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Men’s water polo team captures ninth state championship.See Page 8

Fall Viking award winners announced

‘SAD AND EMBARRASSING’

55-10 Viking victory marred by ugly, chaotic brawl, prompting referees to cancel closing minutes.By Edward MahurienManaging Editor

Homecoming was given a black eye, lit-erally.

Frustrations came to a head with less than a minute remaining in a 55-10 Viking rout of the visiting Desert Roadrunners on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Veterans Stadium.

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Fans stand shocked while melee unfolds in the closing minutes of Viking Homecoming game.By Brittany LiebermanCo-News Editor

Fans watched helplessly from the stands as a brawl broke out between the LBCC Vikings and Desert College Roadrunners football teams with two minutes left on the clock at LBCC’s 2013 Homecoming game Saturday, Nov. 16, at Veterans Stadium.

Mycah Rainwater, 20, a mar-keting major and girlfriend of Viking running back Kamer-on White, said, “It was scary. It seemed like No. 56 from Desert College started it when he jumped on an LBCC guy. There was no way Desert was going to have a comeback. I don’t know why it had to end that way.”

White, who has played the sport since he was 5, said, “It puts a sour taste in my mouth. It takes away from what we accomplished. At the end of the day, we’re all playing the same sport.”

Nate Reed, 25, a music major and trombone player for LBCC’s band, was preparing to play the closing fight song when the alter-cation exploded. “It looked like a standard football fight that would just get broken up. It got really heated and then the crowd got involved. People started running onto the field,” Reed said.

Viking running back Jeff Macgillivray was on the sidelines when the fight escalated.

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OUT OF CONTROL: Coach Brett Peabody complains to the head referee about what he saw was poor officiating, which he be-lieves led to physical play and the brawl.

What’s inside on pages 6-7:uElisa Castillo of Athena was named queen and Raul Padilla Jr. of Aztlan was crowned king.

uThe Vikings were up 55-10 on Desert before the game was halted by, massive brawl.

uLBCC Athletic Director Joe Cascio said in a statement that several student-ath-letes have been recommended for disci-plinary action.

uThe Southern California Football Associ-ation is conducting an investigation into possible suspensions from the incident.

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BRAWL: LBCC Viking football player Robert Harding throws a punch at an unidentified person coming from the opposing sideline during a game-ending brawl at the Viking’s Homecoming game against the Desert Roadrunners.

SIX STUDENTS HONORED WITH HIGHEST AWARD FROM STUDENT LIFE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ON CAMPUSES. SEE FULL STORY ON THE VIKING WINNERS ON PAGE 3

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Red Cross taps students

17 sex offenders enrolled at LBCC

Renovations displace motorcycle parking

By Cesar HernandezStaff Writer

Daija Becka, 18, a culinary art major, was nervous at first about needles, but decided to donate a pint of her blood to the Red Cross, when she attended blood drive on Wednesday, Nov. 20, in the Fish Bowl at the LAC.

The Fishbowl was crowded with participants waiting to give their donation.

Becka said her first time ex-perience donating blood was re-warding. She said, “It’s rewarding, knowing that you will help out many out there who are in need of help.”

Students were on a bed as they donated a pint of blood. And then

asked to eat and drink high sugar snacks.

Anistasia Sanchez, 18, a nurs-ing major, described how a do-nation of blood has more worth than money can buy. “Donating blood is more valuable than do-nating money to any charity.”

As the line of participants kept flowing out of the Fishbowl with bandages on their arms, students described the health benefits to donating blood. As Juan Islas, 21, an undeclared major, said, “Do-nating a pint of blood is equal to a half an hour of cardiovascular exercise.”

In addition, students men-tioned their gratitude of having the Red Cross at LBCC as Roselin Michael, 23, an undeclared major

said, “This is an awesome oppor-tunity and good for people to par-ticipate.”

Also Clarice Kavanahugh, event coordinator, mentioned her appreciation and said, “We love these events. We know a lot of people don’t know much about their local chapters where they can donate, so by having these events, people become more aware on how to donate.”

As the event drew to a close, the endless amount of students willing to donate kept showing up. Edgar Saldana, a Tech 1 nurse, said, “It is great to see people wor-ried for other people who are in need of a donation.”

For information, people may call 1(800) RED CROSS.

By Pedro CruzContributing Writer

LBCC Police Lt. Julie Prior said that 17 convicted sex offend-ers are enrolled at LBCC.

California Penal Code Sec-tion 290 requires convicted sex offenders who have been released from prison, jail or mental hospi-tal to register with their local po-lice department within five days of their release.

Candice Berks, 19, a nursing major, said sex offenders should be allowed to attend school, but not without constant watch and she believes them to be “sick human beings.”

The penal code autho-rizes the release of necessary and relevant information about serious and high-risk sex offenders to members of the public to protect the safety and general welfare of the people.

When asked for the names and types of crimes of the 17 reg-istered sex offenders, Prior said that information will not be re-leased because “the registrants do not pose an imminent threat” to the school. She also added, “The college community will only be notified if a sex offender is posing a risk because they have a right to attend school like any other stu-

dent.”Maureen Johnson, 30, a nurs-

ing major, said she will be more interested in finding out what type of crime was committed before making a judgment. She said if a pedophile molested a lit-tle child she “will have a problem with that” because children are to be “nurtured and not destroyed.” But if the victim were an adult or the crime was a statutory rape, then she will look at the person differently.

Anyone 18 years or older, has a high school diploma or its equivalent or is a current high

school student is eligible to en-roll, as stated on page five of the school’s catalogue.

Mark Taylor, director of Col-lege Advancement, Public Af-fairs and Governmental Rela-tions for LBCC, said the college is an open-access institution and serves anyone who is eligible to apply and is seeking an education.

Adai Jaimes, 18, a Wilson High School graduate who plans to enroll in the Spring semester,

said, “Knowing a registered sex offender can be in the same class as me makes me feel uncomfort-able. Hopefully I’ll have a good time at LBCC and I’ll take extra precautions to stay safe.”

Bryan Lam, an associate pro-fessor at Cal State Long Beach’s school of social, said victims of sexual assault might experience depression, fear, anger and anx-iety. They might also engage in self-destructive behaviors. Fur-ther, establishing trust can be a challenge for them, Lam said. If not treated, victims might not be able to maximize their academic

potential.When talking about

if he believed students and professors will treat a registered sex offender differently or if the risk of inequality and discrimi-

nation exist toward them, Lam said a community of scholars is working on evaluating the needs of sex offenders. He said limited research has been conducted and future research is needed.

Brandon Willet, 20, a criminal justice major, said, “I don’t think much about it. Maybe they are go-ing to school to get them back on the proper path in life. It shouldn’t be too much to worry with the se-curity at the college.”

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MAKING THE DEPOSIT: LBCC student Kersheral Jessup, 20, a communications major, donates a pint of blood to the Red Cross in the Fishbowl at the LAC on Wednesday, Nov. 20.

Motorcycle parking pushed to its fringe at the LAC. By Robert FullingimStaff Writer

Motorcyclists have fewer parking options available now that parking spots near the B Building are converted to handi-cap parking while the C Building is renovated at the LAC.

The converted spots were in Parking Lot I adjacent to the B Building, but the other spots allo-cated for motorcycle parking are left untouched around campus.

A total of 30 motorcycle park-ing spots are designated in Park-ing Lots I, H and C and 15 spots in the parking structure on the ground level.

M a r k Taylor, LB-CC’s public affairs director, said, “The mo-torcycle spaces in front of the B Building have been temporarily converted to blue spaces as a re-sult of the renovation of the C Building.

