where everyone is happy.”

ASB secretary to take on the role as president Story by Alberto Nunez Staff Writer @Alb3rtoNunez

Current ASB Secretary Juan Paolo Canteras won the ASB presidential seat for the school year of 2018-2019.

Canteras won the presidency with 293 votes, Amber Sollenberger won the ASB secretary job 307 votes, Nash Neyra captured the ASB treasurer postion with 313 votes, Donell Jones gain the student trustee job with 208 votes, Tam Nguyen won the PCC vice president postion and Jaren Leary claimed the LAC vice president seat.

Jones, 29, a public policy and law major, said, “Winning the elections was just the first step of really getting in and trying to elicit change and represent our students the best I can.”

Jones said the election process was interesting. He said, “I had to go out there and make sure my name was more known.

People already recognized me from my previous works with clubs. I had to inform people about who I am, what I do, what I am about and why I was running for the position.”

He said, “In the times that we are in right now, now is the best time for students to speak up because students have been speaking up all across America, specifically high school levels. There are so many

Juan Paolo Canteras ASB president

Donnell Jones Student trustee

things going on and there was a meeting this morning with the senior leadership and they came up with his same goal about getting more students involved with different committees so they can their perspective on certain issues, instead of making a lot of guesswork.

“I want more student feedback because there is a lot of committees putting programs for student success. I will do my part to spread people’s input if they cannot make it.”

Jones added, “My end goal is to get our student body involved in what is going on

with their leadership. If I can do anything that is to get more of us involved in making decisions that are going to affect us.”

Leary, a psychology major, 22, said, “I am really excited for the new academic year and he would love to learn from his predecessor. I wanted to bring a new perspective for both campuses and to unite them and to make both campuses better.

“Both the ASB programs are under LBCC and just because I am the LAC vice president does not make me just a representative for the LAC. I live closer to the PCC so I have the perspective on both campuses.

I just want to bring a new perspective and innovation to LBCC in general. I wanted to include some of the sponsorship of the college services card committee. I know my title is only for LAC, but I want to include the CSC in both campuses. I want more people in meeting because people see things that their leaders might not know about. I want LBCC to be a better place. Go Vikings and have a good day”.

Esmeralda Martinez, 19, an early childhood education major, said, “I had heard about the ASB elections, but I did not vote.

I heard about the ASB elections from the school emails and ASB election signs. I would not participate in the future.”

Martinez responded to Jones’ objective about having more student participation and she said probably in the future.

Erick Cervantes, 18, an animations major, said, “I did not know about the ASB elections. This was the first time hearing about the ASB elections. I would probably not keep up to date with future elections but I will get more involved in future with ASB elections.”

Cervantes responded about more student involvement and he said it depends and it could happen. “Students who want get more involved with politics would be interested with more future involvement.”

NEWS

MAY 10, 2018

Feline population causes concern Cats have been spotted all around the LAC, creating risks in health issues and student safety.

Story and Photo by Steven Matthews Staff Writer @SMatthewsTFI Recent complaints from students about the smell of urine near building N and M and the food court at LAC have reopened the conversation regarding the feral cat population.

School administrators said student safety is the highest priority and the cats present a health risk to students. The urine and feces smell suggests the presence of bacteria and disease, which brings pests that are attracted to the smell. Feral cats also are known to attract skunks and coyotes, both of which have seen a surge in population in Long Beach the last few years.

On the other side, advocates of the cat colonies said they believe that removing the cats could put them in danger if they try to return and become susceptible to motorists or other threats.

The advocates said they believe the best course of action would be to control the population through neutering them and

FRIEND OR FOE: A lone cat sits in the M Building courtyard. The cat population is raising new concerns about how to handle them.

keeping the colonies in check.

Communications student Francesca Luna Reyes, 21, voiced the common concern; “I don’t really see the harm off the top, but whose job does it become to take care of them?”

The feline colonies have only a couple dozen cats across both campuses, but their history is a little more complex.

