November 25, 2014

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Vikes take Beach Bowl against Golden WestPage 8

King, queen, court crowned Winter classes available

Veteran, radio personality take Homecoming honor.By Samwell FavelaContributing Writer

Dale Reed and Heather Wil-son were announced as the Homecoming queen and king during halftime at the football game, Saturday, Nov. 15, at Veter-ans Stadium.

Richard Chum and Judith Garcia were elected as Homecom-ing prince and princess.

“Go Vets! I’m so proud. The Veterans Club helped me out so much during my run for queen,” Wilson said after winning.

Reed is an active member of the college’s radio program KLBC. He ran for the title 20 years ago at his high school and lost.

After winning the king ti-tle, Reed said he was never more proud to call himself a Viking.

Cindy Williams, a culinary arts major who wore the Ole cos-tume during the game, said, “We kicked butt! I loved it!”

Other candidates who ran for queen included Atenas Medina, Alma Velazquez and Elizabeth Waite. Homecoming king candi-dates included Dalzeil Armabula, Tyler Meza, Grant Cook and Jerry Zepeda.

Students voted for Homecom-nig court winners Wednesday, Nov. 12, on the PCC and Thurs-day, Nov. 13, on the LAC.

Before the game on Saturday,

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BUT FIRST, HOMECOMING: Richard Chum, Judith Garcia, Dale Reed and Heather Wilson, from left, share the stage Saturday, Nov. 15, at the homecoming football game at Veterans Stadium. Some members of the ASB Cabinet and Homecoming court dressed like comic book super-heroes.

U.C. tuition to rise nearly 28 percentLBCC President Eloy Oakley votes against five-year fee increase.By Sylvana UribeContributing Writer

In a 14-7 vote on Thursday, Nov. 20, the U.C. Board of Re-gents approved a plan that would raise university tuition rates by 27.6 percent over the next five years.

Tuition will rise from about $12,192 a year to as much as $15,560 in 2019-2020, according to the New York Times.

Isaiah Wilson, 20, a film ma-

jor, said he hopes to transfer to U.C. Irvine or UCLA and is not discouraged by the tuition in-crease.

“I didn’t know they were rais-ing the fees, but it kind of makes sense due to all of the budget cuts,” Wilson said.

“In this situa-tion it’s unfortu-nate that fees are going up, but ulti-mately I still want that education.”

LBCC President Eloy Oak-ley, who recently announced his appointment to the U.C. Board of Regents, voted against the in-crease.

The U.C. is governed by the

26-member Board of Regents, which exercises approval over university policies, financial af-fairs, tuition and fees.

According to Newsweek mag-azine, those who joined Oakley

in opposition include Student Regent Sadia Saifuddin of U.C. Berkeley, California Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, State Superintendent Tom Torlak-son and former Assembly Speaker

Jon Perez.Brown advocated for tui-

tion-freezes as part of his re-elec-tion campaign.

In addition to tuition hikes, universities would be required to increase its enrollment of in-state students by at least 5,000 and 2,000 nonresidents.

Oakley said, “I would like to see the U.C. engage with its sister public education systems in ex-amining ways to reduce institu-tional barriers that confront Cal-

ifornia students from obtaining a quality college credential.”

Oakley’s full statement can be read on the lbcc.edu website.

Cal State University tuition increases are also being proposed by the state.

“In this situation it’s unfortunate that fees are going up, but ultimately I still want that education,”

-Isaiah Wilson20, film major

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Accelerated session to run for five weeks at $46 per unit. By Kimberly Belcher and Luis LopezStaff Writer and Contributing Writer

Accelerated Winter courses in the five-week session will begin Monday, Jan. 5 and end Saturday, Feb. 7 and include classes such as accounting, chemistry, social sci-ences, health, business, child de-velopment, math and economics.

Marcella Ramirez, 19, an undecided major, said, “I took math last Winter session. It real-ly helped me get through that re-quirement faster.”

According to the lbcc.edu website, over 5,000 seats in 150 classes will be available to stu-dents. The classes are priced at $46 per unit.

The counselor’s office is advis-ing everyone who can take a class during the Winter to reach their educational goals sooner.

Jessica Mitchell, a sociology major, said, “I didn’t know we had a Winter session, but I’m definite-ly going to enroll now if it will help me transfer faster.”

Veteran students are encour-aged to enroll for Winter classes to avoid any disruption in receiv-ing veteran benefits, according to the lbcc.edu website.

This will be the second time the college offers Winter session courses.

Priority registration for Spring semester is Dec. 1-13. Open on-line registration is scheduled for Dec. 15-Jan. 2.