They will return to motor-cycle spaces once the project is complete in approximately 18 months.”

Jessica Hauter, 23, a criminal justice major, is a student assistant who helps with parking enforce-ment for LBCC. She said, “Mo-torcycle parking is not really a problem on campus. Even on the busiest days of the week, there are

always parking spots available.” Hauter said motorcyclists are

not allowed to park on sidewalks and motorized vehicles that are not authorized by LBCC are not allowed on any pedestrian walk-ways.

Parking should never be a problem as motorcycle spots nev-er fill up, but if they do, students are allowed to park in normal parking spots since the cost for the parking permits are the same, but Hauter said she never sees that either.

Hauter said, “A student who wants to register their motorcy-cle just has to pay for parking and then give their license plate num-ber to the college so we can dou-ble-check their registration when we do our rounds.” This is unique

to motor-cycles as the parking permits can be easily stolen.

K e l l y Harvey, 52,

a math major, started driving a scooter he originally bought for his daughter after fighting for parking on his first day of class more than a year ago. He said, “I never have a problem with park-ing and if a group of spots fill up, I can just drive to another section of parking spots and I know they will be open.”

Harvey does not see a prob-lem with motorcycle parking and said people should not complain about extra handicapped spac-es. He said, “If people are com-plaining about extra handicapped spaces, that’s pretty low.”

“I don’t think much about it. Maybe they are going to school to get them back on the proper path in life.”

-Brandon WillitCriminal justice major

NEWS 3November 27, 2013

Cabinet discusses 2014 functions, improvements

Board prepares for April electionsBy Cesar HernandezStaff Writer

As the April 8 date gets clos-er for Board elections, candidates keep campaigning to earn votes.

Jose Mirales, 32, an unde-clared major, has a close eye on the race.

Mirales said, “The race for the Board has candidates from differ-ent locations. Former LBCC pro-fessor Greg Slaughter is running for District 5 and former USC professor Marshall Belofsky is running for District 1.”

Virginia Baxter candidate running for district 5 has re-

ceived endorsement from Gov. George Deukmejian, Mayor Bev-erly O’Neill, Long Beach Unified School District Superintendent Chris Steinhauser, Board Mem-bers Jon Meyer and Diana Craig-head and many others.

Greg Slaughter has received endorsement from the National non-patrician Latino police offi-cer association, the Long Beach chapter and the Long Beach po-lice border patrol.

Candidates also mentioned how their campaigns are coming along. As Baxter said “I am hav-ing my first fundraiser Dec. 8. I am learning a lot about running

for office and feel I should write a book, how to run for office, after the election.”

Slaughter said, “I want to re-store our vocational programs to assist our students, veterans and community, and provide respon-sive leadership in the variety of issues facing our city college with an emphasis on fairness to our students, faculty, classified staff and community and work to curb the bureaucracy that currently strangles the college.”

Belofsky said, “The Board and president are moving LBCC in the direction of for profit educa-tion instead of public education.”

By Brittany LiebermanCo-News Editor

The Cabinet discussed how to bring Spring semester events to life and how to improve student grades at the Monday, Nov. 18 and 25 meetings.

ASB adviser Maya Cardenas was impressed with student turn-out at coffee night. “I thought it was fantastic. People were asking questions and wanted to know about what ASB does,” Cardenas said.

Student Trustee Andrea Do-nado said she is looking into an LBCC shuttle bus that may vio-late the American Disability Act of 1990. “One of the shuttles does not accommodate wheelchairs. I’m working on fixing that issue,” Donado said.

The Spring semester Mini Grand Prix is projected for Thurs-day, April 10. The committee to bring the event together is headed by Rep. of Athletics Rodrigo Pe-rez. The event is still seeking two advisers to guide the event.

Vice President Ashley Smith suggested hosting an ASB-spon-sored male beauty pageant, de-

signed to showcase talent and raise funds for clubs or scholar-ships. “It’s meant to be light-heart-ed and poke fun at real beauty pageants. It’s a great opportunity to fundraise and laugh at guys in swimsuits,” Smith said.

A male-only event didn’t sit well with numerous Cabinet members. Student Treasurer Da-vid Moreno said, “I think people get caught up in political cor-rectness sometimes and it puts a damper on something that could be fun.” Details of the event are still being discussed.

Rep. of Academics Aquil Alam designed surveys for students to rate LBCC as an educational in-stitution. Alam said, “The data will be used to improve student responsibility for their grades through the creative pathways program.” The handouts are locat-ed in Student Success Centers on both campuses. Any current stu-dent can participate.

Results and honorable recog-nition will take place at the ASB Cabinet banquet, Thursday, Dec. 5. The next meeting will be Mon-day, Dec. 2 in room T1311 on the LAC.

By Brittany LiebermanCo-News Editor

Six winners had a hard time containing smiles after being cho-sen from a pool of more than 40 students for the college’s highest accolade, the Viking Award, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, on the LAC.

The winners consisted of As-sociated Student Body Cabinet members Suzanne Perucci, Ken-neth Jones and Netta Gill, Cultur-al Affairs member Kristen Payne, Viking newspaper editor in chief Tonia Ciancanelli and managing editor Edward Mahurien.

ASB adviser Derek Oriee rec-ognized Perucci as a respectful and balanced student representa-tive. Perucci, PCC Student Coun-cil president, said, “I’m really over-whelmed, but hap-py. Our a dv i s e rs did a great job of keep-ing the p u r p o s e of this meeting a secret.”

Oriee described Jones as a trustworthy mentor. “I can always rely on Kenny. He always has the students’ best interests at heart,” Oriee said. Jones, PCC Club Sen-ate president, said, “I’m very hap-py, but there is still a lot of work and improvement that needs to be done.”

Student Life coordinator Maya Cardenas said, “Kristen Payne is one of our biggest advocates for the college’s programs and is more

than deserving of this award.”Cardenas described Gill as

a “genuine go-getter who is in-volved in every aspect.” Gill, PCC Cultural Affairs chair, said, “At first I thought I was in trouble. I’m shocked, but happily surprised.”

Ciancanelli and Mahurien were praised by Viking adviser Patrick McKean for their dedica-tion and hard work.

Mahurien said, “It’s a real honor, I’m happy to be a part of LBCC history.”

Student health services direc-tor Anita Gibbins said the award “is not a popularity contest. You need to get other awards before receiving this one. These students persist in demonstrating leader-ship and proficiency in academ-ics.”

D e a n of Student Affairs and A t h l e t -ics Connie Sears said, “The Viking Award is the highest

award given at LBCC. It recogniz-es all the student’s contributions to the college and is very presti-gious.”

To win a Viking award, stu-dents must have previously re-ceived an honors certificate and a leadership and services award. After being nominated by peers or employees, students must fill out an application to be reviewed by college officials.

Winners will be honored at the banquet Thursday, Dec. 5.

AB 955 IN-DEPTH

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Civic Engagement Club members gather in T1200 on Wednesday, Nov. 20, for an in-depth discus-sion about Assembly Bill 955 and its changes that raised fees for some Winter classes. A short film was presented by Bill Moyers from the The American Legislative Exchange Council. Featured guest speakers included executive director of the faculty association of California Community Colleges Jonathan Lightman, professors Donald Douglass and Geetha Rajaram. LBCC is the only college in California implementing the bill.

Six students win Viking Award

Winter intersession dates approach

“The Viking Award is the highest award given at LBCC. It recognizes all the student’s contributions to the college and is very prestigious.”

