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Bicycles stolen from the PCCBy Andre BarajasStaff Writer

Angry students criticized the LBCC police department after reports of almost a dozen bicy-cles stolen at the PCC around 11 a.m.on Thursday, Oct. 16.

“My friend’s bike, which was his only transportation, was sto-len. It’s outrageous how the police could let this happen in clear day-light,” said Steven Chan, a busi-ness major.

An increase in bike thefts has been reported at LBCC.

Campus police officer Kevin Stinson clarified an initiative to add police presence in addition to what the college already has.

Most of the stolen bikes were secured with cable locks, which are discouraged by LBCC police, who recommends using U-locks.

Edwardo Ozaeta, a broadcast-ing major, said he agrees that a U-lock is the best form of security for bikes.

Officer Valasco, who patrols the PCC and the LAC, said, “We often see expensive bicycles being ‘locked’ with cheap locks. Stu-dents will leave the bike unlocked while they enter the Bookstore or Library.”

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LOCKED: Alfredo Marin, 18, a computer science major, demonstrates how he takes extra precau-tion when locking his bicycle after 16 bikes were reported stolen from the PCC on Thursday, Oct. 16.

College wins business awardLBCC adapts to job market, excels in business courses.By Kimberly BelcherStaff Writer

LBCC was named the 2014 Entrepreneurial College of the Year by the National Association of Community College Entrepre-neurship on Tuesday, Oct. 14 at their 12th annual conference in Phoenix, AZ.

Marie Smith, 25, a business economics major said, “Knowing that I am entering an award win-ning program really excites me. I came from another school to be a part of the program here and it reassures me that I made the best decision.”

According to Dr. Karen Faulk-ner, professor of business admin-istration, “We offer a well-round-ed business program that includes not only MGT80: Entrepreneur-ship, but a host of practical cours-es in marketing, management, accounting and international business.”

Faulkner said that the pro-grams also offer entrepre-neur-friendly scheduling, includ-ing night and weekend classes and will be adding two new Satur-day classes: GBUS5: Introduction to Business and MKTG41: Mar-keting Communications.

LBCC President Eloy Oakley said, “One of our missions as a California community college is economic development and we are proud of our strong entrepre-neurship programs. LBCC has the ability to quickly adapt and pro-vide innovative programs to meet the needs of our community.”

NACCE President Heather Van Sickle called the program, “a shining example of what a com-munity college can do when it commits itself to developing and supporting entrepreneurship.”

Sheneui Weber, executive director for LBCC’s College Ad-vancement and Economic Devel-opment, accepted the award at the conference on behalf of LBCC but was unavailable for comment.

Homecoming court to be crownedBy Andre BarajasStaff Writer

The Homecoming king and queen will be announced on Sat-urday, Nov. 15, during the Home-coming football game at Veteran’s Stadium at 6 p.m.

“I’m excited to meet the can-didates. Last year I chose the most entertaining persons for king and queen,” said Devon Mayor, 21, an English major.

Students running for king are Richard Chum, Tyler Meza, Grant Cook, Jerry Zepeda and Dale Reed. Students running for queen are Atenas Medina, Alma Velazquez, Dalzeil Arambula, Elizabeth Waite, Judith Garcia, and Heather Wilson.

Students may vote on Wednesday, Nov. 12, on the PCC Lawn from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 3-6 p.m. Students may also vote Thursday, Nov. 13, on the LAC in front of the A Building during the same time frames. Students may call the office of student life at (562) 938-4795.

Dale Reed Dalziel Arambula

Jerry Zepeda Grant Cook

Tyler Meza Richard Chum Heather Wilson Elizabeth Waite

Alma Velazquez

Kelly Roldan Judith Garcia

meeting Tuesday, Oct. 28, Stu-dent Trustee David Root said, “I myself have been a victim of theft at LBCC. I do not condemn any-one for the incidents. However I would like the student body to know that the responsibility of LBCC police to ensure the safety and security of students here.”

In an interview, ASB President Lokilani Hunt said theft is not a new issue, but the ASB Cabinet has been assured by the LBCC police that proactive measures are being taken.

Lt. Julie Prior confirmed that reports of 16 stolen bikes in one day are false, but a rise in thefts

has been reported. The lieutenant said LBCC is taking the case se-riously.

Police advise students to be observant around the bike racks and keep a record of the serial number as well as a description and picture that will assist in the recovery of the bicycle.

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September report includes 674 tickets. By Paul IngvaldsenStaff Writer

The police officer was almost apologetic as he leaned over the counter at Campus Police head-quarters Monday and said, “Stu-dents can no longer appeal park-ing tickets here. Everything is online.”

Students who want to contest a parking ticket must go to long-beach.gov/parking within 21 days of the issuance date and submit their claim online, the officer said.

A list of reasons that do not support dismissing a citation is listed on the website. Common reasons given that do not support dismissing a citation are listed on the website as, ‘I don’t have the money, I never received a tick-et before and I didn’t know you couldn’t park here.’

Students may also appeal by mail to: Parking Citation, P.O. Box 22766, Long Beach, CA 90801.

The city warns drivers that documents submitted in an ap-peal claim will not be returned, so they should be prepared to give up all the paperwork they submit and make copies. If a student is not happy with the results of the first appeal, he or she may choose

to have an administrative hearing.A student may do so by phone

or in person, and must pay the en-tire amount of the fine plus $25 to move the appeal forward.

Long Beach customer service representative Leo said, “Send in all your information. There is no charge while your appeal is being reviewed. If the ticket is upheld you will have 21 days to pay the fine or schedule a hearing in Su-perior Court. This is the last step in the appeals process.”

Campus Police Chief Lt. Ju-lie Prior invites any student who wishes to visit campus police to pick up a monthly crime statistics sheet.