All payments for classes are due by Jan. 27 and classes begin Feb. 9.

According to the lbcc.edu website, it is the student’s respon-sibility to verify registration, adds and drops.

Students must print a receipt verifying their registration, add and drop to verify transactions.

For application and registra-tion instructions for Winter class-es, students may visit lbcc.edu, visit the LAC admissions office in A1075 or MD135 for the PCC or by calling (562) 938-4485.

ASB adviser Derek Oriee said he was looking forward to the Homecoming event being suc-cessful.

“Things like this are im-portant because they bring the school community together. It’s fun to do and students enjoy it.”

Student Life sponsored a tug-of-war and hot dog eating contest on the PCC to encourage student voting.

The tailgate party started at 3 p.m. in the Veterans Stadium

parking lot and was DJ’d by stu-dent DJ Gabriel Hernandez, also known as DJ Danger Powers.

Former Homecoming king

Raul Padilla Jr. from club Aztlan and his date were there to hand off the Homecoming titles to Wilson

and Dale. The Viking football team beat

the El Camino Warriors, 53-31, and took home the War Ax tro-

phy. The War Ax trophy has been

given to the winner of the Long Beach-El Camino game since 1963.

The victory by the Vikings snapped a five-game losing

streak to El Camino. The Vikings jumped out to a 21-0 lead.

“I’ve never been more proud to be a Viking,”

-Dale ReedHomecoming king

NEWS2 November 25, 2014

Teachers gain pay raise

Cabinet seeks student trustee

Scholarship deadline set for Dec. 9 at 4 p.m.Officials say money exists for wide variety of majors.By Andre BarajasStaff Writer

With the 2015-16 LBCC scholarship application deadline Tuesday, Dec. 9, students say they feel the need to apply. The LBCC Foundation offers more than 700 scholarships to students, making the program one of the biggest in the state.

Access to scholarships is simplified for students by requiring one application.   A committee then matches eligible students with the appropriate ones.   

A high GPA is not essential for every scholarship, they can be awarded for many different rea-sons, officials said.

For instance, some can be based on athletics, grades or a tal-ent such as drawing.

Virginia Baxter, executive di-rector of the Foundation, advises all students to apply.

“Last year there was a student who received scholarships that she did not apply for, but because no one applied for those,”

Baxter said. Jerry Song, 18, a chemistry major, has been work-

ing on his application for months now, he said in an interview in the Library lounge at the LAC.

He and his girlfriend Sonia Beltran, 20, a psychology major, have been helping each other.

“The deadline is coming up and my girlfriend kept pushing me to finish it now, so it’s perfect and turned in early.

Beltran added that she had ex-perience applying for the applica-tion last year.

“I had to write a story last minute, hopefully to convince a committee, that they would

give me a bunch of money for s c h o o l ,” B e l t r a n said.

The application is a bit lengthy, said a scholarship office employee who did not want to be named.

“You need two teacher refer-ences turned in online or in per-son,” he said.

The application is available at lbcc.edu/scholarship/, along with links to scholarship resources.

The page contains links to other scholarship programs that students may be eligible for after applying and meeting deadlines.

Students may contact the scholarship office for more infor-mation in building A1001 or they may call the office at (562) 938- 4766.

Cabinet seeks student trustee, members for Spring.By Brittany LiebiermanEditor in Chief

The ASB Cabinet are planning to spend a $10,000 Barnes and Noble grant, $5,000 per campus, toward improving student life.

The Cabinet surveyed 185 stu-dents on how they would like the Cabinet to spent the grant.

Student who took the survery suggested a pool or ping pong ta-ble, cell phone charging stations, promotional, take-home items such as water bottles and t-shirts and lounge furniture for the Nor-dic Lounge.

Cabinet Vice President Lau-ren Ho said, “I feel like we can be more creative than just handing out promotional items.”

Cabinet adviser Maya Carde-nas said, “The PCC Senate spent their grant money on heaters in the past. We should aim for some-thing that all students will benefit from.”

The Cabinet voted Friday, Nov. 21, to use the grant at the discretion of an adviser.

Rep of academic affairs Joan-na Martinez, rep of legislative af-fairs Alejandro Lomeli and rep of

volunteer services Henry Estrada attended the Student Senate for Community Colleges Conference on Saturday, Nov. 15.

The conference helps student leaders to, “Improve student ac-cess, promote student success, en-gage and empower local student leaders and enrich the collegiate experience for all California com-munity college students.”

The three attendees will give a presentation about the conference at the Friday, Dec. 5 meeting in T1200 at 8 a.m.

