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The 63rd annual Spring Sing pays tribute to TV showsPage 12

ASB elections bring new CabinetBrittany LieBerman/Viking

E-BALLOT: Ryan Langley, 28, a kinesiology major, uses a tablet to cast his vote for Fall semester’s Cabinet members on Wednesday, May 14, on the LAC. Results for president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and trustee will be announced Friday, May 16.

Open Mic comes to a final closeBy Paul IngvaldsenStaff Writer

The Young Poet Society made chalk drawings on the sidewalk pointing toward the site of the last open mic event of the semester, Friday, May 9, in Building P.

Joe Gutierrez, 20, a pre-nurs-ing major, sat in a corner studying his poems after registering. “I’ve been writing since I was in high school,” Gutierrez said.

“The English Department awarded me the Donald Drury award for poetry. I might do one tonight.”

The audience enjoyed a spa-cious yet cozy setting with a fire-place behind the wooden stage. Around the room calligraphy samples and volumes in book-shelves rested along the walls. A podium stood under a spotlight.

Natalie Burgess, an English teacher and creative writing com-mittee chair, said, “This is the Mariam Sims Baughn Center for Literary Arts. Notice all the con-struction around campus? This building they will not touch be-cause it has historical value.

“The English Department wanted to open up the center so that students could share their works in art, fiction, poetry and music, so we sponsor open mic through the creative writing com-mittee.”

The lights dimmed and mu-sicians Adriana Foss, 21, a biol-ogy major, and music major Jay Hemphill, 20, performed an orig-inal piece called the Song of the Sea. Gutierrez read two poems.

Before taking the stage, Barry Saks, 68, a journalism major, said, “This is the first time I’ve done this, but journalism is useful for poetry writing because of its con-creteness.”

Sergei Smirnoff hosted the event, introduced each act and called for finger-snapping ap-plause.

As open mic drew to a close, Smirnoff reminded the audience of the approaching Mother’s Day.

“I’m from Russia,” Smirnoff said. “My mother neglected my older brother and he died. This is a crime in Russia and she was im-prisoned for murder.

“If you’re lucky enough to have a mother you can be with, don’t forget her this Sunday.”

Students with leadership qualities encouraged to run for positions. By Brittany LiebermanManaging Editor

ASB Cabinet elections for president, vice president, secre-tary, treasurer and student trustee were underway Wednesday, May

14 on the PCC, and Thursday, May 15, on the LAC, with results to be announced Friday, May 16.

Students may vote online at lbcc.edu/Student Life/ASB or in person in Building A on the LAC or at the Student Union on the PCC .

Students interested in ap-pointed positions may turn in ap-plications to the Office of Student Life in E119 or EE102 by Friday, May 16, at noon.

Appointed positions include representative of athletics, com-

munications, legislative affairs, academic affairs, arts and student health.

ASB co-adviser Derek Oriee said ASB leaders learn how to del-egate and work in group dynam-ics.

Oriee said, “It teaches you how to disagree with and still be friends with your colleagues and that it’s OK to argue as long as they are legitimate arguments.”

Lokilani Hunt, a philosophy and political science major, is running for ASB president. Lau-

ren Christine Ho, an English ma-jor, is running for ASB vice pres-ident. David Root, an auto body technology major, is running for student trustee. Grant Cook, an engineering major, is running for treasurer.

Applications are available at lbcc.edu/Student Life/ASB.

Interviews for appointed posi-tions will be Monday, May 19, at 2 p.m. in T1200 on the LAC during the Cabinet meeting.

Oakley gives funding ideas to Senate panelBy Brittany LiebermanManaging Editor

As Congress pre-pares to renew the Higher Education Act, LBCC President Eloy Oakley was invited to give testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday, May 13, in Washington, D.C.

In a letter to the Senate, HELP chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said the purpose of the hearings

is to “examine important policy issues facing postsec-ondary education in the U.S.”

According to the U.S. Department of Ed-ucation, the Higher Ed-ucation Act is a bill that decides when, where and how federal aid is distributed to students and schools, although it does not issue those

funds itself. LBCC’s director of public re-

lations Richard Garcia said in a press release, “LBCC is designat-

ed as a Hispanic-serving institu-tion, with a Latino student pop-ulation of 46 percent as of Fall 2013. LBCC has been designated by the federal government as an HSI for the last 17 years.”

In his written testimony, Oak-ley suggested better financial support for minority-serving in-stitutions such as LBCC, whose student minority population is 83 percent.

Oakley also suggested more competitive grants for colleges, better data sharing to improve student placement, restoring and expanding the Pell Grant pro-

gram and simply promoting bet-ter college preparedness.

Oakley said in a phone inter-view, “It was an honor to be in-vited by Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina. I was taken aback being among so many high-ranking government officials such as Ron Paul.”

Other speakers included the president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, Dr. Michael Lomax, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Retention at Fayette-ville State University Dr. Jason DeSousa and President of Heri-tage University Dr. John Bassett.

Eloy OakleyLBCC president

NEWS2 May 15, 2014

“It’s a morally grave dilem-ma in the community that shouts rebellion.”

-Jose SalazarNeurobiology major

KEEPING COOL

Khmer language class planned for 2015By Alejandro NicolasStaff Writer

The Foreign Language De-partment plans to offer the first foreign language class in Khmer at LBCC in Fall 2015 and it will be taught by Nielson Hul, presently an English teacher.

Hul said, “I’m really excited. I’ve spoken Khmer all my life. I grew up in Long Beach. It’s part of who I am.

“My father founded the Cam-

bodian Association of America. Nil Hul, he always helped the Khmer community.”

Hul graduated from UCLA with his bachelors in English and finished his masters in linguistics from the University of Hawaii.

His first inspiration was a class he took called “The History of En-glish Language,” where he discov-ered the foundation of language and how it correlated with culture and immigration.

Hul is currently teaching En-

glish 1, Composition, and he’s excited to teach classes other than Khmer, maybe even teaching a class in southeast Asian history with an emphasis on Khmer cul-ture for non-Khmer speakers, to fall under a history elective.

The city of Long Beach has the highest population of Cambodian people living outside of Cambo-dia.

“If I ever have a chance to teach Khmer to non-Khmer speakers, we would have to start

with the absolute basics.”Hul describes a wealth of in-

formation stretching from the American social construction of Cambodians within their own generational gaps, whether reject-ing their culture or embracing it.

The largest immigration wave of Khmer was during 1980s, from refugees suffering the effects of the Khmer Rouge genocide in 1975-1978.

He talked about society and immigration and the history of

Cambodia. Former EMT Hul, current-

ly a combat medic in the Army reserves, said, “Vietnamese and Khmer are closely related because of the Chinese occupation. The Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese were all once one empire, the Angkor Empire.”

Khmer 9 and 10 will fulfill the foreign language requirement re-quired for the U.C. system.

A prerequisite is required to take the Khmer courses. .

By Nick SteeleSports Editor

Students who saw the graffiti on the bridge across Carson Street linking the two sides of the LAC said it sets a bad example and is an immature way to express one’s self.

Over Mother’s Day weekend, someone tagged on the newly renovated bridge.

Jose Salazar, a neurobiology major, said, “If the person who did this isn’t punished and there aren’t any real consequences then some-one isn’t doing their job. It sets a bad example. It’s a morally grave dilemma in the community that

shouts rebellion.”Kevin Maldanado, a business

major, said, “It sets a bad example. I don’t think it sets a good vibe.”