For the month of September 34 police reports were taken with 12 at the PCC and 22 at the LAC. No drug related reports were made. The highest category was petty theft, with reports from the LAC and from the PCC.

One felony and two misde-meanor arrests occurred and sev-en students were referred to the Student Life discipline dean, for possible expulsion from LBCC.

The total parking citations issued for September was 674, meaning if every student paid the minimum fine of about $50, the city of Long Beach made $33,700 in September on LBCC student bad behavior in the parking lot.

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Health Center makes plan for Ebola virusBy Eliza de la Flor Contributing Writer

LBCC is developing a contin-gency plan for the Ebola virus.

“It has people becoming ger-maphobes in classes and hospi-tals,” LBCC nursing student Ro-chelle Bongolan said.

Nurse practitioner Marianne Palacios said in a phone interview on Oct. 21 that student health services scheduled a meeting with on-campus risk services and the department director to de-velop protocol on Friday, Oct. 24.”

She said a preliminary meeting on Thursday, Oct. 16, with the City of Long Beach Health Department, po-lice department, unified school district and other organizations discussed how to address a local outbreak.

“The virus is not known to have affected any LBCC students or staff yet,” Palacios said.

She said that while general anxiety about Ebola seems very high, the concern at LBCC should be low, although awareness is vital. She said precautionary measures are hand-washing and avoiding ill people. People who have traveled to affected areas in West Africa

and Texas in the past 21 days are at a higher risk for contracting and spreading the virus, she said.

Tyler Anderson, 30, a 4th year nursing major, said Ebola has not affected his classes, but it has had an impact on his clinical observa-tion. He said hospitals are taking extra precautions to keep their fa-cilities sanitary.

Political science professor Paul Savoie is not greatly affected by the news regarding Ebola.

“Is it a frightening process,

sure. But am I going to panic or lose sleep about it, no,” Savoie said.

If Ebola is suspected at either the PCC or the LAC, Palacios said the symptomatic person would be isolated and quarantined and the Long Beach Health Department would be contacted. The Health Department would arrange trans-portation to a hospital, she said.

Symptoms of Ebola, a hemor-rhagic fever, include, but are not limited to, fever, nausea, head-aches, coughing and bleeding from orifices.

The nurse practitioner said that anyone who suspects they have Ebola or have come in con-tact with an infected person con-tact a doctor immediately and wear a face mask in public.

NURSING DEPT. REACTIONS

Katrina Morrill, first year nursing major, said, “I’ve been receiving emails at my job about Ebola. It says that they are train-ing nurses to handle the situation

if there were to be an out-break. I think it’s going to be contained, but there other bacteria that can hurt you, what makes Eb-ola different?”

Elishay Banks, an em-ployee in the nursing program, said, “A virus cannot be cured. It has to run its natural course in the body. The government should fo-cus on boosting the immune sys-tems of these people.”

Marie Monaus, an instruc-tional lab coordinator, said, “You cannot live your life in fear.”

Jarinee Antman, Brandon Richardson, Anissa Figgeroa, Syl-vana Uribe, Luis Lopez, Paul John-son, Lana Kotsiris Samwell Favela, Elisa Castillo and Quiaira Terrell contributed to this report.

Trustees bicker on spending policyBy Brandon RichardsonContributing Writer

Trustees Sunny Zia and Jeff Kellogg traded heated comments over LBCC purchase order de-tails during the Board of Trust-ees meeting Tuesday, Oct. 28, in T1100 at the LAC.

Area Three Trustee Zia said not enough information was pro-vided to vote on approval. “We need to know how the money is being spent, where it’s going and what is the source. The public has a right to know and shouldn’t have to go through exercising their right to ask for public records. It’s a disservice to us as a governing board and to the public.”

Area One Trustee Board Pres-ident Kellogg was the first to re-spond to what he called “allega-tions of unethical behavior and hidden spending” and said, “I am insulted by that comment. To sit there and make those types of al-legations about this Board that are unfounded and inappropriate are insulting to your colleagues here.”

The purchase orders were ap-proved by the rest of the Board. Zia abstained from the vote.

The Board also suggested pro-moting more interaction between the Board and the employees of both campuses. In light of the recent salary discussions with teachers, the Board recognized a lack of trust and low morale and

hope the goal will start to improve both.

Karen Kane, Academic Senate president, said, “We’re all teachers here. We’re role models and peo-ple look to us and we need to have respect for what we do. How can we do that without building rela-tionships with our co-workers?”

Board Vice President Doug Otto said, “I want you to hold our feet to the fire to make sure we fol-low through with this.” The Board approved the goal unanimously.

An Athletics Department Student Success presentation demonstrated how student-ath-letes at LBCC work to maintain their academics to remain eligi-ble. Athletic director Joe Cascio, coordinator Mary Hegarty and Dean Connie Sears congratulat-ed the successes of teams during the Fall season. The football team ranked seventh in the nation and men’s water polo team potentially first.

A construction projects on the LAC Quad will be finished this year despite setbacks. The 57,000-square-foot Building V for math and culinary arts on the LAC is scheduled for completion during Summer 2015. The LAC storm water runoff by the end of 2014, retrofitting of Building C during Spring 2016 and PCC Buildings AA and BB this Fall that will be occupied starting next Spring.

“You cannot live your life in fear.”

-Marie MonausInstructional lab coordinator

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SUCCESSFUL NETWORK: Students listen to former LBCC President and Long Beach Mayor Beverly O’Neill during the 7th annual leadership conference at the LAC in T1200 on Friday, Oct. 17. Students were paired with mentors in their field of study to learn from and build professional relationships.

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Over 100 students attended the 7th Annual Beverly O’Neill Student Leadership Conference on Friday, Oct. 20, at the LAC.

Students attended workshops that focused on maintaining a healthy budget, balancing a busy schedule and handling stress in and out of the classroom.

