By Tonia CiancanelliManaging EditorAdditional reporting by Clara Cordeiro and Jesus Hernandez

� e driver of a white Lexus sedan � ed the scene on foot a� er causing a fatal collision involving three other cars in the intersection of Carson Street and Clark Avenue about 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15.

Will Nash, Long Beach Fire

Department public information of-� cer, said a female in her 30’s was driving a white Toyota Supra and was killed in the collision.

She was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:17 a.m. � e Los Angeles County coroner could not release the identity. Authorities did not re-lease her name because her family had not been o� cially noti� ed.

� e driver of the Lexus, a 21-year-old male, identi� ed as Ma-rio Ivan Palasox, was arrested in

connection with the crash, police said. Accident investigator detec-tive Sirilo Garcia said Palasox will probably be charged with gross ve-hicular manslaughter and hit and run.

Whether Palasox was under the in� uence of any substance is still being investigated, police said. He was not a student at LBCC, Garcia said.

� e body of the female re-mained in the vehicle and was re-

moved by the coroner around 1:30 p.m. Two victims in the white Scion were transported to a nearby hospi-tal on basic life support with non-life threatening injuries, Nash said, and their names were not released.

Victor Munoz, 21, a former LBCC student who lives across from the P Building, said he pulled a man and a woman out of the Sci-on, but when he went back to the Supra, he was unable to pull the woman from the car because the

door would not budge.“I tried to break the glass on the

Supra, but couldn’t and then I saw the body just lying there. I just feel terrible,” Munoz said.

� e suspect was located in the parking lot north of the Auditori-um at LAC where he was detained and positively identi� ed as the per-son in the collision who � ed, Garcia said.

See Crash, page 3

D.A. PHILLIPS/VIKINGTRAGEDY: Long Beach police and fi refi ghters investigate a deadly crash at Clark Avenue and Carson Street next to the LAC on Wednesday, May 15 at 11:15 a.m.

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By Marcy LopezSta� Writer

More than 100 LBCC stu-dents and supporters marched from the PCC to Long Beach City Hall, on Wednesday, May 1, from 9:00 a.m., to 11:30 a.m.

The march was organized by Student Trustee Jason Troia to reach out and attempt to regain the programs discontinued.

In January, the Board of Trust-ees voted 4-1 to cut programs that were subjects of the protest, such as conditioning and refrigeration, audio production, auto body, auto mechanics, aviation maintenance, carpentry, diesel mechanics, in-terior design, photography, real estate and welding.

Students and supporters who are being affected by program cuts stood outside Long Beach

City Hall protesting and holding their signs while loudly chanting, “Save our trade!” Other signs said, “Don’t tread on me or my classes.”

Cirilo Hernandez, 50, an auto mechanics major was in front of City Hall protesting.

He only needed one more class to complete the require-ments for his auto mechanic certifi cate, but due to the budget cuts, the program closed.

Clemente Jassco, 36, an air-craft mechanics major, said, “I am one of the few students com-ing from a different city and ex-pecting to be educated at LBCC, because of the environment and the good things that I’ve heard about the particular classes that I want to take.”

Jassco is trying to further his education in the aviation pro-

gram, but because of the cuts, he has had to divert his education.

Jassco handed out fl iersoutside City Hall to spread the awareness of what is going on with the programs.

Troia believes that the cuts will have a bad impact on LBCC because there will be less access to education for minority groups and veterans.

President Eloy Oakley has said that many of the courses that have been discontinued will be part of other degree or certi� cate programs. More modern classes, such as alternative fuels and cyber security will be added.

Oakley believes that these changes are part of LBCC’s at-tempt to look ahead when it comes to career and technical training.

See Protest, page 9

Woman dies in hit-and-run on Carson

Protests continue at PCCGala scheduled to celebrate 85 yearsBy Mayra CastroSta� Writer

LBCC will celebrate 85 years of excellence by recognizing Vikings alumni of the decade, nominated favorite employees and Hall of Fame members in a gala celebration on � ursday, May 30.

Vikings of the Decade will be recognized for each decade from the 1930s-2000s. Alumni are nominated based on their LBCC spirit, career accomplishments, community service and dedica-tion to LBCC.

Among those being recog-nized at the gala as a Viking of

the Decade is C.C. Sadler, who attended LBCC from 1980-1982. Sadler began working part-time for LBCC’s Foundation in 1992. In 1999, Sadler was hired as the � rst educational technologist of the college.

Yahne DuQuesnay, 45, a hu-man services major, said, “C.C. is the face of LBCC, she is very in-teractive, she knows a little about everything.” DuQuesnay, who has worked alongside Sadler as a student assistant for the past two years, also said, “It’s good that people who have extraordinary talents and personalities are be-ing recognized.”

See Gala, page 9

Fatal four-car collision shuts down intersection at Clark Avenue during middle of the day. Multiple motorists also injured as LBPD reroutes tra� c for hours.

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health services

Aztlan loses second title as Spring Sing winner By Kristin GrafftStaff Writer

The men’s social service-club Aztlan no longer holds the title of first prize winner for the men’s category at Spring Sing after a glitch was discovered in the vot-ing and awards.

At the ASB Cabinet meeting Monday, May 6, Anita Gibbins, director of student life and health services, said Aztlan should not have received both the first and sweepstakes prizes.

The Spring Sing rules do not allow for one team to win both awards, she said.

“As the judges went back to make that final deci-sion on paper, they did not have all that information in front of them so they gave Aztlan both first place and sweepstakes,” Gib-bins said.

After rechecking all the scores, it was decided that Aztlan would keep the sweepstakes award. This means they will hold on to their “three-peat,” winning the award

TOP PROFS

OUTSTANDING COLLEAGUES: Reading teacher Jordan Fabish, left, and nursing teacher Brenda Harrell, congratulate each oth-er after receiving the Outstanding Colleague award on Friday, May 3 in T1200 on the LAC. Multimedia services technician Myra Aguilar, administrative assistant Laura Compian, senior network administrator Arne Nystrom and cashier supervisor Stacy Robin-son also received the same award.

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three years in a row. The new first prize winner was announced on Tuesday, May 7 at the Club Senate meeting. It was given to the run-ner-up, men’s social-service club The Order of Thor.

During the Cabinet meeting, which was run by ASB Vice Pres-ident Maria Lopez, Student Trust-ee Jason Troia also announced that the Academic Senate will introduce a vote of no confidence against the Board and the admin-istration on Friday, May 10.

Another announcement was made by Sar-ah Twilley, the ASB represen-tative of arts, that Spring

T h i n g would be Fri-day, May 17 and Saturday, May 18. She said it will be Tom Dust-man’s final per-

formance as a teacher at LBCC and encouraged everyone to at-tend. “It’s kind of marking the end of an era here at LBCC,” Twilley said.

Lopez also conducted the Monday, May 13 meeting where the possibility of charging stu-

dents for shuttle passes was dis-cussed. Kristen Payne, ASB Trea-surer, introduced the issue saying, “We could potentially bring in some funds to help ASB, and that is charging for the shuttle.”