Student Ruben Madrid said, “I could’ve done this in the dark. They’re just trying to bring atten-tion to a small group of random acts.

“It’s more like vandalism. It’s stupid and depressing. It’s trifling to put negative feelings on peo-

ple.”Most stu-

dents said they were up-set walking by for the first time Monday

morning and seeing the graffiti. Jeff Wheeler, an English teach-

er, said, “It’s just messed up. It’s been years since it’s been painted.”

LAC bridge vandalized

Brittany LieBerman/Viking Josh Reyes, left, 19, an undecided major, and Omar Ceja, 20, a business major, purchase ice cream from Ladies of Athena club members Diana Merito, 21, and Alondra Castellanos, 18, on Tuesday May 13, when temperatures at the LAC exceeded 90 degrees.

By Shannon MurphyNews Editor

A bill to increase oil taxes in California to fund education has been introduced in the state Sen-ate.

The bill would first create the California Higher Education En-dowment Corporation, which would oversee distribution of the funds as outlined by the bill. The bill would then levy a 9.5 percent severance tax on oil companies operating in California.

In all 50 percent of the funds raised would go to the Universi-ty of California, California State University and California Com-munity College systems, 25 per-cent would go to health and hu-

man services and 25 percent to the state parks.

Opposition to the bill includes oil and natural gas companies as well as financial lobbying entities.

John Kabateck, ex-ecutive director of the National Federation of Independent Busi-ness, issued a state-ment saying “NFIB/CA and our nearly 24,000 members are strongly op-posed to SB 1017, which will up-set our fragile economic recovery and further jeopardize jobs by imposing yet another new tax on business.

“With a 9.5 percent tax on each barrel of oil, the measure will guarantee that California will

have the highest combined oil taxes in the nation.”

However, the statement does not appear to be accurate. Of the 36 states that produce oil, Cali-

fornia is the only one that doesn’t have an oil severance tax. Most oil states have a tax between 4 and 10 percent with Alaska being the exception with a 25 percent sev-erance tax.

According to a study conduct-ed in April 2012 by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues

at the University of California, Berkeley, for every dollar the state invests in higher education, the state receives a $4.50 return on its investment. While oil compa-

nies claim the bill may place a financial burden on them the figures indicate it is a sound investment in California’s future.

LBCC President Eloy Oakley said, “I agree the state should increase its invest-ment in higher education and especially Community Colleges. SB1017 identifies a new poten-tial source of funds, but there are many ways in which the state can direct funds to our college. I would welcome any additional

funds the state provides that en-able us to improve outcomes for our students in order to prepare them for California’s future work-force demands.”

California faces a serious shortfall in its supply of col-lege-educated workers, accord-ing to the Public Policy Institute of California. In a report the in-stitute said, “Over the past few decades, public higher education institutions have faced dispro-portionate cuts in state funding.” The institute said if current trends hold, California will fall 1 mil-lion educated workers short of economic demand by 2025. The shortage will drive companies to seek educated workers out of state and leave too few jobs.

New state bill promises to tax oil and fund higher education

By Raymundo VillasenorContributing Writer

LBCC has partnered with the College is RADD program to raise awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence.

Marian Novak, the coalition president of College is RADD, was at the LAC on Tuesday, April 15. She was campaigning against drunken driving and gave an informative presentation to stu-dents that stopped by her tent.

Novak said, “Our mission is to raise awareness to students on an issue that is still a problem in our community. We try to teach students to plan their night before going out.

“They should designate a

friend as driver or hire a taxi, but they should never get behind the wheel if they plan on drinking.

“Remember that friends don’t let friends drive drunk.”

Drunken driving is in a prom-inent issue in the Long Beach com-munity.

A female stu-dent at LBCC was recently con-victed of a DUI. The 31-year-old communications major wants to keep her identity hidden and did not want to detail the event thor-oughly.

She said, “I would’ve never guessed that I would have an ig-nition interlock device installed in my car. I know better than

that now, but I feel like college students don’t think that it could happen to them until it does.

“That’s why I am glad College is RADD and LBCC are cam-paigning against an issue that af-

fects many of us.”Even though she is under the

legal age requirement for alcohol consumption, another member of the Long Beach community has a similar story.

Marleny Sanchez, 20, a so-ciology major at Cal State Long Beach, was convicted of a DUI

on Oct. 12 after crashing into the concrete divider of the 91 freeway around 11:30 p.m.

She recalled the event in an email which said, “I woke up in the hospital with a fractured clav-

icle and right wrist. I was bruised, confused and scared.

“I don’t remem-ber the crash, but I am thankful that I didn’t kill

anyone. “The police told me that if I

would’ve killed someone, then I would’ve woken up in jail not in the hospital.”

Sanchez wrecked her car and said she “paid numerous fines and hospital bills” after the accident.

She is enrolled in a 3-month

AB541 program that requires her to attend six Alcoholics Anon-ymous meetings after having scored a 0.1 blood alcohol content that night.

Hugo Valdes, a 20-year-old aspiring film director, was on the other side of the DUI dilemma on Friday, May 2, when a drunk driv-er crashed into him as he exited the 91 freeway on Avalon Boule-vard.

Valdes’ wrist is sprained and he needs physical therapy for his arm, but he suffered no fractures or serious injury. He said, “I hope people, especially young peo-ple, realize that when they drive drunk they are putting other peo-ple’s lives at risk, not just their own.”

RADD program seeks to raise drunken driving awareness

“I agree the state should increase its investment in higher education and especially Community Colleges.”

-Eloy OakleyLBCC president

“I feel like college students don’t think that it could happen to them until it does.”

-Female studentCommunications major

NEWS 3May 15, 2014

“It always brings joy as mis-sion accomplished, all the hard work we have put in. We see results at the com-mencement.”

-Derek OrieeStudent activities and ASB adviser

DA brings charges against candidateBy Paul IngvaldsenStaff Writer

On Thursday, May 1, the Long Beach District Attorney’s office filed misdemeanor charges against Trustee candidate Mar-shall Blesofsky, who challenged incumbent Jeff Kellogg for the of-fice of LBCC First District Trust-ee.

Blesofsky is charged with elec-tioneering too close to a polling site on April 8, the day of the city

primary. Kellogg, current Board of

Trustees President, was handily re-elected recently, winning his seat by 55.6 percent of the vote ,according to the City Clerk’s Office. Previ-ous charges were levied against Kellogg’s oppo-nent alleging he had mis-used a Political Action Commit-tee flier by posting his name and meeting site on the handout.

The State Fair Political Prac-

tices Commission’s Enforcement Division in Sacramento received the earlier complaint, but de-clined to prosecute Blesofsky.

City Prosecutor Doug Hau-bert released an email regarding the latest complaint, which took place near the Faith Orthodox

Presbyterian Church in Bixby Knolls.

The email read, “A complaint was filed by a voter against Mr.

Blesofsky alleging he was electioneering about 50 feet from a polling place. Witness statements and photographic evidence confirmed the complaint.

California law creates a 100-foot buffer area around polling places on election day. Candidates are generally free to campaign any-

where they wish, but not within that 100-foot area when the polls are open.”

In an email sent to the Viking on May 12, Blesofsky said, “I was new to the political scene and ran to protect the interests of LBCC students and change the direc-tion of the college. I did very well against an entrenched incumbent getting almost 45 percent of the vote. This charge shows how my campaign was a threat to those in power.”