Biology major Kevin Cace-res, 19, said, “Until today I didn’t know much about the scholar-ships offered. It was informative and offered a lot of good advice.”

Students gained advice on achieving a successful semester and an overall career.

Student Life Coordinator Maya Cardenas said, “Giving stu-dents the opportunity to network with professionals from the com-munity, and helping to develop useful skills that can help them be successful at LBCC are the main goals of the conference.”

Students were matched with a mentor who shared their field of study. The matching process took place during the event’s preregis-tration and provided the opportu-nity for students to build profes-sional relationships with someone who has achieved success in their career.

Club Senate Advisor Telia Robertson said, “Take every op-portunity that you receive. Net-

working, that’s how you get a job. There are more opportunities available when you communicate and volunteer your time.”

About 50 mentors were pres-ent during the morning portion of the conference, providing nu-merous internship and network-ing opportunities. Professionals such as firefighters and lawyers gave students the chance to take notes and ask questions on how to be successful.

Criminal law major Jedian Pastrana, 28, said, “I was able to get in contact with four new peo-ple, I came here mostly to net-work but I also enjoyed the time management and financial savvy workshops.”

Mentors offer advice

By Brittany LiebermanEditor In Chief

California voters will elect a governor Tuesday, Nov. 4 in the midterm elections, choosing be-tween democratic incumbent Jerry Brown and Republican busi-nessman Neel Kashkari.

Brown ran for president in the 1976, 1980 and 1992 presidential elections, served as state attorney general from 1971-1975 and is a former mayor of Oakland. He was elected governor of California in 1974, 1978 and 2011.

Brown earmarked $61.6 bil-lion for education funding in the 2014-2015 state budget, filed in January, up $4.3 billion from the previous year. The change means 54 percent of the 2014-2015 gen-eral fund is designed for educa-tion, 42.4 percent for K-12 edu-cation and 11.6 percent for higher education. The 2014-2015 state budget can be viewed at ebudget.ca.gov.

Jessica Rodriguez, 34, a polit-ical science major, said, “I used to not understand the voting pro-cess. I do now and I know we all make a difference in the voting process.”

According to Kashkari’s cam-paign website, he was an engineer

and businessman in California before being appointed to the department of the treasury by George W. Bush in 2006, then as-sistant secretary of the treasury.

According to his education plan, Kashkari plans to “reduce income inequality, lift achieve-ment and eradicate poverty,” in California’s schools. To do this, Kashkari said he will, “Implement longer school days and years, re-ward great teachers, flip the class-room for better student-teacher interaction” and supply funding for charter schools. Kashkari’s education plan can be viewed at neelkashkari.com/education.

Sociology teacher Carlos Ra-mos said, “People should realize whether or not they vote, and the impact their vote has on their ex-periences in the school system.”

Other state positions to be filled are lieutenant governor, secretary of state, controller, trea-surer, attorney general, represen-tatives to Congress, state senators, Assembly members, superinten-dent of public instruction.

To find out where to vote, people may visit lavote.net/Loca-tor for Los Angeles county and ocvote.net for Orange County.

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System monitors movement after 6.4 earthquake.By Andre BarajasStaff Writer

Both the LAC and PCC are home to two GPS systems, in-stalled in Oct. 1998, that detect location, elevation and movement of the Earth’s crust.

A total of 120 schools were damaged in the Long Beach area and 120 lives were lost after an earthquake in 1933.

For the California State Legislature, the 6.4 magni-tude earthquake that caused buildings to collapse, was a wakeup call.

The state legislature en-acted the Field Act that re-quired general supervision and specifications for construction due to the poor infrastructure of buildings that caused casualties in thousands, as reported by the De-partment of Conservation.

Almost a century later, the area that was affected by the earth-quake had recovered. Including LBCC which had buildings col-

lapse due to badly designed bases, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Jacob Garcia, 20, a biology major, said, “Just knowing that an earthquake that big happened here before scares me. I don’t know what I’d do if suddenly an-other one strikes.”

Officials are working on an early detection and warning sys-tem for the West Coast that gives one minute or more of warning time.

LBCC plays a small but sign al cant role in the development of the system.

The spider shaped systems that collect data are at each cam-pus, LBC 1 at LAC and LBC 2 at PCC. Stationed strategically on the outskirts of the Newport and Inglewood fault that extends from Culver City southeast to Newport Beach.

The fault is capable of a 6.0-7.4 probable earthquake, as de-

termined by the Earthquake Data Center.

Professor Kim Hatch, of the physical science department, said “The systems are just one part of many instruments that collect data for the Southern California Earthquake Center, like the seis-mographs and satellites.”

The current warning system offers only seconds. But in a state with 38 million people and 25 of them in Southern California, the warning could be a crucial bene-fit, said Hatch.

Engineers are using the data from the LBC 1 and LBC 2, as well

as other instru-ments, to create a warning system by minutes.

LBCC also participates in the largest earthquake

drill in the U.S., called the Great California ShakeOut, held during October.

“For areas like Southern Cali-fornia, it’s important to have drills that prepare the public for disas-ters like earthquakes,” said unde-cided major, Jerry Toledo.

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FUNCTIONAL ART: The GPS system on the LAC tracks movement of the Earth’s crust to send to the Southern California Earthquake Center. The system helps determine when earthquakes may hit.

Howard Schifflett was physical science department head for 25 years.By Paul IngvaldsenStaff Writer

Legendary Viking professor Howard Shifflett, physical science department head of 25 years, died June 2, due to an undisclosed ill-ness.

Son of a shoemaker and in-ventor, Shifflett turned down an offer to play professional baseball after graduat-ing from high school and in-stead chose to join the U.S. Army.

Honorably discharged, he attended Central Missouri State University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree, eventually ob-taining a PhD in geomorphology from Washington University in St Louis.

