Spring 2009 - Volume 110: Issue 1

Move over Cartier, and watch your back Gucci. Pierce College’s own Madison Bell is storming the fashion scene with her own line of trendy and affordable jewelry.

Bell is a 19-year-old communications major on a mission—a mission to shake up the world of fashion and bring the latest trends to Southern California.

The fashion entrepreneur is already well established in the business. She has worked for Teen Vogue and fashion magazine 944.

Bell’s prior work experience and her eye for spotting trends have prepared her to take on the world of jewelry design.

The next logical step for Madison was to start creating her own pieces.

“I was inspired to make my own jewelry because I was sick and tired of shelling out a ton of money on expensive jewelry that I knew I could make myself,” she said.

Bell began creating that jewelry last August, developing her own jewelry line titled “Madi B.”

She explained her jewelry as

being “boutique-style jewelry, without the boutique price.”

“It is dedicated to generating positive energy. It is simple enough to wear every day, yet eye catching enough to grab anyone’s attention,” Bell explained.

It’s hard to argue with results. She has been selling out at the SkyeBlue Pink boutique in downtown Burbank, and at the Little Black Dress pop-up charity boutique. Her pieces can be found on her Web site,

For the first time in 31 years, Pierce College is getting not only one, but two new pools.

Pierce’s competition pool, originally built in 1978, is undergoing a major renovation and a new wellness pool is being built.

Reconstruction of the competition pool, which is 25 meters wide and 25 yards long, includes new tile, lights, drainage system and wider steps with more railing - all built “according to new code,” said Richard Nasr, senior project manager from Swinerton Management and Consulting.

The $15 million project, which also includes improvements to the football and softball fields, North and South Gyms and overhauling the entire aquatic facility is funded from Proposition A/AA.

Swimming Pool Supervisor John Vowels said some of the improvements will include new floors in the women’s locker room, a new men’s locker room, new 1 meter and 3 meter diving boards, covered bleachers— which will seat 300 spectators— new starting blocks, a new fence with galvanized, perforated panels and portable lifeguard chairs.

• What is a wellness pool?The new Wellness Pool at Pierce will be smaller and shallower

than the competition pool. It will be five lanes wide and 25 yards long and 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 feet deep. Vowels said it will also be kept “a few degrees warmer” than the competition pool.

“Unless you have three or four pools, the one pool that you end up building has to meet four different considerations: education, athletics, therapy and recreation,” Vowels said.

“What we’re trying to do is build a pool that meets all four of the requirements at the same time,” he added.

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A Los Angeles City College (LACC) student has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) after his teacher refused to let him complete a speech on Christianity, according to court documents.

Jonathan Lopez filed a lawsuit Feb. 11 in U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals against the members of the LACCD board of trustees; Jamillah Moore, LACC president; Allison Jones, LACC dean of Academic Affairs; Gene Little, the director of the district Office of Diversity Programs; Cristy Passman, LACC compliance officer and John Matteson, Lopez’s speech teacher.

Both Matteson and Camilla Goulet, of the LACCD general council, were unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

“This isn’t just about Jonathan’s right to free speech, this is about every student’s right,” said David Hacker, one of the lawyers representing Lopez, in a phone interview from his office in Folsom.

Hacker works for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian organization that “defends religious liberty,” according to their Web site.

No university speech code has ever been struck down, according to Hacker, but Lopez is still hoping to accomplish his goal of free speech for all. Lopez declined to be interviewed.

“The issue of free speech is very emotional and a right in your face topic these days,” said Robert Garber, Pierce College president.

Pierce faced a similar situation last semester when a man came

on campus and began a religious demonstration. He carried a sign with Bible verses and claimed that “sex perverts, murderers and mouthy women” among others, were going to Hell. No action was taken since he was protesting inside the free speech zone.

According to court documents, Lopez began to present a persuasive speech on Nov. 24, 2008 to his Speech 101 class about his belief in Christianity. During the speech, he gave the dictionary definition of marriage and then read two Bible passages.

At this point, Matteson stopped Lopez’s speech, calling him a “fascist bastard” and refused to let him finish his presentation, according to the lawsuit.

Matteson told the class if they were offended they were free to leave, and when no one left, he formally dismissed the class.

Lopez found his speech’s evaluation sheet on his backpack after the class, with the words “Ask God what your grade is,” where his letter grade should have been. The evaluation was included in the legal documents.

He met with Jones the day after to describe Matteson’s actions, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit states that a week

later, the professor embarrassed Lopez in front of the class when he came in late and interrupted another student’s speech. Even though Lopez apologized to the student and the rest of the class, Matteson commented that it “wasn’t very Christian of him.”