Payne explained that they are $250,000 over budget and now that the shuttle has been added to the budget it could be a good way to generate extra income.

Lopez added that it would only cost $20 each semester or $10 per month. She said as a shut-tle rider she sees the flaws in the shuttle, however it’s something she needs and students love it and use it a lot.

Lopez also added it would be a much better deal than the $40 per month Long Beach Transit charges for student passes.

The Cabinet also talked about the possibility of adding an op-tional $1 student representation fee each semester to cover the costs of representing LBCC at out-of-town events. Most mem-bers were in favor of adding it to the ballot; however Brian Reid, ASB representative of athletics, said, “It’s just a lot of costs on the students.” He also said he did not think it would pass.

The next Cabinet meeting will be Monday, May 20 at 2 p.m. in the LAC Valhalla Room.

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Caleb ellis/VikingLIBERATION: Tim Ream, 25, applied design major, juggles in front of the Medieval Society Club tent as he plays the part of “Fool.” The club displayed the medieval way of life in the LAC Quad on Wednesday, May 15.

LBCC graduates get together to prepare for a new beginning

ROBOTICS

UnDeRWaTeR : Michael Marin, left, and Stephen Estrin, electrical engineering majors, listen to Gregory Rivalan, a sales and application engineer for Teledyne RD Instruments. The company makes instruments for underwater vehicles. Rivalan explained to students from seven middle schools and six high schools around Southern California the proper way to present their robotic underwater vehicles to companies. On Saturday, May 4 at the LAC pool, they also gave advice for better techniques for their robots. Marin and Estrin are members of the team going to the 12th Annual MATE International ROV competition from June 20-22 in Seattle, Wash.

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‘ ‘I have been looking forward to it.

–Maria LopezASB vice president

By Ryan CraigheadStaff Writer

The LBCC Medieval Society club invaded the LAC Quad the morning of Wednesday, May 15 to display armored combat, fencing, cooking, weaving, costuming and appreciation for medieval Europe.

A local chapter of a world-wide organization called the So-ciety for Creative Anachronism, the club started in 2010 but has been unable to sustain continued existence during its three years at LBCC.

The display of the club’s activ-ities was in a recruitment effort to add to the 10 current members of the club. Club president and illustrative arts major Samantha Ream, 24, helped to found the club. “It’s a living, breathing enti-ty,” Ream said.

Medieval club creates history

Donning historically ac-curate clothing and, in one in-stance, full battle regalia, were club members as well as sup-porters of the LBCC club. Ream said, “We’re a bunch of history buffs who want to learn more in-teractively.”

The goal of the club is to teach any interest of the mem-bers of the club, most often con-structing their own materials in-cluding costumes, instruments, food and jewelry.

English major Andrew Hoe-lscher, 21, has been a member of the club since Spring 2011 and is interested in instruments and music.

He is studying the stick dul-cimer, a 3-string relative of the guitar, the bohran, an Irish hand drum as well as a tin whistle. The

By Kristin GrafftStaff Writer

As graduation day approaches, students and teachers are remind-ed that the rituals and ceremony of graduation are still an important part of the community college ex-perience.

The commencement ceremony will be Thursday, June 6 at 6 p.m., at Veterans Stadium and attendance is not limited to graduates’ friends and family. Teachers and students have expressed the importance of faculty attendance too.

Maria Lopez, the Associated Student Body Vice President, is graduating this semester and will be attending the ceremony.

“I have been looking forward to it. The tradition and ceremony is import-ant to me because it is a transition of one stage of life to anoth-er. It demonstrates the notion of ‘Keep mov-ing forward’ and definitely makes you feel accomplished emotionally,” she said.

Lopez also explained how im-portant it is for faculty to attend the event. She said it shows the students how the faculty supports them and shows unity and respect between the students and them.

Joe Smith, 24, a member of Thane Honor Society and men’s so-cial service club Men of Aztlan, will be graduating with a broadcast cer-tificate and transferring to Cal State Long Beach. Smith is not only attend-ing as a graduate, but he will also be assembling, organizing and leading the other students throughout the event as a commencement marshal.

Smith is excited about the cer-emony as well as his role in it. “It’s an honor being selected (as a com-mencement marshal) and finishing up at LBCC and moving onto the next step. I’ve grown a lot here,” he said.

Regarding teacher attendance, Smith said it helps a lot when teach-ers who had a big impact on you are there.

English teacher Velvet Pearson agrees with Smith and said, “Students enjoy seeing faculty in their regalia out to support them, especially when they get to have one last visit or at least a wave to their favorite professor.”

Kirk Canzano, a business admin-istration teacher, wants to encourage more teachers to come out and sup-port the students as well.

“Faculty repre-sent themselves in the classroom as being interested in each student’s suc-cess. We confirm this when we come

to celebrate their success,” he said.

Canzano has attended past cer-emonies and said, “I have witnessed in the eyes of those graduates I have taught personally that my atten-dance meant something to them. It is a small sacrifice on my part to add meaning to someone’s celebration of success.”

Canzano also encourages more students to attend as an example of perseverance to younger siblings, nieces, nephews and friends.

Information about the rehearsal, faculty reception and after grad re-ception is on LBCC’s website, along with other information like details on cap and gown rentals.

Students to perform musical wind ensembleBy Gabriela MendozaStaff Writer

LBCC’s music, radio and televi-sion department prepares for it wind ensemble, choral group and orches-tra to perform upcoming concerts this spring.

The LBCC wind ensemble will perform a series of songs with the

theme, “It’s All American.” Tim Durkovic, the director of keyboard studies, will perform a piece with the wind ensemble titled “Rhapsody Blue.” The concert will take play Sun-day, May 19 at 2 p.m.

The spring chorus and orchestra will feature pieces from Mozart’s re-quiem. Performers in the concert will include the Viking choir and South-

land chorus as well as the Viking or-chestra. The concerts will take place on Sunday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. Both concerts will be held in the LAC au-ditorium.

Tickets will be available at the door for anyone who wishes to at-tend. Students can get tickets at a discounted price with a valid student I.D.

Medieval Society club connects with the larger organization every other weekend in tournaments that could reach thousands in atten-dance, said Baroness Eva Filia Ede-neweyn, the mother of Ream and

active member of the Southern Cal-ifornia area for the creative society.

Hoelscher said, “We have drum circles, medieval jams at the tour-naments.”

Besides networking, an out-

come of the tournaments is the selection of a king and queen, who rule for six months. The communi-ty is encouraged to visit sca.org or email lbccsca@yahoo.com.

About an hour and a half after the collision, LBCC officials sent an emergency text alert saying, “Due to traffic accident investi-gation, the intersection of Carson and Clark will be closed for sever-al hours. Find alternative routes. Thank you.”

