Viking News- Volume 92 Issue 3-November 8, 2018

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD Annual celebration of Dia de los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery Citystyle| Page 4

November 8, 2018 • Volume 92 • Issue 3 • Published since 1927

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Photo Illustration by Alyssa Vega

New policy allows students to use their preferred name on certain college documents News | Page 3

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NEWS

November 8, 2018

New app to help with long lines

Q-Less aims to reduce how students wait for appointments at LBCC Story by Iman Palm Viking Staff

LBCC’s Student Support Services and Associated Student Body are partnering up to change how students spend their time in line with an app called, Q-less, which will focus on reducing the amount of time students spend waiting in line.

In the most recent financial aid back-up during the beginning of the fall semester, Dr. Mike Munoz Vice President of Student Support Services wants to change the way students wait in line.

“If you think about the current experience at Long Beach City College, when you need to go to certain places at certain times in the year, the lines can be really unbearable,’’ Munoz said.

“At the start of the school year there is going to be long lines, I think people expect that but we wanna do a better job at creating a student experience by getting students out of line,” Munoz continued.

Student Support Services has partnered with Q-less, a company that specializes in reducing the amount of time consumers spend physically waiting in line.

With no exact date, Munoz hopes to have this service be available to LBCC students for the spring semester.

During the initial stages, admissions and records, financial aid, and cashiering will use this platform when school is in session. Counseling and the Viking card ID services will use it when the college is on break.

Eventually, Munoz wants to incorporate other college resources such as Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and Disabled Student Services and Programs (DSPS) during the second phase of the program.

“With the Q-less platform, students will be able to either through our website, downloading an application, or finding designated kiosks on campuses, we will have places where students can join virtual lines,” Munoz said. “Even from devices at their own home, they can join a line or join multiple lines at any given time and be told what the estimated wait time is.”

The program will not eliminate lines altogether or change the wait time. A text message alert will notify students when to return to the line to be served by staff members.

“The virtual line will change the student experience, it won’t necessarily reduce the wait times. It will not feel like you are waiting. It puts a lot more control in the students to

Graphic by Steven Matthews

really kinda help manage that line so it doesn’t feel like you are waiting,” Munoz said.

For LBCC, the goal of this program launch is to allow students to do more while they are waiting in line.

Alex Backer the co-founder of Q-less has partnered with other educational institutions.

“We work will hundreds of partners including well over a hundred colleges. Just in the California area alone, we work with: the University of California, West LA College, Santa Monica College, Fullerton College, and many others,” Backer said.

Students can join a virtual line by entering their cell phone number to receive text notifications of when they will be served or by entering their name. The app is available on Google Play and the App Store.

Students will be able to see wait times for both campuses and will have the option to visit either one. If students

join the wrong line, staff members will have the ability to move students virtually to the correct line, so students won’t have to wait longer to be called.

This new service is costing the school $20,231 but no additional fees will be passed down to students.

Amber Florance Sollenberger, ASB Secretary, hopes that the Q-less app will change the current way students wait in line.

“It’s pretty inhumane that people have to sit outside and if you get out of line because you are hungry or thirsty you lose your spot in line,” Sollenberg said.

Sollenberg knows that community college students have other obligations and hopes that this service will allow students to relax a bit since they won’t have to stress about physically waiting in line.

Students will be informed when the service goes live with emails and social media posts.

Online community college troubles employees

Story by Anna Karkalik Viking Staff

The California Online Community College has sparked concern with professors and administrators regarding future enrollment.

Initiated by Governor Jerry Brown, the online college will be an asset to those who want to further their careers.

The online college is said to not be a competitive force against community colleges because it is instead aimed towards those who are in the workforce. These are the people who have their high school diplomas and need some certificates that will help them advance or gain new job opportunities.

“The online college is focused on providing micro-cre-

dentials, skills training to workers in the workforce who need some skills beyond a high school diploma in order for them to keep their jobs or to be promoted into new jobs,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, and current interim CEO of the online college, said in an teleconference with student media representatives.