LBCC says tech problems solved Student access to Viking system restored in time for Summer registration.

Story by Kevin Chittumm Staff Writer @kevinchittumm

After over a month of uncertainty about the safety of school servers and personal information, the “cyber incident” that has plagued LBCC in recent weeks is finally over, school officials said.

According to LBCC’s website, all systems are back online and operational, with Summer registration being pushed back to May 7 and Summer classes now starting June 13.

The “cyber incident,” as it has come to be called by school officials, started on April 2 when crypto-currency mining malware was discovered on LBCC computers, said LBCC’s Chief Information Systems Officer Sylvia Lynch

Lynch said the initial infestation was resolved quickly, but another was dis-

covered April 10.

LBCC’s Associate Director of Public Relations and Marketing Stacey Toda said, it is unclear if this second infestation was also a result of malware activity on the school’s servers.

“What happened to our system on April 10 was a second attack. The behavior of this attack was encrypting files,” Toda said.

“I’ve used the term malware as it is a broad term that covers these specific events. We are still waiting for the final report from the forensic team.”

Malware or not, the systems appear to be working currently, giving LBCC students and employees full access to LBCC’s online resources including Canvas, Moodle, email and Peoplesoft.

Toda said, “About half the computers were affected by the incident, with some having files encrypted, and that there are currently 17 technicians in the field assisting all employee computers.”

A decade ago, it wasn’t cats that lived on the LAC, but abandoned rabbits instead.

The rabbits found their way onto campus largely as abandoned pets from people who didn’t realize the work needed to foster rabbits. It was also believed that some of the rabbits were actually descended from rabbits that lived in the area when it wasn’t as developed.

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The population reached over 350 rabbits before a decision was made on what to do about them. It fell between extermination and TNR, which stands for trap, neuter and release, and the latter was chosen.

Thanks to the efforts of former athletics coach Donna Prindle and her Rabbit Population Relocation Task Force, they were able to neuter and find homes for virtually the entire population.

Then, with all the rabbits moved out, the cats moved in the next year and with them the concern on how to deal with an entirely new problem.

Both sides are dedicated to non-harmful methods of dealing with the situation, but administration has had to go to some extreme lengths to advise all employees.

At the time, some employees were feeding the cat colonies, which caused administration to put out a memo threatening termination to anyone caught feeding the animals.

That policy has lapsed now as active attempts to help the population is in place in the small courtyard of the M Building.

Shelters are in place in the bushes there, placed in an attempt to control the health and placement of the cat colony.

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CITYSTYLE

Helping seniors remember Story by Leslie Alamillo Viking Staff @palmtr33s_ Learning how to keep the brain healthy has become one of many informal presentations senior citizens attend at the Lifetime Learning Center for free in the series on aging issues in QQ 122 on Mondays from March 12-May 7.

Charles Wilcox represents the Alzheimer’s Association of greater Los Angeles and has been a volunteer for 26 years.

Wilcox gave his time to present to the senior students of the PCC on ways seniors can reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Wilcox’s position as a volunteer is to Photo courtesy of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Los Angeles inform how aging affects the brain, explain normal changing with aging and reducing and by age 85, one in three will have dementia, so the earlier we can diagnose the risks for memory problems.

Wilcox explained his relation with the better we can reduce the disease, especially disease and how it affects his life as he said, since there is no cure.”

What people should know that can “My mother had Alzheimer's and so did my aunt. It became a serious problem be- make a difference in health are all of the cause she had a lot of money and people ways they can live a healthful lifestyle.

Research suggests that certain lifestyle began to rip her off and she eventually lost factors, such as nutritious diet, exercise, soeverything.”

He added, “This is a silent disease and cial engagement and mentality stimulating it grows over time as time progressives. By pursuits can help reduce risks of cognitive age 65, one in 10 seniors will have dementia decline and Alzheimer's disease.