Schifflett was a consummate educator, gaining his first ex-periences as a junior and high school teacher before becoming a full-time staff member at LBCC. Schifflet also taught at Cal State Long Beach where he served as a graduate student advisor.

Over the course of his career Schifflet published a number of peer reviewed papers on seis-mology, including work done

in Mecca Hills. He helped fund the LBCC Summer Honors Pro-gram where he introduced gifted high school students to geology through classes funded by the Na-tional Foundation Grant.

He was a recognized expert on earthquakes.

After retiring in 1997, he be-came a tour guide with enough inside geological information to put him above the crowd. Schif-flet traveled extensively with his wife Joan and had seen most of the world from the Galapagos to the Serengeti, traveling to every continent except Australia.

He toured remote geologi-cal sites like Kam-chatka in d e c r e p i t Soviet Era helicopters and sailed on the

Yangtze, the Nile, the Neva and Mississippi Rivers.

He was a sports enthusiast and played baseball and basket-ball in high school.

He loved the Dodgers and the Kings and played tennis every day well into his 80’s.

Schifflet died peacefully, sur-rounded by his family. He is sur-vived by his wife Joan of 50 years and will be missed by all who knew him.

Memorial donations for a student scholarship in his honor may be made to the LBCC Foun-dation, 4901 E. Carson St., mail code B-12, Long Beach, 90808.

Retired geology professor dies

Schifflett was a consummate educator, gaining his first ex-periences as a junior and high school teacher before becoming a full-time staff member at LBCC.

Technology friend and foeDistraction and short attention span consequences of devices, experts say.

By Kimberly BelcherStaff Writer

This generation is the most connected generation of all time due to advances in technology and the wide spread of social me-dia, according to an article by the Pew Research Center.

Many students have ex-pressed that technology has made them lose touch with each other. Manethsha Landrum, 22, a fashion de-sign major, said, “I have so many friends through social media, but I always have a feeling of being

alone. I spend a lot of time on those sites to try to fill a void that I have.”

It has been proven that more technology exists in this year’s most popular phones than in the Apollo 11 moon mission, Eliza-beth Howell of space.com said, but the uses of that technology have been limited to social media and texting.

James Nash, 20, an English major, said, “Walk anywhere on campus and you’ll find several

students on their phones at any given time.”

According to Pew Research,

cell-phone owners ages 18-24 ex-change an average of 109.5 mes-sages on a normal day and make up 89 percent of social-media users.

Jainae Chapel, 26, an admin-istrative assistant major, said, “Sometimes I get lost in my phone. I know I should be paying attention in class because I might be missing something.”

The amount of technologi-cal strides that have been made actually helps students advance

their education, LBCC social-sci-ences professor Rocio Larios said: “Technology helps our students grasp concepts and ideas better, yet it lowers

the rate of them reading and dis-tracts them from their work. It’s a double-edged sword.”

“Walk anywhere on campus and you’ll find several students on their phones at any given time.”

-James NashEnglish major

“Just knowing that an earthquake that big happened here before scares me.”

-Jacob Garciabiology major

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BUILDING THE FUTURE: Electrical professor Scott Fraser and Ryan Bellaver, 20, a technologies major, solder wires together for a robot the team is building.

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Robots come to lifeThe electronics team plans to enter competition.By Paul Ingvaldsen Staff Writer

Students gathered around electronics technology professor on Scott Fraser Thursday, Oct 23, in the B building engineering lab as he demonstrated how to solder a power source wire to the latest marvelous device under develop-ment in the LBCC engineering program.

Fraser explained, “Underwa-ter devices to research and explore

are becoming more important. The students are participating in an international competition at St. John’s Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada, the east-ernmost point on the continent.

“We expect to send 12 to 14 people. We’re financing this our-selves. Each student will need to raise about $1,500. Our students will meet people from all over the world. It’s a participation process that gives direct access to employ-ers and jobs. We are preparing to be there next June.”

Industrial electronics technol-ogy major, Aaron Durst, 28, said, “We’re creating an underwater robot.”

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Ryan Bellaver, 20, said, “We’re just assembling the tether, so we can supply power to the vehicle.”

Students are building an un-derwater ROV, a remotely oper-ated vehicle, to go through three different trials submerged.

The movable portions of the device inspired Miguel Pardo, 23, an electronics technology major, who said, “I thought about when someone loses a leg or an arm, it would be nice to create joints so a limb could move.”

Talking if he thought LBCC might have a chance, aerospace engineering major Joshua Ross, 20, said, “There’s always a chance. I think we have a good chance.”

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CAST: Paige Laney, 21, Stephani Kaith, 21, Donna Thaing, 22, all theater majors, from left, talk about “7 Redneck Cheerleaders.”

By Tyisha Ali Staff Writer

“7 Redneck Cheerleaders,” a comedy written by Louis Jacobs, will be presented starting Thurs-day, Nov. 6, by the LBCC theater arts program.

The play tells the story of a nervous playwright from Texas, Ben, who is attempting to direct his first play in Los Angeles. Ben meets a Hollywood producer and an owner of a theater who agrees to help him with his start. He agrees to put together a cast for Ben’s play. The cast of actors are full of personality and as they be-gin to rehearse, things fall apart.

Stephani Kaith, 21, a theater major said, “This play follows Murphy’s law, anything that can go wrong, will.”

Donna Thaing, 22, a theater major said, “The audience will walk away with a lot. It should be entertaining and really shocking. Kind of at a loss for words.”

Ben’s play within the play is of a small-town boy who is deter-mined to become a high school cheerleader against his con-trolling father’s wishes because he’s in love. However, Ben, the di-rector of the play, is thrown out of his element.

The play will be staged on Nov. 6-9 and 13-16, Thursday- Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theater or Black Box Theater in H103 at the LAC.