After that event, Lopez delivered a written statement to Jones and was confronted by Matteson, who threatened to get him expelled. Lopez then sent a letter through his ADF counsel demanding action be taken against his professor. The letter was included in the lawsuit.

Jones sent a letter to Lopez’s lawyers saying she had begun a “progressive discipline process” two days later. Two students from Lopez’s class, who were not named in the lawsuit, sent letters to the president as well. They stated that they didn’t think Lopez should be allowed to “spout hateful propaganda” or “preach hate speech.”

In his lawsuit, Lopez is seeking monetary, declaratory

and injuctionary relief. In layman’s terms, he’s seeking an unspecified amount of money, part of which will cover his legal fees. He also wants a judge to declare that the defendants violated his first and 14th amendment rights, and he wants to stop them from doing it again. Lopez requested a trial by jury.

“Universities are supposed to be a marketplace for ideas, but they’ve become islands of isolation,” said Hacker.

According to Hacker, hundreds of universities have unconstitutional speech policies, forcing students to self-censor themselves.

Emily Kelley / Roundup

See Lawsuit on Page 3

City College student sues LACCD over free speechReligious speech lawsuit may change college codes

Daylight-saving time approaching

Weather and building complications stall the completion of the Steven E. Schofield Pool from late November 2008 to April 1.Rachel Roth / Roundup

See Pool on page 3

Petrina J. Roudebush / RoundupALIVE AND WELL: Pierce College’s swimming pools have been under construction since August 2008 and along with building a new competition pool, a wellness pool (shown above) is being added to meet the requirements for the aquatic center.

This isn’t about Jonathan’s right to free

speech, this is about every student’s right.

-David HackerLawyer representing

Jonathan Lopez

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Daylight-saving time goes into effect Saturday night / Sunday morning with clocks going forward one hour. Starting 2 a.m. the clock will shift to 3 a.m.

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Burke Bryant / RoundupDESIGNER: Pierce College communications major Madison Bell, 19, models pieces from her up and coming jewelry line titled “Madi B.” in front of the Life Science building March 1.

Entrepreneur lands boutiques

Greg Donnell / Roundup

See Bell on page 5

Madison Bell tackles the education and business worlds with her jewelry line Madi B., dedicated to ‘generate positive energy.’

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International Women’s Day (IWD) is upon us and while women don’t need a day to celebrate the existence of their gender, that is hardly what this day means.

If it is true that it is a day to celebrate women’s achievements, it is also a day to create awareness.

There are so many women’s issues to address in the world that we wouldn’t need a day but maybe an entire year to discuss them.

Even though in the past century there were many accomplishments made by individuals from both genders to get women gender equality, there is still a long way to go in combating some of the other

issues—violence and abuse being the most important ones, which is why this year’s theme is “women and men united to end violence against women and girls.”

According to the United Nations Web site, around the world, as many as one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex, or abused in some other way, most often by someone she knows, including by her husband or another male family member; one woman in four has been abused during pregnancy.

We would think that in an era where technology has advanced so much that phones are utilized for everything except making phone calls, people have advanced along with as well. Clearly, that’s not the case.

It is wrong to think that because it doesn’t affect us personally that it doesn’t affect us at all. In order for us to rise above as a society we need to make sure that all of our individuals are healthy and in

complete control of their abilities and freedoms.

Education is the key. We need to make sure that people are getting the education they need, not only to understand that violence is not the right way to resolve issues, but also to prepare women to take care of themselves and their children.

Of course, education starts at home. Women need to demand respect from men by standing up for our beliefs and becoming more independent.

In the spirit of IWD I would like to pay tribute to a few of the thousands of women that have changed history by being brave and dreaming bigger than anybody before them: Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross, for showing compassion for the sick and wounded and creating an organization that helps millions around the world.

Rosa Parks, civil rights activist, for making it right to speak up against unfair treatment of

human beings. Her courage gave inspiration to millions others who were scared of trying to make things right.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, anti-slavery activist and founder of the women’s right movement, for being tough after being told by her father that he wished she was a boy, proving him wrong and organizing the first national convention to earn women the right to vote.

Mary Wollstonecraft, writer, for writing “A Vindication on the Rights of Woman,” an important piece of literature that talks about gender equality.

This Sunday, celebrate IWD by acknowledging the important women in your life, but do not forget about all the other women in the world who are faced with unfairness and inequality every day.

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Dear Roundup,

It’s my pleasure to welcome our students, faculty and staff back to Pierce for Spring 2009.