Rue Wycoco, 23, a human-services major, is an intern for the Lifetime Learning Center and explained his thoughts on how the presentation was helpful to him and said, “My father is 69 years old and to learn all the ways what seniors can do to improve their health helps me be able to help my dad use those methods. He use to forget about a lot of things like where he placed his keys and wallet and now that I remind him it’s important to stay active and stimulate his mind he now remembers about his keys.”

The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Los Angeles provides useful tools: a 24/7 helpline that is available anytime and in any language, care consultation where people may receive a free 1-on-1 service, education and training classes on Alzheimer's, support groups nearby, and places people can join as a volunteer.

Anyone is able to contact the Alzheimer’s Association of L.A by calling (844) 435-7259 or visiting alzgla.org for more information.

They encourage volunteers and will provide no-cost, confidential screenings and evaluations.

MAY 10, 2018

Student art welcomed Story by Kameron Hall Viking Staff

The Writing and Reading Success Center at the LAC is asking for art from students to be showcased in the center.

The Success Center is open to all different kinds of large art pieces including, but not limited to, drawings, photographs and paintings.

Instructional aide Grace Galvez said, “We are getting in new furniture in our center, so once we get that we’ll be putting up the students artwork to be displayed on our walls.”

Students are allowed to submit as many pieces as they like. The artwork is considered to be a donation and all pieces will stay at the school.

Neilou Mogharabi, organizer of the showcase, said, “We are hoping to have student work showcased in the center by the Summer 2018 and Fall 2018 session depending on the nature of the art.”

The deadline to submit all art pieces is June 1.

Students interested may submit art to nmogharabi@lbcc.edu.

Expert on art speaks at film festival First secretary talks about Mexican and Latin American art and the importance of “Gay Greatness” to open movie event.

Story and photo by Cara Pedersen Viking Staff @caralaren18 To begin the LBCC Foreign Film Festival, a Gay Greatness lecture was presented in T1200 at the LAC on Thursday, April 19.

The lecture was given by Gregorio Luke, an expert on Mexican and Latin American arts, first secretary of the embassy of Mexico in Washington D.C. and former director of the Museum of Latin American Art. Luke’s mother, a choreographer, exposed Luke to gay culture at a young age by keeping him at her side during shows and backstage. There, he looked up to the designers and customers who were “like father’s to (him)”and “later became like teachers of the arts” to him.

However, Mexico had a very homophobic culture and terrible events of hate and the outburst of AIDs took a large toll on the gay culture.

UNIQUE VIEW: Gregorio Luke, expert on Mexican and Latin American art, gives a speech on “Gay Greatness” at the LAC, marking the start of the film festival Thursday, April 19, in T1200.

With pictures and examples, Luke said, “There is no other group that has been more persecuted than this group.”

The lecture explained the philosophy of the gay culture, the history, the mythology of gay culture and even talked about the great artists who were and are gay such as Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Emily Dickinson,and many more.

“The taste of the world…” Luke ex-

plained, “was made by the gays.”

Luke encouraged conversation and said, “Go out there, get people curious and get them excited. It’s you who starts the spark.”

The lecture ended with the song “ Love”

by Elton John.

Alexander Lowe, 21, a communications major, said, “I originally just came to this event to receive extra credit for my

social-science class, however, I really was interested in how many historical persons were gay. I’m actually named after Alexander the Great, so it was cool to see him in this lecture.”

The director of the Foreign Film Festival, Cynthia Quintero, explained how important it is to shine a light onto the gay community and start conversation. “I worry about how people may censor the event,” she explained, “People were taking down the fliers we had put up for the lecture and though I want to ask who is removing the fliers. It also just speaks even more to the need of this event.”

The spaces are filling up for each of the upcoming events and the organizers urge people to RSVP as soon as possible. The last event, “Chavela” on May 19 is at full capacity.

People may visit and RSVP at lbcc.edu/ FLFilmFest2018 or contact Quintero at FLFilmFest@gmail.com with questions.