Tickets for the show are on presale at $15 for general admis-sion and $10 for students, em-ployees and senior citizens. Gen-eral admission at the door will be $17 and $12 for students, employ-ees and senior citizens. Purchases and may be made at lbcc.edu/tdf or by telephone to TheaterMania at 1 (800) 811-4111. The theater box office will be open one hour prior to the performance. LBCC has provided free parking in Lots D, E and F.

Italian player joins polo teamBy Andre Barajas Staff Writer

Giorgio La Rosa, 21, an international student from Italy, em-barked in a new stage of his academic career at LBCC and joined the state champion-ship winning water polo program.

La Rosa is one of 10 new students in the American Language and Culture Institute for this session and they joined 13 students continuing from the first session.

The institute reported Tues-day, Oct. 20, that the 10 new in-ternational students arrived from nine different countries.

Lori Havrilla, coordinator for the program, said, “The staff works very closely with students and I personally deal one on one with my students to support them during their experience here.”

The intensive English pro-gram requires international stu-dents to complete 20 hours of

English language study per week. Students come to get masters

and go home bilingual, which makes them marketable in their career fields, Havrilla said.

On average, students in the program finish in two semesters and re-main at LBCC to finish the college program to eventually graduate or transfer.

La Rosa said, “I will take it step by step and go on to a university.

The coaches and teammates are awesome and they also are help-ing improve my English.”  

The Italian native looks for-ward to playing with the team next year and is pursuing a career in business.

The institute at LBCC is re-garded as one of the best intensive English language programs in the Los Angeles area, as stated on its website.

Gaining comfort with the col-lege is important for many of the international students, they said.

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PCC celebrates Halloween with L.B. youth

“It’s satisfying to see the kids enjoying the fair because we planned for so long.”

-Katherine Acha Cultural Affairs chair

THE FUN IS REAL: Brian cheers after wining a prize at the PCC kids Halloween carnival Friday, Oct. 24, presented by LBCC’s PCC cultural affairs committee. “The kids make the event. The little things you now take for granted because you’re older. It means much more to them,” said Angel Vasquez, 21, an administrative justice major. The turnout was a huge success, with six clubs coordinating game booths like pin the spider, soccer goal and frog jump.

GIRLS AT PLAY: Cassandra, left, and Isabelle race miniature toys for prizes. The event was organized to promote diversity. One of the Cul-tural Affairs club’s objective is to promote diversity among students, Acha said.

PUMPKIN: Inflatable pumpkin swells as Halloween arrives early, welcoming parents and local residents from around Long Beach to get in on some spooky fun.

TRICK OR TREAT: Evelyn, left, and Letty play frisbee toss at one of the many game booths set up around PCC.

PCC celebrates Halloween with L.B. youth

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THE FUN IS REAL: Brian cheers after wining a prize at the PCC kids Halloween carnival Friday, Oct. 24, presented by LBCC’s PCC cultural affairs committee. “The kids make the event. The little things you now take for granted because you’re older. It means much more to them,” said Angel Vasquez, 21, an administrative justice major. The turnout was a huge success, with six clubs coordinating game booths like pin the spider, soccer goal and frog jump.

GIRLS AT PLAY: Cassandra, left, and Isabelle race miniature toys for prizes. The event was organized to promote diversity. One of the Cul-tural Affairs club’s objective is to promote diversity among students, Acha said.

PREP: Communications major Stephine Carranza, 22, helps Yovanna prepare to partake in the festivities at the PCC Halloween carnival.

Offense takes 25 shots in easy win.By William Martin Images Editor

The LBCC women’s soccer team dominated Pasadena in a 4-0 rout at Viking Field on Tues-day, Oct. 21, allowing the lacklus-ter Lancers only two shots in the game to the Vikings’ season-high 25 shots.

The Viking offensive attack, led by sophomore forwards Yazmyn Andrade and Brenda Reyes, com-bined for three goals on nine shots and one assist. Viking freshman for-ward Katie Ya-maguchi added to the front line success by put-ting in an un-assisted goal 67:34 into the game, which broke the game open, 3-0.

Yamaguchi’s first goal of the season was quickly followed by Andrade’s second goal of the game and her sixth of the season less than 30 seconds after Ya-maguchi’s goal. Andrade scored twice on her seven shots and kept the pressure on the Lancer de-fense throughout the game.

The stout and swarming LBCC defense smothered any Lancer hope of winning the game midway through the first half. Speedy sophomore midfielder Hayley Gonzales added an assist but was all over the field on de-fense. She said she understands the importance of balling both sides of the ball and credits the defense for the Viking success of

late. Gonzales said, “Yes, we get

opportunities up top, but the margin would have been slimmer if not for the back line. As for at-tack, we work hard in practice to create space and are constantly pushing ourselves to pressure the other teams’ defense and test the keeper.”

In the 11th minute, Reyes re-ceives a high pass from defender Rylee Anderson that took a lucky bounce off her head and knuck-le-balled past Lancer goalkeeper Angelique Ulmer who had mis-timed her jump. Reyes later add-

ed an assist in the second half when she passed the ball to a charging An-drade who crushed the ball into the back of the net to put the

final score on the board.Andrade, shadowed by Pasa-

dena defender Michelle Morales, managed to assert her aggressive style of play by applying pres-sure on the sluggish defense. Andrade’s physical play earned the dual sport athlete her second yellow card of the season 52 min-utes into the game after she made a slide tackle near midfield that sent a Lancer player down to the turf in agony.

Reyes leads the team with eight goals on the season, four of which were game-winners.

The Vikings’ overall record improved to 6-4-3 and 5-2-0 in conference play going into the matchup against Los Angeles Harbor on Friday, Oct. 24.

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“We work hard in practice to create space and are con-stantly pushing ourselves to pressure the other teams’ de-fense and test the keeper.”