Connie SearsDean of student affairs and athletics

By Elizabeth CherutoCalendar Editor

For the first time LBCC, will offer Winter classes.

President Eloy Oakley said in a newsletter that LBCC will offer 45 classes at the normal $46 per unit rate and six classes under the controversial AB955 classes that are to be funded by students who enroll in them at $225 per unit.

Units taken during the intersession will be count-ed toward Spring semester enrollment for students, according to the LBCC 2013 catalogue.

Online priority reg-istration will be through Dec. 14 and Dec. 17 will be the last day to pay for Winter classes. The online open registra-tion goes Dec. 23 to Jan. 4. During online registration, the college will be closed.

According to the LBCC web-site, late registration begins Jan. 6 and students will need a permis-sion number to enroll. The web-site lists Jan. 7 as the last day to drop classes.

If a student completes three units in Winter intersession or ex-tension courses and then only en-rolls in nine units for the Spring

semester, the student will be con-sidered full-time, according to the website.

The Winter courses will be taught at a fast pace while the four-week and five-week ses-sions are offered between Fall and Spring semesters.

The college website states Winter intersession and exten-sion courses will be counted into a student’s completion ratio and

satisfactory academic progress at the end of the Spring semester.

According to the website, money is available for Finan-cial Aid students with an unmet need to receive assistance with purchasing books for Winter in-tersession or extension courses, with $150 per qualifying student. Although the courses are offered in the same time frame, distinct differences are made.

The $46-per-unit fee will be covered by the Board of Gover-nors’ grant fee waiver for qualified

students. Health fees are $15 and no

parking fees will be charged. Ex-tension courses fees for Board of Governors’ Grant eligible stu-dents enrollment fees are $225 for in-state resident students. Waiv-er-eligible students receive a $70 discount and a $65 Foundation discount.

James Routson, 24, an ac-counting major, said he would

have liked to attend Win-ter session, but the idea of LBCC implementing the AB955 program is keeping him away completely.

Routson said, “I think the Winter session pilot program is something that is being set up as a test to

look into privatizing public edu-cation. I will just take five classes next semester to make sure I can transfer out for Fall.”

LBCC officials said students who enroll during the online open registration period will have a hold placed on an account un-til the fees are paid. During this time, students will not be allowed to add any classes.

Students may call the enroll-ment Services at (562) 938-4485 or visit the Enrollment center for details.

“I think the Winter session pilot program is something that is being set up as a test to look into privatizing public edu-cation.”

James RoutsonAccounting major

Choreographers and dancers celebrate director’s 30th year at LBCC. By Samwell FavelaSocial Media Editor

A fusion of Bollywood, hip hop, modern and other dance styles were featured in the Fall dance ensemble concert hosted by LBCC’s Performing Arts De-partment at the LAC Auditorium.

The show played from Nov. 22-24, with two night concerts on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and one Sunday show at 2 p.m.

This year marked artistic di-rector Sheree King’s 30th aca-demic year directing at LBCC. In honor of the special event, she brought back past students to choreograph pieces for the show and even invited high school stu-dents from Bell Gardens Inter-mediate School to perform in the ensemble.

The show had 10 dance piec-es, with a different choreography for each one. The pieces included modern dance, hip-hop, jazz, tap, bhangra and some pieces combin-ing the different styles to showing the diverse skills of both the cho-reographers and the dancers.

One of the diverse dancers, second-year dance major Itsa-ree Rachatasumrit, performed in three pieces during the concert.

By Tonia CiancanelliEditor in Chief

Through a series of ice-break-er activities, student leaders and LBCC employees were encour-aged to engage on a more per-sonal level at the “dining with the directors” event at the PCC on Tuesday, Nov. 19.

While most of the PCC Stu-dent Council and ASB Cabinet members who attended the event

already have worked with each of the employees in some capacity, the event was an opportunity for everyone to interact in a more casual environment without the binding guidelines of committee meetings or controversial college issues.

PCC Cultural Affairs Chair Netta Gill said she enjoyed the opening activity where the stu-dents created random questions to ask the employees. Gill, who

is pregnant with her first child, asked for advice about being a mother. PCC Associate Vice Pres-ident Meena Singhal encouraged Gill to sing to her child beginning at birth to enrich brain develop-ment.

During the “secrets” portion of the event, Gill, a 24-year-old communications major, said her pregnancy cravings have her ob-sessing over laundry detergent and day-dreaming about what life

would be like to be a carrot. Singhal, who is originally

from Canada, revealed one of her “secret” goals is to rebuild the cul-ture at the PCC.

Signhal emphasized her inter-est in structuring the less populat-ed campus to where students may earn transferable degrees without needing to ever take classes at the LAC.

Stephanie Deschams, 24, vice president of the Civic Engage-

ment Club, applauded the event hosted by PCC Student Council President Suzanne Perucci.

Deschams said, “This was a fantastic opportunity to meet ev-eryone. I would really like to see more events like this.”

Perucci said, “Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.” The council plans to host a similar event in the Spring and is discuss-ing possible dates at its Friday, Dec. 6 meeting at the PCC.

Student leaders connect with college directors

CITYSTYLE4 November 27, 2013

“Vivaah actually means ‘wedding’ so I used bhangra and drew from the idea of romance.”

-Sheree KingArtistic director

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JUST DANCE: The fifth performance of the night, ‘Generation Fusion,’ was a hip-hop style piece with B-Boy inspired moves and flips.

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MEET AND GREET: Student Trustee Andrea Donado, left, shares some student complaints at the “dining with the directors” event with the director of business support services Margie Padron, who handles all of LBCC’s vendor contacts, including the contract with the Viking Voyager that transfers students between the PCC and the LAC. The event, which was in the senior center at the PCC on Tuesday, Nov. 19, was an opportunity for student leaders to get to know some of the college ad-ministrators in a more casual setting through a series of ice-breakers.

Bollywood, hip-hop move together

“I have never danced to Bol-lywood before, but the most dif-ficult one was the modern dance because of all the technique. I had the most fun during the Bol-lywood dance because it allowed me to smile a lot.”

The piece “Vivaah Bollywood,” choreographed by the King, was the last to be performed. It was inspired by bhangra dance moves

that can be found in Hindi films, also known as Bolly-wood.

King said, “Vi-vaah actually means ‘wedding’ so I used bhangra and drew from the idea of ro-mance.”

King had a “Dis-ney hookup” from one of the crew

members who works at Disney, so the p r o p s m o r e afford-a b l e and it m a d e the au-d i e n c e

feel as if they were watching a

scene straight from a Bollywood movie.

Bhangra singers usually sing with high enthusiasm and the choreography matched the music. The audience was clapping along and cheered when King’s dance was concluded.

The next dance ensemble is scheduled for May 16-18.

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DOWNTOWN DRAMA: LBCC mulitimedia technician Jamie Sweet, right, who opened the Garage Theater on 7th Street, directs re-hearsals for the 10th anniversary of “Long Beach is Sinking.” The play, written and directed by Sweet, is running Dec. 6-21.

10th annual holiday melodrama set

Coffee fans gather, talk

Geography classes celebrate nationalawareness week

CITYSTYLE 5November 27, 2013

Multimedia tech’s 7th Street theater celebrates its 13th anniversary in 2014.By Brittany LiebiermanNews Co-Editor

Before Jamie Sweet was a multimedia technician for LBCC, he and his friends were busy creating one of Long Beach’s best kept performing arts secrets, the Ga-rage Theater.

“I had never been into theatre as a young man un-til my senior year of high school where every senior was cast in the senior play,” Sweet said.