The online college will receive its accreditation in three years, however, until the online college receives those accreditations, the institution is not financial aid eligible.

Professors and administrators voiced their concerns at the faculty forum held on Monday where they discussed the online college as well as new recent legislation including AB 19, AB 705, and the funding formula.

Vice President of Student Affairs Kathleen Scott is among those concerned about the potential impact the on-

line college might have on online enrollment rates.

“We have 15 computer office system certificates and we really have one of the best programs in the state and that’s the first areas that they’re going for are those computer office IT certificates so it is duplicative,” said Scott.

Some faculty members present urged the rest that until the online community college is up and running, it is too early to determine if it will hurt enrollment at LBCC. “The ones that we are more at risk of losing are those far away ones who aren’t really connected to the campus in any way and that’s not really our online students,” said LBCC data scientist Andrew Fuenmayor. “90% of our online enrollments are by students that have taken or are currently taking an in-person course, we have very few pure online students.”

November 8, 2018

NEWS

LBCC now offers name change

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Story by Sabrina Picou Viking Staff

Photo by Malik Reeves Patrick Ehrlandson who was introduced as “father of Father-Con” opened and influenced him to start the event.

Impact of fatherhood Story by Malik Reeves Viking Staff Keynote speaker, Dr. Timothy Rarick, stood on stage giving a lecture on the bond between fathers and daughters, standing seemingly confident until he said what his daughter told him before leaving for his flight to Long Beach, “Daddy, I just wanted to call you and tell you I love you.” Rarick then began to cry.

LBCC hosted its first annual Father-Con at LAC on Saturday, discussing the obstacles of fatherhood, tips on being a better father, and helping them be aware of the threats their children face from human trafficking.

Patrick Ehrlandson who was introduced as the “father of Father-Con” set up the event partnered with Dr. Claudia Garcia of the LBCC Foster and Kinship Care Education Program. They aimed to get numerous speakers that were experts in how to mold men into becoming fathers and have experience with human trafficking or have been a human trafficker.

Donald Ray Parish Jr. who came all the way from Dallas, Texas is best known for his role in having 600 men show up for his “Breakfast with Dads” event.

The workshop on Saturday was titled Why I Should Give a Damn. Parish Jr. discussed how Ehrlandson sold him on the idea of Father-con and how he loved his vision.

Guest speaker Tika Thornton, who was kidnapped and sold as a trafficker at the early age of 12, referred to herself not as a victim but as a survivor.

Thornton discussed how she grew up without her father in her life and felt resentment toward him until she realized it wasn’t her fault, but that he was dealing with his own issues.

“It took almost until my late 30s to realize that it wasn’t the burden of having to raise me or take care of me, but it was that he was going through his own personal problems in his life he had to deal with,” said Thornton.

Thornton works with a program called Journey Out, that helps set up stings to catch human traffickers and helps women to get out of that situation.

“When you’re on your deathbed you’re not thinking about how much money you’ve made or how dedicated you were to your job, you’re thinking about your kids, your wife, and your family.”

-Patrick Ehrlandson

Father-Con speaker

“I have an amazing team around me and we help these females and let them know that they are not victims, but are merely survivors, we give them an identity,” Thornton said.

Rarick discussed how daughters first real experience with how a man should be towards a woman is from their fathers.

“These daughters don’t need dads, anybody can be a dad, they need a father, a father that shows them affection and show them what real love looks like,” Rarick said.

Rarick discussed his interaction with his daughters and how his methods are making them more aware of the kind of men they would want to date or eventually marry when they get older.

“My daughter told me I want boyfriend that treats me the way you treat mom, and I’m no perfect dad I yell and raise my voice but I’m glad my daughters have an idea of what real love is,” Rarick said.