As we begin this new semester, we are facing very challeng-ing times. The current economic crisis in our country is resulting in many uncertainties. The college budget is still not resolved for the current year and next year’s prospects are rapidly changing and filled with unknowns. In addition, many new and continuing students are facing similar challenges with regard to jobs and living situations.

In the midst of these uncertain times, Pierce is committed to do-ing everything we can to keep our promises and continue providing the classes and programs that sup-port students’ educational aspira-tions and help give focus to their future opportunities.

On a brighter note, I hope that everyone can see the great changes taking place at Pierce. Updating our facilities and construction of new buildings are aimed at improv-ing our ability to support students as they pursue their educational goals.

The new Administration parking lot is complete and offers sig-

nificant improvements for students and staff over the old, congested lot. In addition, we’re making great progress with our new Student Services, Center for the Sciences, and Child Development buildings. Also this semester, we have begun renovations

to many of our class-rooms to incorporate new state-of-the-art technology and refurbished classrooms.

As we begin this new semester, I hope that the inconveniences and uncertainties these difficult times threaten will be overshadowed by the great new facilities and the amazing opportunities that will emerge from our efforts to build a new Pierce and a great future for our students.

Sincerely,

Robert GarberPresident

Dear Roundup,

After attending classes at Pierce for the last year, it has become clear many of you are simply consuming the oxygen others need to live.

You come to class late or not at all. You are not prepared.

You do not take notes and doze off.

Then you drop with no penalty. You have wasted the life’s’ breath of education. What are you doing here?

You have taken a classroom seat a serious student could have occupied.

You cause instructors to have classes shrink by one-half while they could be teaching more com-mitted students.

You show up wearing hats you

refuse to remove and pants and to cover your derriere. (A sight no one on campus wants to see, really.) Who are you emulating? You can barely walk with your waistband around your thighs.

Stand aside. Come back if you are willing to make an invest-ment in yourself and stop wasting everyone’s time and money. If you are unwilling to develop academi-cally, do you think an athletic team or music promoter would consider betting on you?

McDonald’s is still hiring. Waste the oxygen there.

Alan KabakoffStudent

For every college, there is a parking problem. From Santa Monica College to our very own campus, there are simply not enough

parking spaces to accommodate such a large student population.

It is a simple fact and yet we still complain and demand further parking. As if somehow we should pave over the world to allow for more hassle-free spaces.

What we haven’t noticed is that our college has been working overtime to provide these spaces. And what have we, as students done?

We’ve been circling the lot and waiting for that next space to appear.

Over winter and fall semesters Pierce College renovated Parking Lot 1 and added an additional 65 parking spaces for students and 66 for faculty. That doesn’t come cheap either.

The renovations cost more than $1.9 million for

Parking Lot 1 and more than $2.1 million for Parking Lot 8.

The end result gave us enough parking for a small town, with well over 3,000 spaces. Sure, they could have shot for more than that, but would we be ready to give up the Freudian Sip?

The college has proven that they heard our calls for more space and have asked for nothing in return.

In the meantime, many students still snub the public bus system, the fine art of carpooling and simply riding a bike if we are close enough.

Yes, Los Angeles is a culture that lives on cars, but shouldn’t we be trying to change our habits to allow a little bit of breathing room in the parking lots?

Wouldn’t it be easier to have your friend shouting at other drivers as you navigate them through the perilous Parking Lot 7?

Dear Roundup,

As a night student and bus rider, I face many dangers and dark spots going home to Panorama City. From a potential assault to pitch black streets, but Pierce College shouldn’t be one of them. Unfortu-nately it is.

Although many dark places at school have been lighted, one big spot remains in the black— the soccer field that leads to the Victory and Winnetka street corner. Once I’ve passed The Village build-ings, the only visible lights are at the school across the street and anything closer to that are in the gray. From slippery grass to muddy grounds, it’s an obstacle course to go home to at 10. Not to men-tion any student, leaving late, can potentially be assaulted at school by someone who is hiding and is wearing dark clothes.

Although as a precaution stu-dents could carry a flashlight and

something for their self-defense, but not everyone does. Also, knives and guns are not permitted on school grounds. That’s where it gets a little grayer: Should a student break a rule and be safe or follow it and be at risk?

But the school can do something about it. Although putting new light poles across the field is an answer, it’s a waste of time and money. It would be easier and cheaper to have some soccer field lights be turned on several hours, and have someone from the Sherriff’s Station turned them off around 11 p.m., when most, if not all, students have left school.

It’s not a night-light issue, it’s a safety issue and Pierce can help out a little bit.