-Hayley GonzalesSophomore midfielder

Vikings overwhelm Pasadena

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GOING FOR THE GOAL: Sophomore forward Brenda Reyes scores one of her two goals in the Vikings’ 4-0 victory against Pasadena on Tuesday, Oct. 21. With the victory, LBCC improves its record to 6-4-3 overall with a 5-2 record in conference play.

LBCC rallies to tie HarborMen’s soccer team now 5-4-4 overall.By Jason Gastrich Staff Writer

Freshman midfielder Evair Martin scored the Vikings’ equal-izing goal in the 51st minute on an assist from sophomore mid-fielder Jose Garcia to tie Los An-geles Harbor, 1-1, on Friday, Oct. 24.

With his eyes in the low af-ternoon sun,  towering Harbor goalie Jack Moore couldn’t han-dle Martin’s hard, low shot , 1-1, making the Vikings’ men’s soccer team  5-4-4 overall and 3-3-1 in conference games.

A majority of the game was spent in the middle of the field as both teams battled for scoring opportunities. Although each team had several corner kicks, the Vikings and Seahawks could not capitalize on them.

A few delays plagued the Vi-kings’ squad. The beginning of the game was delayed because the west goal’s net  had a hole in it. Another delay occurred during the game when officials discov-ered the northwest corner had no corner flag. When the home team couldn’t locate any balls to con-tinue playing, another stoppage developed.

Seahawk sophomore goal-keeper Moore’s  booming kicks put the Seahawks in scoring po-sition throughout the game and one of his lengthy boots was the catalyst for their lone goal.

After a 80-yard kick, Harbor’s Jesus Gutierrez scored with  6 minutes left in the first half.

When talking about the game, LBCC sophomore Andrew Thomas, 23, a kinesiology major and fan, said, “Really physical. Most yellow cards I’ve seen.”

A few minutes after  Mar-tin’s goal, both teams  received red cards for a dangerous play. The referees kept control of the game, but both teams had to play with 10 players for the rest of the match. In all, 10 yellow and red cards were issued to the Vikings and the Seahawks throughout the game.

The Vikings had lost  at Har-bor, 4-1, on Sept. 30. LBCC’s next game is at home against East L.A., at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31.

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HEADS UP: Sophomore midfielder Hayley Gonzales goes up for the ball against conference rival Pasadena. The Vikings play again Friday, Oct. 24, against Los Angeles Harbor.

Men’s soccer schedule

Date Opponent Time

10/31 East L.A. 4 p.m.

11/4 El Camino 3 p.m.

11/7 Compton 3 p.m.

11/11 Mt. SAC 3 p.m.

11/14 Pasadena 3 p.m.

Football legend led Vikes to 3 U.S. titles.By Richard Mejia Managing Editor

Jim Stangeland, one of the greatest football coaches in LBCC history, died Saturday, Oct. 25, in Huntington Beach at age 92.

As one of the winningest coaches in California Commu-nity College history, Stangeland amassed an overall record of 59-12-3 in his seven years as head coach at LBCC. He led the Vi-kings to national championships

in 1960, 1962 and 1964 and in that span, both the 1960 and 1964 teams went undefeated.

After his time at LBCC, Stangeland accepted an assistant coaching position at USC where he was a part of the 1967 Trojan team that won the NCAA nation-al championship. After his three-year stint at USC, Stangeland became the head coach at Long Beach State. In his four years there, Stangeland led the team to the only bowl game in school his-tory as the 49ers reached the 1970 Pasadena Bowl.

Former LBCC football coach Paul Chafe was an assistant to

Stangeland during the 1960s. Chafe said, “Jim had a vision that a lot of coaches back then didn’t have. “He was part of an innova-tive bunch of young coaches from Arizona who used film. Jim was a disciplinarian and got great re-spect from the kids. They didn’t want to disappoint him. I was very fortunate to work with him.”

The LBCC Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, Oct. 28, was ad-journed in Stangeland’s memory. The Vikings play Riverside on Sat-urday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. The team will honor Stangeland’s legacy be-fore the game along with the 1964 championship team he coached.

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STANDING TALL: Former LBCC football coach Jim Stangeland died Saturday, Oct 25. He was 92.

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Ping-pong tourney returns to PCCBy Brandon RichardsonContributing Writer

Quick eyes and fast hands will be needed to become champi-on of LBCC’s annual Ping-Pong tournament in the PCC game-room in the student union at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30.

The Ping-Pong tournament is hosted by the intramural sports and recreations program and has been taking place since before Derek Oriee, now student activi-ties and ASB adviser, participated in it during late 1980s and early 1990s.

Separate men’s and women’s divisions will be played and the tournament will be double-elimi-nation, meaning that if a compet-itor loses twice, they are out of the tournament. Each game is played to 11 and is in rally score, mean-ing points are earned even when the competitor is not serving.

Funding for the event comes from the intramural program’s budget which is funded annually by the ASB. During each semes-ter, clubs and independent teams compete in events like the Ping-Pong tournament to earn points.

“Points are accumulated by participating clubs and organiza-tions and also independent teams that are not affiliated with clubs at LBCC. All points are accumulated at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters to crown semester overall team champions,” Oriee said. “Then the points are com-bined from the Fall and Spring se-mesters to crown the overall team champions for the year.  Intramu-ral champion T-shirts are given to individual and team winners after each event.”

For more information, stu-dents may contact Oriee at (562) 938-3088 or visit the Office of Student Life in EE102.

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Football: The Vikings suf-fered their first loss of the season Saturday, Oct. 18, against Chaffey, 40-36. The team now has an over-all of 6-1. The Vikings play again at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Vet-erans Stadium against Riverside.