Ehrlandson described the outcome of the first annual Father-Con at LBCC. “We’re hoping the next one will be in June, El Camino College is really excited to have us they invited us and we have to keep moving the venue and keep the energy flowing, when you’re on your deathbed you’re not thinking about how much money you’ve made or how dedicated you were to your job, you’re thinking about your kids, your wife, and your family,” Ehrlandson said.

LBCC issued a new policy regarding preferred name changes for students in order to provide an inclusive and non-discriminatory environment according to the campus-wide email.

All LBCC students, along with transgender and non-gender conforming students, now have the option to change their name on certain college records to a preferred name.

According to the email sent by the college, a preferred name is a first name that can be used instead of a person’s legal first name and is not being used for the purpose of misrepresentation.

The documents that can include a student’s preferred name include class rosters, student self-service, Canvas, Starfish, PeopleSoft email from instructors, and student ID cards.

Queer Space club president Larina Corbell has been putting in efforts to have the policy put into action since last year.

“Last year when I tried talking to people like people weren’t interested in a lot of resources for LGBT people and I couldn’t make the conversation happen,” said Corbell. “I think it’s kind of embarrassing that its taken Long Beach this long to get it cause it’s something that all the community colleges in Orange County have and San Diego and there’s a lot of community colleges and basically all the universities already have this process in place.”

Member of Queer Space student AJ Johnson sees the new policy as a step forward in the right direction.

“People should have the ability to not be dead-named and dead-named being a name that is dead to that person so considering the name change policy I think it’s like really good especially because past names that people don’t want to go by anymore can bring up a lot of bad memories,” said Johnson.

The preferred name policy is inclusive of all students who would like to use the option to make the change.

“I would take advantage of it because I don’t like my name not for like anything bad but it doesn’t fit me who I am so I’m gonna do it. I don’t identify as trans but that’s the thing with the name change policy is that you don’t have to be trans to have to change your name,” said Johnson.

“A lot of institutions in Long Beach are systemically homophobic and this one is making steps not to be,” said Corbell.

Associate Professor of Computer and Office Studies Suman Mudunuri who is also the Equity Chair of the Faculty Union Executive Board put on the “My Fullest Name” event to bring faculty together. The activity’s purpose was for the faculty to get to know each other on a deeper level that was non-threatening.

“As faculty our job is to accept all students regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion and you know nobody asked to be a transgender student that wasn’t a choice that they just made that is how they feel that they are and so that’s how they want to be accepted and I think the preferred name policy is an awesome addition to unifying that group of students and making them feel more comfortable in the classroom,” said Mudunuri.

CITYSTYLE

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November 8, 2018

Photos by Anna Karkalik Performers dressed in traditional Aztec clothing take part in the Aztec circle dance and ritual to celebrate Dia de los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Honoring the dead through art Story by Anna Karkalik Viking Staff The altar, dedicated to 15-year-old Genevieve Vargas, who committed suicide two weeks before the event, was decorated with photos of her, candles, and bright flowers at Dia de los Muertos hosted at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 27.

“This day didn’t really mean anything before, we celebrated Halloween and it was always a big deal for us but we put her in the ground here on Tuesday and it sort of felt like we needed to hurry up,” said Genevieve’s mother Giselle Vargas. “So we gathered a lot of her favorite things and the flowers surrounding the painting her cousin made of her.”

The painting of Vargas was of her last year at the Hollywood Forever Dia de los Muertos after she got her face painted.

Vargas’s step-dad Steven Cooper explained their family’s decision to bury Vargas in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

“She loved it here, she loved resting under big giant trees so we picked this place for her and you see a lot of family and friends around us tonight to celebrate her and celebrate her life,” Cooper said.

More than 90 altars were spread out through the cemetery created by family and friends to celebrate the life of loved ones or ancestors that have died.

The bridge, leading to an altar display honoring Mexican singer and Long Beach College alum Jenni Rivera, was covered with bright orange marigold flowers.

People dressed up in bright skeleton costumes, traditional Aztec clothing with elaborate headpieces and traditional Mexican food was also featured throughout the day.