Javier ZazuetaStudent

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The lawsuit cites that the district’s speech code is both vague and overboard and violates both of the above amendments. It states that the code limits speech in a public forum, and therefore violates constitutional rights.

The district’s policies are available online, and have sections on both discrimination and retaliation for any complaints about discrimination. It states that retaliation is not only against district policy, but is also against state and federal law.

The lawsuit isn’t citing the district’s discrimination policy however. According to Hacker, Lopez said that he felt that the sexual

harassment policy was what was actually suppressing his speech.

The district’s sexual harassment policy prohibits any form of “offensive” speech, and does not define offensive. Hacker said that because of this it gives the schools too much leeway to restrict student’s speech.

The members of the board of trustees are responsible for making and enforcing district policies, according to California Education code 70902, which is why they are included in the lawsuit.

No trial date has been set as of press time.

Fred Shaw, in his 18th year as head coach of the swim team, stated that with the addition of the wellness pool means “room to do more.”

“We’ll be able to run bigger meets because there will be a place to warm up, we can have a class, lap swimmers and my master’s team at the same time. We can offer more programs and consequently earn more money,” he added.

• Experiencing DelaysConstruction began in August

and was supposed to be completed by November 30, and again in February, but due to “unforeseen delays” the Steven E. Schofield Aquatic Center - named for the former president of Friends of Pierce Pool, who died in July 2007 from bone cancer is now scheduled to open April 1.

“When you deal with existing conditions, it is not like a new pool,” Nasr said. “You only know (the problems) you can see visually.”

Shaw stated that some of the some of those

problems included the deck surrounding the competition pool and electrical outlets.

Additionally, the original plan for the aquatic center didn’t include a new deck but Pierce President Robert Garber wanted to add it, causing the opening date to be pushed back even further.

Weather has also been a factor in the delays.“Every time there is a storm it sets us back a few

days,” Shaw said. “You can’t work during (the rain)

but you also have to let (everything) dry out.”

• An “inconvenient” truthUntil the aquatic center opens, the swimand

diving team will continue practicing at Los Angeles Valley College and sharing the pool with Valley’s swim and diving teams.

“We have four (swimmers) in a lane sometimes,” said Shaw. “They have to swim circles.”

Shaw also had to recently reschedule all of the team’s home meets to away meets.

The delays have not only “inconvenienced” the swim team, but puts the status of swimming classes into question.

According to Bill Norton, chairperson of physical education, swimming classes are set to begin April 13. They will be shorter-term classes, meeting four times a week for eight weeks instead of twice a week for 16 weeks.

He indicated that if one of the pools isn’t completed by then, the classes may need to be canceled, but that they were trying to do “everything but cancel.”

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Every time there is a storm

it sets us back a few days.

-Fred ShawSwimming Team Head Coach

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Petrina J. Roudebush / RoundupRELAXED: After practicing the “butterfly” stroke at Valley Commu-nity College in Valley Glen Feb. 19, the Pierce College swim team warms-down. They are at Valley because the Pierce swimming pool has been under construction since August 2008 and the completion date is expected to be April 2009.

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Redefining free speech

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sHEriFF’s BlottErFeb. 17 through February 23

February 17- 1:05 p.m. A student was harrassed by another student in the Administration Building.

February 18- 12:20 p.m. A student was transported to the hospital via LAFD due to dizziness and back pain at the Village Quad Area.

February 19- 9:30 a.m. Suspect arrested after robbing an iPod from a student in Room 3305.

February 20- 11:00 a.m. A student approached and threatened the victum over her boyfriend at the Freudian Sip.

4:28 p.m. Plant facilities were notified after a water leaked on Brahma Drive causing a sink hole.

February 23- 3:35 p.m. Suspect was arrested after taking a book from the bookstore without paying.

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Restful sleep consisting of at least six hours a night is extremely important to properly function and retain information that you learn on a day-to-day basis, yet a portion of Pierce College students rarely get even six hours of sleep per night.

An informal poll taken at Pierce asked students how many hours of sleep they get a night on average. Out of 40 students, 76 percent had less than six hours of restful sleep and of that figure, 39 percent had less than four hours of sleep.

“I need black coffee and Marlboro Reds every morning regard-less of how much I slept,” Pierce student Jackson Barber said.

Other Pierce students like Lissette Hasbun and Crystal Gobea said they have experienced falling asleep in class on several occa-sions from getting only five hours of sleep a night.

“I have had students fall asleep in class twice,” Chad Snow, psychology department instructor said. ”So what I do is go over and tap on their desk a little to wake them and say, I hate to disturb you but I wanted to let you know that everything is about to get real interesting and I didn’t want you to miss it.”