Politics unfold as officials take officeBy Madison SalterStaff Writer

Jeffery Kellogg, Sunny Zia, and Virginia Baxter will be sworn into the Board of Trustees on July 29.

The first official meeting for the new Trustees will be on July 29.

According to the Public Af-fairs Alliance of Iranian Americans’ website, Zia will be the first elected Iranian American to hold a public office in Long Beach.

Zia and Baxter also will be the first two women to serve on the board in eight years. The last woman trustee on the board was Dianne McNinch, who served from 1996-2006.

Baxter said regarding her po-sition with the LBCC Foundation, “Yes I will definitely be keeping my position. As the Viking re-ported before there would be a conflict of interest. But no there wouldn’t be.”

Baxter also said she’s happy

to be succeeding women trustees like Judy Powell, who served from 1988-1996.

Student Trustee Andrea Do-nado, regarding her relationship with the board, said, “we have disagreements all the time. It’s important to have experience re-gardless of the issues.”

Donado will attend her last board meeting May 28.

Meanwhile, Damon Dunn will oppose Robert Garcia, former LBCC public relations manager and speech teacher, for mayor of Long Beach. The election will be Tuesday, June 3.

Garcia finished first and Dunn second in the preliminary election on April 8. Former Trustee Gerrie Schipske and Trustee Doug Otto fell short in the election.

Trustee Roberto Uranga was elected to the Long Beach City

Council from the 7th District so seat 2 on the Board will be open. Uranga received a total of 2,950 votes which put him at 50.9 per-cent, avoiding a run-off election.

Richard Garcia, associate director of public relations and marketing, said, “In general, the two options to fill a vacancy on the Board are to appoint an indi-vidual to fill the remainder of the

term or to hold a special election.”

Also, LBCC Execu-tive Vice President Lou Anne Bynum will be appointed to the Harbor Commission. The Cal State Long Beach alum

has served as a board member for the Pacific Gateway Work-force Investment Network, the Long Beach Downtown Business Associates, the St. Mary Medical Center Hospital Advisory Board and Los Angeles County BizFed Institute.

Former LBCC political sci-ence teacher Eugene Goss was elected to serve on the Sierra Madre City Council. He was sworn into office April 22.

Long Beach spiritual leaders speak to students.By Shannon MurphyNews Editor

The Pagan Club sponsored the 14th annual spirituality panel dis-

cussion on Tuesday, May 13. The panel consisted of Al

Hajj Imam Ameen A Omar, an Islamic community leader, Car-los Prinzen representing Native American spirituality, Jane Af-fonso of The Evangelical Lu-theran Church of America and Odie Hawkins representing the Pan-African Occult Spirituality.

Each had 15 minutes to talk about their spiritual system. The panel was followed by a ques-tion-and-answer session.

Adrian Novotny, AN anthro-pology teacher and adviser to the Pagan Club, said, “I went with a panel format where they don’t confront one another nor is there a competitive feel to it.”

Shannon Murphy/ VikingSPIRITUAL FOUR: From left to right, Al Hajj Imam Ameen A Omar, Carlos Prinzen, Jane Affonso and Odie Hawkins. Omar explains his Islamic views to the audience.

Pagan Club hosts religious panel

By Elizabeth CherutoCalendar Editor

The LBCC class of 2014 certif-icates and associates degrees will be conferred to more than 1,500 graduates at the LAC Veterans Memorial Stadium on Thursday, June 5.

Tickets will not be required for attending the commencement c e r e m o n y . However, seat-ing will be on a first-come, first-served ba-sis.

A reception is planned im-mediately after the graduation ceremony with photo opportunities, music and a chance to connect with employees and friends.

The student activities and ASB adviser, Derek Oriee, said, “It al-ways brings joy as mission accom-plished, all the hard work we have put in. We see results at the com-mencement.”

Parking will be free. Gradu-

ates may park or be dropped off near the check-in canopy at the south end of the Stadium. All oth-er guests may park in the stadium parking lot.

People with disabilities will be directed to park in designat-ed parking spaces at the east side of the Stadium. Additional maps may be accessed at lbcc.edu/ya-hoomap.

P h o t o s from the cer-emony will be available online after graduat ion. G r a d u a t e s may visit gradimages.com to view and order

their pictures. Programs will be available

upon entrance to the commence-ment ceremony, highlighting graduates and distinguished guests. For the first time veterans will be recognized in the program.

Questions may be directed to student affairs at (562) 938-4552.

1,500 to don caps and gowns in June

“This charge shows how my campaign was a threat to those in power.”

-Marshall BlesofskyTrustee candidate

“We have disagreements all the time. It’s important to have experience regardless of the issues.”

-Andrea DonadoStudent Trustee

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Pagan Club celebrates the start of Spring

JUST DANCE: From left, Gabri-ella Gillett, 21, a social services major, Marco Sanchez, 20, president of the Pagan Club and a philosophy major, and Alena Sisson, 20, an art major, dance around a May Pole in celebration of May Day on Thursday, May 1, in front of the A Building at the LAC. May Day holds different meanings for different people. The modern tradition of May Day coincides with International Workers Day; however, its origins are based on pagan traditions for the coming of Spring.

FUN DAY: Pagan Club members recognized May Day by dancing around a May Pole while holding long colorful strings. The practice is meant to represent the world axis, according to reputable scholars.

The Pagan Club celebrated May Day at the LAC on Thursday, May 1, with the guidance of club adviser Adrian Novotny, an an-thropology teacher.

The May Pole was made from an old tree from Novotny’s home. He described the original purpose of the pole dance as an opportu-nity for young males and females to meet after Winter as potential mates and spouses, since Spring symbolizes fertility for many cul-tures.

However, the celebration is not limited to pagans. Marco San-chez, 20, a philosophy major and president of the Pagan Club, said, “May Day is a day where we all should get together and have fun. It’s not a day just for pagans, it’s a day for everyone.”

Story By Brandon RichardsonPhotos by Miguel EspinozaViking Staff

NEWS 5May 15, 2014

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Miguel epsinoza/VikingONE OF TOP FIVE: Horticulture professor Jorge Ochoa is honored with the Outstanding Colleague Award on Thursday, May 8. Lor-raine Blouin, Allison Brown, Karen Kane and Mary Olsen-Bell also earned the top employee award.

By Thomasina CottonStaff Writer

During the Monday, May 5 ASB Cabinet meeting, members again delayed deliberations on reimbursements to LBCC kinesi-ology teacher Donna Prindle for her help with the LAC rabbits.

ASB President Marcos Espi-noza introduced PCC Student Life director Anita Gibbins, who addressed the issue.

On behalf of Prindle, a former championship-win-ning athletics coach and successful plaintiff in a landmark gen-der-discr iminat ion lawsuit against LBCC in the 1980s, Gibbins recited a letter written by Vice President of Student Support Services Greg Peterson.

The letter stated the ASB would not be subjected to legal consequences should it decide to reimburse Prindle for the cost of the bunny rescue project.

Peterson’s letter listed ques-tions from the state’s ASB ac-counting manual for the Cabinet to review, while considering if paying is within the guidelines.

Speaking to the student gov-ernment leaders in T1200 Gibbins added, “As a trust account you can make a decision to pay this.”

Despite a 6-3-2 vote in favor

of a $28,000 repayment to Prin-dle during the March 17 Cabinet meeting and a petition signed by 400 LBCC students in support of the reimbursement, the issue re-mains unresolved.