“It’s a magical thing celebrating the dead with all the music, traditional costumes, and just being close with family,” said Elsie Delgado dressed in native Aztec clothing.

Steven Cooper lits a candle for his step-daughter Genevieve Vargas at Día De Los Muertos to honor her death at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 27.

Guest speaker highlights traditions of Dia de los Muertos at LBCC Story by Anna Karkalik Viking Staff

The celebration of Dia de los Muertos was brought to LBCC on Nov.1, as the culture and tradition were explored in a lecture sponsored by the Foreign Language Department.

Guest speaker Gregorio Luke, the former Director of the Museum of Latin American Arts, explained the traditions

of Dias de los Muertos including placing the deceased favorite drinks, food, and items to be displayed on the ofrenda or ritual altar.

The altar displayed at the lecture was constructed by a group of Spanish students and was dedicated to anyone that had died of violence from a bullet.

“It changes the conversation completely,” said Luke. “If you have little kids or grandkids, and someone passes away

and is never mentioned again, it is very helpful to talk about it.”

Building an ofrenda serves as a symbolic way of remembering the deceased by spending the time to collect the items they enjoyed in life.

Another tradition is to arrange flowers surrounding the altar to guide souls and create a path, usually leading to a church or home.

“Every religion tries to give us an ex-

planation of death, an idea of what happens with death,” said Luke. “If you want to know how you’re going to be, how you’re going to look, you can just touch yourself and feel the skull. You can feel the death that we all carry inside.”

The papel picado banners, papers that are cut up to display different designs and patterns, add vibrant colors in the towns celebrating Dias de los Muertos.

November 8, 2018

CITYSTYLE

26 years surviving with AIDS

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Story by Alyssa Vega Viking Staff Twenty-six years ago, 65-year-old LBCC student Danny Rafferty and his roommate Andrew decided to get tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after finding out that his coworker Mark was diagnosed with full-blown AIDS. After the three of them took a trip to the Los Angeles Medical Center, Rafferty and his roommate found out they were both tested positive for HIV. “When I found out, I kind of knew,” Rafferty said. “Mark had driven and he said ‘Come on, let’s go back to the house and have a drink,’ and then I said, ‘No, I just want to be by myself.’ I started walking from Hollywood and next thing I knew I was almost in Encino. I don’t remember how I got there. So it hit me, I didn’t think it would, but it did.”

Four years later, both of Rafferty’s roommates died in 1996 from the disease.

“I have this picture of the three of us when we lived in the house, it was Christmas time and we were in Santa hats with red long underwear sitting on the porch.

I’m the only one still alive in that picture, and every time I see that picture it really hits me hard,” Rafferty said.

In the fall of 1998, Rafferty became extremely sick, near death, with a full-blown AIDS diagnosis. He had to quit his job as a bartender, apply for emergency Medi-Cal, and move back to Long Beach from Los Angeles to move in with his mom and stepdad.

Rafferty is a client at St. Mary Medical Care Center and has been a patient since his diagnosis in 1998. He had to visit the hospital once a month to get his blood drawn and was prescribed to a medication called Sustiva. This drug would give him “vivid nightmares,” as he described it.

“I was not on any medication treatment at the time, so I went on a new drug. It was a test drug, I was like a guinea pig,” Rafferty said. “I had to go up to LA once a month to have blood taken and pick up this bottle that just had a number on it. It turned out to be a drug called Sustiva, which has turned out to be almost a miracle drug.”

He consumed about 12 different medications daily, not including test drugs.

Until five years ago, Rafferty’s daily medication had reduced to only three drugs instead of 12.

He is currently off Sustiva and instead consumes a drug that has a combination of three drugs, called Genoya.

At the start of the HIV epidemic, the virus was considered to be a death sentence with the number of deaths that were caused

by AIDS. Today, if someone is diagnosed with HIV there are medications that will help them live a normal lifespan.