Marian S. Weiser, dance department vice chair and faculty adviser, said if students were to fall asleep in her class they would just fall down. Weiser also said when she taught health she would just ask a question to any student who looked like they were about to fall asleep.

“I get about seven hours of sleep, I’m a part-time student part time worker,” Pierce student Aaron Waruszewski said. “The stress it’s harder to remember stuff, like just remembering names and the basic stuff sometimes.”

A Harvard study in 2007 conducted by Matthew Walker, an assistant professor of psychology, found that students who had

less than the normal six to eight hours of sleep had trouble memo-rizing information and had retained up to 40 percent less than those

students who had slept normally when viewing and retaining the images.

“That’s the difference between acing an exam and failing it mis-erably,” Walker said in a previous interview by Alvin Powell of the Harvard University Gazette. “You cannot commit new experiences to memory if you haven’t had a good night’s sleep.”

Other problems can occur from sleep deprivation which may cause potentially dangerous conditions known as “microsleeps” and “automatic behavior”. Microsleeps are brief episodes of sleep that happen while the person is awake. They only last about 10 to 15 seconds but during this time the person does not re-spond to noise or other sensory inputs.

Automatic behavior refers to a period of time that can last for several minutes during which you are awake and doing activi-ties such as driving a car. The problem with automatic behav-ior is that even though you can continue to drive a vehicle, you are not paying attention and can miss an intended exit or potentially run a red light.

Irregular sleep patterns can also have a negative effect for stu-dents who are stressed from working and going to school.

“I get sometimes nine hours of sleep but still I have trouble getting out of bed and getting into the shower and moving on,” said Pierce student Chris Bruno, who works two jobs and goes to school.”I guess I’m just a restless sleeper.”

These sleep deprivation-associated conditions are not the only dangerous side effects of limited sleep habits. In fact, a number of studies conducted by various universities have shown that hand-eye coordination and reaction times from lack of sleep can be equaled to being intoxicated.

In one study conducted by Harvard Medical School in 2007, volunteers stayed awake for 28 hours starting at 8 a.m., periodically taking simulated driving tests.

At a different time the same volunteers drank between 10 and 15 grams of alcohol every 30 minutes until their blood alcohol content (BAC) level reached 0.10. The study concluded that having no sleep for a 24-hour period had the same potential dangers as having a BAC of 0.10, which is above the legal limit for driving a vehicle in most states.

Alcohol can also play a role in causing sleep disorders.“What a lot of people don’t know is there is a secondary stimu-

lation; say they have three, four, five drinks that night,” Snow explained. “All of a sudden they wake up at three in the morning and they can’t figure out why. It’s because the alcohol is now being metabolized into sugar.”

Another study in 2006 by Oxford University as published by the American Journal of Epi-demiology showed that women over a period of 16 years who were middle aged and reported sleeping only five hours or less a night had an average of 32-per-

cent weight gain of 33 pounds or more compared with women of the same demographic who received more restful hours of sleep. Studies have also shown that long term sleep disorders can cause a higher risk for anxiety, depression and other mood disorders.

One study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh of more than a million people over the age of 30 found that men who had less than four hours of sleep a night were three times more likely to die earlier than men who got at least seven or eight hours of sleep a night.

If you’re having trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep, Snow says try cut down on excessive drinking of alcohol and drinks that contain caffeine. He also recommends trying to get bed earlier, and if problems still occur, to seek the help of a professional health worker.

Gary Moratz / Roundup

Some Pierce students get less sleep than is recommended for learning.

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Internet access is an indispensable part of students’ lives in terms of having a good performance for their classes.

Free campus-wide wireless Internet access at Pierce College has been up for a couple of semesters, and the range of the connection will be expanded in the future.

But how many students know where they can con-nect to the Web on campus?

Pierce has four major buildings where students can connect to the Internet: Administration and Student Service offices, the Country Cafe, the Freudian Sip and the Library.

Daniel Lopez, a sophomore, heard about the wire-less connection in the Library from his teacher.

“It’s a good connection,” said Lopez, an engineer-ing major.

He was able to download a large engineering program to his laptop without losing his connection during the two-hour transfer.

Lopez brings his laptop computer every Tuesday and Thursday and has not had any connection prob-lems while he was using the Internet.

Word of mouth seems to be the only way students are becoming aware of the Internet access.

Paula Paggi, assistant professor of library science, said, “It’s a good idea to make an advertisement to notify students.”

Free Wi-Fi has been available in the Library since last semester.

Mark Henderson, Pierce Information Tech Manager, said, “We did announce to library staff the wireless was up there.”