The Cabinet motioned to cre-ative the Viking Spirit Award, the first of which will be issued at the end of the Spring 2015 semester.

Spring positions available for appointment are rep of legislative affairs, rep of academic affairs, rep of arts, rep of student health and environment, rep of communica-tions, rep of athletics and rep of volunteer services.

The elected position of student trustee requires the student to sit on the Board of Trustees and re-lay student-related issues to board members and the public and cast an advisory vote on behalf of the student body when required.

Applications are available at lbcc.edu/studentlife/asb.

Final interviews will be held Friday, Dec. 5 at 8 a.m in T1200 on the LAC.

“You need two teacher reference turned in online or in person.”

-Sonia BeltranPsychology major

By Britttany LiebermanEditor in Chief

The LBCC full-time teachers, counselors and librarians voted Nov. 3-13 to passed an agreement that raised the salary rank from 67th to 32nd in the state.

According to a press release by the California Teachers Association, the agreement includes a 4 per-cent pay raise and restructuring salary for the 2014-2015 school year.

The agreement also includes raising the starting salary for teachers with a master’s degree from 47th in the state to 3rd, lim-its online teaching loads to 60 per-

cent of a full-time load and gives clarification on course scheduling issues. The agreement went into effect Saturday, Nov. 1.

Electrical professor and Com-munity College Association Pres-ident Lynn Shaw said, “I want to

thank the faculty for coming to-gether. 90 percent voted yes with an 89 percent voter turnout. It’s a step in the right direction.”

LBCC Vice President of Hu-man Resources Rose DelGaudio said, “Both parties were pleased that the negotiations went well. It

took cooperation on both ends to accomplish the agreement.”

The increase is the first in sev-en years, and took almost a year to negotiate. Originally the teach-ers hoped for a double-digit raise. An earlier settlement last Spring included a 2.5 percent pay raise.

That agreement was voted down by the union. Negotiations between the union and adminis-tration continued over the Sum-

mer and into the Fall. Union members will see

the increase on their paychecks Wednesday, Nov. 26.

More information about the agreement can be found by vis-iting longbeachcca.org/index/Home.

Courtesy of LBCC Community CoLLege AssoCiAtion weBsite

RAISED FROM THE BOTTOM: Chart shows partial listing of salary increases for full-time teachers, coun-selors and librarians after a 4 percent pay raise was passed by the union and the college. Full chart available at longbeachcca.org.

“It’s a step in the right direction.”-Lynn Shaw

Electrical professor and union president

SALARY CHART

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OPEN-MIC: Guitarist and LBCC alumnus Mark Trejo performs during open-mic night at the LAC. The event was presented Friday, Nov. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Marian Sims Baughn Center.

CITYSTYLE 3November 25, 2014

Math and culinary arts building taking shape

Poets and comedians show off talentBy Darel JamesStaff Photographer

Students, residents and local talent were all invited to attend open-mic night at the LAC.

The event was staged Friday, Nov. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Marian Sims Baughn Center in the P Building. Talent ranging from poets to comedians were all part of the show’s line-up. The showcase was led by media stud-ies major Liz Waite, 21, who said the performance differed from the previous shows: “I enjoyed everything about this open-mic.

“The quality of the perfor-mances, energy from the crowd were great and the overall enthu-siasm was great.”

The show was the third open-mic event this semester in the Marian Sims Baughn Center, which has been the site of many talented people who present their skills among interested minds. The event has continued to attract

more visitors and entertainers with each presentation. Visitor Carlos Miranda said, “I appreciate the comfortable setting at these shows. Everybody gets along and we all have a good time.”

The performance extended a little past its usual 9 p.m. closing due the amount of performers excited to exhibit their talents. Regardless of time, the crowd was still anxious to see who would take the stage next. The interest was appreciated by the many per-formers of the event, which made their time on stage a little less stressful.

Performers like history major Steven Torres, 25, was one of many who appreciated the crowd’s tone: “The people were actually inter-ested. It makes things much easier by allowing you to relax and give a good show.”

Torres displayed his come-dic talents in the form of stand-up comedy, giving the crowd a 4-minute round of laughs.

By Darel JamesStaff Photographer

The long awaited V Building, a $32.4 million project that will house the math and culinary arts departments, soon to be a leader in energy and environmental de-sign, is estimated to be complete in Summer 2015.

The LAC building will have 25 classrooms, 30 teachers’ offices and seven culinary labs.