Women’s water polo: The Vikings currently hold a 17-8 overall record with a 5-2 confer-ence record. LBCC gets ready for its conference playoff game against Mt. SAC on Thursday, Nov. 6.

Men’s water polo: The

Vikings defeated Golden West in overtime, 15-14, on Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Golden West Tour-nament. The Vikings play again Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Mt. San Antonio College Tournament.

Women’s volleyball: The Vikings lost to East Los Angeles, 3-1, on Friday, Oct. 24. The team now has a 6-10 overall record and a conference record of 3-4. The team’s next game is Friday, Oct. 4, against Mt. San Antonio College at 4 p.m. in what will be the first game of a 2-game home stand.

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RETURNING TO FORM: The Viking offensive line prepares for a final drive against Mt. SAC on Saturday, Oct 4.

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

More information or a better understanding of the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, California Dream Act, correcting the FAFSA, stu-dent loans and veterans’ benefits is available by watching Financial Aid videos on the topics and more at the college website.

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LBCC Hall of Champions Intercollegiate athletics will be recognized with the induction of its 13th class of members into the college’s Hall of Cham-pions on Friday, Nov. 14, in the Hall of Champions Gym-nasium. Tickets are $60 per person, with proceeds going toward men’s and women’s athletics and enhancement of the Hall of Champions. Ticket reservations are due by Monday, Nov. 10. For further information, contact the LBCC Athletic Department at (562) 938-4237.

Magical moments of Long Beach Former LBCC Trustee Gerrie Schipske connects his-tory and development of Long Beach by presenting fun and fascinating facts. Nov. 2 from 1:30-4 p.m. Tickets are $40 and includes dinner; in the PCC Dyer Hall. For more information call the lifetime learning Center at (562) 938-3048.

“7 Redneck Cheerleaders” by Louis Jacobs and directed by Greg Mortensen will be show-ing Nov. 6-9 and Nov. 13-16 Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Studio Theatre H 103. Pur-chase tickets online at LBCC.edu/tdf or call TheatreMainia at (866) 811-4111.

LBCC OPEN MIC NIGHT Friday Nov. 14, from 7-9 p.m. LAC room P104. Sign-ups will begin at 6:45 pm. Call (562) 243-7114 for more information.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Fea-turing Tony Acero on Thursday, Oct. 30 at noon in P104 LAC.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, Day of the Dead, Saturday, Nov. 1, 5-9 p.m. LAC in D135. The free event is open to the public to people who want to learn about the Latino cultural tradi-tions that will include eating pan dulce, coffee, horchata and a free moving screen-ing of “Pan’s Laberinth.” $2 parking fee.

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LBCC CLOSED :VETERANS DAY Monday, Nov. 10THANKSGIVING Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27 and 28.

MILITARY CARE PACKAGESDonations will be presented to Operation Gratitude. Un-dershirts (olive green, short sleeve), boot socks (black, tan, olive green), batteries (AA, AAA, C,and D), letters of sup-port, liquid body wash (with-out pump dispensers), pre-sweet-ened flavored beverage mixes (smaller sizes only), sandwich sized zip lock baggies, sin-gle -serving size snacks and non-perishable food items (tuna kits beef jerky, canned fruit in small pop-top lid con-tainers, dried fruit, nuts and other healthy snacks).Drop-off point will be at the veterans service office in the E Building basement. For addi-tional information, call (562) 938-4126.

Long Beach Veterans Day parade Saturday, Nov. 8. People may visit the veterans service office if interested in joining the marching parade.

Habitat for Humanity Nov. 14 Veterans from the Veterans Club will be helping with con-struction on a fellow veterans home.

Ask a Vet day Nov. 6 A display will be up recognizing LBCC Veterans and a booth will be set up where students can ask vets questions about their service.

HOMECOMING ROYALTY elec-tions are nominating Heather Wilson as homecoming queen. Voting will take place at PCC on Nov. 12 from 10:30 am - 1 pm then from 3 pm- 6pm. Voting will take place at LAC on Nov. 13th from 10:30 am - 1 pm. then from 3pm-6pm. Please come out and vote everybody is welcomed!

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By Jason Gastrich Staff Writer

A m e r i c a n s are used to having the best things at the low-est prices. Apple Inc. uses cheap Chinese la-bor to sell affordable iPhones. U.S. citizens pay significantly less per gallon of gasoline than most countries.

Businesses reroute customer service calls around the world to save money and sell less expen-sive products and services.

That’s why it’s discouraging and puzzling that a large Califor-nia college like LBCC has such a primitive perspective on healthy food and meeting students’ phys-ical needs.

Most Americans are raised on unhealthy food like white bread, sugary drinks, greasy hamburgers and fried food. Some think junk food is part of the American culture. Although more than half of America is overweight or obese, the Viking Food Court at LBCC is like a typical diner, conve-nience store and coffee cart and they don’t sell any organic food. It’s a shame that the USDA ap-proves so many things that cause degenerative diseases.

Perhaps they think, “People didn’t immediately die after eating it, so it must be OK. We approve!” Since healthier alternatives exist, we shouldn’t settle for less, but the problem has to do with money.

Businesses want to make money, so they buy cheap food with inexpensive ingredients and

they raise the price. They think if they sell organic food, they might have to sell it for more money to make the same profit and some people might not buy it if it’s too expensive.

Only about 3 percent of the country eats organic food. Like organic farming is better for the environment, the body functions best without non-organic chem-icals like steroids, pesticides, in-secticides and herbicides.

Scientists are discovering that those things slowly break down the soil and the body. While we wait for the USDA to ban ingredients like hydroge-nated oils, high fructose corn syrup, GMOs and artificial col-ors, we can’t wait for restaurants to change their menu before we change what we’re willing to eat.

People should have a higher standard. We aren’t too poor to eat organic food.

I’ve been eating only organic food for two years and it tastes fantastic. I confidently eat because it’s certified, nothing synthetic is in it, meaning it didn’t hurt the environment and it never gets re-called.