Henderson said the announcement was made to those four facilities, but that there hasn’t been an ad-vertisement or brochure.

He estimates less than one-third students have lap-top computers and come to school with them.

But, he said they provide the free Internet access for those students who need it for their research or for the process of class registrations.

“We definitely have a plan to expand the wireless range,” Henderson said.

He said I.T. has been looking into the expansion of the wireless range so that students can access it in all

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He also said they may install the wireless connec-tion into some new buildings which have been under construction.

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“Women and men united

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International Women’s Day was celebrated for the first time in 1911, fueled by the women’s movement at the start of the 20th century.

“The great thing about Inter-national Women’s Day [is that] it’s not only for celebration, but it focuses attention,” James Dawson, professor of political science, said. “It’s a way of encouraging women and encouraging people to keep these thoughts foremost in their mind, and not just think that the problems have been solved.”

Some people do not think these problems can ever be solved.

“...just like racism will never stop, [violence against women and discrimination] will never stop. That’s just how things are,” said Shanek Johnson, child develop-ment major.

Even though people take this day to celebrate some of women’s achievements and women in general, creating awareness about women’s issues is one of the main reasons the day exists. While some

people relate to this day, others think it is not necessary at all.

“I think it’s just an excuse to party, have fun and celebrate something that really… serves no purpose,” Pierce College student Erik Fresquez said.

In spite of the skepticism surrounding the day’s inten-tions, there are numerous international women’s-rights issues to be addressed.

According to the United Na-tions, some of the biggest problems facing women today are female genital mutilation/cutting, killings in the name of “honor” and forced early marriage of young girls or adolescents.

“Women in many parts of the

worlds are subject to more violence than men, and that’s really a ter-rible condition,” Dawson said. “In many countries, women are still

subject to violence even by their families, honor killings and things like that. (Those things) still exist.”

Violence toward and abuse of women is dominant in developing countries because women are less independent than in industrialized nations.

“Any society that keeps its women down, it’s destined to stay

poor because they’re wasting half of their population resource,” said Sheila Williams, professor of history and faculty adviser of the

women’s studies department. “If you look at the parts of the world that treat women the worst, they are the poorest parts of the world.”

Education might be the most impor-tant thing to fight the problem. Women

need to be educated in order to obtain more independence, which is one of the biggest accomplish-ments of Western societies.

“In the past, women had to have higher GPAs in order to go to pub-lic post secondary schools and that was because society didn’t want to waste its money educating women that were just going to get married

and have babies,” Williams said.Another way society can attack

the problem is by making sure there are enough laws that protect women against any kind of abuse.

“Law making is very important, and the enforcement of the laws. We need to make sure that our laws address the problem,” Dawson said. “We need to make sure that our laws are not gender biased, that there’s fair enforcement of the laws.”

Undoubtedly, awareness plays a crucial role fighting the issues and that is why days such as IWD and the events surrounding it need to be of international concern.

“Women have to make the first steps,” Pierce student Maricela Perez said. “I think we are doing it by going to school, taking the chal-lenges and going through tough careers.”

There are organizations such as the American Association of Uni-versity Women that promote equal-ity and education for all women and girls by developing strategies and working with lawmakers to make sure all women have a fair chance.

According to the IWD Web site, more than one million women and men attended the first IWD meet-ing with rallies campaigning for women’s rights to work, vote, be trained, to hold public office and end discrimination.

This year, there are 731 IWD events in 49 countries on Sunday and throughout March. United Kingdom has the most with 216 events, followed by the United States with 146 events.

Pierce has no scheduled events to observe IWD.

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Aisha Ahal / RoundupWOMEN: Full time students and mothers Yamileth Alvarez and Sonia Medrano study for a math test on the Los Angeles Pierce College mall February 26, 2009.

International Women’s Day recognizes females and their achievements.

Any society that keeps its women down, is destined to stay poor

because they’re wasting half of their population.

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missions and Records.“I’m from San Pedro and I was

raised around surfers,” Walker said.Students who visited the exhibi-

tion seemed to enjoy the collection of “Round Things, Found Things” that Beth Abels of the art department brought in an old suitcase. Fingers probed through the pile of knobs, bearings and related objects, turning it into a tactile experience.

“Things that we would usually per-ceive as junk becomes art when there’s a purpose behind it,” said Dennis Washburn, executive director of the Foundation for Pierce College.

“If you look closely at the pope snow globe, you’ll notice the face is a very good likeness of the pope,” said Washburn. “The way Garber has arranged the black-and-white nun and panda globes on either side of the pope shows that even a col-lector can be an artist.”