Sweet graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a degree in theater and was inspired to create what he saw Long Beach lacked.

“My friends Eric Hamme, Da-vid Ledger and I were all living together and had big ideas about

doing a play in a small venue. Stu-dio 354 in Long Beach (currently a hat shop) offered its space up to us and my friend Matthew An-derson hopped on board and we never looked back,” Sweet said.

Backed by a passion of the-atrics and a dedicated crew, the Garage Theater will celebrate its 13th year of self-produced perfor-

mances in February. “The theater was meant to pro-

vide an alternative form of theater that didn’t exist in Long Beach at that time. The Found Theatre was the only small-time theatre in town. We needed a place where we could put on the kind of shows we wanted and provide a place for local actors to showcase their tal-ent,” Sweet said.

Jack Myles, 22, a theater ma-jor and student director, said, “I didn’t know about it, but I’m not surprised. We have great teachers and employees at this school.”

Sweet said the plays are typ-ically edgy and dabble in dark humor. “For instance, every year I write a nondenominational hol-iday show for families.

It has nothing to do with Christmas or religion. Its only intent is to provide a humor-ous show for families who don’t preach or further market holiday fervor,” Sweet said.

The 10th annual holiday melodrama “Long Beach is Sink-ing,” written and directed by Sweet, will be performed from Dec. 6-21. Tickets are $12 for “big kids” and $5 for “little kids.” The Garage Theater is located at 251 East 7th St. Tickets are available at the door or through thegarageth-eatre.org.

Sweet said, “We also have ‘ice cream social’ at intermission, where we provide the audience with free ice cream, or Tofutti if you’re lactose intolerant.”

By Madison SalterStaff Writer

Students learning about Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants and the phenomena, National Geography Awareness Week was from Nov. 17-23.

Students who take pleasure in writing or describing the Earth were able to participate in geog-raphy- themed activities through-out Long Beach.

Exploring organic pro-duce at the farmer’s mar-ket on Clark Avenue and Spring Street was a way for the community to learn more about local geography.

On Monday, Nov. 18, commu-nity members and LBCC students helped with salt-marsh resto-ration in the Colorado Lagoon.

Salt marshes protect shore-lines from erosion and help pre-vent flooding from occurring.

Ronnisha Reedy, 19, an early childhood development major, said, “Geography is about learn-ing about where we come from, the Earth and other Earth stuff.”

At the LAC, students were able to see presentations like “The United States of Alec, What Ge-ographers Do” and “The 1922 Eclipse- On providing Einstein’s Theory. ”

Karla Ramirez, 23, a com-munication disorders major, said when she took geography, “We learned about Africa and how one part is in poverty and the other part is very rich.”

Ramirez also said geography is an interesting class to take, because students are unaware of how other parts of the world live, because they are stuck in their own little bubbles.

Geography awareness week takes place yearly on the third week of November.

This year, is the National Ge-ography Society’s 125th birthday. This time, geographers embraced

the age of new exploration.

An online quiz for stu-dents to test their knowledge was created by Professor Ray Sumner. Stu-dents who got all

10 questions correct were eligible to win prizes.

Prizes included wall maps, gift cards and certificates.

Sumner said, “Many students took the opportunity to visit a farmers market in Long Beach this week, most for the first time. All reports I received said how much they had enjoyed this ex-ploration.”

Geography week concluded with a presentation at the LAC planetarium. Students and em-ployees were informed about the 1922 Eclipse and Einstein’s theory.

LBCC offers geography class-es such as physical geography, cultural geography, weather and climate, the global economy, in-troduction to geographic infor-mation systems, field studies in geography, world regional geog-raphy and geography of Califor-nia.

Student Life welcomes evening students to event at the LAC. By Leonard KelleyStaff Writer

Students showed up for a cof-fee night Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the LAC between Buildings A and E, but most visited the coffee table and walked away.

The Associated Student Body Cabinet’s flier for the event asked students to bring their questions, comments and concerns.

Cabinet President Marco Mendoza, said, “The coffee night was a great success.

We, as a Cabinet, enjoyed interacting and spending time with the students we represent. Through interaction with the stu-dents we had the opportunity to hear what was on their minds.”

Mendoza added, “We hope that whatever we do, it will be something that will have a posi-

tive impact. We will continue to do our best to plan events that will allow us to give of ourselves to the student body.”

Elizabeth Write, 20, a com-munications major, said, “Free caffeine makes life tolerable. You w o u l d have to be from a differ-ent plan-et not to enjoy this. I w o u l d like to have some hot chocolate too, please.”

ASB Communications Repre-sentative Amelia Bolton said the coffee night was a much-needed opportunity to encourage stu-dents to apply for the Spring Cab-inet’s appointed positions.

Kennedy Holland, 19, a lin-guistic anthropology major, said, “When things are free, I am there. Coffee is great right now.

I have a class that will go un-til 10 p.m. I would like to see this happen again with some tables,

chairs and hot chocolate because I love hot chocolate. I definitely would like this to happen again soon.”

Student Life Coordinator Maya Cardenas said, “Wednes-day’s event was a very successful

night. I heard

input from s t u d e n t s a b o u t many con-cerns. We did coffee night to

hear from students willing to talk about good and bad concerns.

Having a coffee night makes the ASB visible to the students. We will be having more coffee nights in the future. The next one will be at the PCC.”

Consuella Judkins, 40, a fac-ulty teacher said, “Coffee is good for night students who work full-time in the day. The server needed better customer-service skills and knowledge about the type of cof-fee she was serving.”

“Geography is about learning about where we come from, the Earth and other Earth stuff.”

-Ronnisha ReedyEarly child development major

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COFFEE TIME: Students showed up for the first coffee night of the semester sponsored by the Associ-ated Student Body Cabinet on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the LAC between Buildings A and E.

“The theater was meant to provide an alternative form of theater that didn’t exist in Long Beach at the time.”

-Jamie SweetMuiltimedia technician

“The coffee night was a great success. We as a cabinet enjoyed interacting and spending time with the students we represent.”

-Marco MendozaASB President

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A Desert sideline staffer is down on the field as a 4th quarter brawl broke out at the Homecoming game on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Veterans Stadium. The bench-clearing brawl started after an LBCC player was tackled on the Desert sideline with 1:22 left in the game.

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An unforgettable Homecoming night

With the Vikings trying to run out the clock, the LBCC running back fumbled the ball to the Des-ert sideline. Two Viking players attempted to recover the ball on the 30-yardline. A shoving match ensued.

As shoves became punches, Viking players cleared the bench, sprinting across the field.

The powder-keg moment came shortly after.

Desert linebacker Dominique Williams sprinted from the north end zone and jumped in the air, drop kicking a Viking player squarely in the back.

“I didn’t really see the whole thing, but I just saw them on their sideline and they kind of jumped,” LBCC quarterbacks coach Neo Aoga said.

“Then I saw guys coming in with flying kicks and jumping on top of our linemen grabbing their heads.”

The ensuing chaos lasted for several minutes. With hay makers and helmets flying, the melee was completely out of control.

Finally, coaches and police were able to get the players under con-trol.

Police confirmed no arrests were made.

Viking coach Brett Peabody said, “When you see three of your players being jumped by 50 guys, it’s hard to get overly upset at them because those three guys were get-ting beat up by 50. What are you supposed to do let them sit there and get their asses kicked?”

In the end, Viking players were escorted to a nearby classroom and the Roadrunners shouted profani-ties to the home crowd before being

escorted to waiting buses by police. After tempers subsided, none

of the Desert players would com-ment but Roadrunners coach Dean Dowty was clearly frustrated as he paced in front of the bus.