Crash kills woman: From page 1Hannah Griffith, 20, photog-

raphy major and neighbor of the woman who died, said, “She was so sweet, she always rode her bike everywhere. One day I even helped her pump air into her tires.” The boyfriend of Griffith’s mother reported seeing the wom-

an driving off in her car minutes before she was fatally struck.

Students and teachers were late to class as a result of one of the busiest intersections in Long Beach being closed. Bus routes and traffic were rerouted for more than four hours.

tional shipping.Ramirez said the mixtape

is a peculiar product made and d e s i g n e d locally and sold around the world. G r e g a r a said, “The b i g g e s t thing is to believe in your own product be-

cause every else will and do doubt you and sometimes you’ll doubt yourself, but giving up isn’t an op-tion especially after putting in so much time into it.”

The modern mixtape has even gained coverage on the tech-front, which Ramirez said was “cool and out-of-the-blue” from Wired magazine in mid-March and De-

signSponge.com in late April. While calling the radio show The Tech Guy with Leo Laporte with a question of his own, Laporte gave a shout out for his product after finding out about it through a Google search.

Dasanti Yem, 21, a comput-er programming major said the product could “revolutionize making mixtapes” and he’d prob-ably keep one for himself, with an array of hip hop songs.

Ramirez said in the future he is hoping to sell the mixtapes in retail stores, provide different la-bel designs and offer bigger USB gigabyte storage.

Their company may be found at mymodernmixtape.com, face-book.com/mymodernmixtape and students may find discount codes on either website. The mixtapes are also on Etsy, Amazon, and Ebay.

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Student opens new business with media.By Jennifer RuffStaff Writer

Making mixtapes can be a heartfelt way to express one’s feel-ing toward another person and my modern mixtape creates an easy, contemporary outlet for the medium.

My modern mixtape is a plas-tic cassette tape with the center cut out, where a 2G (which holds roughly 350-500 songs depending on the mp3 files) USB is inside. It also has an outer fold-out label, where one can write down the songs that are on the USB. Sean Ramirez, 23, a chemical engineer-ing major, goes to LBCC for gen-eral education classes along with taking classes at Cal State Long Beach. Ramirez and his girlfriend, Trisha Gragera, got the idea for their product after watching Perks of being a Wallflower. He said “it’s the feel of the 90s,” similar to giv-ing a person a mixtape but with the technology of today.

Gragera, 21, a psychology and business marketing major at Cal State Long Beach, said, “I think it’s different because it’s not about the physical object, everyone says ‘oh it’s just a USB’ when in real-ity what we’re selling is the ex-perience and nostalgia of what it means to craft just the ‘right’ mix-tape for someone special.”

T h e i r c o m p a n y , My Modern Mixtape was d e v e l o p e d in October. They began with a 3D print pro-totype, and then made the plastic molding for the tape, which took 3-4 weeks and then ordered the necessary USB drives. They also designed the outer label, which they glue onto the mixtape case, package and send out for delivery.

Their product became avail-able in mid-November. A modern mixtape is $17 with free shipping within the U.S. and $3 for interna-

Modern USB drive idea leads to mixtapes gifts

‘ ‘It’s the feel of the 90s similar to giving a person a mixtape but with the technology of today.

–Sean RamirezChemical engineering major

Variety of dances wows the crowd

Marcy Lopez/VikingMUSIC CREATION: Sean Ramirez, 23, a chemical engineering ma-jor is sharing his product My Modern Mixtape.

With a varied selection of mu-sic, dances such as ballet, modern and jazz the spring dance concert consisted of amazing modern pieces.

Students and dance teachers choreographed the pieces for the two hour ensemble. The student pieces were just as entertaining as those by the teachers. The opening piece drew a great response from the audience due to the live band. The ballet piece, “5-7-9” was cho-reographed by assis-tant director Sheree King with music by Dave Brubeck. One of the dancers who stood out the most was Jasmine Egan who had some of the cleanest movements. The dancers wore royal blue costumes, which made them easy to see no matter where one was seated.

The audience loves to hear music they are familiar with. LBCC student Matt Olson cho-reographed a piece “Chic, Street, Sexy” that included music by Fu-gees, Salt-N-Pepa, MC Luscious, Missy Elliott, Beyoncé and Nic-ki Minaj. Definitely a hip-hop piece, with dancers full of energy and breaking out into advanced moves. Tanya Marxreiter was one of the dancers who demonstrated a lot of energy and passion for what she was performing on stage. LBCC student, Joshua Dunn took part of four of the 10 performanc-es. Dunn was the soloist for the musical theater piece “East Car-son Street,” choreographed by Amy Allen, with music by Harry Warren and Al Dubin.

Dunn said, “It is always a pleasure to be able to perform on stage and to be able to turn into multiple characters within minutes. I thoroughly enjoyed being a soloist in the musical the-ater piece. It gave me a chance to tap into a nerdy character that I rarely get to use. Performance is a part of me and always will be.” East Carson Street definitely was a great hit with the audience.

The concert ended with “Sha-bach!” choreographed by director

Stephanie Powell with music by Shirley Ceasar, Charles Jenkins and the Fellowship Chicago. Pow-ell’s piece was the grand finale. It was themed to take place at a church.

The dancers began dancing with blue church choir robes then came out in dresses happily sing-ing and dancing. They danced down the aisles, and then dancers from the other pieces join them.

Some of the other perfor-mances were “Four Minus One”

choreographed by two students. Floyd Linzie and Megan Whitten with music by The Irrepress-ibles. “BOM” was a modern piece, which was choreo-graphed by teach-er Grace Maxwell with music by Baiao Desperado and Bar-

batuques. Dancers in both pieces danced with a lot of passion and the expressions on their faces showed what a great time they were having on stage.

After intermission teacher Michelle Shear’s piece “Two Forty Five” was performed with music by Whole/Trent Reznor and At-ticus Ross. “Quad” was choreo-graphed by teacher Lauren Hall with music by Deadmau5. There were a total of 4 dancers and this performance included a video that went along with the dance.

Student choreographer Tytus Gibson-Jackson’s piece “Molly & Friends” had music by Chris Brown featuring DJ Benny Be-nassi. Student Sean Simon’s “The Monster Inside” with music by Shirley Ceasar, Charles Jenkins and the Fellowship Chicago. The modern piece told a story about a relationship and nightmare.

Over all, the show was great Powell and King did an outstand-ing job getting it together. Cathy Crane, the costume designer made the dancers fit a whole dif-ferent role. Light designer, Chris-tina L. Munich, knew exactly what she was doing because the effect of the lights on the dancers was clear. The dancers looked like they had a fun time performing and the audience left pleased.

Marcy Lopez

REVIEW

Science teachers guide visitors through their labs. By Arieel Alcaraz and Jacob Rosborough City Style Editor Images Editor

The science night Friday, May 3 in the D Building attracted the Long Beach Unified School Dis-trict students and Long Beach YMCA members.

The event was put together by Dean of Health and Science Paul Creason and Microbiolgy teacher

Robyn Arias. Along with many of the life

science teachers and staff mem-bers, they guided LBCC students and other students to show them the value of life sciences.