“We now have what’s called PrEp, which is pre-exposure prophylaxis and it is

Photo by Sydney Fredericks-Selby Danny Rafferty gets emotional listening to the song, “Where are you now,” by Cerrone during his radio segment in the Radio and Television department. According to Rafferty, the song brings back memories of a former boyfriend, who he believed died of complications related to HIV in the 1990s. “I love this song, even though it tears me to pieces. There’s times that I have survivors guilt. I mean, I was no saint or angel in my younger years,” Rafferty said.

a pill that you can take once a day and the chances of contracting HIV are nill,” Rafferty said. “It’s the upper 90 percent range.

If we can get people on PrEp, we can totally eradicate all new cases of HIV and stop it in its path, until they find an antidote to cure it.”

“Back in the 80s and 90s when I was diagnosed, we lost so many people,” Rafferty said. “I mean I had friends and loved ones that were dropping left and right. Today, being diagnosed with HIV is not as discriminatory as it was, but we still have a long way to go.”

This month will mark Rafferty’s 26 years of living with HIV, will be participating in the AIDS walk in Long Beach on Nov. 11 to raise awareness and money toward those in need for treatment.

On his free time, when he isn’t at school or live streaming on his own radio show, he volunteers at the St. Mary Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Executive Director of the CARE center Paul Lovely has known Rafferty since 1999 when he started to receive treatment at the CARE center at St. Mary Medical Center.

Rafferty now volunteers every week.

For 16 years Rafferty has volunteered to help them by receiving the food, putting the food away, and bagging the food to distribute to patients.

Registered dietitian for the CARE cen-

Photo provided by Danny Rafferty A photo of Danny Rafferty (left) and his former roommates in front of their house in Los Angeles during Christmas. In 1996, Rafferty’s roommates died of complications related to AIDS.

ter Tammy Basile created a food pantry to distribute healthy food to patients that are in need.

“It’s a huge sacrifice of many people to either those who are positive to get out there and walk or those who are advocates and supporters of HIV,” Basile said. “The stigma is still there and sadly people still

think that they’re not going to get it or if you do get it, you just take a pill. It’s just not that easy. So, those people that do walk are still letting people know this is still a problem and to not ignore it.”

Visit centerlb.org/campaign/aidswalklb to register to run on Nov. 11 or donate to centerlb.org/give/dannyrafferty.

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OPINION

Keep walking for HIV and AIDS

Prevention drugs need to be more readily available for patients In the early 1980s the HIV and AIDS epidemic was at its peak and now as time has passed, being diagnosed is not as discriminatory or as deadly as it has been in the past.

During the peak of the epidemic, the stigma surrounding the illness caused those living with HIV and AIDS from having access to essential resources available.

This also created a national stigma that the illness could only be contracted by sexually active gay and bisexual men.

This mentality brought on discrimination not only for the gay community, but for those living with HIV and AIDS seeking medical treatment.

The outlook for those diagnosed has significantly improved. Now an individual can live a longer life when regularly taking an antiretroviral treatment, or a combination of prescribed medication used to fight HIV and prevent the chances of passing it on to others.

Although there have been great ad-

vances, including reducing the required medication needed to, the fact that there are still many people that face and deal with this should not be forgotten.

People have become desensitized to the topic of HIV and AIDS in today’s society, however, we need to continue to support those who are still affected.

1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, while 1 out of 7 who have it are not aware they are infected. African Americans in low income areas continue to show higher rates of HIV with 44% but only representing 12% of the U.S. population, according to HIV.gov.

With all the advancements in technology, we still need to support those living with either illness in any way we can. Either by participating in the Long Beach Aids Walk, and promote sexual health programs throughout our schools nationwide to spread the awareness and help with the initial prevention.

By participating in the walk, people are

contributing to inform the community that the epidemic continues to have a big impact in Long Beach.