MAY 10, 2018

CITYSTYLE

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Blowing bubbles for fundraising Story and photo by Karina Hansen, Sara Hansen and Cara Pedersen Viking Staff @karinahansen_ @shansen96 @caralaren18 The Child Development Center at LBCC hosted Bubblemania on Saturday, April 28, at the LAC, to create family fun and involvement in the community.

Bubblemania and Company is an educational show on the science and fun of soap bubbles for children of all ages.

“A bubbleologist is a person who studies bubbles,” said Johanna Mansell, bubbleologist at Bubblemania and Company.

The benefits of doing shows teach children a little bit about the world of science while they are having fun and not realizing that they are learning something.

“My favorite part is when the children’s faces light up in the audience when we do something fun or funny,” Mansell said.

The event is also a small fundraiser for the Child Development Center so all the proceeds from Bubblemaina go back into the program to help buy materials and sup-

mentally appropriate and learn some new things about bubbles.”

The event is the first at the Child Development Center with bubbles, but staff members conduct about 2-3 events a year and not all of them are fundraisers.

The center provides a number of free family events, because 65 percent of families served at the Child Development Center are low income.

LBCC students are actively involved in on-campus events no matter who they serve.

Marianna Miranda, 22, a liberal-studies major who is a member of the Presidents Ambassadors program said, “Our job is to escort people to their seats, help them check in or help with anything that the organizers for the event need.”

The Presidents Ambassadors program at LBCC is a leadership program for stuBUBBLY: Bubbleologist Johanna Mansell demonstrates how to make a bubble raindents. bow with an audience member inside the bubble Saturday, April 28 at the LAC. “We love working events like this,” said plies.

Lab. Angelica Ochoa, 24, a pre-medical major “It’s a family fun event,” said Stacey “Something in our community our who has worked many events on campus, Smith-Clark, center manager at the LBCC families and their friends can take advan- “This event was so fun to watch.”

Child Development Center and Learning tage of, to do something that is develop-

Seniors learning to Top LBCC cop moves up halt identity theft as he got here from patrol he opened up a Twitter account for the LBPD.” Stinson shares Lieberman’s objective to get connected with the community they serve by holding events such as the Cold “I’m still just a 5 year old kid who grew Stone Cops ice cream social, which feaup to be exactly what I wanted to be,” Lt. tured the LBPD Air Support Unit.

Liberman gives all credit for pulling Jeff Liberman of the LBCC Police said as off these events to he was commemothe team and fellow rated for his 2-year officers surrounding service at LBCC him as they strive to and congratulated make LBCC the safby students and emest Community Colployees for his prolege in the nation. motion to special Special service service commander officer Nickolas Wednesday, April Ewens said, “I’m 11, in the main foyhappy we all got to er of the T Building. serve under him and Liberman has I’m glad we technidedicated more than cally still will be.”

25 years of service Although Liberand describes the man’s promotion two years serving at does not physically LBCC was the most place him on camrewarding time of Cmdr. Jeff Liberman pus, he will still be his career.

Promoted from lieutenant the commanding of“I came to LBCC ficer for LBPD and not knowing what to expect but coming here reconnected me to will continue to serve LBCC. Janet Falcon, the interim director for why I became a police officer,” Liberman the Executive Office said, “Lt. Liberman said.

Liberman can be seen walking around is definitely ready to become commander, campus, talking to students and employees but we will miss seeing him around campus and his regular stops by our office.” and stopping in to the Viking newsroom.

Officer Kevin Stinson said, “As soon Story by Anna Karkalik Citystyle editor @Akarkalik

Story by Leslie Alamillo Viking Staff @palmtr33s_ Senior students learned about the fastest growing crime in the world at the Lifetime Learning Center in PCC as they joined for the last free series on aging issues presentation and discussed the facts of identity theft and how to reduce risks in becoming a victim.

Craig Hepner and Tracy Boughton and gave information to the seniors to help ensure protection with their identities.