Arias said, “The point of the fair was to outreach to the Long Beach schools and people indi-viduals that are interested in sci-ence.”

The tour of the science areas started with the biology report to show what different labs offer. The presentations included the micro-biology lab, anatomy demonstra-tions and ended with the weather climate lab.

Creason said, “It’s an excuse

for people to get introduced into the exciting world of science and all its forms and to recruit future science majors.”

Many of the teachers gave demonstrations of each different labs in their field of expertise.

Student Trustee Jason Troia said, “This is very educational.”

The physiology lab shows the effects of smoking and drugs have on the human heart, brain and lungs.

Creason said the science night was attended by more than 700 people.

The program is similar to many at LBCC that aim to recruit current and high school students.

Jacob rosborough/VikingBONDING: Dean Paul Creason of Health and Science, left, uses a bottle of solution which under ultraviolet light shows bacteria on the human hand with mircobiolgy professor Robyn Arias on Friday, May 3.

Future Einsteins drawn to LAC

By Jason GastrichCopy Editor

Four speakers engaged a stu-dent audience at this year’s spiri-tuality discussion panel Tuesday, May 14 at the LAC.

“It was very informative and they all made good points,” said Stephanie Mendez, 19, a film ma-jor.

Each representative spoke to the audience for 15 minutes and then answered questions from them. The four groups represent-ed included atheists or skeptics, Buddhists, Christian Scientists and Wiccans. They carefully ex-plained what their belief system is and isn’t about and they high-lighted many positive aspects of their lifestyle.

The first speaker, Robert Richert, represented non-belief and discussed the atheist’s view-p o i n t , saying no proof of an after-life ex-ists. He s t ress e d h o w a t h e i s m is sim-ply a ne-gation and doesn’t make any positive claims about any gods. Dispelling some of the most com-mon misconceptions people have about atheists, Richert also coined the phrase, “religious hedonism” and said people should seek jus-tice in this life and not wait until the next one.

The next speaker, Engo Jackson, donned a distinct look with a shaven head and face and he enlightened the audience about Buddhism. He mentioned obtaining Zen and fol-lowing the 8-fold path to enlight-enment, saying when Buddha was asked if there is life after death exists, he said, “We have far more import-ant things to talk about.”

Jackson said his beliefs focus on reducing and eliminating pain and suffering in the world. He also said when an ego dies after people realize it’s an illusion, they can write their own story.

Christian Science speaker Joshua Reeves is a minister in Seal Beach and he said his religion fo-cuses on mysticism. He told the audience how mysticism is a part of many belief systems, including Islam, called Sufism, and Christi-anity, called Gnosticism.

The final speaker Bunny Wilson practices Wicca and de-scribed herself as a witch and a pagan who celebrates solstices and equinoxes. “Keep yourself open to things around you. What you can’t see or feel has to be known as belief and not fact,” she said. She also encouraged the au-dience to find who they are.

The first half of the event took one hour and then the speak-ers fielded q u e s t i o n s for about an hour. It was not a debate or a challenging atmosphere,

but respectful students made honest inquiries and received an-swers, often from several panel members.

“I just believe in karma and having good morals,” Mendez said as she watched the presenters answer questions from the audi-ence.

Past discussions from 2011 and 2012 are archived online and available for viewing on LBCC’s YouTube channel.

LBCC anthropology Professor Adrian Novotny organizes and advises the annual event and said he would like to host a politics panel in the future.

City Style 5May 16, 2013

‘ ‘I just believe in kar-ma and having good morals.

–Stephanie Mendezfilm major

By Tonia CiancanelliManaging Editor

In an effort to bring teachers together amid statewide budget cuts, the full-time teachers union has hosted a series of “know your college, know your colleagues” events to celebrate the accom-plishments of LBCC teachers.

About 25 people joined phi-losophy teacher Matt Lawrence as he presented relationships between beer and philosophical ideas from his book “Philosophy on Tap” on Friday, May 10.

Hosted at union President Lynn Shaw’s house, the event highlighted five philosophies paired with the appropriate brew from Lawrence’s book, offering

guests a chance to taste the beers and ask questions.

Chapter 11 titled, “Untangling Taste: Are some beers truly better than others?” examines philoso-pher Immanuel Kant’s objective attitude toward “beer greatness” compared to philosopher Virgil Aldrich’s subjective approach. Lawrence suggests washing down the great beer conundrum with Big Sky Moose Drool Brown Ale. While Lawrence said he altered Kant and Aldrich’s quotes to bet-ter adhere to the pub philosophy, their generalized approaches are genuine. The objective Kant would argue that particular ele-ments of the beer are what make it great, while the subjective Al-drich would argue that each in-

dividual beer drinker makes a judgment about the beers based on their personal preference and taste buds.

LBCC Philosophy student Zack Ford said Lawrence has a unique ability to educate his stu-dents on all sides of whatever spectrum he is covering. He never imposes his personal views, al-lowing others to form their own opinions.

Mary Marki, LBCC history teacher who also coordinates the events, plans to collaborate with students for a joint event next se-mester. “We want to showcase the faculty’s passions and strengths and kind of remind us that facul-ty and students are at the heart of the college.”

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Sophomore swimmer leaves her legacy

Runners fall shortof California � nalBy Pedro Cruz Co-Sports Editor

� e season for a trio of Viking freshman runners who quali� ed for the Southern California Re-gional Championships at Ante-lope Valley College in Lancaster on May 4 and 11 has come to an end.

None of the athletes had the qualifying times to advance to the state championships Friday and S a t u r d a y May 17 and 18 at Col-lege of San Mateo.

T h e only LBCC women to c o m p e t e at SoCal championships was Jaylin Branch, who � nished 5th in the 400 meter race, with a season best of 57.21 seconds. Branch needed to place 4th to advance to the state cham-pionships. She also ran the 200 meters in 25.46 to � nish in 9th place.

Freshman Justin Weaver ran the 1500 meters in 4:23.28 and � nished in 12th place.

When talking about how he felt about not qualifying for the state championship, Weaver said, “I actually feel � ne and I’m not disappointed at all. I mean I made it farther than anyone expected

me to. Plus, I’ve been � ghting an illness for the last three weeks so I think my body � nally told me enough was enough.”

As for next year’s season, Weaver’s goal is to “de� nitely” make it to the state champion-ships. He expects to have a good Summer with some altitude workouts to “get ready to take that state title.”

The other freshman runner to compete was Christian Bass-

man, who finished in 7th place in the 100 m e t e r s with a sea-s o n - b e s t time of 10.74.

L B C C men’s track and field team tied with Antelope Valley College with two points to place 25th out of 27 teams.

The women’s team placed 25th with four points among 26 teams. On the men’s side River-side was crowned as champions with 225 points, followed by Mt. San Antonio with 98 points and San Diego Mesa with 96 points.

Cerritos took first place on the women’s side with 116 points. Finishing 2nd was Riv-erside with 90 points, followed by Mt. San Antonio with 88.5 points.