All proceeds raised go toward support for local business and resources which are available for those infected with HIV. According to The Long Beach Aids Walk website, the funds raised support HIV prevention services including HIV and STI testing, food pantries, PrEp and PEP counseling, as well as medication and group support.

We need to advocate for prevention drugs to be made more readily available.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEp) is the drug used towards the HIV prevention strategy on people that are HIV-negative but could be at risk of contracting HIV. By supporting organizations that aim to offer resources that benefit the population living with either illness, focus on the initial prevention, and regularly discuss these issues the community can be proactive about the future health of Long Beach.

Definition of gender potentially at risk Story by Alyssa Vega Viking Staff

The Trump administration is considering to establish a more narrow definition of gender which can potentially remove the rights of Americans who have chosen to recognize themselves as a gender other than the one they were born into.

The department of health and human services are making an effort to establish a legal definition of gender by determining one’s sex through their genitalia at birth and will no longer be changeable unless they submit to genetic testing results.

While this atrocious effort to exclude civil rights from transgender people, the Long Beach community must take a step forward to action.

As one of the most diverse cities in Southern California, LBCC needs to continue to support the LGBTQ group.

Recently, the college has added a name policy by offering students the option to be called by a preferred name.

The preferred name policy has sent an important message by accepting student’s chosen identity and excluding one’s “dead name,” meaning a name one has used in the past.

While this progressive action seeks to provide a non-discriminatory environment on campus, there is more to be done.

LBCC faculty should be given a mandatory training on how to ensure a safe and non-discriminating environment for transgender students in their classroom.

Whether professors are or not aware of transgender individuals in the classroom,

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VIKING NEWS Editor-in-chief: Anna Karkalik @Akarkalik Managing editor: Steven Matthews @SMatthewsTFI News editor: Sydney Fredericks-Selby @SydneySelby_ Opinion editor: Sabrina Picou @Sabrina_PQ Citystyle editor: Alyssa Vega @alyssalvega

Staff Malik Reeves Brandon Silva Luis Ramirez Donavin Morris Abel Reyes Andrea Estrada Skyler Smith

Nehemiah Balaoro Dylan Keith Iman Palm Angela Bremer Michael Nueva Arlene Guerrero Victoria Rowe

Adviser: Walter Hammerwold Photo and online adviser: Chris Viola The deadline for news, advertisements and letters to the editor is the Thursday before publication.

The Viking will be published Dec. 6. The Viking is published by Journalism 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87 and 88 students of the LBCC English Department, with funding from the Associated Student Body.

Editorial Cartoon by Alyssa Vega

it is crucial to be respect students’ personal choices and be mindful of their safety.

With that in mind, never assume one’s pronoun. If you do not know what pronoun to use, you should ask politely.

More importantly, if you see someone who makes an anti-transgender remark or joke, speak out in support of transgender rights.

This may encourage those around you to stand with equality for all human rights.

In addition, there are peer support hotline that offer support for people who are struggling with their gender identity.

Volunteer at a hotline or donate to a nonprofit organization such as The National Center for Transgender Equality.

With the midterm elections over, it is

important to continue being active in the transgender community.

Visit transequality.org for more information regarding transgender rights, issues, and to learn more about the transgender community.

In order to have your voice heard, call your representative for your area to make a change. To find your representative in your area, visit house.gov/representatives.

The Trump administration constantly attacks “political correct culture” as policing what he can and cannot say.

There is no official legislation for respecting transgender rights, but now there is the potential of an official conservative definition that will force people to identify as a gender they are not.

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SPORTS

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Four runners into State Championships Story by Malik Reeves Viking Staff Four LBCC cross country runners advanced to the State Championships at the SoCal Championships at Don Knabe Community Regional park on Friday.

On the women’s team sophomore Lillyanna Figueroa, and freshman Dasani Zavala advanced with Figueroa coming in 51st place and Zavala coming in 55th place.

For the men’s team, Moises Marquez and Rafael Gonzalez advanced with Marquez coming in 33rd place and Rafael Gonzalez coming in 55th place.