From surfboards to a miniature Pope John Paul II in a snow globe, the Pierce College Art Gallery is the setting for an eclectic display of faculty members’ personal collections, running through March 19.

Visitors were greeted by the smiling faces on the porcelain Royal Doulton Character Jugs, brought in by Child Devel-opment teacher Lila Snow, which were contrasted on the adjacent wall by art instructor David Oshima’s hand-carved wooden masks from Gabon, Bali and Mexico.

Textiles and weavings in reds from Central America were worn by David Schutzer’s mannequin while Diane Levine’s American Indian Kachinas danced in blue on a shelf across the room. Both Schutzer and Levine work in the anthropology

department.“I like to travel, but I hate to shop,”

said Pierce President Robert Garber as he explained his snow globe collection which includes Elvis, the Eiffel Tower and his prized Pope John Paul II from the Vatican. “When (Paul) becomes a saint, I’m thinking of selling him on eBay.”

Former Pierce Presi-dent Herbert Ravetch (1979-85) and his wife Gloria were enjoying the gallery presenta-tion that associate pro-fessors of arts Constance Kocs and Greg Gilbertson, who had brought out his display of handsaws from the late 19th century, had conceived and arranged.

“It’s good to see what the faculty is up to nowadays,” Ravetch said. “Did you see Garber’s pope in the snow globe?”

Sean McDonald, a media arts staff member, had his personal collection of classic handmade surfboards, which caught the eye of Pat Walker from Ad-

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Aisha Ahal / RoundupCOLLECTING HISTORY: Anthropology Professor Diane Levine shows fellow faculty and staff her collection of Aztec figures at the art gallery exhibit titled “In The Eye of the Beholder” at a reception at Pierce College on Feb. 19.

Aisha Ahal / RoundupWILD COLLECTIONS: A hand carved wooden mask called “Wild Hair” from Da-vid and Nancy Oshima’s collection “Masks” at the Pierce College staff art gallery.

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It wasn’t supposed to end like this.With 5.9 seconds remaining on the clock, the

Pierce College women’s basketball team seemed poised to take their pursuit of a state championship to Ventura College for the regional semifinal round, but Jazmine Matthews and the Citrus College Owls brought their title chase to a screeching halt

Citrus’ sophomore guard hit the game-winning shot scoop-shot in the waning moments of Wednesday’s regional play-in round to defeat the Brahmas, 78-77

“Somebody had to win and somebody had to lose,” said Citrus head coach Eric Anderson. “In a game like this, it went back and forth. They had their chances, we had ours. We both missed free-throws in the end and we just happened to have the last possession.”

Each possession proved to be crucial throughout the night, as no more than nine points separated the two sides at any given moment. However, Pierce failed to capitalize on their chances.

“We played a little tight and we had 28 turnovers,” said Pierce head coach Jim Couch. “I don’t think we’ve had 28 turnovers since the beginning of the season. Citrus played a heck of a game but I thought we could have played better.”

But despite the large number of turnovers, Pierce had an opportunity to seal the deal late in the second half. Trailing, 74-76, with 22.9 seconds remaining in the game, the Brahmas put the ball in the hands of freshman guard Tessondra Williams who unloaded from behind the arc for three points.

“I was just thinking ‘score,’ Williams recalled. “The girl laid off me and I was open so I shot a three.”

“Big, big shot,” said Couch. “She sank it. My

concern was there was a little too much time because I know their three scorers [Jessica Nieves, Terri Washington and Matthews].”

Couch’s fears materialized as Matthews drove coast-to-coast, muscled through a sea of Pierce defenders and put the dagger right through the Brahmas’ heart, closing the book on their fairy-tale season.

“I knew we needed the shot,” said Matthews. “The ball was in my hands. I didn’t have anybody to pass to. They were trying to double-team me so I had to go and try to draw a foul. If I couldn’t draw the foul, I had to make my shot and it fell.”

Pierce sophomore center Tiara Richardson took one final jump-shot at the buzzer, but to no avail.

And just like that, it was over.Citrus’ bench burst onto the court in celebration,

leaving the Brahmas to retreat to the locker room dejected, disappointed but well aware of what they had accomplished.

“I’m happy that we made it this far,” said a misty-eyed Williams. “Now we know what to expect for next year, what we need to do to get to playoffs – play your game, play as a team and don’t let anything outside bother you.”

But for sophomore guard Bridget Jenkins, there won’t be a next year as Wednesday’s loss signifies the end of her illustrious Brahma career.

“I’m proud of the team and how far we’ve come but we just couldn’t pull it out tonight,” she said. “Hopefully they learn from this experience and go farther.”