Hepner has been in the home-based business direct selling industry for nearly 20 years and wants to help revolutionize the legal industry with equal justice under the law of reality for everyone as he mentioned.

Boughton, who is Hepner’s partner, is also an independent associate and broker division specialist who works with IDShield and helps others protect their personal information.

Hepner explained identity theft is and said, “It’s not credit-card fraud, banks can handle that.”

It’s a crime when someone uses information they acquire about an individual without permission to represent themselves as that person for fraud purposes,” Hepner said.

Hepner also said, “The last 15 years, the No. 1 consumer complaint is identity theft. It’s actually an epidemic and is difficult to solve quickly.”

Experts identify five common types of I.D theft: driver license, Social Security, Medical, character and financial. The two categories in society that mainly get hit are children and retirees.

Boughton mentioned some interesting facts on identity theft and said, “17.6 million people under the age of 16 were victims in 2014. It takes an average hour and a half to steal someone’s identity and over a year to find out about the crime someone has done to you. Here’s a funny one: 400,000 deceased people opened bank accounts a couple of years ago.”

The way people can get your information is by stealing wallets and purses, stealing mail, auto burglary or dumpster diving and the best answer is to always act quickly and report to the police immediately with any suspicions.

Rick, a senior in the audience who did not want to give his last name said, “I was in law enforcement with LAPD for over 30 years and I remember doing these kinds of investigations. I even was a victim for fraud for over 2 million dollars in loans and found out 4 people were using my identity.”

EDITORIAL

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EDITORIAL

What’s the choice?

Rap artist and producer Kanye West is a talented artist and he gives himself praise for all of what he does.

Also known as Yeezus, he views himself as a deity of some sort.

We have all agreed that Kanye is like no other and will speak his mind publicly and shamelessly, but his comment on slavery was inexcusable for Kanye.

After being called a jackass by former President Barack Obama, Kanye impromptu rant at TMZ was a tipping point of all of the publicity he has been getting in the limelight.

The focus of his interview circulating all over the internet was slavery is a choice.

In our public school system, we have all learned a watered down version of what slavery was for African-Americans and we can all collectively agree that what he said was insensitive and ignorant.

“I was never a big fan, but it’s disheartening at a time like this how one man’s words are affecting a community,” said Chisolm Onyejekwe, a communications major.

Kanye has been a public figure as a rapper, producer, fashion mogul and his

Illustration by M. Smith

lyricism has always been original to his outspoken personality.

Kanye is the kind of artist you either love and understand that his style is an acquired taste or you hate him based on his childish antics.

Kanye making tabloid news headlines

for his bold and controversial actions is nothing new, but to say that slavery sounded like a choice to him was a stretch from his creative strong opinions that many fans backed.

We have all forgiven Kanye for his 2009 VMA’s impulse interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, and this year he took his impulsivity way too far with something that can’t be forgiven.

Kanye comes from a family of intellect and talent, which has been expressed in his talents including conscious lyrics and collaborations with hip-hop heavy weights such as Common and the late J Dilla.

It was a shock to many that he of all people would make these comments.

An apology cannot fix what Kanye said but, if you’re reading this, Kanye we would like for you to educate yourself more on modern-day slavery and the restraint and physical pain, embarrassment of being sold on an auction, deaths, families that have been separated and the stress from mental and emotional damage that has been one of the darkest periods in the history of African-Americans.

The perils of social media Story by Steven Matthews Viking Staff @ SMatthewsTFI

It has been said about social media that if you aren’t paying for a product, you are the product.

The Facebook user base has had to learn this lesson the hard way, even if most of them aren’t aware of Steven Matthews the issue.

Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, has recently had to testify to Congress about the reach of his creation and the answers he gave to the legislature has many scratching their heads. In the nearly 10-hour testimony to congress, Zuckerberg tried hard to assure lawmakers that Facebook kept user data safe. Unfortunately the members of Congress struggled to understand even the most basic uses and functions of the website.