The new building also will house a success center, a copy center and a demonstration kitch-en, demonstration restaurant, production kitchen, baking kitch-en and pastry kitchen, according to the construction plan.

A spokesman for Harper Con-

struction, the company contract-ed for the project, said they’ve been busy working on the build-ing and it is too early for anyone to walk through.

The company is working to meet Leadership in Energy & En-vironmental Design guidelines, which allows LBCC’s career tech-nical education program to ex-pand with state-of-the-art kitch-ens, observation labs and training spaces.  

Kristie Mayor, 19, a culinary arts major, said, “I can’t wait for a chance to be in the classrooms. It’s about time the school handed us the right tools to our success.”

At 47,500 square feet, the building will be a dramatic addi-tion to the school’s math and culi-

nary arts program. The building has already

earned an award of merit in the project design category by the 2012 Community College Coali-tion professional awards program.

The project is funded by Mea-sure E, a bond passed in 2008 by the college district, for facilities, construction and modernization.

In September, LBCC officials cut the ribbon marking the grand opening of Building CC and a new kinesiology and fitness cen-ter on the PCC.

President Eloy Oakley said in a letter to the community, “We continue to modernize and im-prove upon our programs and facilities to enhance our student’s academic experience.”

By Brandon RichardsonContributing Writer

‘Tis the season of food, fami-ly and friends, shopping, time off school and LBCC’s holiday music concerts.

“Our preparations start before our last concert is over. Figuring out what literature and what mu-sic we are going to be playing,” Marshall Fulbright, an LBCC mu-sic teacher, said.

Fulbright will direct the sym-phony orchestra’s performance “Holiday Delights” Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m. He said the group will only rehearse five times to prepare its 40-minute program. He described the concert as be-ing eclectic ranging from “very traditional music” by Johannes Brahms to “‘Twas the Night Be-fore Christmas,” which will be

accompanied by narration of the story.

Eduardo Lopez, 19, a music composition major, said, “Ha-nukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, it’s just a festive concert. We need to practice on our own time. Go to a practice room, go home, look over our parts, spend hours on them. Then when we come to class everything’s already ready, set.”

Lopez will perform with the wind ensemble for their “Folk Music Holidays,” to be directed by Brian Hamilton on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.

When talking about the at-tendance of the concerts in the past, Fulbright said, “There are very few Community Colleges that have an orchestra, chamber orchestra, all these ensembles on campus that perform regu-

larly and we get very few actual students attending concerts.” He hopes more students will take ad-vantage of these inexpensive, or sometimes free, events.

Other upcoming concerts include “In a Mellow Tone” per-formed by the vocal and instru-mental jazz groups, directed by Patrick Sheng and Anne Walsh, on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. and “Handel’s Messiah” per-formed by chorale concert, di-rected by Skye Angulo on Satur-day, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m.

All holiday concerts will be in the LBCC Auditorium. To pur-chase tickets for the holiday con-certs, people may visit lbcc.edu/tdf or call (866) 811-4111. The box office will also be open one hour before each performance is scheduled.

Music soothes the soul during Winter holidays

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Photojournalist Jeff Gritchen pays a visit to LBCC on Journalism Day on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to talk to aspiring journalists about the keys to be successful in the highly competitive field.

JOURNALISM DAY

Sophomore standout Omar Torres is the raising bar for cross country.

By Richard MejiaManaging Editor

The 2014 Fall semester has been full of successful seasons and a few conference champion-ships. Among all the team sports, sophomore runner Omar Torres has definitely been the most suc-cessful athlete at LBCC this year.

Coming from Cerritos Col-lege, Torres has been breaking and setting individual records for LBCC in cross country. Most no-tably was Torres’ first place in the Brubaker Invitational in October, when 147 runners from across Southern California participated.

“My body is the strongest it’s ever been.” said Torres. “For the first time ever, I haven’t had any injuries throughout the year, so I’ve been able to stay both men-tally and physically strong.”

Torres’ first place finish was the first in LBCC history since 2000. In addition to this feat, Tor-res has also managed to place in top-8 within his final five 4-mile races as well as garner second team All-South Coast Conference honors.

Torres’ performances this sea-son have been nothing short of impressive, especially considering he has had suffered the most chal-lenging year of his life. Early this year, Torres’ experienced a major loss as his grandmother died.

“It was really hard to deal with. I’ve never dealt with that as an adult, but it really did take a mental on me in the beginning of the season.”

A week prior to the cross country opening meet, Torres’ aunt unexpectedly died. Con-templating whether to run in the opener, Torres’ attended his aunt’s funeral and competed the follow-ing day.