KRISTIN GRAFFT/VIKING

SWIMMING TO HISTORY: Using her record-breaking freestyle stroke, Christine MacLennan swims in LBCC’s pool.

By Kristin Grafft Sta� Writer

From mommy and me swim classes at two years old to breaking an LBCC record at 19, Christine MacLennan has always been a swimmer.

MacLennan said, “I like swimming because I am very competitive and I love that it is not only a race against your op-ponents but a race against the clock.”

A� er being named co-swimmer of the year for South Coast Conference in 2012, MacLennan’s goal this year was to break a record.

She focused this season on preparing for the conference � nals and making the state championship at East LA College.

Her focus and determination this season paid o� as she broke the LBCC record in the women’s 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.46 at the state cham-pionship.

Teammate Jackie Rojas said, “I’m so happy that she broke that 50 free (style) record because she deserved it. She and I were the only women that went to state last year, so we came into this season knowing that we had to break both of those records and we did.”

Rojas broke the LBCC records for the women’s 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 31.11 and the 100-yard breast-stroke with 1.08.57.

Although MacLennan will always enjoy swimming, she has not decided if she will continue to do it competitively. MacLennan plans to transfer to CSULB in the Fall or next Spring at the latest. CSULB has a water polo team that Ma-cLennan is considering playing for, but

they do not have a competitive swim team.If MacLennan stays at LBCC for one

more semester, she will not be able to con-tinue competing here because of the two-year limit on competitive sports. She took full advantage of her two years though, com-peting in swimming and water polo.

MacLennan said, “I am sad that I can-not compete another year at LBCC. I real-ly enjoyed being coached by Chris Oeding and Dave Kasa and I loved being part of the team. I improved so much during my time

here and I had great teammates and expe-riences.”

MacLennan also said swimming for LBCC has made her stronger as an athlete and a person.

Oeding described MacLennan as, “an ideal student-athlete and a pleasure to coach.”

Although Oeding has enjoyed having MacLennan as part of the team, he is also excited about the possibility of her compet-ing elsewhere.

“Christine has the ability to compete in swimming and water polo at the next lev-el and (she) will be a great addition to any program. We will miss her contributions to the aquatics teams, but look forward to fol-lowing her once she has moved on,” Oeding said.

Rojas echoes the sentiment saying, “She has a lot of potential in swimming and in water polo. I know she will do great things in her future if she continues to play.”

SPORTS 7May 16, 2013

D.A. PhilliPs/VikingHAWAII BOUND: Tyler Tuliau, a 6-5, 200-pound forward, signed a national letter of intent to go to Brigham Young University in Hawaii next year. Tuliau led the state in scoring with 21.2 points per game. He was second in the conference, averaging nine rebounds a game.

Basketball player gains full-ride to BYU Hawaii

Clubs face each other in soccer intramurals

State’s top scorer returns to his Oahu home.By Ryan CraigheadStaff Writer

LBCC men’s basketball soph-omore forward Tyler Tuliau will continue his collegiate career at Brigham Young University of Ha-waii starting this Fall.

Tuliau leaves the Vikings af-ter a sophomore season scoring 21.2 points per game to lead the

state. Despite LBCC’s sub-.500 record, Tuliau earned first-team all-conference honors for the South Coast conference Southern division.

BYU Hawaii awarded a full-ride scholarship to Tuliau, aiding in his decision instead of several Division II schools, including some in North Dakota. He said he is looking forward to graduating with his degree and doing the best he can as a contributor for the basketball team in Hawaii.

“It’s in the North Shore and the best place for me out of all

of my options,” Tuliau said, “Plus I have my family in that town. It just made sense. I’m an islander anyways, so I should be out there.”

Although from the Long Beach area, he attended Cimar-ron-Memorial High School in Las Vegas before returning to play for LBCC. Of his time at LBCC, Tuliau’s favorite memory was the Feb. 13 game against Cerritos.

“The gym was packed and we ended up with the win,” Tuli-au said. He scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds during the game.

Athena and Thor capture titles in 3-on-3 soccer tournament.By Ryan CraigheadStaff Writer

The Athena women’s so-

cial-service club defeated Isis in the women’s final and Thor de-feated the Warriors, the male rep-resentatives of Athena, during the men’s final of the intramural soc-cer tournament on Friday, April 19.

Business major Dominick Magallon, 18, said, “I don’t re-member the score, but I know Athena won.”

The men’s soccer field was modified for smaller fields with smaller goals for the 3-on-3 tour-nament. The one-day tourney started at 11 a.m.

Students, players and specta-tors commented on the heat, de-

spite the relatively short 8-minute halves.

“It was very hot that day. I got three shades darker,” Magallon said.

Destiny Duhon, 19, a nursing major and a member of Athena, was injured and unable to play. He said, “I was in the shade and cheering, but far away.”

An active participant for in-tramurals is English major Greg-ory Macias, 19. Macias is a mem-ber of the Thane men’s honor society and a pledge for Aztlan. Macias said that winning intra-mural events “brings a sense of pride to the clubs” because they often compete directly against other clubs on campus.

LBCC clubs had a strong presence in the finals of the Mini Grand Prix and soccer tourna-ment. Aztlan had both final teams in the men’s Mini Grand Prix and a women’s representative team race against Isis in the women’s race final.

Locker room attendants assist athletic departmentBy Jason Gastrich Copy Editor

The women’s and men’s lock-er room attendants Pat Hicks and Jimmie Flowers help LBCC ath-letic students get what they need and on their way.

Hicks began working as the women’s locker room attendant in 2009. Before that job, she worked for 10 years as the Viking volun-teer coordinator for Student Life.

“There are several things I like about my job. The top two are the interaction with the athletes, dance students and the students taking kinesiology classes. The students are the main reason I like working at LBCC. The second one is I love setting up for athlet-ic events, watching our teams be successful and tearing down the equipment when they’re done,” Hicks said.

Hicks enjoys watching pro-fessional and college football and ice hockey. She also said she has a passion for old muscle cars, old collectible cars and studying the law, especially famous civil rights cases. Born in Canyon, Texas, she hopes to return to the mountains one day, in either Northern Cali-fornia or Colorado.

After serving in the ASB Cab-inet two semesters, at age 52, Hicks graduated from LBCC with honors in 2002 and transferred to Cal State Long Beach where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with an emphasis in public policy and law. At the top of her class, Hicks graduated magna cum laude with a 3.975 grade point average.

“The one thing I want stu-dents and employees to know is never give up. My life experiences made me the person I am today. Never give up the fight to make your dreams come true, never

lose your dignity and self-esteem because you are the only one who can take that away from you. My dad said it best when he told me, ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff and in the end, it is all small stuff,’” Hicks said.

Flowers is an LBCC graduate with an associate of arts degree in communications and has been working for LBCC for 10 years.

“Focus on your dreams. I’m a big dream guy,” Flowers said from behind the locker room cage. He inventories all of the sports gear, fits the football team with shoul-der pads and prepares the equip-ment for the basketball and base-ball players.