LBCC students should expect high-energy, fresh organic food with enzymes, vitamins, lots of amino acid proteins and whole wheat fiber at an inexpensive price, but they get the opposite.

I think the Food Court’s phi-losophy is, “We have them here and they have no other option on campus, so we’ll sell and charge whatever we want.”

Since LBCC holds higher ed-ucation in high regard, the college should be consistent and have an exceptional nutritional program as well.

College, like Financial Aid, is a privilege and not an entitlement that people should not scam or take advantage of.

Some students think Commu-nity College is like an upper-divi-sion public high school. Once you see the price-tag you will under-stand how far from free it is.

Classes are $46 per unit, books range from $20 to hun-dreds of dollars, and all the other various expenses college students face make it almost impossible to afford to put yourself through school.

It is vital for our country to have an efficient Financial Aid system for underprivileged stu-dent or potential students with motivation to succeed in the vari-ous job fields of their liking.

Many students collecting aid fail to realize that their hopes of making the income required to sustain the lifestyle they want to possess calls for “hard work,” a

term slowly fading from the mod-ern American vocabulary. These must be the same knuckle-headed hooligans who get amused watch-ing a toilet try to flush after filling it to capacity with toilet paper. They must believe it is hilarious to clog up the classrooms after years of being taught it was OK to be mediocre. No one but you thinks it is funny.

For the love of Ole, please do us all a favor and stop. Stop mak-ing it nearly impossible for those of us trying to make the most of our time at LBCC.

By no means are we saying that everyone receiving Financial Aid is the monster described in the previous paragraphs, or that people who are footing the bill themselves are innocent of con-tributing to the epidemic, but ev-eryone knows who these clowns are because every class has at least one person who doesn’t belong there and are milking the gov-

ernment assistance. These are the people who are hurting the Com-munity College system.

Some deserve every penny re-ceived because of socio-economic standing, but aid often lands in the wrong hands and is used for the wrong reasons.

It is intended for students who exhibit drive, who want to go to class every day, study for tests, and participate in class conversa-tions. Students who recognize and appreciate the doors that LBCC opens for them and take advan-tage of this last chance of scholas-tic redemption are the ones who deserve the money.

Anyone else should learn a craft they enjoy and do it until they are good enough to be paid for it or work at Wal-Mart. Stop Financial Aid scamming, which slows the rest of us down and gives the educational system a bad reputation.

Financial Aid is only for the deserving students

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By Robert GarciaMayor of Long Beach and former LBCC speech teacher

Tuesday is election day, and I want to say to all of you in the strongest pos-sible terms: please vote!

Your vote matters. Your voice needs to be heard. When students vote, your issues and concerns are addressed. When students leave the decisions to other people, they may not be.

There are several important propositions on the ballot this Tuesday, including issues that will impact California’s budget, our water resources, health care and our representation in Washington D.C.

All of the issues in this elec-tion season have the potential to impact students.

I urge you to read about the issues, if you haven’t already, and then make a choice at the polls that you believe is best for you, for students, and for the broader community.

Political apathy can take the life out of democracy, but in-formed voters can save it. Those

of us who believe in the power of education have a special responsi-bility to participate in the political process and make an informed, intelligent decision at the polls.

Please play your part, and spend a few minutes expressing yourself Tuesday. The more peo-ple who vote, the healthier our democracy is, and the better our city and country will be.

You are a part of the Long Beach community, whether you grew up here or came from else-where in California, the United States, or anywhere in the world, and we want your voice to be heard. Vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Go Long Beach!

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FIRST PLACE MAIL-IN FEATURE PHOTO: The front page photo of the hands of LBCC graduate Gerald Lunderville, 73.

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Viking, City magazine win 11 awardsFrom first place to honorable mentions, the journal-

ism program gains 11 awards at the Journalist Associa-tion of Community Colleges southern conference at Cal State Fullerton on Saturday, Oct. 18.

About 375 students from 25 Community Colleges participated in on-the-spot contests during the two day conference and about 1000 students from 27 Communi-ty Colleges competed in the mail-in contests.

D.A. Phillips and Jesus Hernandez won first place for an online photo story or essay and Paul Ingvaldsen cap-tured the No.1 spot for feature photo and second for an editorial cartoon. 

Jesus Hernandez, 25, who works as a social media manager said, “I owe so much to the Viking and the LBCC journalism program. The fact that I’m getting awards among my peers for something I learned in the

newsroom is a testament to everyone I’ve had the privi-lege of learning from and alongside.”

Other winners included honorable mentions for Samwell Favela for broadcast news writing, Richard Mejia for sports writ-ing. Phillips for sports action photo and Tonia Ciancanelli, William Mar-tin and Bakr Alduhaim for video jour-nalism.

Meija said, “I was a little surprised given that it was my first competition. I was shocked I won anything.”

City magazine students Raul Cortes, Cian Abalos and Samuen Nhim also were awarded an honorable mention for cover design.

The journalism students were recognized by the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

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HONORABLE MENTION MAIL-IN SPORTS PHOTO: Photo of Viking goalie Lazar Andric attempting to block a shot during practice on Wednesday Sept. 4.

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SECOND PLACE ON-THE-SPOT EDITORIAL CARTOON: The sketch of NPR journalist Elizabeth Aguilera and her journey to success in her field.

HONORABLE MENTION ONLINE VIDEO JOURNALISM: “The most important photo on my phone”, video shot and edited by Tonia Ciancanelli, William Martin and Bakr Alduhaim. The video can be found on youtube.com/lbccviking.

HONORABLE MENTION MAIL-IN MAGAZINE COVER DESIGN: The Spring 2014 City Magazine cover designed by Raul Cortes, Cian Abalos and Samuen Nhim.