“It was really difficult to do run. I don’t attribute my poor per-formance to it all, but I wasn’t in the best state of mind.”

To honor the legacy of his grandmother and aunt, Torres wears a black sleeve on his left

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PERFECT PRACTICE: Sophomore cross country runner Omar Torres practices prior to his state championship meet. Torres is first Viking since 2000 to place first in a race.

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Fast man on campus

arm, as well as a black ribbon on the left side of his jersey during all his races. Torres explains his reasoning for the tribute as he in-dicates the ribbon being over his heart and his sleeve is worn on the arm closest to his heart.

On Saturday, Nov. 22, Torres ran in the California Community College Athletic Association state championship meet in Fresno. Of the 213 participants, Torres fin-ished in 11th place while clocking a time of 20:34.4 in the 4-mile run.

“My goal was to finish with the state record, which is some-where in the 19-minute mark.”

Following one of the most successful individual seasons in LBCC cross country history, Tor-res now his mind set on running in track and field for the Spring Semester.

He hopes to set new LBCC records in the 10K race, all the while, preparing to transfer and compete in Division 1.

“I’ve matured since high school and I know I’ll succeed.”

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GOLDEN MILES: Since August, Torres has run 114 miles including practice and meets. Averaging five minutes per mile, the mileage is equivalent to a run from the LAC to Big Bear run that would take over 30 hours.

Polo team loses in state finals Men’s team struggles to find offense against Golden West. By RichaRd Mejia

Managing Editor

Culminating a season that in-cluded a 24-4 overall record as well as a 7-0 record in conference play, the Vikings lost in the Cal-ifornia Community College Ath-letic Association state champion-ship final to Golden West, 5-2, on Saturday, Nov. 22.

LBCC looked to repeat a state champion following a success season in 2013. While the Vikings managed to defeat Diablo Valley in the semi-final game,10-8, they could not manage to carry any momentum in the game against

Golden West in Sacramento.After being down early, 2-0, the Vikings scored their first goal of the game late in the second as sophomore center Nathan Pinkney finally managed to break through the de-fense. However, the 2-1 deficit

following the second quarter would grow into a 5-1 Golden West lead as result of effective offense execution and persistent defensive effort by the Rustlers.

Freshman LBCC attacker James Applewhite said, “We tried our best, but you have to give credit to Golden West. I don’t think any team in the state could have beat them today.”

Under the leadership of for-mer U.S. Olympian LBCC coach Chris Oeding, the Vikings are poised for a strong season in 2015 with a bulk of their players re-turning and an elite crop of high school commits.

Vikings fall short in playoff opener

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HEARTBROKEN: LBCC men’s soccer players watch in anguish as the final penalty shot is scored by Golden West on Saturday, Nov. 22. The 4-3 shootout loss eliminated the Vikings from the playoffs.

By Richard MejiaManaging Editor

With an opportunity to ad-vance in the Southern California Regional playoffs looming, the Vikings’ season was ended in its playoff loss to Oxnard in a penal-ty shootout, 4-3, following a 1-1 score at the of regulation.

Following a stalemate in the first half, Oxnard managed to get on the board with a goal in the 67th minute by Condor attacker Todd Fairchild. Both teams vir-tually shared time of possession as the game was highly paced throughout.

Freshman midfielder Julian Sanchez said, We felt prepared for this game, but I guess it just got away from us. All we can do now is get better in the Spring and build for next season.”

With the game coming to a

close, freshman midfielder Jesse Funes scored in the 90th minute of regulation to push the game to a shootout. Oxnard forward John-ny Lopez sealed the game for the Condors with his penalty shot following back-to-back misses by the Vikings.

Funes said, “They were a good team, but I think we have better overall talent. It’s just one of those things where you under-estimate your opponent.”

The Vikings finish the season with an 8-5-8 overall record to go along with a 6-4-4 record in conference play. After stumbling early in the season, the Vikings regrouped for their final 10 games to go 6-2-2, their most impressive stretch all year.

LBCC will seek to bounce back season in 2015 as they have freshman standouts midfielder Evair Marin, Hector Solis and forward Osvaldo Yanez returning.

A complete offensive performace proves to be too much for Golden West.By Richard MejiaManaging Editor

Much as it has gone all season, the Viking offense ran rampant in its 75-41 victory over Golden West in the Beach Bowl on Sat-urday, Nov. 22. The win marked a season-high in points as well as total yardage for LBCC as the team finished with 732 total yards.