Absent during the March vote, ASB Rep. of Arts Kristen Payne, 38, an accounting and commu-nications major, expressed oppo-sition to the reimbursement and said, “Paying is not in the best fi-nancial interest of the ASB and is against district policies.”

Unyielding in her decision, Payne later added, “If Ms. Prindle said she would do it herself, then she is going back on her word and breaching the agreement by ask-ing for money.”

Acknowledging the rabbit population was greater than first perceived, Prindle said, “The two- month project turned into a four- year one.”

Sitting next to Prindle, LBCC a student volunteer in the rescue, Candice Limas, 21, an anthropol-ogy major, was surprised by the opposition and said the Cabinet is overlooking the facts.

“It is unfair for them to con-tinue postponing when Donna has provided all the legal receipts and documents. She is not asking to be paid, but reimbursed for the helpful service she provided to LBCC,” Limas said.

ASB bank bursar Stacey Rob-inson was in attendance to report that $23,974 worth of receipts has been verified, which resulted in a motion from the Cabinet to declare amending the agenda to reflect the updated amount.

After attending the Monday, May, 12 meeting, Prindle said, “My stress and frustration contin-ues. For the first time this semes-ter, not enough Cabinet members showed up, preventing a vote be-cause of the lack of a quorum.”

At the May 5 meeting, mem-bers discussed including clear reimbursement policies to their Constitution, though the change is not on the May 13 agenda.

Student activities adviser Derek Oriee said, “There are pro-posed changes to the ASB Consti-tution that will go to special elec-tion in the Fall.”

Also, discussions have taken place between the vice presidents of PCC and LAC to eliminate the PCC Student Council and create a combined body of Cabinet mem-bers.

Oriee said, “More information will be available when the Consti-tution is ready for ballot.”

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By Liliana DuarteStaff Writer

Students filled T1200 at the LAC to hear speakers Darya Tee-sewell, a transgender female, and Kevin, a transgender male, on Thursday, May 6.

Regardless of the fliers that were torn down for the transgen-der event, many people still at-tended the event.

Teesewell and Kevin spoke of the struggles they went through to get the place in their lives where they are happy. Teesewell said since age 8 she knew she was different from everyone else. Tee-sewell struggled when she was young for she thought she was the only person in the world who was going through these difficulties.

Teesewell said, “Gender iden-tity is who you believe you are.”

Kevin discovered who he really was at age 4. Kevin went through similar difficulties as Teesewell did. They both decided to be who they really were when they were much older.

After an hour, Teesewell and Kevin answered questions from the audience. One question that was asked was, “If we have a friend who is going through a similar situation, what advice would you give us to help them?”

Teesewell said, “Listen to their story. Take it seriously.”

And Kevin said, “If someone is willing to confide with you ...

feel honored that they were will-ing to share that with you.”

Fernanda Ochoa, 18, a nurs-ing major, said, “I really like that they were brave enough to come in front of a crowd and express their feelings because I know a lot of people are not open about it. And I like the fact that they were able to come out and tell us about it. We could also learn from it even if we are not transgender. We could still help someone out in-stead of just shutting people out.”

Teacher and Department Head of Social Sciences Nan-cy Melucci said, “The goal from this event was gender tolerance. My hope in doing this is to put a face to the people who don’t have a voice in our society.” Melucci also said she hopes to be able to have the transgender event every Spring.

“Every anthropologist teaches an intro-level cultural class about gender. It is very difficult to un-derstand when you say gender is culturally constructed or creat-ed by culture and you try to give examples outside of our culture. Sometimes it’s a lot easier to bring people in from our own culture, people who they can relate to and understand.”

“Hopefully, some of the stu-dents who were here today walk away a little bit more open-mind-ed and open-hearted.” Melucci said.

Talk promotes tolerance

By Brandon RichardsonStaff Writer

The Outstanding Colleagues and employee service recogni-tion Awards were presented at the LAC in T1200 on Thursday, May 9.

Every year, LBCC takes a break from recognizing its stu-dent’s accomplishments and fo-cuses on its employees.

The ceremony was hosted by President Eloy Oakley and Execu-tive Vice President Lou Anne By-num. Along with awards for em-

ployee service recognition, which ranged from five to 30 years of LBCC service, five teachers and staff were recognized as outstand-ing colleagues.

Lorraine Blouin, a counselor, Allison Brown, a disability spe-cialist with LBCC’s Growth and Opportunities Project, Karen Kane, a coordinator for faculty professional development, Jorge Ochoa, professor of Horticulture, and Mary Olsen-Bell, a human resources specialist, all received the outstanding colleagues award.

Employees awarded

SNAPPING FINGERS

Liz Waite aka DjBlonDieKCTY FM

representative

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“We travel to different states with other native groups bringing awareness of Mex-ican indigenous history and culture”

-Lupe TellezAztec fire dancer

“This day is specifically for people to network and put themselves out there for the working world.”

-Briana SholesDance major

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paul IngvaldSen/vIkIngHost Sergei Smirnof, 24, a film major, calls for finger-snapping applause after a performance at the open mic event in the P Building of the LAC on Friday, May 9. The open mic was hosted by the English Department and featured about a dozen performers presenting music, short stories and poetry.

By Alejandro NicolasStaff Writer

LBCC radio station KCTY 107.7 FM, The City, has won Station of Year award and Best variety show on the West Coast.

Outside the Student Union at the PCC, Liz Waite, 21, communica-tions major, explained “We’re the only college in the country, two or four year, that has two student radio stations,” mentioning KLBC.

Waite, the public re-lations director, said, “We’re hav-ing the most successful year in the

this radio station’s history.”Waite and KCTY are host-

ing a fundraiser Monday, June 2 from 6-10 p.m. at Sorrento Ital-

ian kitchen at 4102 Orange Ave. in Long Beach.

Waite said, “We’re collaborating with weloveyoumommy.org, an online organi-zation raising aware-ness.”

The fundraiser go toward the Megan Mulliez scholarship, and helps people with cancer and also raise

awareness.

alejandro nIcolaS/vIkIngTRADITION: Lupe Tellez beats the drums in front of the Student Union at the PCC in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

Dancers celebrate Cinco de Mayo through cultural Aztec act dance.By Alejandro NicolasStaff Writer

Traditional Aztec fire dancers performed in front of the PCC student union May 7, beating drums and lighting herbs but ab-solutely no fire.

Students gathered outside snapping pictures and listening intently to the native rhythm.

Liz Waite, 21, a communica-tions major hosted the event and said, “They’re doing this for Cin-co de Mayo.”

M a r t i n Tellez, the di-rector wear-ing a jaguar h e a d d r e s s , led a group of four, includ-ing a baby, Cuauhtémoc Tellez, who sometimes contributes to the family’s music.

Lupe Tellez said, “We travel to different states with other na-

tive groups bringing awareness of Mexican indigenous history and culture.”

Vicen-te Tellez danced in the cen-ter to the beat of the drum.

T h e f a m i l y said, the people in

Meso-America are more indig-enous than they realize and are happy to share those traditions with the public.

By Kendall HarrisStaff Writer

Developing Afro-American Professionals will be hosting the first D.A.A.P. symposium Friday May 16, from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the LAC in the T-1200.

Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

The theme of the event is Developing Afro-American Pro-fessionals and will focus on the subjects of professional commu-nication, career development, ed-ucation, ad-vocacy and culture.