Prior to the SoCal Championships, both LBCC cross country teams competed in the South Coast Conference Championships on Oct. 26 at Don Knabe Community Regional Park.

The Viking women’s and men’s cross country teams were lead by two top finishers from their groups to qualify for the SoCal Championships.

The women’s team placed 6th with a total time of 1:57:40 and a score of 154 points.

The women’s top finisher for the Vikings was sophomore Lilyanna Figueroa who came in 16th place with a time of 19:43.1.

Figueroa talked about the toughest stretch of the race, “The whole thing I think it was definitely the end because you’re completely exhausted by that point but you have to keep pushing and once you see that clock give it your all,” Figueroa said.

Not having not raced in almost a month, she talked about her approach going into the conference championships.

“I wanted to run my fastest time here, so mainly I focused on getting out there, getting a good race out there and getting my legs moving fast again,” said Figueroa.

The men’s team also placed 6th with a total time of 1:50:26 and 149 total points

Photo By Dylan Keith LBCC cross country runner Eric Estrada runs with pack at the South Coast Conference in Cerritos on Oct. 26.

and their top finisher being sophomore Moises Marquez, who came in 11th with a time of 20:37.1.

Marquez talked about how his team was viewed as the underdog and how went in that day wanting to prove people wrong.

“Everyone here is expecting us to be in the last three groups that won’t qualify, so today’s plan was to score the least amount

of points for our team by staying in the front and so everyone else had to follow what their most capable of to run their fastest,” Marquez said.

Head Coach Julio Jimenez talked about how he thought his team fared against their competition, “We did okay, we finally had some improvement and we should have two guys whose personal best should be

top 10 all time in the schools history as far as times and I think the rest of the team improved on their personal best as well,” Jimenez said.

The four runners will compete at the State Championships in Fresno at Woodward Park on Nov. 17.

Men’s soccer losses to LA Harbor 2-1 Story By Malik Reeves Viking Staff

LA Harbor (6-9-4, 2-4-1) scored a game sealing goal in the second half with the game being tied 1-1, Vikings were not able to tie the game on Friday evening at the Vikings soccer field and were defeated 2-1.

This loss put the Vikings overall record at 8-9-1 and 4-2 record in the South Coast Conference.

Freshman forward Quinn Trowbridge gave the Vikings an early spark as she scored within the first 15 minutes of the game.

The Vikings would have three more shots on goal after Trowbridge scored, but

failed to convert all three shots.

LBCC was aggressive on offense early on with taking a shot on goal as early as two minutes into the game, but the teams aggressiveness trembled down late in the first half.

The Seahawks struggled early on as the Vikings defense kept them away from their goal but they were able to break away and went on to tie the game at 1-1.

In the second half, freshman middle Yesenia Hernandez attempted two shots on goal in the early minutes of the half but failed to convert on the shots.

The Seahawks became the aggressive team in the second half in taking the 2-1 lead to put them ahead.

Although LBCC only had three fouls

compared to the Seahawks seven and were rewarded two corner kicks, they still were unable to take advantage of the opportunities they had.

Head Coach Eduardo Nunes talked about his team not taking advantage of their opponents mishaps.

“Harbor gave us opportunities to tie the game up, but we have to be better at realizing our opportunities and executing them down the stretch because every play is pivotal when we’re trying to regain momentum,” Nunes said.

The Vikings had more shots on goal then the Seahawks, but the Seahawks had more goals saved as well.

Freshman Quinn Towbridge gave the Vikings their only score of the game.

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Check out these Sports stories at lbccviking.com/sports “Season is not over yet we still have a couple of games to go and we still have to have that mindset of wanting to win every game despite our record we just have to regroup and refocus and come ready to play next game,” Towbridge said.

The Vikings will host Cerritos College for their final game of the regular season on Friday at Vikings soccer field.