“It’s an embarrassment to both teams. That’s embarrassing that two teams can’t play a game and let it get out of control like that,” Dowty said.

Peabody also was highly critical of the game’s conclu-sion.

“This is a sad and embarrassing moment for J.C. football,” Peabody said.

As the crowd stood shocked at the bedlam taking place on the field, LBCC coaches and players couldn’t believe what they saw either ,but

didn’t hold back in directing blame.Aoga said “I’ve never seen any-

thing like this. It’s all about how Desert has their discipline for their players, because there is none what-soever. You’re not supposed to get to the point where you have a brawl

like that.” Both teams’ coaches say referees

allowed the physical play to get out of hand. Both coaches blamed the other team’s players for cheap shots levied at their players.

Dowty said “I made numerous

comments to the guy on my side-line to tell the white hat, can you guys get control out there?

“One guy threw a punch out there he wasn’t thrown out or pe-nalized or anything and I asked the referee, how do you not see that?”

The brawl marred a spectac-ular performance by the Vikings, who finished the season with a 4-6 record.

Peabody said “I was real-ly proud of our overall effort. I thought our kids played a great

all-around game. We really put a full game together,”

LBCC scored virtually at-will on its first few possessions and again late in the game. With all Viking starters pulled, Desert still couldn’t contain the Viking offense.

The Vikes waited until the sea-son’s final game to put on their best performance under Peabody. The lopsided affair was LBCC’s largest margin of victory of the season.

Freshman quarterback Kenny Potter didn’t quite put up confer-ence-player-of the-week numbers, but was still good enough to torch the Roadrunners’ secondary for more than 260 yards and three touchdowns.

Potter’s preferred target was freshman Da’Quan Hampton. The 6-foot-4-inch, 212-pound wide-out hauled in 98 yards and two touch-downs on six receptions.

Hampton said “The corners were playing soft and I realized it and took advantage of it. Did my job, read the routes, read them real good.”

Hampton was frustrated when a lingering toe injury sidelined him early in the third quarter one touch-down shy of tying former Viking wide-out Trayvon Payne’s single season touchdown record of 13.

Hampton said “When he tack-led me, my toe got bent a certain way and it wasn’t supposed to flex that far. My coaches already said I’m done. I was two touchdowns away from breaking the record. I’m still a freshman so I have my sophomore year to come back faster, stronger.”

Sophomore linebacker Cale Dester recorded 21 tackles, two for losses, and a sack.

Dester said “We played our first complete game for the year. We played real solid.”

“This guy, by the way, had his best game of the season tonight and it all started when ‘Adios Amigo’ got drop-kicked in the back by one of their players,” Peabody said.

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“It’s an embarrassment to both teams. ”

-Dean Dowty Roadrunners Coach

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Freshman wide receiver De’Quan Hampton cradles the ball in mid-stride as sophomore defensive back Damar Rougely dives, missing the tackle.

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A Desert sideline staffer is down on the field as a 4th quarter brawl broke out at the Homecoming game on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Veterans Stadium. The bench-clearing brawl started after an LBCC player was tackled on the Desert sideline with 1:22 left in the game.

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“Three of our guys were on Desert’s sideline and were get-ting shoved.

They were getting jumped, and we weren’t just gonna let that happen,” Macgillivray said.

Michelle Kelpers, a cous-in of Viking wide receiver Jer-emy Villa, said, “It was just overall bad sportsmanship and shouldn’t have happened.”

Marshall Jones, 19, a child development major, said, “They (Desert) were just mad they lost. They didn’t have to take their anger out on us.”

Maria Menza, 18, a psychol-ogy major, said, “It was unex-pected and uncalled for. It was a fair win and got way out of hand.”

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Fans stand and cheer as the Vikings football team takes the field for Homecoming. The Vikings beat Desert, 55-10.

By Brittany LiebermanCo-News Editor

Fans’ chants, cheers and school spirit filled Veteran Stadium at LBCC’s 2013 Homecoming foot-ball game, Saturday night, Nov. 16, where Vikes won the game, 55-10.

Homecoming king and queen winners were announced during halftime. Raul Padilla Jr. was almost speechless when host Jalisa Garcia announced him king.

“I’m shocked, I can’t stop smil-ing,” Padilla said. Queen Elisa Cas-tillo said, “Both of our clubs won last year, so it feels like we’re carrying on a tradition.”

Fayetta Carter, 54, a nursing ad-ministration major, said she had no doubt the Vikes would win.

“I saw the team working out one day and thought, oh yeah, they’re gonna win!” Carter said.

Donna Scoggins, mother of of-fensive lineman Patrick Scoggins, said, “We were closer to El Camino College, but decided on LBCC after hearing about Coach (Brett) Pea-body. He is very happy here.”

Elisabeth De Leon, wife of as-sistant coach Wilder De Leon, sold raffle tickets to benefit the football program.

“We have been selling programs and raffle tickets for the past four weeks. The prize is a 42-inch 3-D LED flat-screen TV,” De Leon said

Royaltycrowned

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Raul Padilla and Elisa Castillo are crowned Homecoming king and queen during halftime of the Nov. 16 football game.

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Men’s hoops season starts with a loss

SPORTS8 November 27, 2013

Historic season ends with a splash

27-2 record, 7-0 in conference, 2013 state champions

By William MartinVideo Editor

With only three returning sophomores, the LBCC men’s water polo team started the season as strangers, but finished it as friends, but most importantly, as champi-ons.

Freshman attacker Ikko Saito and fresh-man goalie Lazar Andric’s efforts carried the Vikings at the California Community College Athletic Association championship in an epic 11-9 overtime victory, defeating the defending champs Golden West on Sat-urday, Nov. 23 at Riverside City College.

Andric made 18 saves in the champion-ship game, which was a season high for the “Montenegrin Manimal” and gave him the tournament’s Most Valuable Player honors. Two of his saves came in critical moments of the game when he made huge stops against five-meter penalty shots to keep the Vikings in the game.

Saito’s offensive fury continued as he hammered in a game-high five goals. He scored nine of the Vikings’ 19 total goals during the two games of the championship

weekend. The title was LBCC’s ninth.The win extended the team’s impres-

sive streak to 20 straight victories and ex-tinguished Golden West’s run for its third straight state title.

It was the fifth meeting for the rivals this season and second in two weeks. LBCC dominated Golden West, 4-1, on the season series, giving Golden West its only four losses this season.

After the win, Viking coach Chris Oe-ding was named State Coach of the Year. LBCC’s Saito, Andric and freshman Blake Grove were named to the All-State Tourna-ment team.

Friday, Nov. 22, LBCC faced off against Diablo Valley, the second seed from the northern division in the tournament.

Oeding called the semi-final game “sloppy but effective,” for the 8-4 win.

The gritty win showed LBCC’s superi-ority on defense against the over-matched Diablo Valley team, having stopped them on numerous chances with excluded Vi-kings out of the match. Andric had eight saves Friday and had a total of 26 for the weekend.

It was the first time that the Vikings were able to win the regional, conference, and state championships in the same sea-son.

Freshman attacker Jack Ellinthorpe said, “We knew that if we played our game, we would win. The challenge was focusing on us and playing our style of game.”

LBCC shows a style that is hard-nosed with a solid team defensive effort that as-sists an already stout goalkeeper in Andric. The Vikings’ offensive strategy moves the ball and looks for open shots.

LBCC finished its season with an over-all record of 27-2, going a perfect 7-0 in conference play.