D e n i s e P h e l p s , one of the founders of D.A.A.P, said, “It’s important for students to attend because the symposium will be very informa-tive.”

It will help students become leaders and have them take pride in their college, while giving them structure and balance in their lives, advancing them in their careers by having them develop their networking skills.

D.A.A.P’s outcome for the conference is to have persons at-tending who plan on or are taking part of continual development of professional, academic and social

protocol. As well as being exposed to

professional educators, high level authorities and administrators.

Briana Sholes, 23, dance ma-jor, said, “I think this is a perfect opportunity for not just me but other students. It’s hard trying to network and find resources on your own. This day is specif-ically for people to network and put themselves out there for the working world.”

The conference will have five breakout sessions led by edu-

c a t i o n a l p r o f e s -s i o n a l s who will talk about being suc-cessful in

their specific field. There will be opportunities to

talk to professionals and individu-als who want to succeed. Keynote addresses, D.A.A.P presentation.

Parking will be available in the parking structure. Cost of parking will be $1. Business casual attire is required.

Registration for the event is free and can be done at daap.event.com.

Inquires about the event and times is available at DAAPstuden-torganization@yahoo.com

By Madison SalterStaff Writer

Jacaranda English endow-ment essay contest winners will be awarded with cash prizes to-day, Thursday, May 15, in P110 at the LAC.

Khary Filer won the persua-sive essay contest for the story “An Inappropriate Reappropria-tion.” Samantha Brooks received an honorable mention for the sto-ry “The Dehumanization of Cal-ifornia’s Prisoners: A Dangerous Indifference.”

Anthony Acero won the liter-ature essay contest for the story “Rags to Riches.” Chelsea Smith received an honorable mention for the story “’Biblical Ties Cor-ruption and Absurdity in ‘The Miller’s Tale.”

According to the rules and regulations on the LBCC website, Essays were judged on originality and insight, strength of purpose, convincing development, clarity and precision of language and ef-fective arrangement of parts.

KCTY radio wins station of the year

Writers honored

Conference offers networking skills

Dance group performs

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By Kendall HarrisStaff Writer

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Soci-ety awarded three LBCC students with the All-California Academic Team award.

The award ceremony was in Sacramento, with representatives from all commu-nity col-leges in C a l i for-nia. The a w a r d was given to students who attend a community college who exceed in academic performance and service to the college.

Christopher Soriano, Peter Kenji Lopez and Kristen Payne were honored with the academ-ic awards, placing them at the top of 76 students in the Califor-nia Community College system, which oversees over two million students.

On the LBCC website, Sori-ano said, “It was inspirational to see the diversity of students from

different backgrounds being rec-ognized for their achievements. I was proud to be a representative of LBCC at this event and hope to inspire other students to strive for their dreams.”

The All-California teams were selected by the nominee scores that were given to national level

Phi Theta Kappa judg-es. The stu-dents also had to have high grades, l eadership

within the school and community service.

Soriano, 20, a biological sci-ence major, was one of 26 stu-dents in attendance that day to be named All-California Academic second team.

Lopez, 19, a business admin-istrator major and Payne, 37, a communications & accounting major, were named All-California Academic third team.

3 remarkable students earn awards in capital

Teachers to share information in casual setting.By Darel JamesStaff Writer

The Science Night event Fri-day, May 16, will include live demonstrations, music and many opportunities to exercise scien-tific curiosity. From 5-8 p.m. the activities will go on the second and third floors of the D Building. Science Night will be open to all, from students to employees and families as well.

Human services major Lourdes Velazques, 21, said, “It would be so cool view something awesome.”

Students are invited to attend the second annual Science Night at the LAC.

The events idea came from professor Robyn Arias, who teaches microbiology and general biology.

Arias, a former teacher at Orange Coast College, was influ-enced by their Science Nights and decided to share it with LBCC.

“It’s a good way to open up the doors of the labs here on campus and meet with students in a casual environment,” Arias said.

Awards will be given to five students for excellence in geogra-phy from the Society of Women Geographers Southern Califor-nia.

The awards will be given by Dean Paul Creason at 6 p.m.

“ I was proud to be a representa-tive of LBCC at this event.”

-Christopher SorianoBiological science major and

award winner

By Thomasina CottonStaff Writer

Students auditioning for the LBCC accredited music program and guests attended the first Mu-sic Day event the morning of Sat-urday, May 10, in the G122 Ruth Todd Con-cert Hall at the LAC.

Preparing for his afternoon audition, Andres Pena, 19, a mu-sic education major, sat in the quad, read-ing music and gently drumming the percussion pad placed on his lap.

Admitting mild nerves, Pena said, “This is a big step toward be-ing a music teacher.”

Peter Knapp, director of mu-sic theory, welcomed the nearly full house and presented a brief summary of what the program has to offer then announced, “We are re-launching the jazz program in the Fall and are finalizing the hiring of a full-time jazz instruc-tor.”

Knapp informed all in atten-dance of the approved associate

of arts transfer degree and said, “The state wanted the Communi-ty Colleges and the CSU system to specifically develop major degrees that were as compact and stream-lined as possible to help students transfer into a CSU system.”

This degree guarantees ad-mission into a CSU, pending the audition for their music program.

Academic counselor Sara Bla-setti gave information about en-rollment and curriculum require-ments, then invited questions from the audience.

She advised prospective stu-dents to follow the new student checklist at lbcc.edu and suggest-ed assist.org and the LBCC trans-fer center as useful resources.

The Viking Singers Choir be-gan the music portion of the pro-gram. They walked onto the stage while singing a New Zealand

Welcome song called, Kua Rongo Mai Koe.

Choir singer Carole Crocco, 23, said, “This music program is one of the best kept secrets. Being given the opportunity to pursue my passion and develop a stron-

ger work ethic has truly changed my life.”

Director of vocal stud-ies Skye Angulo said, “The audition is for the faculty to determine if the student is ready for private instruc-tion.

“I love giving opportunities for singers to travel together and see things they haven’t seen be-fore while sharing music with our communities.”

At the end of the choral pre-sentation, the audience was invit-ed hear the band, orchestra and guitar selections.

“We had close to 30 students audition on Saturday and they did a fantastic job. The faculty was extremely pleased with the prepa-ration and level of talent of each student. Our first Music Day was a complete success,” Angulo said.

By Samwell FavelaNews Editor

Local talent was brought to-gether at LBCC on Thursday, May 8, to participate in the annual Soundwave event, presented by the radio and TV broadcasting program.

College Radio Day, a fall event, it’s also celebrated through-out other colleges in the nation. The radio and TV broadcasting program wanted to have the same event with the same atmosphere

for the students in Spring, and the organizers decided to present Soundwave exclusive to LBCC.

Soundwave performing acts were recorded either in the radio station, on air and television, or in the broadcasting studio.

Artists Lion Heart, Chad Bishop and Bob performed and were interviewed on KLBC.

Bishop performed at last year’s Soundwave event.

Bishop said “I was a student here three years ago. I love the people I met.”

The TV broadcasting program used all new equipment, which made for better filming quality.

Currently the radio program is trying to do the same and up-date its equipment.

D.A. Phillips, a member of the multimedia journalism progr-dam, said, “We’re trying to work on sponsors like Carls Jr. It would make a big difference.”