The Vikings began the game strong as they managed to score the game’s first touchdown in un-der two minutes with a 39-yard run by freshman running back Darren Johnson. LBCC capped off the first quarter with a 71-yard touchdown run by freshman run-ning back Anterio Bateman as the

Vikings scored 21 unanswered points in the opening quarter.

Sophomore quarterback Ken-ny Potter said, “Everyone else deserves the credit for this game. The offensive line and running backs have had amazing perfor-mances and I have been blessed to play with these guys.

The Vikings were angry and vocal on the sideline before as well as throughout the game as multiple players kept reminding each other that they were not one of the four regional teams selected for the playoffs. Of the four teams selected to the Southern Califor-nia Football Association playoffs, conference rival Mt. San Antonio was chosen, even though the Vi-kings upset the then-nationally second-ranked team earlier in the season.

LBCC cruised to a 48-14 half-time lead, which allowed both the second- and third-string players ample playing time. Golden West

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CHAMPIONS: Viking players celebrate after defeating Golden West 75-41, for the Beach Bowl trophy on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Veterans Stadium.

SPORTS 5November 25, 2014

Vikes easily win Beach Bowl, 75-41

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TASMANINAN DEVIL: Freshman Anterio Bateman runs for a 71-yard touchdown in the first quarter giving LBCC a 21-0 lead. Bateman had a career-high 215 rushing yards and 2 scores.

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scored the bulk of its 45 points in the third quarter as the Rustlers amassed 27 points.

Leading the way for the LBCC offense was Potter who threw for 381 passing yards and totaled five touchdowns and also took Beach Bowl MVP honors. Bateman had his best game as a Viking as he ran for a season-high 215 yards while adding two touchdowns as he was the Beach Bowl Player of

the Game. In winning his first bowl game

victory as a head coach, LBCC coach Brett Peabody said, “We knew we belonged in the play-offs, but we still managed to fo-cus on our opponents and played the way we know how to.”

With the season over, the Vi-kings will be left without a few key offensive players for the 2015 season. Potter, sophomore

quarterback Brock Dale as well as sophomore standout wide receiv-ers Josiah Blandin and De’Quan Hampton are all likely moving on as they have been offered Divi-sion 1 scholarships.

The Vikings defeated El Camino,53-31, Saturday, Nov. 15 in the Homecoming Game. LBCC finished a 9-2 overall record and a 4-2 record in conference record.

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Jason Lopez, 20, a political science major, and Sarah Boot, 20, undecided major, nap between classes in the P Building courtyard on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

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Limited services on Friday:Specialists are unavailable, front desk is open for questions only from noon-4:30 p.m.

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CALENDAR November 25, 20146

SPECIAL EVENTS

REGISTRATION

SPORTS

ENROLLMENT SERVICES

VIKING VOLUNTEER

IMPORTANT DATES

GRANT DEADLINE

SPORTS

HOLIDAYS

BOOK BUYBACK

SCHOLARSHIP

DAY DREAMING

WINTER Classes are on Jan. 5-Feb. 7. registration will be from Nov. 17 - Dec. 28. Deadline for payment is Dec 29. *Please note that during online open registration the college will be closed and staff will not be available for assistance Dec. 22-28.

Dec. 29-Last day to pay for Winter IntersessionDec. 29-Jan. 2, no registration.

Late registration Jan. 5-8, Students will need a permission numberSpring Priority registration for current students and veterans is Dec.1 -13 and open online regis-tration is Dec. 15-Jan. 25. All payments for classes are due by Jan. 27. Classes begin Feb. 9 and end Jun. 3.

Fall 2015 CSU and UC appli-cations due Nov. 22-30.

Thanksgiving holiday Thursday-Sunday Nov. 27-30.Winter breakDec. 14 -Jan. 3

C.R.A.M.NWith finals Dec. 8-13, the ASB Cabinet, Cultural Affairs Coun-cil, and the Office of Student Life will host a study session in the Nordic Lounge on LAC and in the Student Union at PCC. There will be coffee, food and tutors. Bring your books Tues-day, Dec. 2 from 6-11 p.m.

Holiday concert seriesSaturday, Dec. 6 “In a Mellowtone” vocal and instrumental jazz concert start-ing at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 7“Folk Music Holidays” wind ensemble and The Beach City symphonic band at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13 “Handles’s Messiah” LBCC Viking chorale, singers,soloist, and orchestra starting at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14“Holiday Delights” symphony orchestra starting at 2 p.m.

Performances will be in the LAC Auditorium. Purchase tickets online at music.lbcc.edu or at the box office before each performance. Call 1-(866)811-4111.