“I really enjoy serving the ath-letes,” he said.

Born in San Diego and raised in Long Beach, Flowers attended Jordan High School and is mar-ried with one young daughter. He is looking forward to attending an equipment manager’s conference this Summer to learn more about technology in athletic equipment. In Las Vegas, he will see the lat-est football helmets and shoulder pads and meet people and manu-facturers in the industry.

“Live life. Tomorrow is today,” Flowers said.

D.A. PhilliPs/Viking

KEEPING CONTROL: Jimmie Flowers, LBCC’s men’s athletics attendant, is in charge of football, baseball and basketball equipment.

PAT HICKSLocker Room Attendant

A golf tournament honoring long-time former LBCC adminis-trator John Fylpaa will be Thurs-day, May 16, at the Recreation Park Golf Course in Long Beach.

The golf tournament is one of the largest fundraisers for LBCC athletic program and it has raised more than $500,000.

After 33 years serving LBCC, Flypaa retired in June 2011. He is still involved with the communi-ty. He is the president of the Long Beach Century Club and vice

chairman of the Board for the LBS Credit Union. He also serves as the chairman of the academic committee for Memorial Health-care Systems.

As for the tournament, a num-ber of spots are available to play. The cost to participate is $185 per person or $740 for a four-player team. Every player in the tourna-ment will receive pre-tournament practice at the range, with access to golf cart, a tee package, lunch and dinner.

Golfers to raise funds

CALENDAR8 May 16, 2013

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Thursday, May 3085th anniversary gala

Monday, May 27Holiday, no classes

Now until Wednesday, June 5Spring semester

Monday, June 10Fall priority registration begins

Thursday, May 30- Wednesday, June 5Finals will be on the last day of class.

Monday, June 24Summer semester begins

Monday, Aug. 26Fall semester begins

the Recreation Golf Course in Long Beach at 1 p.m.Spots are still available to play in the tournament. Cost is $185 per person or $740 per four-player team. Every player receives per-tour-nament practice at the range, golf, electric cart, a tee pack-age, as well as lunch and dinner.

Online registrations lbccvikings.com/golf.

Friday, May 17- Saturday, May 18The LBCC jazz and pop vocal groups present their annual Spring concert series, “The Spring Thing,” in LAC Auditori-um. An opportunity drawing will be conducted each night. Prizes include dinners to restaurants. Tickets may be purchased at the box offi ce before the concert. General admission is $10. Students, employees, children and se-niors citizens are $5.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Now until WednesdayMay 22University transfer receptionThe employees want to person-ally congratulate the students with great achievement of transferring to a university. The RSVP form for the univer-sity transfer reception is due at noon in the Transfer and Career Center in LAC A1097, PCC MC132. If students have been admitted to a university for the Spring 2013 or Fall 2013 semester, they are invited to attend the reception on

Wednesday, May 29 at 4 p.m. in LAC T1200. Refreshments and appetizers will be served, and each transfer student will receive a transfer recognition certifi cate. Professional photog-raphers will also be available for the event. Space is limited and reserva-tions may close early.(562) 938-4353 or (562) 938-4846

COLLEGE RADIO

Sunday, May 19 The Open Doors Club, G.S.A. and the E.Q.U.A.L.I.T.E.E. Club are collaborating to create a fl oat for this year’s Long Beach Pride Festival and more stu-dents are invited to walk in the parade. This year’s theme is “30 years proud” and students are encouraged to wear cloth-ing that will represent the past three decades. More informa-tion email twogetherisbetter@yahoo.com.

Thursday, May 23The E.Q.U.A.L.I.T.E.E. Club pres-ents “We’re Still Here Theater” with special guests G.S.A. at LAC in F110. They will be screening a Tarantino fi lm. The concession stands will be fi lled with favorite movie snacks, cash only and most snacks are priced at a $1 each. Show times are 7 and 9 p.m. Open 6:30- 11 p.m. Due to R rating, 17 and older are allowed.

Now until Monday, May 20SANKOFA Scholars school supply drive on behalf of the “For the Child” organization. Students may participate and receive community service hours with a maximum of fi ve hours for the donations they bring.

Individual unpackaged items will not be accepted. Donations may be dropped off at LAC E119.

Thursday, May 23Guinness BootdayLBCC Kickers invite all stu-dents to wear boots minimum of seven inches high from the heel. Registration begins at 11 a.m. at the LAC Quad with a student ID. A group picture will be taken at 12:30 p.m. Donations are needed for an application processing fee of $700. Email the word “KICK” to lbcckickers@gmail.com, text or call (314) 299-455 for donation.

STUDENT ELECTIONS

Students with the kinesiology major or interested in the fi eld are welcome to join the Kinesi-ology Club. The club will have the opportunity to participate in ASB- sponsored activities and events, meet kinesiology majors from the neighboring universities, hear from LBCC speakers and be introduced to professionals working in the various career paths a kinesiol-ogy major can pursue. Work-outs are Mondays at 1 p.m. Meetings are on Fridays at 9 a.m. and Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. in front of the Q Building at LAC. (562) 938-4378

Saturday, May 18Benefi t car washAt LAC between Buildings B and C, 8 a.m.- 3 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are $5, the day of he car wash is $7, trucks and larg-er vehicles are $10.

Thursday, May 23The Donna Prindle ClassicThe Kinesiology Club will be hosting co-ed volleyball games in honor of Prindle, the Hall of Champions inductee at LAC Quad, noon- 3 p.m.

Thursday, May 16KLBC, KCTY and I.E. News presents “Soundwave 2013” at the LAC G114, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., spotlighting Southern Califor-nia’s artists and bands.

LBCC’s ASB invites students interested to served on the As-sociated Student Body Cabinet to consider one of the elected or appointed positions.

Thursday, May 16Candidate forum on PCC Lawn, 11 a.m.- noonFriday, May 17Mandatory expense sheets are due by noon to Offi ce of Student Life, LAC E119 or PCC EE102. Receipts must be attached with no exceptions or excuses.Tuesday, May 21Elections at PCC 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. and 5- 7 p.m.Wednesday, May 22 Elections at LAC and PCC 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.Thursday, May 23 Elections at LAC 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. and 5- 7 p.m.Friday, May 24 Newly elected offi cers schedule a mandatory meeting with ASB adviser.Tuesday, May 28 Appointed positions interviews.Friday, May 31 Installation of 2013-2013 offi cers. All candidates seeking an appointed position will be required to complete an ap-plication. Candidates running for elected positions must only attend one of the two manda-tory information sessions. For more information, students may contact the Offi ce of Student Affairs at E213 (562) 938-4154

Thursday, May 16LBCC Foundations Athletics Associates 30th Annual Golf Tournament will be honoring former LBCC administrator and current Long Beach Century Club President John Fylpaa at

NEWS 9May 16, 2013

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MARCHERS: LBCC students and supporters protest in front of Long Beach City Hall after marching from the PCC. They protested the recent program cuts at the college, leading to 11 vocational programs being cut.