This year was the second Soundwave to take place, with Elizabeth Waite, 21, a communi-cations major and Phillips, host-

ing the event.“I still get camera shy,” said

Waite, with Phillips agreeing. Waite and Phillips are famil-

iar with hosting a radio show, but for Soundwave they had to be on camera to introduce each act.

Phillips said, “You have to put more personality into it.”

The idea for Soundwave came to light when the radio and televi-sion broadcasting program creat-ed College Radio Day.

Science Night will promote diversity of classes

Music Day program includes talk about jazz program’s return in Fall

Samwell Favela/vikingLEADING THE CAMERAS: Donald Alvardo, 21, a TV broadcasting major, directs camera angles to produce the best view for the event Soundwave on Thursday, May 8, while hosts Elizabeth Waite and D.A. Phillips announce the next musical performance on screen.

“The audition is for the faculty to deter-mine if the student is ready.”

-Skye AnguloDirector of vocal studies

Soundwave celebrates radio, TV

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By Miguel EspinozaStaff Writer

Friendships were tested and enemies crushed. With finals around the corner, stressed stu-dents found relief in the make-shift video game arcade set up by the Anime Club in the Nordic Lounge for 25 cents per game on Wednesday, May 14.

Barbara Qualls, 20, a criminal justice major, said, “During finals this event gives students the op-portunity to relax and play video games.”

The arcade consisted of Play-station 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Wii and Sega Genesis. The more popular games were “Call of Duty,” “Star Fox” and “Mario Party 8,” but many more

titles were available to play.There were multiple TVs for

the various consoles and a projec-tor for the more popular games.

Part of the proceeds of the event will go to the Child’s Play Charity. The charity has been helping hospitals since 2003 by providing children with age-ap-propriate entertainment, books, toys and video games.

Miguel espinoza/VikingGAME LIFE: Itzzayana Jarquin, 20, a psychology major, competes against Anthony Adame, 24, a transfer student, on Wednesday, May 14, during a video game fundraising event presented by the Anime club in the Nordic Lounge on Wednesday, May 14.

Gamers play for charity

Miguel espinoza/VikingFLAIR: Sarah Parra, a former LBCC student and a Flamenco dance teacher, showcases her Flamenco dance style on Wednesday, May 14.

By Miguel EspinozaStaff writer

It is important to keep the art and dances from old customs alive for younger generations to educate themselves, said Lisa Masters, 48, a Spanish major.

Professor of intermediate Spanish Maria Ugalde’s class was treated to a performance and lesson from Sarah Parra, a for-mer LBCC student and flamen-

co dance teacher was invited by Masters to demonstrate the Fla-menco dance for a class of about 30 students in T1317 on Wednes-day, May 14.

Aside from showing students the moves, Parra taught them about the origins of the dance.

Flamenco gives people the vibe and essence of Spain, where it originated, said Maria Ugalde, an intermediate Spanish teacher at the LAC.

Dancer shows talent

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Santa Ana sweeps opening round of regional series.By Richard MejiaStaff Writer

After finishing the 2014 reg-ular season with a great degree of momentum, the Vikings were swiftly eliminated by Santa Ana in the opening round of the South-ern California regional playoffs.

The Vikings began their three-game playoff series Friday, May 3, at Santa Ana College with a 17-6 lopsided loss. LBCC surrendered five runs in first inning as fresh-man Tanner Levine struggled

early against the Santa Ana pow-erhouse offense.

Sophomore first baseman No-lan Flashman led the offensive effort for the Vikings as he went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI.

Following the Game 1 loss, the Vikings kept things competi-tive for Game 2 on Saturday, May 4, yet failed to conquer their op-ponent in a 6-1 loss to give Santa Ana the series sweep and advance to the next round.

The Vikings displayed a val-iant effort and seemed poised to rally back from an early 2-1 defi-cit, but as it had gone for them at the beginning of the season, they failed to come back and faltered late.

Sophomore outfielder Ryan

Dickinson generated the only of-fense for the Vikings as he went 2 for 4 with an RBI.

Sophomore outfielder Stefan Miladinovich said, “The team has been good about getting the of-fense going, especially toward the fourth and fifth innings. I don’t know what happened this time, we just couldn’t wake our bats up.”

Coming off a month where the Vikings conjured up a seem-ingly endless string of runs, the offense during their playoff run was absolutely cold and the lack of pitching consistency spelled doom for the Vikings.

Freshman first baseman Jor-dan Ybarra said, “We tried hard, but we just couldn’t figure it out. At the very least, this loss makes

What’s not in a name: Small GymOpinion writer suggests change.By Richard MejiaStaff Writer

In the world of sports, names are everything.

Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods are instantly recognized names of the most cel-ebrated athletes in their sports.

Names of individual people aren’t the only important names in sports. The arenas, stadiums and fields share equal importance.

Legendary sporting venues such as Fenway Park in Boston, Wrigley Field in Chicago or the Coliseum in Los Angeles each have a vast and rich history of be-ing home to successful sporting franchises.

At LBCC, we are fortunate to have an array of champion-ship-caliber teams. More specifi-cally, the volleyball programs are some of the best in the state.

The women’s volleyball pro-gram has won an impressive six South Coast Conference cham-pionships and is always in playoff contention.

The men’s volleyball program is one of the most decorated Com-munity College teams in the state, boasting sixteen conference titles and eight state championships.

A team that is in playoff con-

tention or winning championship deserves to play in venue that rec-ognizes their feats.

With bodies scrambling to the hardwood floor and a standing room only crowd cheering, the LBCC volleyball program fero-ciously dominates its competition in the “Small Gym.”

Small Gym? Yes, the secondary athletic fa-

cility located directly across from the Hall of Champions gymna-sium is simply called the Small Gym.

Given the plethora of coaches, athletes and influential staff the school has had over its near cen-tury in existence, none of these people have been given the hon-or to christen the action-packed gym.

The Dr. Thomas J. Clark Gym, Bill Fraser Memorial Gym, or perhaps the Eloy Ortiz Oakley Gym would be more than suitable replacements for the currently mediocre name.

The main facility for indoor sporting events is the Hall of Champions Gym. The gym pays homage to the players and coach-es who are in the LBCC sporting hall of fame known as the Hall of Champions.

However, considering the elite level of play that occurs at the Small Gym, there is more than enough reason to accept it as an equal to the Hall of Champions.

By Madison Salter Staff Writer

The men’s and women’s track and field team came up short this season.

But, freshman men’s track and field members dominated during the April 25 meet.

Kimani Gilbert, freshman men’s team member, was the highest Vike in the high jump. He achieved a season-best 1.75 meters and received 11th place overall.

Jose Ochoa, freshman men’s team member, came in 15th in the javelin at 36.23 meters.

Elias Galvan, freshman men’s team member, came in 29th in the 5,000 meters, with a time of 17:27.72.

Bayano Kamani, the men’s coach, said, “I didn’t have any athletes make it to SoCal finals.”

Tryouts for next season’s team will be in the Fall.

Kamani said, “There will also be a Summer conditioning class to help those who plan on trying get into shape.”

Track and field comes to a close

Perhaps the gym is forgotten about. Maybe the school cannot fund a few big letters on a small building.

Whatever the reason may be, it is indeed time for a change. LBCC is one of the premier Community Colleges in terms of

sports and its winning volleyball programs deserve to play in a properly named gym.

A great team with great fans deserves a great venue. A name change may seem insignificant, but in the world of sports, names are everything.

us more focused for next season.” The Vikings finished the

season with a 21-17 record go-ing 15-6 in conference play and shared the South Coast Confer-ence title with Cerritos and East Los Angeles College.