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TRY FOR NINE: Viking attacker Marino Fatovic, dark cap, shoots for a goal against Diablo Valley on Friday, Nov. 22. The LBCC Vikings won, 8-4, to advance to the finals, Saturday, Nov. 23. The Vikes defeated the Rustlers of Golden West, 11-9, in overtime to secure the state championship.

By William MartinVideo Editor

The LBCC women’s water polo season ended after losing to rival Mt. San Antonio College in the South Coast Conference championship game, Saturday Nov. 9, snapping a four-game winning streak in an 8-7 thriller.

It was a down year for the Vikes, finishing with a losing re-cord of 13-16.

The win streak that ended came off an embarrassing winless Battle of the Beach tournament

performance at home Oct. 25-26. LBCC got back on track, rout-

ing Rio Hondo and East Los An-geles College in a double-header Oct. 30. First, its potent attack was on display defeating Rio Hondo, 21-8, and then showing off its de-fensive prowess, holding East L.A. to only two goals while netting 17.

Those two big conference wins elevated its standing head-ed to the conference tournament. After beating Trade Tech, 15-6, LBCC faced Chaffey in the semis, winning, 6-5, before losing to Mt. SAC in the finals, 8-7.

By John BroadwayStaff Writer

The LBCC men’s basketball team started its season on Nov. 7 at the Desert Tip-Off Tournament in Glendale, Ariz.

They went 1-2, starting with a loss against Glendale, 109-103.

Although LBCC lost, it exhib-ited strong offense by putting up more than 100 points and shoot-ing over 40 percent from 3-point range.

Sophomore Kristien Owens had an outstanding game, record-

ing a double-double: 27 points and 10 rebounds while shooting 52 percent from the field

In the next game, they faced Desert on Nov. 8, winning, 88-77. The players didn’t have much time to celebrate the win because the next day they were blown out by San Bernardino, 97-66, to wrap up the tournament.

The offensive efficiency that the Vikings had in the first game was not there against San Ber-nardino. LBCC had a bad shoot-ing percentage all the way around : a field goal percentage of 33.3,

3-point percentage of 20 and their free-throw percentage was 69.7.

“I don’t know what happened to us during that game,” sopho-more guard Brandon Moore said.

“With the first two games we were very efficient on offense but things just weren’t clicking for us against San Bernardino.

“It just wasn’t our night, our shots weren’t going in. On nights like those we have to make sure we turn our defensive intensity up and get as much ball movement as possible on offense so that we can find a hot hand.”

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VICTORY: Goalkeeper Lazar Andric and attacker Ian Reyes celebrate after LBCC defeated Diablo Valley on Friday, Nov. 22 in Riverside.

Women poloists fall

7-7-8 LBCC soccer fall, 2-1, in first round as teams meet 3rd time.By Brittany LiebermanCo-News Editor

The LBCC men’s soccer team travelled to face rival Cerritos on Saturday, Nov. 23, in the first round of the Southern California regional playoffs and fell short, 2-1.

LBCC student Carolina Car-rillo, 19, a dentistry major, said, “They played a good game, I’m proud of them. Shout out to the goalie, Kifi (Cabrera), for doing a great job.” Cabrera made six saves on eight shots.

Defender Robert Burgos scored the Vikings’ only goal of the game.

The 7-7-8 Vikes met with Cer-ritos twice this season prior to the playoff. Cerritos won the first matchup at home, 2-1, and tied

Brittany LieBerman/ VikingHEADS UP: Fighting for the ball, forward Jesse Hernandez battles with a Cerritos defender.

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Cerritos edges Vikes in playoffs

Vikes lose in extra time

By Katie CortezStaff Writer

Fourteen former Viking soft-ball players took the field in an alumni game at LAC on Saturday, Nov. 23.

Players from as far back as 1998 were able to relive old mem-ories and past games as they bat-tled against former other Viking players.

Former Viking player from 2003-2004 Jessie Petzolt said, “It feels great. It’s just like old times.”

Although the game was off to a late start, present and past Vikings gathered in the outfield with enthusiasm as current head coach Melissa Angel introduced the alumni one by one.

Other familiar faces were present; former coach of 10 years, Shelley McCall, and former as-

sistant coach Jack Hutchinson also joined to play in this friendly game.

Alumna Julie Mejia, who played in 2001-2002, Mondaye Bernal, 2000-2001 and McCall of-fered words of wisdom to the cur-rent team before taking the field for the friendly slow-pitch game.

Both teams had a players from the current Viking softball team to even out the roster.

The game lasted seven innings and by the bottom of the 4th, the home team on the first base side was up 7-2.

The score was 7-3 at the top of the 7th inning, when Viking alumna and 2001-2002 left-field-er, Jill Calhoun hit an earth-shat-tering 3-run home run, solidify-ing the home team’s win at 10-3.

The former players who par-ticipated in the event were;

Former LBCC softball players gather for an exhibition game

Women’s soccer team fights through the rain, but loses, 1-0, to Saddleback.By Max WardSports Editor

The LBCC women’s soccer season has come to a conclu-sion following a 1-0 playoff loss against the Saddleback Gauchos on Thursday, Nov. 21.

The Vikings finished their season 12-6-2 overall and 8-4-2 in conference. The team’s mediocre record qualified them for an at-large bid in the Southern Califor-nia Regional Playoffs as the No. 17 seed.

The accomplishment marked the third consecutive playoff ap-pearance for the Vikes and the 13th in 14 seasons.

LBCC fought vigorously in the rain against the No. 16 seeded Gauchos to keep their season alive at Junipero Serra High School in San Juan Capistrano.

The Vikes season came to an abrupt end following a penalty kick in the opening minute of ex-tra time from Saddleback’s Emily Winkelmann. The kick immedi-ately followed what LBCC coach Alex Camargo and most fans re-ferred to as a controversial hand-ball call.

Long Beach started the match strong and set the game tempo by

controlling the ball for the major-ity of the first half. Despite the Vi-kings playing without their whole defensive line, the team held its opponent to zero shots on goal in the first half.

The Gauchos rebounded off a poor first half and came out strong in the last 45 minutes of play. Fa-tigue was a factor for the Vikings as they were unable to control the Gauchos on both sides of the ball as they did in the first half. Cam-argo said, “Being without Riley Anderson, Naomi Vasquez and Sydney Castillo due to injuries re-ally hurt us in the end.”

The only goal of the game came in the first minute of ex-tended injury time. Saddleback’s game-winning goal came after a series of unfortunate events for the Vikings. Saddleback’s Kath-ryn Kazzi sent a cross pass, which deflected off LBCC goalkeeper Karen Nuno and began to head for the net. Before the ball en-tered the goal, a Viking defender attempted to stop the ball and was called for an illegal hand ball.

The call set up Winkelmann with an opportunity at a penalty kick, which she sailed past a lung-ing Nuno.

Camargo said, “I’m really proud of my players. We fought through so much, but still had a really fun season.”

The LBCC women’s soccer team finished their season 12-7-2 and third in the South Coast Con-ference with a record of 8-4-2.

Volleyball season endsBy Max WardSports Editor

The women’s volleyball sea-son has officially come to a close.

The Vikings finished with an overall record of 11-12 and 8-6 in conference, qualifying them for a fourth place finish in the South Coast Conference.

LBCC concluded its season winning the last four games, three of which were sweeps against inner-conference rivals LA Harbor, LA Trade-Tech and East Los Angeles.

Sophomore setter Melissa Yepez and sophomore leftback Lauren Moreno both received All-South Coast Conference First Team honors.