As she walked out the doors of the South Gym for final time as a Brahma, Jenkins, the captain and backbone of her team gazed back at the f loor she called home for the past two years. Choking back tears, she managed a half-smile.

“Go Brahmas,” she said.

Missed by a heartbeatWomen’s basketball season ends after heartbreaking first round loss

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Louie Heredia / Roundup DEJECTED: Pierce guard Tessanda Williams (5) is talked to by Citrus Assistant Head Coach Monica Peters (right) following the Brahmas one-point playoff loss to Citrus.

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Upcoming home games:

Baseball March 5, 2 p.m. vs. Valley

March 10, 2:30 p.m. vs. West L.A.

Softball March 12, 1 & 3 p.m. (Doubleheader) vs. Moorpark

Men’s Volleyball March 4, 7 p.m. vs. Santa Monica

March 6, 7 p.m. vs. el Camino

Tennis March 5, 2 p.m. vs. Cypress

March 10, 2 p.m. vs. Barkersfield

Most teams prefer to compete in their home arena.For the Pierce College swimming and diving team that isn’t an option.

Yet it didn’t prevent the men’s team from trouncing their biggest rivals yesterday when they beat Santa Monica College in the first duel meet of the season, 130-100, at the Santa Monica Swim Center.

Pierce’s lone diver Alex Dashiell took first in the three-meter dive and second in the one-meter.

This season, Pierce is without a pool. The new Steven E. Schofield Aquatic Center was supposed to open in November but has been pushed back to April 1.

As a result, the team has been practicing at Los Angeles Valley College.

“There’s a lot of problems with not having your own pool but we’re dealing with it,” said Fred Shaw who is in his 18th season as head coach of the swim team.

Shaw said that at times his swimmers are swim-ming four to a lane and that traveling to Valley from Pierce often results in “less water time.”

The swimmers are also feeling the pinch.“It’s made it a bit more difficult because we’re not

on our home turf,” Eryk Hakman, second year swim-mer, said. “We’re not practicing the way we’re used to. (At Valley) our workouts are a lot more limited... it’s a little demeaning but we’re not making any excuses.”

Efren Avila, first-year Pierce swimmer, echoed

Hakman’s sentiments.“Only having four or five lanes is not enough for

our team,” he said. “We can’t wait to get our pool back in April in time for conference.

If they continue swimming the way they did yes-terday, it may not matter.

“I’m very optimistic,” Shaw said after the meet. “A

lot of people (whom) I wasn’t sure of how they would swim came through and swam faster than we thought they would.”

The men swept the 50-yard freestyle event, which has never happened before.

“We’re usually a little weak in the sprints because we don’t have (a) water polo (team),” Shaw said.

Shaw was also please with distance swimmer Elizabeth Herrera, who took first in both the 1000 and 500-yard-swims.

• The numbersThis season, Pierce has more than doubled the

members of its swim team.Last year only seven men and one woman com-

peted. This year 17 men and five women don scarlet and white.

“It’s very encouraging because we have quality swimmers and we have numbers for the first time this year on the men’s team that we haven’t had in a couple of years,” Shaw said.

Hakman also describes this season as being “a lot more fun” due to the fact that they can be competitive with other teams.

“Last year we’d have a meet and (say) ‘we’re probably gonna lose, but let’s have a good meet.’ Now we go into the meets and (say) ‘let’s beat them,’” he added.

Even though the men have the personnel to win, the women still come up short. They were only able to earn 30 points in the meet against Santa Monica.

Shaw feels that a team needs “about a dozen” swimmers to get enough points to win.

He admits that “it would be ‘nicer’” for the women to be competitive, but isn’t discouraged that it won’t happen this season.

“The beautiful part about swimming is that there’s an individual component,” he said. “They can do their best time. They can keep improving. That’s what makes us happy.”

•looking aheadPierce will travel to Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo on Friday to compete in the largest collegiate invitational in the United States.

For Shaw, it will be a good indication of where his team stacks up against the rest of the teams in the state.

But for now, he’s pleased with the first victory of the season.

“I (am) happy. The team showed good sportsman-ship (and) even though we had a couple of people with colds and the flu they stuck it out and swam good.”

Brahmas beat Santa Monica while construction of Pierce pool continues

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Sean MacDonald / RoundupCUTTING THROUGH THE WATER: Eryk Hakman won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2.37.89. He also led Pierce to victory in the 400-yard medley relay, swimming his leg in 1.06.

Win for homeless swim team

It’s made it a bit more difficult because we’re not swimming on

our own turf.-Eryk Hakman

Pierce swimmer

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