Flashman and freshman in-fielder Michael Thomas led the team in hitting as Flashman fin-ished the season with a batting average of .370 while adding 32 RBIs and two home runs. Thomas finished the season with an av-erage of .320 to go along with 11

RBIs and 48 hits. Sophomore ace Manuel Bar-

ragan led all pitchers this season with an ERA of 2.07 to go along with 44 strikeouts and a 6-2 re-cord.

With a disappointing ending to the season, the Vikings can take some solace in knowing that they have the bulk of their team returning next season, with the exception of standout sophomore Nick Wood, who has signed a let-ter of intent to play for Oral Rob-erts University.

Brandon richardson/VikingSPIKED: Sam Carlson, 19, a civil engineering major, sets Daniel Bur-khardt, 19, a kinesiology major, for a spike during an off-season scrimmage on Wednesday, May 14, in the Small Gym.

Playoff run comes to an end for Vikings’ baseball squad

May 15 ASB Elections Were at the PCC on Wednes-day, May 14, and at the LAC from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. on May 15.For more details people may go to lbcc.edu/StudentLife/ASB/Election/index.cfm or call Student Life at the LAC at (562) 938-4154 or the PCC at (562) 938-3088.

Through June 8Summer sessionOnline priority registration is available from7 a.m.-11 p.m.Classes begin June 16.For more information, stu-dents may visit lbcc.edu or visit admissions and records on either campus.

Assessment testingMandatory before registering for classes. For more information stu-dents may visit lbcc.edu/Assessment or call the LAC at (562) 938-4049 or the PCC at (562) 938-3270.

Educational planningStudents may make an ap-pointment to see a counselor, call the LAC at (562) 938-4560 or the PCC at (562) 938-3920, in person in the counseling office LAC A1111 or at the PCC MD129 or schedule an appoint-ment online to see a counselorin person at lbcc.edu/counsel-ing.

Books Students may purchase books from their PeopleSoft/OLE account, at the view/Buy Textbooks link on “My Class Schedule” screen or at lbcc.bncollege.com or buy in-person at the Viking Campus Stores at the LAC in Building Ior at the PCC in Building EE. For more information, peo-ple may callLAC (562) 938-4223PCC (562) 938-3106

Wait listAuto-enroll will automatically enroll wait-listed studentswhen a seat becomes avail-able. The auto-enroll process occurs on a nightly basis. Stu-dents will not be notified if they are automatically enrolled. Stu-dents may check the schedule daily to see if they are enrolled from the wait list.For admissions and records office hours, people may visithttp://admissions.lbcc.edu

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May 1531st Annual Golf Tourna-mentHonoring Paul Chafe and Trevor Baker at the Recreation Park Golf Course on Thursday start-ing at 1 p.m.For more information, visit lbccvikings.com/golf or call (562) 938-4237

Prospective student-ath-letesStudents who are interested in competing on any of the 18 athletic teams may fill out the recruit form at lbccvikings.com/recruits/index

Student-Athlete success center Open Monday- Friday in LAC Q106 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.Appointments must be booked in advance. Students may also utilize the 10-minute counsel-ing available Monday-Thursday or they may submit question to an online counselor at online-counseling.lbcc.edu, or contact Mary Hegarty at (562) 938-4710 or email mhegarty@lbcc.edu or Roarke O’Leary at (562) 938-4704 or email roleary@lbcc.eduFor appointment, people may call (562) 938-4560 or (562) 938-4561.

Athletic training linksNATA: nata.orgBOC: bocatc.orgCATA: cata.orgFWATA: fwata.orgCCCATA: cccata.orgATEP programsCSULB: csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/kin/athlet-ic-training/CSUF: hhd.fullerton.edu/at/CAATE: caate.netAthletic Training Journal: jour-nalofathletictraining.org/

SCHOLARSHIPS

The scholarship programRewards excellence, academic achievement and service to the college and community by giving honor, recognition andfinancial support to deserving students. Applications are available at lbcc.edu/scholar-ship. The Scholarship Office is located in Building A1001 at the LAC.For more information, peo-ple may call (562) 938-4766

A STEADY HAND

Brittany LieBerman/VikingBrent Tabuso, 23, an art major, practices his drawing skills on a tree Tuesday, May 13, on the LAC. Art classes offered at LBCC include jewelry making, metalsmithing, drawing, painting, sculpture and photography. The Art Department is one of the largest art departments in the California Community College system and is dedicated to providing students with the finest, most comprehensive intro-duction to the arts, according to the school website.

ARTS AWARD RECEPTION PUENTE PROJECT

May 31Spring choral concert Department of performing arts and ASB present “A Spring Choral Concert” Featuring Franz Schubert’s Mass in G and Mozart’s Regina Coeli and other choral favorites. Performed by the Viking Chorale, Viking Singers, and Or-chestra in the LAC Auditorium from 7:30 p.m.Admission is $10Students/Senior citizens $5Students with valid ID are Free. Free Parking in Lot E.To purchase tickets online, people may visit ovationtix.com/trs/cal/34257

For more information, call 562-938-4495 or email san-gulo@lbcc.edu.

May 28Student Life Spring Receptionat the Grand Events Center on Wednesday from 3-5 p.m. For more information, peo-ple may visit lbcc.orgsync.com or call (562)938-4978 (562) 938 3985

May 20-21Mandatory Puente sessionsStudents who are interested in the Puente Project Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 may attend one of the sessions on Tuesday, May 20 from noon-1.p.m. or Wednesday, May 21 from 4-5 p.m. at the PCC career and job services center in MD 132.For more information, peo-ple may contact Sofia Beas at sbeas@lbcc.edu or Darya Myers at d2myers@lbcc.edu

PARKING

Parking feeSummer permit is $15.Parking privileges and fees are optional. Students who pur-chase a parking permit are en-titled to park a car or motorcy-cle in campus lots designated for students. Daily permits are available for $1 from dispens-ers in the parking lots.

SMALL BUSINESSThrough May 30Learn what it takes to start a small businessStudents will learn valuable information that will help them understand what it takes to start their business, in the PCC DD108 from 1-3 p.m. Free to all LBCC students and employ-ees.For more information, con-tact the Office of Community Relations and Marketing at (562) 938-4353 or (562) 938-4846.

SCIENCE NIGHT

May 16Watch, do and learn at sci-ence night. From 5-8 p.m. in the LAC Building D.For more information, call (562) 938-4353 or (562) 938-4846.

While concentrated on getting to class, talking to a friend or even listening to our favorite music in our headphones, we usually don’t want to be interrupted.

All students at LBCC know that many people ask you to sign petitions to pass propositions or to get you to register to vote. All these require your name, but sometimes they also require your address, Social Security number, ID number.

We are not sure if this is a le-gitimate request and that the in-formation provided to us is valid or to our benefit.

More importantly, these peo-ple concerned about the petitions they are asking us to sign, may-be getting paid to encourage us to sign and are they concerned about our safety and care about our personal information.

It’s annoying to get followed and harassed to get you to sign petitions or to register to vote.

Students have complained that they lie about what we are re-ally signing for.

Sometimes they offer “free subscriptions” to certain newspa-pers or magazines and in the fu-ture we receive a phone call ask-ing to pay for something that was said to be free and we can’t refuse because they have your informa-tion.