Vikings coach Suzie Witmer said, “We finished our season very strong. I am really happy that our players continued to improve throughout the season. We had a lot of fun.”

the second at LBCC, 1-1.Jean-Claude Locoh, LBCC

assistant coach, said, “This is one of the best teams I’ve seen in six years. Being a rival with Cerritos

we should have beaten them, but we’re only going to get better. This team has a good future.”

Omar Idrissa, 32, a criminal justice major said, “We missed a

couple chances, but it’s part of the game. I give Kifi a lot of credit.Overall this game was definitely worth the $10 admission.”

1998-2000: Kim Fisdule2000-2001: Tracy Bramsco2000-2002: Mondaye Bernard Jill Calhoun and Jackie Sepulveda2000-2003: Yvette Gonzalez2001-2002: Jand Julia Mejia2002-2003: Neishell Williams2003-2004: Jessi Petzolt2008-2009: Rose Vargas2006-2009: Jennifer Gonzalez and Vanessa Samudio2007-2010: Raelene Saldana2009-2011: Molly McDougall

ATTENTIONCALENDAR10 November 27, 2013

REGISTRATION

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SPECIAL INFORMATION SPRING SEMESTER

Winter intersession and extension courses16-week course taught at a fast pace. Four-week and five-week sessions are offered between Fall and Spring semesters.Classes begin the week of Jan. 6. The four-week session ends Jan. 31, and the five-week ses-sion ends Feb 7.

Financial Aid and Winter Intersession and extension courses

Pell disbursement No Pell disbursement for the Winter intersession or exten-sion courses will be made. Students planning on taking a course in the Winter should plan ahead if they receive a second Fall disbursement. Units taken during the inter-session will be counted toward Spring semester enrollment for LBCC students.

Book grantsMoney is available for Financial Aid students with an unmet need to receive assistance with purchasing books for Winter intersession or extension courses. $150 per qualifying student.

Wednesday, Nov. 27

Nominations for student success awards by 5 p.m.The college wants to recognize employees who are helping the students succeed with the stu-dent success award. Students may nominate the person who has done the most to help them be successful. Details may be found at lbcc.edu/SuccessAwards/

For more information, con-tact the Office of Community Relations and Marketing at (562) 938-4353 or (562) 938-4846.

Thursday, Dec. 5$1 book sale to benefit the English Majors and Minor Club on Tuesday, Dec. 5 from noon-2 p.m. in front of the A Building at the LAC.

Through Thursday, Dec. 5Faculty exhibition at the art gallery Monday and Thursday9 a.m. 3 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday 6 p.m-7:30p.m.Saturday 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Parking is available for a $1 fee anytime in Lots C, D, E, F in unmarked slots.

Through Tuesday, Dec. 31

Students who need to take an open testing session may show up between the dates and times indicated on the college website. Students may complete the full assessment (reading, English or math) or math or reading individually for untimed tests.To attend an individual English essay 40-minute or chemistry 45-minute test, they may make an appointment atLAC A1040 or call (562) 938-4049 or at PCC LL206 or call (562) 938-3270.

Service for studentsAsk a librarian onlineClassesCal State Long Beach privilegesE-bookInterlibrary loanOnline databasesReference servicesResearch computersReserve materialsSubject guidesWorkshops

ContactLAC (562) 938-4232PCC (562) 938-3028

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More than 30 students practice in squads to get acclimated wearing full uniforms and protective head gear at Veterans Stadium on Friday, Nov. 22. After becoming sworn police officers at gradua-tion Thursday, Dec. 5, the officers will be assigned to a training officer for a year until they complete the probationary period. LBCC joined forces with the Long Beach Police Academy to offer the first academy course on campus in four years. A second 15- week course is planned to begin in June.

Thursday, Nov. 28 - Friday, Nov. 29College closed - Thanksgiving holiday break

Through Monday, Dec. 2CARE program in need of donations The CARE program of LBCC needs free hygienic samples.The students are single parents who are not able to provide for themselves for the holidays. They would benefit from dona-tion to be received through Dec. 2. Donation samples includeshampoos and conditioners,lotions, soaps, candles,scrubs and masques andhair products. Other items may be dropped off at LAC A1135 or the PCC MD 116.The contribution is tax deduct-ible and a letter can be provid-ed for use.The CARE program assists students who are low-income single parents to achieve their educational goals. The program supports students in making their transition from welfare to work. For more information on CARE,Contact Deborah Boyle, CARE program specialist, at (562) 938-4088.

Saturday, Nov. 30.CSU and U.C. transfer dead-lineThe Fall 2014 priority filing deadline for CSU and U.C. trans-fer is Nov. 30. Many CSU and U.C. campuses will not extend their application filing period beyond the date. Fall 2014 CSU and U.C. transfer students are to complete their applica-tions before the deadline. Stu-dents can receive application assistance, such as information on the university application workshops and application assistance labs, by calling or visiting the transfer and career centers.

ContactLAC (562)938-4670 in A1097 or PCC (562)938-3910 in MD132CSU Application Link: csu-mentor.eduU.C. application link: univer-sityofcalifornia.edu/apply

Wednesday, Nov. 27Men’s basketball at Cypress at 6 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 6 Women’s basketball at TBA

Saturday, Dec. 73-on-3 basketball tournament. $3 opportunity drawing for L.A Clippers tickets.$60 per team to the winning team.At Hall of Champions Gymnasi-um from 8 a.m.-noon.Free refreshment for playersContact Rodrick Daniels(562) 704-9879 or email Daapstudentorganization@yahoo.com

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Through Jan. 10Priority appointments in stu-dent self-service center for new and returning applicants

Dec. 2-Jan. 17Online priority registration

Jan. 10Last day to apply for priority online registration

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Jan. 21Last day to pay online by 10 p.m. or in person by 4 p.m.

Jan. 27-31Open registration

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Feb. 28Last day to apply for Spring 2014 graduation by noon

Information for either cam-pus, call (562) 938-4111 or (562) 938-4353

CONCERTS

ASB CABINET

Sunday, Dec. 8

The performing arts depart-ment and ASB will present “Sounds of the Season” featur-ing the LBCC wind ensemble, brass ensemble, saxophone quartet and the Beach City symphonic band at 2 p.m. in the LAC Auditorium.Conducted by Brian Hamilton, the concert will also feature a special performance by the Band of the California Battal-ion with guest conductor and former Dean Gary Scott.

General admission is $10 and $5 for students, employees, senior citizens. Parking will be free in lots D, E & F.

For more information, call (562) 938-4613.

Cabinet has seven Spring ap-pointed positions available for students to apply. Applications are due Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 5 p.m.

Details can be found at: ht-lbcc.edu/StudentLife/ASB/Election/ASBappointed.cfm

What is your favorite part about the holidays?

Mike Baley, 21,filM Major

“Spending time with family. This year I might visit family

out of state.”

jose Contreras, 28, Business Major

“The time off, to regroup and plan for next year. It

also means catching up with family.”

sylvana uriBe, 18, journalisM Major

“Just getting together with family and having time off

from school.”

Diana nunez, 18,unDeClareD Major

“The family and the things we do. We play kickball.”

rene Perez, 21,aniMation Major

“Traveling. The overall feeling and atmosphere

around Christmas is great.”

karina DelgaDillo, 23,nursing Major

“The food. Tamales. Mexican food is all good.”

Compiled by Braxton Moore and Madison Salter on Monday, Nov. 25 on the LAC

OPINION

EDITORIAL

CITY VIEWS

OPINION 11November 27, 2013

Fight at football game threatens program and calls for disciplinary measures.