What spawned the inquiry is known as the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Cambridge Analytica had been collecting Facebook user information since 2011 by having users take a poll and then when the users did, Cambridge Analytica would take all that user’s data and have it to sell to political campaigns. A high-profile case of this occurred in 2015 when U.S. Rep. Ted Cruz was caught using data purchased by the company to gain an edge over his primary opponents that year.

Cambridge Analytica is only the second part of this equation that has bad optics. Facebook is the first part because the site makes it a point to record various facts about its users and even uses user input to determine various affiliations and activities. For example, if a user travels frequently, Facebook tracks that. If a user accesses the site mostly from Apple based operating systems based devices, Facebook tracks that too. Facebook even determines and tracks political affiliations, which is the area of information that most appeals to the politicians that uses data analyzing services like Cambridge Analytica.

The data isn’t hard to find on Facebook, if someone is curious to see what Facebook “knows” about them. First, just access your Facebook “account settings” from their

mobile device. Then select the “ads” section and finally click on “my information.” Here you can see all the information that Facebook has gathered or determined about you.

Facebook collects other data as well. If a user goes into their settings and elects to download their data, they can get Facebook to aggregate it and a rather large file will be available for download after aggregation.

The file contains all your user information. Every post you have ever made, including pictures and videos, and the contents of every Messenger message you have sent. I personally have a Messenger thread with my fantasy football league that has been active for over five years. It’s all there. Perhaps the most worrying of all, is the contact information from your phone is on there too. Even if a contact from your phone isn’t a Facebook user, Facebook has their contact information.

To Facebook, you and your information are a product and that product is being used for the advancement of a multitude of people. This is the dark side of social media and the best thing a person can do is be aware of what these companies do with their personal information and why.

MAY 10, 2018

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FEATURE

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Pot-powered festival uplifts fans Photos By: Osbiel Montano Staff @OSBIEL

Rap music fans, including mamy from LBCC, gather for music and weed Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, at the Smokers Club music festival at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.

2 Chainz performs at the Smokers Club music festival Saturday, April 28, at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.

Lil Pump raps at the festival Saturday, April 28.

Wiz Khalifa entertains the crowd at the music festival Saturday, April 28.

Earl Sweatshirt sings at the music festival Sunday, April 29.

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CITY SPORTS

SPORTS

Men’s volleyball team in February

MAY 10, 2018

Photo by Kevin Chittum

Historic volleyball season comes to an end Story by Malik Reeves Staff Writer

Photo by Cynthia Alvarez Alissa Cienfuegos In march during a game with Pasadena City College.

Baseball

LBCC baseball team earned All- South Coast Conference Team honors.

First-team All-Conference recognition was awarded to freshman relief pitcher Garrett Rennie for his 5-2 record with three saves, pitching 34 innings with 27 strikeouts and a 2.38 ERA. Freshman David Rivera also received the award, being selected as the lead-off hitter for the Viking with a consistent .344 batting average, two home runs in conference play and 26 putouts and 49 assists. The honor was also received by sophomore third baseman Reese Berberet, who was on top of leaderboards for homeruns in conference and state, knocking in 24 runs.

Freshmen starting pitcher Michael Ramirez, catcher David Balboa, second baseman Raul Gonzalez and sophomore outfielder Collin Perez earned Second-Team All-Conference laurels.

Ramirez has 22 strikeouts and averaged 4.79 strikeouts per game, Balboa collected 95 putouts, 10 assists and a fielding average of .972. Gonzalez recorded 44 putouts and 42 assists, including two double plays, earning him a fielding percentage of .972.

Perez had 30 putouts and a .970 percentage, including six doubles and five RBI. Softball

Freshman Raven Agapay and sophomores Alissa Cienfuegos and first base player Julia Juarez earned First-Team All-Conference, while Second-Team All-Conference honors were given to fresh-

Lindsey Mizrahi

Carl Matthews

man second base player Jennifer Tobar and sophomore left fielder Alijah Vega. An All-Conference Honorable Mention was earned by Lauren Blevins.