Not only is giving information to other people that we do not know dangerous, but not know-ing who they are is suspicious.

Also, what’s not safe is the “too-good-to-be-true” tickets be-ing offered to watch a movie for free and inviting you to a place that is not sure to be safe or real.

Police Lt. Julie Prior has sup-plemented us with information regarding petitions. “According to rule 5004.3 distribution and pe-titioning, section F., during reg-istration, distribution and peti-tioning can take place only in the assigned distribution areas and at the exits of registration Section G.

Board of Advisors says a com-mittee comprised of five teachers and six students meets upon re-quest to consider matters con-cerning the distribution of print-ed materials on campus.

The students shall be appoint-ed by the Associated Student Body president and the teachers will be appointed by the dean of Student Affairs. The committee shall be chaired by the dean of Student Affairs.”

Solicitors may have right to ask for information for their own financial benefit but we also have the right to say no and protect our identity and who it’s being given too.

It is not safe to give personal information. Giving personal in-formation is delicate and danger-ous especially to someone who is dressed unprofessionally, has bad character and picks arguments with students and keeps the argu-ment going.

How do students use the power of free speech on campus?

Kortney Doyle, 25,Culinary arts major

“People write negative things in restroom stalls, so it can be abused. To get what you want to say it should be done in an organized man-ner.”

juan Castro, 20, History major

“I don’t think students know they can voice their opinions in the classroom. I think LBCC President Oakley makes it seem like students can’t voice their opinions about certain things.”

aimee aispuro, 22, psyCHology major

“Mostly in the Food Court I see ads to join clubs or buy books. I don’t really see it in classrooms. Students should voice opinions about bud-get cuts, changes and things they’d like to see around school.”

louise mounCe, 40, Culinary arts major

“All the time, I see students talking about government which is pretty cool.”

jorge oliva, 22, unDeClareD major

“I’ve seen students put up posters of aborted babies and stuff, which disturbs me, but hey, free speech. Stu-dents should band together to voice their opinions, shout as a group if they want to change something.”

josHua tHomas, 20, unDeClareD major

“I think teachers limit it sometimes. They think stu-dents are trying to stand up to them, when we’re try-ing to just give an opinion.”

By Eliza de la Flor and Brittany Lieberman Monday, May 12, on the LAC.

EDITORIALCITY VIEWSOPINION 11May 15, 2014

Petitions harm our freedoms

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EDITORIAL

LBCC is one of the colleges where the student body can de-cided if they want to consume cigarettes on campus between classes.

We as a stu-dent body agree that e-cigs and regular cigarettes shouldn’t be banned from the LBCC. We should keep the cur-rent status and it should be kept on certain areas only.

Even though some time last year LBCC was going to go to “ s m o k e - f r e e campus” for the fact that it’s not healthy, it would be a positive change. E-cigs vaping is not al-lowed in class-rooms, food courts, halls or bus stops.

The vapor smokers are get-ting treated the same as regular cigarettes, some smokers mask the e-cig pen and consume other substances then tobacco. Smok-ing is not a bad idea, but we as student body should be responsi-ble on where to consume it as we please, some of us take it as stress

reliever and other for social con-tact but rules should be applied to everyone.

If not the police department should cite anyone who doesn’t

follow the rules on smoking and they should get penalized. Stu-dents started a motion on re-questing a “non-smoking” cam-pus unfortunately only 130 signed the petition, due to a low ratio of signatures it didn’t qualify to go through the ASB Cabinet. The motion needed at least 500-1000 student signature to be processed.

The city of Long Beach just passed a law about vaping, saying, “If the sign says you cant smoke cigarettes, it also means you can-not vape” the reason being that

vaping is so new to the market and became popular so fast.

No age limit has been set to vape smokers, you do have to be 18+ to purchase tobacco products.

One major problem that our campuses have is littering and dropping ciga-rettes butts at all around campus littering is a big problem at LBCC one thing still be-ing debated on who is going to be responsible for the citation when fellow students

are not following rules?The LAPD or campus security

for now will only give warnings to the people who don’t follow the law. With construction tak-en place all over the LBCC it will be stressful for students to look closely for the designated smok-ing areas if they choose to take a smoke break between classes.

Don’t ban e-cigarettes on campus

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IMAGES12 May 15, 2014

Theme songs take the spotlight

PERFORMANCE: Lindsay Alexis, 22, a music major, entertains the crowd with her original acoustic songs.

EXPRESS: Malik “Mfame” Trimble, 19, a computer technician ma-jor, takes the stage to rap along with some of his favorite artists during the 63rd annual Spring Sing in the Hall of Champions.

WINNER: Levis Kong, 20, an economics major, accepts the sweep-stakes award alongside the men of The Order of Thor.

COSTUME DESIGN: Ruvi Castellanos, 20, and Yadira Tapia, 20, criminal justice majors, prep their far-out wigs for the Ladies of Athena’s “That ‘70s Show” performance.

Thor wins sweepstakes at 63rd annual event with “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” performance.Story by Liliana DuarteStaff Writer

Photos by Brandon RichardsonStaff Writer

When the men of Thor were handed their trophy, everyone screamed.

Television came alive during the 63rd annual Spring Sing on Friday, May 9, with The Order of Thor winning the coveted sweep-stakes award.

Levis Kong, 20, an econom-ics major who is a member of the club, said, “It feels amazing. I know I have to give it up to my guys. We spent a good amount of time, and I couldn’t have done it without them.”

Spring Sing is a chance for students, alumni and employees to show any talents they have as long as they sing.

Clubs compete in three cat-egories: individual, group, and club.

Kristen Payne, ASB represen-tative of arts and chairperson of the event, said, “This year a new category was added. The curtain call award is for alumni or previ-ous LBCC students who wanted to come back and participate.”

The judges were leaders of Student Life.

Many different talents were showcased. Solo acts and dancing were performed and poems were read. Some people played instru-ments, others sang opera and some rapped.

Lindsay Alexis, 22, a music major, came ready to perform and said, “I’m excited. It’s just a couple of songs I wrote. It’s fun to get the exposure.”

When returning from inter-mission the Order of Thor, a men’s social-service club, performed its skit, “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.”

Spring Sing ended with TNT, LBCC’s oldest women’s so-cial-service club, performing its skit, “Rugrats.”

While judges decided on the winner, Alexis took the stage again and entertained the audi-ence.

Every act was awarded a cer-tificate of participation as well as other awards.

After nine of the 16 total acts performed there was a scheduled 10-minute intermission. During the break Patrick Rosal, 23, a music major, went to the stage to perform.

Rosal said, “It’s my first Spring Sing event. It’s cool to be a part of it.

Just watching people per-form in the contest is pretty cool. Whenever an opportunity like this is given to me, of course I’ll take it.”

WINNERSTicket sales champions: Thor

First Place Solo performance: Stefan JevticFirst Place Group performance: Shoe String Sax Quintet

Best Choreography: Nakia HesterBest Props/Stage Design: Athena

Best Costume Design: Shirley GoodingBest Vocals: Eliezer Berdugo and Justine Albellera

Curtain Call Award: Lindsay Alexis (Alumni)First Place Club, Women’s Division: TNT, “Rugrats”

First Place Club Men’s Division: Tong, “Power Rangers”Best Female Dramatic Performance: Keleen “Leo” (Athena)

Best Male Dramatic Performance: Levis Kong “Carlton” (Thor)Sweepstakes Winner: Thor, “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”