Applicants have an opportunity to receive a $50,000 no-inter-est, non-collateralized loan to help their startup companies focus on clean and advanced manufacturing, bio-medical devices, advanced energy tech-nologies. Applications will be accepted online until Dec. 1.For more info. visit innovation-fundsocal.org

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Dec. 3Club and volunteer awards re-ception at the Grand Event Cen-ter. Time is to be announced. For more information call (562)938-4978 or (562)938-3088.

Finals weekLast days of class from Dec. 8-13.

Women’s basketballVs. Palomar Saturday Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. Men’s basketball Vs. LA. Trade TechWednesday Jan 7 at 7 p.m.Women’s basketballVs. LA. Trade TechWednesday Jan 7 at 5 p.m.

Men’s basketballVs. El Camino Friday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m.Women’s basketballVs. El CaminoFriday, Jan. 9 at 5 p.m.Men’s basketballVs. LA. Southwest Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m.

Get up to half back on old, new or used text books. Bring your I.D. and books to the Book-store between 7:30-7 p.m.

“Describe LBCC in three words.”

Brittney Coleman, 19, PsyChology

“Fun, interesting , friendly.”

JayCo alozano, 21, mass CommuniCations

“Outstanding, pleasant and modern.”

ele thomPson, 27, WeB develoPment

“Local, fancy and valuable.”

alexa zaragoza, 18, PuBliC relations

“Calm, big and pretty.”

martin martinez, 19, Culinary arts

“Big, fun and intuitive.”

niCo ragadio, 21, undeCided maJor

“Diverse, crowded and educational.”

By Ana Maria Ramirez and Brittany Lieberman on Wednesday, Nov. 19, on the LAC.

CITY VIEWSOPINION 7November 25, 2014

The deadline for news, advertisements and letters to the editor is the Thursday before publication.The Viking will be published Dec. 11. The Viking is published by Journalism 80 and 85 students of the LBCC English Department, with funding from the Associated Student Body.The Viking newsroom is located at LBCC, 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach, Calif., 90808, Room P125, Mail Code Y-16, Tele-phone (562) 938-4285 or contact us by email to [email protected] Viking is a member of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges, the California Newspaper Publishers Associ-ation, Unity Journalists of Color and the California First Amendment Coalition.Printed by Beach Community Publishing. Delivery staff: PCC Student Life staff and LAC ASB volunteers.The views expressed in the Viking do not reflect the views of the advisers, adminis-tration or the ASB. First copy free, each additional $1.

Have an opinion?The Viking welcomes letters to the editor. Writers must identify themselves by showing their ASB card, driver’s license or ID card and email. Only names will be published with the letter.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Counseling sessions short

Paul ingvaldsen/viking

I find that we rely on the inter-net as a form of communication more and more everyday.

The internet does not always make communication so easy. The LBCC online system is great and a convenience for many stu-dents, staff and faculty.

Sometimes it can be dif-ficult to look up basic infor-mation or student and facul-ty forms.

For instance, when you want to search for something, the search is not just for LBCC, it is also expanded by Google that does not always give you the in-formation you were looking for.

And most of the information tends to be outdated.

This can be a bit frustrating

when you just want to look for something as simple as withdraw-al dates, release dates on grades or semester class schedules.

I was always told, “Everything you need to know as a student available on the Viking student

system,” by faculty members.What about the people who

do not have a student account yet and are interested in signing up for school?

And then they come to find out that they have to wait to enroll because they have already missed

the deadline. We rely on the lbcc.edu web-

site to make everything easier but we are ignoring the simple basic questions that go beyond stu-dents, staff, and faculty.

Basic information on upcom-ing release dates and dead-lines should be available for everyone on the site.

And the information provided by google on the search engine should be

presented with current informa-tion about the college.

Perhaps this will reduce the amount of calls that LBCC gets per day regarding general ques-tions.

JaCkie huerta

By Kimberly BelcherStaff Writer

The inefficiency of the coun-seling department is the main cause of high dropout, low trans-fer and low enrollment rates.

Students need guidance as early as possible when enter-ing a Community College and throughout their entire time at LBCC.

Yet somehow the counseling department never has the amount of staff necessary to service all the students on campus.

It does not enforce contact or follow-up visits, leav-ing those students who are not a part of a spe-cial programs to fend for themselves.

Because of this “you’re on your own” method, many students take the wrong classes and spend a lot of time and mon-ey working toward units that will not transfer to Cal States or Universities.

By the time they realize they should speak with a counselor they have already set themselves back and given up on the idea of transferring within a two-year time frame.

A student is only given 30 minutes per session due to the large number of students who also need academic guidance.