Discussion of the Homecom-ing game melee has been beaten to a pulp. But what hasn’t been talked about is how things unrav-eled so easily and what it means for future Viking sports games.

While the backbone of foot-ball is built on aggression and confrontation, College of the Des-ert players were overzealous in their smack-talk and rough play from the start. Viking Coach Brett Peabody noticed the situation mid-game and said he wasn’t sure both teams shaking hands at the end would be a smart idea. Desert officials should have tightened the reins and reinforced good charac-ter and sportsmanship. Unfortu-nately the dispute overshadowed

the Vikes 55-10 win.LBCC Athletic Director Joe

Cascio said the department has identified several student-ath-letes who will be recommended for disciplinary action. Cascio said they “will assist the Southern California Football Association in their investigation, and will make sure nothing like this happens again at LBCC.”

With only one police car present and back-up cars arriv-ing at the brawl’s end, it’s hard to see what police could have done. Coaches and officials from both sides made good but futile at-tempts to stop the mobs of play-ers from leaving the benches. The fight could have been a non-issue if referees reacted promptly, in-stead of waiting for it to simmer out by itself.

Community College athletic rules need to be reinforced and taken seriously by everyone in-volved. LBCC actively looks to avoid violence and crime and stints like this only promote it.

I would like to know from students and employees at LBCC what they think if a law made it illegal to smoke inside a vehicle when a minor is present. Would it be a law they support or would it be a law they do not support?

Second-hand smoke affects everyone who is surrounded by smoke.

Usually a non-smoker would get away from the smoker or ask that individual politely if he or she can put out the cigarette. But what happens when an adult is smok-ing a cigar and a child is present inside a vehicle?

That child is stuck inside that vehicle breathing in nico-tine and other toxic chemicals. Second-hand smoke is known to cause cancer and other diseases. Laws are created to protect peo-ple.

Therefore, I believe a law should prohibit any adult smok-ing inside a vehicle when a minor is present. If someone decides to break the laws that individual would receive a fine for endanger-ing the child’s health.

Danny MartinezCriminal justice major

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Luckily the Pop Warner youth football players and cheerleaders left minutes before the fight broke out, preventing exposure to the

chaos.The barbaric truth is that, in

the world of sports, fans love a good fight. But when a player’s

drive shifts from winning the game to attempting to serious-ly hurt another person, there’s a problem.

Homecoming brawl casts shame on team

LETTER TO THE EDITORSecond-hand danger Advisory vote silences student voice

by Tonia CiancanelliEditor in Chief

I would like to cast an adviso-ry vote that the student trustee should have an official vote on the Board of Trustees.

When an agenda item is called to a vote, each Board member’s position affects the out-come. Each vote counts, except the student trustee’s.

The student trustee is sup-posed to be the official elected

voice of the entire student body and not recognizing the vote means not recognizing the voice of more than 28,000 students.

I do not understand the purpose of a non-vot-ing member. With an advisory vote, the Board is basically saying, “We value your opinion, but not enough to where we would allow it to impact the outcome of ours.”

Additionally, to even be grant-ed the opportunity to cast the un-influential vote, the student trust-

ee must make a request with the Board president.

While each Community Col-lege may grant the advisory op-tion, they are not required to do so. In fact, our student trustee is quite fortunate because some col-leges silence the students’ voice by not allowing an advisory vote at all.

However, if I were serving on the Board while grappling with the same issues as all the other Board members, I would expect my opinion and vote to hold the same significance.

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Dressed as Batgirl, Tiffany Moeung, 24, a creative writing major at LBCC, explores the convention floor with her fellow comic book character cosplayers.

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By Eliza de la FlorCopy Editor

Batgirl, flanked by Red Hood and Nightwing, smiled broadly as she received her custom artwork in the bustling base-ment of the Long Beach Convention Cen-ter, which served as Artist Alley for the fifth Annual Long Beach Horror and Comic Con on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 23-24.

At the risk of revealing her secret iden-tity, Batgirl was in fact Tiffany Moeung, 24, creative writing major at LBCC. She was attending her first comic con with LBCC alumni Jon Meas, dressed as Red Hood, and a man who identified as “Fry” dressed as Nightwing.

All three wore home-crafted costumes.Moeung said she attended as a fangirl

and as an aspiring writer. “I came here to see people who have inspired me and to find new people to inspire me. I get ‘into the scene’ as a writer and a fan. This was my first con and my first time making a cos-tume. It’s awesome.”

Fellow first-time attendee Fry agreed, describing the Comic Con as an “epic place.”

The trio were in good costumed com-pany at the convention. Views in any di-rection might afford a glimpse of vampires, comic book heroes and villains, Star Wars storm troopers, video game characters and unicorns.

Cult fan followings were reflected by an Edward Scissorhands costume and several portrayals of Xena, Warrior Princess. The rising steampunk trend was evidenced in attire displaying, for exam-ple, cogs and Vic-torian-era fashions simultaneously.

Dressing up as a character at a com-ic and horror con-vention is a pop-ular practice known as “cosplay” and participants often pose with other fans or re-enact scenes for fun. Many participants described it as a great way to meet one another.

Elsewhere in Artist Alley, David Nieves, an LBCC film, radio and television major, was preparing to film live interviews for the national comic news site Comic Vine.

Nieves is an artist who often exhibits at conventions, but when it comes to Long Beach, he said, “I won’t exhibit because I love working it. At other shows, I have a ta-ble. Here, I get to walk around and I get to see so many comic pros and hang out and catch up.”

While popular, costumes were in no way a requirement at the event. Fans of all

ages and allegiances were pres-ent. Families and groups of friends gathered to see the art they bond over. Artists of all aspects of comics and horror were

present, from visual artists to voice actors. Many were happy to interact with fans for a photo and

even a chat. Crispin Freeman, a voice

actor known for his prolific work in an-ime, hung out with a group of fans after his voice acting workshop on Saturday. “Of-ten fans want interaction about characters and shows and I’m happy to ‘geek out’ with them about content,” he said.

Izobel Freeman, Crispin’s wife, also

works in the animation industry and commented on what they both feel is the friendly ambience of the convention, say-ing, “This particular con is really comfort-able. It’s a nice size, so everyone can get to know each other. It reminds me of earlier times for cons that are huge now.”

Other opportunities for artist interac-tion included Q-and-A panels, Star Wars origami, dedicated sketches, live-art cre-ation and a chance for kids to be drawn into a comic book. On Sunday, four fans were selected to be part of a pitch to stu-dios for the prospective pop-up game show “Last Fan Standing.”

The cosplaying competitors were pitted against each other in elimination rounds involving trivia, a scavenger hunt and a fi-nal physical challenge.

Nieves said he started volunteering for the convention about three years ago. Since he lives locally, he said he would simply stay as long as he was needed. A show man-ager took notice and Nieves was hired. “My experience from LBCC in radio and TV programming helped me a lot. I wouldn’t be able to do this, film these live interviews, without it.”

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Illustrator Jim Mahfood sketches a portrait of comic book character Tank Girl at the Artist Alley of the Long Beach Comic and Horror Convention.

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A convention cosplayer dressed as the anime character Goku from the series Dragonball Z elic-its amused looks from people on the streets outside the convention center.

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LBCC alumnus and self-published paranormal author Neo Ed-mund autographs copies of his new book, “A Tale of Red Rid-ing, Rise of the Werewolf Huntress.”

“It reminds me of earlier times for cons.”

-Izobel FreemanCon visitor