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SPORTS

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Football team drops to 4 - 5 on the season Story by Victoria Rowe Viking Staff

Photo by Skyler Smith Freshman Abigail Hargrove spikes the ball during the match against LA Trade Tech. Vikings won the match up 3-0 to improve their season record to 17-3.

Vikings spike Beavers Story by Skylar Smith Viking Staff LBCC freshman Brooklin Mize scored 15 points as the Vikings defeated the LA Trade Tech Beavers 3-0 in match play, with scores of 25-0, 25-6 and 25-3 at home on Wednesday night.

The Beavers tardiness caused them to forfeit the first set (25-0). The Vikings practiced as they patiently waited for their opponents arrival.

Tickets for the match weren’t even sold because of the uncertainty of a game taking place, but when the Beavers showed up, the match began.

As the second game started the dominance shown through as the Vikings were up 10-0 before the Beavers could score.

The Vikings had clear control as they led the entire rest of the match against their conference opponent.

The win now improves the Vikings record to 17-3 and 4-1 in conference play.

“We’re able to play players in different positions,” head

coach Misty May Treanor said discussing the decision to rotate players in different positions throughout the game. “We want to make sure we stay mentally focused.”

Freshman Brooklin Mize spoke confidently of how this helps for future opponents, “It allows us to open our wings and spread out as a team to see what we can actually do. It helps us in the long run when we play teams that are ranked higher than us,” said Mize.

Almost every game ended with the Vikings swiftly winning with little resistance from their opponents.

Outside hitter Shelby Cole spoke of the respect they have for their opponents “We are obviously a respectful team, and we never go out of our way to make anybody looks less,” said Cole.

Preslee Richelieu, a freshman defensive specialist said, “They’re gonna be in our home gym, and we already played them, we know what to be ready for.”

With the conference title on the line the players are looking forward for their rematch against El Camino on Nov. 13.

The LBCC Vikings football team fell to the undefeated Canyons College Cougars in their last home game of the season with a score of 34-7. Backup quarterback Jonathan Murphy completed 157 passing yards for the Vikings on Saturday.

Running back Teshawn White scored the first touchdown of the game with a four yard run, putting the Vikings ahead with a lead of 7-0.

The Cougars quickly came back with a touchdown made by Kenny Torance and a extra point from kicker Tanner Brown tying the game 7-7 with 5:35 left in the first quarter.

The Vikings led with a strong 131 rushing yards against the Cougars 71 yards, but the Cougars offense were stronger in their passing yards with 327 and the Vikings with 187.

The Vikings were shut down by the Cougars, keeping them from putting anymore points on the board.

Near the beginning of the second quarter the Cougars recovered a fumble made by Jonathan Murphy at the Vikings’ 48 yard line, which they were able to convert into a touchdown minutes later.

Quarterback coach Sean Flynn spoke highly of the Cougars performance on Saturday, “they’re a good team, they’re number 1 in the state for a reason, they are very well coached and extremely disciplined, taking nothing away from them.”

The Vikings have lost just over 20 players throughout this season due to injury, “I’m not an excuse maker, but we are losing guys left and right just on fluky injuries, but I thought we fought hard tonight.” said Flynn Assistant coach Jeff Evans talked about improving during the off-season to be more prepared on the field “We are being physically controlled upfront on the offensive and defensive lines,” said Evans “Being able to make tackles, pull in passes with the receivers, being able to run through tackles all comes back to what we do in the weight room during the off-season.”

“We’ve had injuries here and there, but these guys aren’t quitting, they show up to practice and work hard everyday, they’re in it to win it. We aren’t getting the winning side of it but we’re getting the effort level and that’s all you can ask for as a coach,” said Evans.

The Vikings fought hard against the Cougars on Saturday, but came up short against their offense and defense.

“You win some, you lose some, but the goal is to bounce back harder next week.” said defensive end Pierre Hayes.

The Vikings will travel to Ventura this upcoming Saturday for the final game of the season to fight for a spot at a bowl game.