The short appointment does not allow time to fully understand the student’s goals and challenges or to make a beneficial education plan.

If they cannot get the classes they need, they take something

else. A year later they seem to have made no progress and now the counseling appointments are only 15 minutes long.

Not much can truly be done in this 15 minutes besides advising the student that they should em-brace the campus beauty because they are going to be here for some time.

The process can be heart-breaking for many students. Some may try to continue, but not necessarily have the resources to continue school for an extended period of time. Others may be-come deeply discouraged and just

give up all together. Here is where the

problem lies. But all hope for the counsel-ing department is not lost yet. We still have time for a change.

Perhaps adopting some of the methods used by special pro-grams on campus such

as more counselors being avail-able for appointments on a daily basis, offering one-hour sessions to create or alter education plans or making one follow-up appoint-ment per year mandatory.

There should be more empha-sis on counselors discussing all options available to students to complete the necessary course-work to transfer as soon as pos-sible.

If these simple actions are in-tegrated into the current policy, it is certain to help improve the effectiveness of the counseling department not just at LBCC but anywhere that embraces these standards.

Improve the LBCC web

Editor in chief: Brittany Lieberman Managing editor: Richard Mejia City Style/Images editor: William Martin Sports editor Richard Mejia Photo editor: Jose Navarro Opinion editor: Ana Maria RamirezCalendar editor: Carlee Rodriguez

Staff:Tyisha Ali, Andre Barajas, Kimberley Belcher Darel James, Paul Ingvaldsen Adviser: Patrick McKeanPhoto and Online adviser: Chris Viola

Retired photo adviser: Jim TruittAdvertising Manager: Michael OlszewskiStudent Assistant: Charles Hall

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“Basic information on upcoming re-lease dates and deadlines should be available for everyone on the site.”

Nutritional science major Nancy Dotson displays fashion styles from the regions of Brazil at the LAC.

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Show highlights cultural diversityBy Darel James Staff Photographer

Creativity graced the runway as members of the De-veloping African American Professionals club (DAAP) displayed numerous vibrant fashion styles for students.

The event entitled “Shades, A Fashion Affair”, fea-tured some of the many African rooted clothing designs from across the globe. The event took place Nov. 20 from 12 noon to 1pm in front of the “A” building.

Touching on culture, history and creativity the show exhibited fashion styles from areas such as Jamaica, Ethi-opia, Cuba, Belize and many more. Cultural Affairs repre-sentative for DAAP and Business major Bresheena Baseel said, “All the models looked beautiful and the show was great. I was also amazed by all the talent we have here at LBCC, it was a learning experience and I look forward to

throwing more events like this in the future.” This will be the clubs first big event held at campuses of LBCC which also worked with members of cultural affairs, LBCC fash-ion club and student life to put together the presentation

Models took on center stage showcasing fashion de-signs from the minds of young aspiring student design-ers. “It’s pretty amazing being part of something this big, it gave a lot of opportunities to network and show off our hard work,” said fashion design major Brenda Tru-jillo, 27. Trujillo worked alongside fashion design majors Danny Quinn, 23, Jalen Harrison, 22, and Andre Valle, 24, to present their Jamaican influenced clothing design worn by Marine Biology major Jasmine Caldwell, 22. De-signers and visitors were not the only who appreciated the runway showcase. Models participating in the event were also among the many who had a great time at the Thursday show. “It felt really good, I hope to do it again.

I was really happy that all my sisters gathered together to embrace and share their many cultures,” said communi-cation major Brandi Smith, 19.

“It felt good to represent a different culture. Even though I am not Jamaican, I was happy to represent the culture because there were Jamaicans present at the show,” said marine biology major Jasmine Caldwell, 22.

DAAP organization is dedicated to assisting the aca-demic and social develop of African-American students focusing on topics such as transfer success, volunteering and promoting strong student leadership. DAAP club president and music major Anthony Mitchell, 24 said, “I’m amazed that so many people came out to support us. I loved the designs, narration and motion of the show, I was happy to see everything come together.” DAAP club meets every Wednesday from 3 to 4p.m at the LAC cam-pus is room D-237.

Psychology major Tiffany Onyejekwe, right, and bio-chemistry major Shay Adisa displays fashion styles from the regions of Nigeria at the Devel-oping African American Professionals Club “Shades, A Fashion Affair” fashion show on Thursday, Nov. 20, from noon to 1 p.m on the Front Quad.

LBCC students and employees enjoy the fashion show as Myah Chisem, a communications major, strolls down the runway to “Hip Hop Hooray.”

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