C.C. Sadler said she feels am-bivalent about her recognition. Although she lends her exper-tise to the success of the faculty, staff and students and is a Certi-fied Zentangle Teacher, teaching workshops, she does not see why she would be recognized.

She sees Brian Russell, who is also being recognized as a Viking of the decade, as Long Beach’s big-gest volunteer.

“I admire him so much for do-ing what she does,” she said. When recalling her favorite memory as a LBCC staff member, she said, “I love commencement, I think it’s fabulous. I’ve done something different every year during the event.” She said she enjoys see-ing the excitement on the faces of family members and the sense of accomplishment in the graduates.

Nominations for favorite LBCC employee can be made by donating $85. Their nominee will be acknowledged in the 85th an-niversary commemorative book and will be recognized during the gala.

Associate director of public relations and marketing Ruthie Retana, said she looks forward to

seeing the happiness on the fac-es of Vikings being honored. She said, “I look forward to seeing his-tory play out on stage as Vikings of the decade are recognized.”

Guests will be greeted with an outdoor reception at 5:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., guests will transition to the LAC Hall of Champions, where they will eat dinner. It is estimated that 300-350 guests will attend, said Retana.

Retana said background en-tertainment will be provided by a jazz band. She also said one high-light of the night guests can look forward to is the “Invest in a Vi-king” live auction.

Guests will be encouraged to invest on a Viking by bidding in the amounts of $2,500 to help a student attend LBCC for two years, $1,200 to attend for a year, $600 for a semester, $150 for a class, or $100 to purchase one book.

Ruthie Retana also said, the 85th gala cake by Choura Events will be one of the focal points.

Bank of the West, Cordoba Corporation, Port of Long Beach and RBC Capital Markets are sponsoring the event.

According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Troia said, “85 to 90 percent are minorities and they represent the demographics of Long Beach in far greater ways than any other programs do.”

At the end of the three-mile march from the PCC to Orange Avenue, Troia said, “We are try-ing to get attention from the com-munity and from City Hall. That was the goal. We had television news, radio and about 10 differ-ent newspapers. We got a lot of attention.”

At the special Board meeting on Thursday, May 9, the Board announced 16 teacher layoffs.

And then on Tuesday, May 14, trustees listened to further criti-cism in regard to the program dis-continuance. Students questioned the reasoning behind the Board’s decision to go forward with the cuts.

Protest leads marchers to Long Beach City Hall

Gala marks anniversary with many alumni honors

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WorldCat internationally links LBCC’s LibraryBy Leonard KelleyStaff Writer

The LBCC Library has intro-duced and is evaluating a unique management system. The World-Cat 21st century application is im-proving research and organizing all types of indexed material, like a personal library, librarians said.

Tania Lucio, 20, an undecided major, said, “Without a doubt, I easily found the materials and lo-cations for assignments.”

Richard Mejia, 21, a political science major, said, “WorldCat is better than Google for localizing my search for case briefs of state law constitutions.”

Students may log in to the

WorldCat profile and access appli-cations, 300 bookmarks and share tools. They may catalogue resourc-es in a profile and post comments and opinions for review. Students also may search availability of indexed material call numbers. WorldCat only defaults to the LAC or PCC’s libraries. Using the LBCC website, users may search other libraries by zip code.

CDs, audiobooks, videos, magazines, print and other media may be searched.

Celina Lee, Library Depart-ment head, said, “The Library is excited about our new system. WorldCat incorporates innovative technologies such as social net-working features, leveraging the

size and scope of the largest library catalogue on earth and it integrates our print and electronic database collections in one user-friendly in-terface for students.”

Without awareness of any change, Stephanie Vargas, a soph-omore, Mayra Nunez, a freshman, Alan Lopez, a freshman, and Car-rie Rutledge, a sophomore, used the LAC’s Library with ease, even in the first few weeks it was imple-mented.

The tool frees Library staff, es-pecially considering how the old card catalogue for book referenc-ing worked.

Saving the school $5,000, WorldCat was designed by the OCLC, a non-profit organization,

which is dedicated to cataloging all new and old publications and classifying data with a category of identity throughout the world called “WorldShare,” librarians said. It helps libraries build a plat-form for exchange, while develop-ers and partners operate innovate collectively, they added.

Users may quickly link to “Ask A Librarian” and other online services. To date, 261,837 visual materials are archived, there are 1,087,174 archival materials and 13,066 downloadable articles. Us-ers can refine their search by au-thor, year, content or topic.

Dena Laney, a systems librari-an, said, “My job was made easier now that all the checkout of books

is done by WorldCat’s cloud base system. No servers are used here. It’s all done over the Internet.”

Students may access the sys-tem on their phone. Electronic and print sources are available. If a book is unavailable, students may use WorldCat’s interlibrary loan and receive the material in a week or two. There is no cost for inter-state transfers.

Users can also tabulate topics with bookmarks and streamline new browsers.

Santa Barbara City College and Pasadena City College are World-Cat enabled.

“The more combined Califor-nia libraries using WorldCat, the less it will cost,” Laney said.”

raMon Lontok/VikingHONOREE: Educational technologist C.C. Sadler talks about what it’s like to be one of the alumni at the 85th anniversary gala on May 30. Sadler is being honored as Viking of the decade.

OPINION10 May 16, 2013

The Viking staff asked 124 students across the campuses if they agree or disagree with the recent ASB Cabinet vote of no confi dence in the Board of Trustees:

“The ASB Cabinet approved a vote of no confi dence Monday, April 22, against the Board of Trustees and the administration based on their ability to manage the col-lege after discontinuing 11 programs. At the Board meeting Tuesday, April 23, the

student trustee made allegations that the Board violated the Brown Act by discuss-ing program discontinuance in closed session. The Board was then served with

recall papers to be removed from the Board.”

Nathan Zankich, 21Graphic design major

“I think people are going to smoke anyway.”

Rosalie Rivera, 20 Nursing major

“It’s not going to stop people from smoking. It’s just going to

anger them.”

Eric Amores, 21Undecided major

“It won’t work. Too many peo-ple smoke here.”

David McCracken, 21Culinary arts major

“The only issue I see is litt ering, when there are ashtrays around.”

What do you think of the upcoming smoking ban on the campuses?

CITY VIEWSSURVEY

Compiled Wednesday, May 15, at the LAC by Jennifer Ru�

JESUS HERNANDEZ/VIKING

opinion 11May 16, 2013

Letters to the editor

As a proud, long-standing community member of the Coali-tion for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community as well as adviser of the Civic Engagement Club and faculty member in the LBCC Community Studies Program I would like to respond and add to recent Viking coverage of the PSOC .

The comments published by impassioned student Andrea Do-nado were unfortunate; she never intended to be quoted as she was. She further does not desire to put a wedge in progressive organizing efforts in Long Beach.