Agapay earned consistency with eight home runs, earning 4th in the leaderboards. Agapay has a batting average of .325 and a .684 slugging percentage. Cienfuegos earned her second First-Team honors and was also named SCC South Pitcher of the Year and also placed in the All-State honors list. Cienfuegos places 8th on the leaderboard in state with 39 runs with 48 hits.

Tobar earned a Second-Team honor for the first time in her career with a fielding percentage of .900 in conference and totaled 23 assists through the season, having 47 hits and 29 runs at the plate. Vega was praised on her performance, having a .421 on-base percentage.

Blevins earns an honorable mention with nine putouts and accomplished a 1.00 fielding percentage.

The team fell in the state Regional Playoffs against Fullerton College, 4-1.

Freshman Taylor Wallace placed in the 800-meter run with a time of 1.57.12.

The guarantees a slot for the finals as well.

Moises Marquez, Jarrod Amyx and Nicole Adams will be advancing to the finals and competing in the 5K run and discus throw.

Track and Field

Sophomore water polo and women’s swimming athlete Lindsey Mizrahi has signed a national letter of intent for Mercyhurst University.

Sophomore water polo and men’s swimming athlete Carl Matthews has also signed a national letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic career at the University of Redlands.

The Men’s and women’s teams traveled to San Diego Mesa to compete in the SoCal Prelims on Saturday, May 5.

Sophomore Sherrice Pelle took 10th overall in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.68 and also placed 6th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.07.

Sophomore Erin Wilber will be moving onto the finals Saturday, May 12, as she qualified in the high jump.

Beach volleyball

The women’s faced the Bakersfield College Renegades and San Diego Mesa College Olympians in the state So-Cal Regional Playoffs at Granada Beach. Long Beach remained strong and consistent by defeating Bakersfield, 4-1, and San Diego Mesa with a 5-0 sweep.

Freshmen Elsa Woods, Doris Woods, Brooklin Mize, Tatyaa Tuilaii-Umi, Josannah Vazquez, Sierra Davis and sophomores Mariah Clausen, Isabella Alvarez, Jessica Kaeka, and Jordan Diaz will advance to the State Championships starting today, Thursday, and continuing through Saturday, May 12, at West Valley College.

The Vikings are ranked No. 1 as a team.

Swimming

Having not lost a game all season, the Viking’s men’s volleyball team looked to continue its historic season against No. 4 ranked Pierce on Thursday, April 26.

For the first time all season, the Vikings found themselves in an unfamiliar situation as they lost their first set to the Brahmas, 25-12.The Brahmas took control of the first set and LBCC fans were shocked at how the Brahmas completely dominated the first set.

The Vikes finished 20-1.

The Vikings came out in the second set knowing they had to tie things up to avoid being down 2-0. The second set was a much tighter one with both teams taking turns taking the lead. Sophomore Steven Rotter provided an early spark for the Vikings, but the Brahmas high energy eventually led them to win the second set, 25-20.

The third set was the same story as the second one as the Vikings fought to keep their season alive and came out with some intense play, which led to the Brahmas taking a timeout when the Vikings took the lead.

The Brahmas went on to close out the set, 25-19, with a kill by their freshmen Morgan Wadlow, giving them the sweep and the upset over the No. 1 seed Vikings and a place in the championship game Saturday, April 28.

Pierce College coach Lance Walker showed nothing but respect to the Vikings coaching staff and their amazing season they had: “I have a lot of respect for John (last name) and him and I we come from the same tree of knowledge when it comes to volleyball, the principles and techniques we coach is something special to the sport.

I know he’s a great coach, they’ve done amazing things at Long Beach, they have a fantastic program, but today maybe we were just the better team today, when he loses, it’s with dignity when he wins it’s with dignity and it’s just an honor to go out and battle him,” Walker said.

The Vikings will return half of their team next year and with some new additions to the team as well in hopes of trying to get back to this point in the playoffs and win it all.