A lesson learned when speak-ing to the media! I also failed to supply the Coalition with the Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) voter turnout data which would have compli-mented the PSOC slides on voter turnout in the 2010 Mayoral/City Council seats.

It is refreshing to see a civical-ly engaged student body at LBCC.

Will the voter turnout in the April 2014 election increase as or-ganizing at LBCC and the greater Long Beach community increase? Democracy Now!

By Janét Hundassistant Professor of social

sciences

There has been a lot of noise and “protests” calling for the President’s termination, Trustees resignations and many students having the “cut the head off the beast” mentality because of bud-get cut issues.

President Oakley does make over $250,000 a year, plus a contrac-tual 4% increase every year. The board of trustees have regularly used LBCC Board as a launching platform to achieve higher political offices, so they cut programs to tout “fiscal re-sponsibility” as a tag line when they run for office in the future. This does come with a cost however.

Various pro-grams have been cut and many classes have been slashed. Being a photographer and a former audio technician, seeing these programs being cut hurts me on a personal level. But the students are not taking the right steps!

Angered students are lashing out at the administration for pro-gram cuts and the administration, instead of talking to us as adults.

Sad to say but LBCC is capi-tol hill and we are fighting like the democrats and republicans. Pointing fingers, not compromis-ing and making a toxic environ-ment.

This is creating friction on campus between the sheepherd-ers and the sheep when we should in fact be working together to fix the problem. Various cost saving measures can be done if time and effort are put into it and I have outlined a proposal to both sides

of the “aisle”. I also drafted a compromise

that will assist those students in the cut programs to complete their programs if they are not on track to do so this semester. Both available online.

I have read or heard every excuse in the book on why the board of trustees is wrong. Please let me debunk one here and a few more are available online.

“We have a swollen reserve fund; let’s use that to save pro-grams.” The reserve fund may fund these programs for a year or two but when the budget is not re-

stored to its previous levels, where will we be? We will be cutting the programs AGAIN and have ZERO dollars in the reserves.

LBCC is accomplishing Lib-eral Studies and Vocational Studies. LBCC needs to focus on Liberal Studies so unfortunately

cuts should be geared towards vocational.

With local schools such as The Art In-stitute, Crim-son Technical School, etc. that cover vocational needs, the cuts, were taken in the right spots.

We need to work togeth-er and stand together. As a regular student here at LBCC, I am extending

my olive branch to work with the all parties and mediate a solution. I want to know who will the “big-ger man” be first? Who will end the crisis and start the solution?

I am a communications major at LBCC. I have worked as a stage manager for Poly High School and Renaissance High School for the Arts for 8 years before returning to LBCC to work on his degree. I have been successful in mediating conflicting groups both small and large as well as streamlining poli-cies for various entities.

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Some students may be won-dering why there are not enough jobs and better opportunities on campus.

There is a lack of on-campus jobs for students because the ca-reer center receives job postings for off-campus part-time and full-time positions from various employers.

Students can go on the web-site careers.l b c c . e d u and look at jobs. Un-fortunately, due to the economy, th center has only recent-ly started receiving more job openings.

For on-campus jobs, the ma-jority of departments request Federal Work Study students through the Financial Aid Office.

The jobs are also posted on the website, usually a few weeks prior to the beginning of the school year.

Students can check out the website often because jobs may come through during the school year as well.

Not all students will quali-fy for work study. Occasionally,

departments at LBCC may have funds available to hire a student assistant.

The students do not necessar-ily have to qualify for financial aid and are paid out of the depart-ment budget that hires them.

Students should be prepared when looking for a job. Usually employers request sending a re-sume or cover letter.

Due to the budget cuts and shortage of staff, work-shops have not been offered this semester.

H o w -ever, there will be some offered within a few weeks. Many op-portunities are being offered at different times and on special occasions so the website has to be checked multiple times to know what are the next job openings.

Currently, the science depart-ment is looking for a student paid assisstant for the lab.

More opportunities may come as the Summer semester starts on June 24 and the Fall semester be-ginning on Aug. 26.

Job opportunities found on campus

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‘ ‘Students can check out the website often because jobs may come through

during the school year.

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The women’s social-club Teen ‘n’ Twenties, also known as TNT, do their rendition of the Cartoon Network series “The Powerpuff Girls” as one of the opening acts.

Carlos Benavidez performs his updated ver-sion of Beethoven in Italian during the an-nual event.

Story by Gabriela MendozaStaff Writer Photos by Jacob RosboroughImages Editor

The Aztlan men’s social service club won sweepstakes for the third year in a row for the performance of their skit, “Snow White,” at the 62nd annual LBCC Spring Sing, which was presented in the Hall of Champions gym for the first time, on Friday, May 3.

Hundreds of spectators cheered for the participants and winners of the ASB-sponsored event. The event also serves as a fundraiser for scholarships at the college. The show included 19 acts judged by four LBCC employees and one special act.

The different types of performance

arts included singing, acting, playing in-struments, comedy, poetry reading and other forms of musical performances. Six of the performances were skits performed by school clubs while the rest were solos and group acts.

ASB Rep. of Arts and Spring Sing mis-tress of ceremonies Sarah Twilley opened the show with a medley of songs from the choral performance major’s past perfor-mances.

Twilley said, “This event helps prove and promote the relationship between the students and staff here at LBCC,” in her opening comments.

Many of the participants began prepa-ration for the event during the fall. Peter Serna, president of Aztlan said, “Spring Sing to us is a year-long event we pre-pare for. We begin in the Fall semester

by fundraising money. Then when Spring comes around, we focus on our skit and adapting it to our member’s personalities. Every member of our organization con-tributes in one way or another. You might just see those who are performing, but it takes a lot of behind the scenes work to get things accomplished.”

Other LBCC students prepared for their performance by creating original pieces of art. Nathan Douglas, an audio commercial advertising major, and Israel Matamoros, winner of best dramatic male performance, both presented original work to the audience.

Douglas said his piece, a combination of song and spoken word, was dedicated to all who were impacted by the program cuts at LBCC.

Douglas performed the lyrics, “No

more California dreamin’, nothing sacred, nothing dear… blame it on Sacramento, blame it on anyone else, it’s the new fru-gality… officials sat there with blank faces and listened to us moan and vent… it was an act so cold, but in the end they did us in.”

Marisol Herrera, 18, an undecided major, said, “It was a pretty good show. My favorite act was the guy and girl (Eliezer Berdugo and Justine Abellera) who sang “Poison and Wine,” they looked like they knew what they were doing. Overall, I think all of the winners deserved it.”

Other winners from all categories were TNT, the men of Aztlan, Stefan Je-vtic, Israel Matamoros, the order of Thor, the Ladies of Isis, Eliezer Berdugo and Justine Abellera, Alpha Gamma Sigma and the Ladies of Athena.

Justine Abellera and Eliezer Berdugo sing “Poison and Wine” by the country duo The Civil Wars.

Members of Aztlan adapt the Disney classic “Snow White“ for the performance. The social-service club received the sweepstakes award for its performance.

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