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March 3, 2016 • Volume 89, Issue 9 • Published Since 1927

PULLING TOGETHER Students gather for Join-a-Club Day at the PCC — News, Page 3 Omar reyes/Viking

“Forgotten Images” tells of an unjust past

Citystyle, Page 10

$850M bond measure approved for ballot

News, Page 2

Local organizations assiststudents with naturalization

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Suspect in student’s murderfaces arraignment

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fix our infrastructure. If we listen to the wisdom of the students, we will move in the right direction.” Archuleta encourages the college to visit a Cisco facility to learn from their classroom design and implement in-novative ideas for the classroom.

Vice President of Student Support Ser-vices Greg Peterson teamed up with Asso-ciated Student Body to create a Bond In-formation Forum on the LBCC website. It explains how the bond is paid for and how the measure could be passed by voting for it in June.

The bond measure survey last Fall showed 65 percent of previous June vot-ers would be in favor of the bond measure. Area 5 Trustee Virginia Baxter questioned the legitimacy of the survey and the survey official who said the people included in the survey had shown consistency in voting in four of the last five elections.

The college is now spending $616 mil-lion in bonds passed in 2002 and 2008.

To pass, the bond would need 55 per-cent of the voters in June. Voters in Long Beach, Signal Hill, Catalina Island and part of Lakewood are eligible. A map of the dis-trict may be found at lbcc.edu.

Coincidentally, Long Beach voters also will be asked June 7 to approve a 1 percent

sales tax increase. Another issue discussed Tuesday was

student success. According to a survey shown during the meeting, two thirds of student-athletes are male. Area 3 Trustee Sunny Zia asked Athletic Director Randy Totorp if LBCC plans to respond to the dis-parity between males and females. Totorp

said the college is making small steps to-ward equalizing the athletic program and the college plans to add women’s beach vol-leyball by Spring 2017.

In collaboration with institutional re-search, the Athletic Department focused on first-time student- athletes compared to general students. Officials tracked students for six semesters from 2012-2015 who had

completed six units per semester and taken math or English.

According to the data, student-athletes and general students maintained simi-lar GPAs, but student- athletes attempted more units, completed more transfer units, attempted more math and English cours-es, earned more degrees and transferred at higher rates than general students.

Totorp was asked by Archuleta why student-athletes were more successful. He said it is because of the importance the athletic program emphasized on school, from making sure student-athletes have a course plan, giving student-athletes pri-mary access to classes and making sure student-athletes are on track with the grade requirements. The college is looking forward to implementing strategies used for student-athletes to the general student population.

During the meeting, there was no mention of the Superintendent-President’s Mid-Year evaluation. Peterson spoke on behalf of President Oakley’s Mid-Year Evaluation by saying it was not brought up during open session because there were no changes. For that reason, there was nothing to bring up during the open session.

NEWS2 MARCH 3, 2016

$850M bond measure on ballot

“The bond measure is considering the future. Whatever we do today is going to benefit the students in the future.”

-Irma Archuleta LBCC trustee

By Carlos OchoaStaff Writer @carlosochoalbcc

The LBCC Board of Trustees voted 5-0 on Tuesday, Feb. 23, to place an $850 million construction bond measure on the June 7 ballot, saying they want to expand the future of student success.

Along with the support of the trustees, students, school employees and companies spoke in favor of the bond.

The new bond would be used to address enrollment trends, overcrowding and stu-dent safety and joint projects could include athletic facilities, day-care centers, facilities for business development and career tech-nology centers.

Area 2 Trustee Irma Archuleta said, “The bond measure is considering the future. Whatever we do today is going to benefit the students in the future. The best thing we can do to increase enrollment is

Voter support needed June 7 to meet future construction needs on both campuses.

Groups provide naturalization assistance

SERVICE TO ALL: A naturalization workshop in PCC’s new GG Building on Saturday, Feb. 27, informed and assisted members of the community regarding academic, employment and citizenship services.

Story and Photo by Darrell JamesPhoto and Images Editor @darrelljames_

The Long Beach Moving Forward out-reach organization hosted a free immi-gration workshop Saturday, Feb. 27, at the PCC to help people interested in natural-ization services and resources.

The workshop in the new GG Building provided information desks along with col-laborating organizations such as the Great-er Long Beach Interfaith Community Or-ganization and Centro Cha Inc.

Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coali-tion representative Alicia Morales said, “I believe people deserve the opportunity for the same rights as others regardless of their status. The fight for immigrant rights is a fight for human rights.”

Morales has worked with the organiza-tion for two years and has been an advocate for immigrant rights for eight years.

Visitors were informed and assisted in filling out important documents like the deferred action application, AB540, which gives immigrants permission to attend public colleges and universities, and appli-cations in naturalization.

Naturalization applications cost $680, but a fee waiver is available for people us-ing CalFresh or CalWorks. Deferred action applications cost $465.

Rohit Kumar attended with his wife and said, “Attorneys sometimes charge more for help like this. I’m happy to be saving a lot of money.”

Long Beach Moving Forward, along with other organizations, will host another naturalization workshop Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Caesar Chavez

Park in Long Beach in the Senator Jenny Oropeza Community Center.

NEWS 3MARCH 3, 2016

Students have differing view on privacyLBCC weighs in on case involving FBI on Apple iPhone from terrorist.Story and photo by Jerick LeblancStaff writer

@jerickjake

Concerning the demand by the FBI that Apple release data on the iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rizwan, LBCC students have a divided opinion on civil liberty infringement and personal Internet securities.

According to an article from the LB Press Telegram, Feb. 22, “U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, based in Riverside, or-dered the company last week to help the FBI access the password-protected phone, but Apple has resisted, saying such a move could compromise the security of all iP-hone owners’ information.

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook, from a report from the Associated Press, said, “We have no tolerance or sympathy for terrorists,” Cook wrote in an early morn-ing email, Feb. 22, addressed to the Apple team, “When they commit unspeakable acts like the tragic attacks in San Bernardi-no, we work to help the authorities pursue

Students encouraged to join a clubStory and photo byHayley HartOnline Editor @hayleylhart

Join-a-Club Day at the LAC on Thurs-day, Feb. 18, included academic, career-ori-ented, religious, leisure, cultural and so-cial-service clubs seeking new members while prospective members considered the right fit for them.

Athena women’s social-services club second vice president, alumni represen-tative, historian and public affairs officer Vanessa Mendoza, 19, a sociology major, said, “We strive on sisterhood.” A goal for all members is to get to know everyone in the club she said Mendoza said men also are welcome to join.

Athena members participate in fund-raising and volunteer work and despite the competitive nature, members attempt to be “in good standing with other social-service clubs,” Mendoza said.

Students wanting to learn French and its culture will find both in the French Club. Club president Sergio Salinas, 20, an indus-trial design major, said, “We try to promote French culture and language.” Salinas said the club achieves the goal through viewing movies, eating at restaurants and visiting exhibits based in the French culture.

Kiddo Roze, 24, an illustration and graphic design double option major and

Queer Space Club member, said the club strives to be all-inclusive. Roze said Queer Space is not only about sexuality, but is a place for people who may feel they don’t fit in with conventional culture based on their behavior, the way they dress or a multitude of other reasons. Queer Space also educates people on all of the different communities in the minority of their culture.

Roze said, “Queer Space lets people be who they are meant to be.”

Alpha Gamma Sigma honors society member Maryann Chavez, 50, a business management major, said the club helps students with academics and scholarships and is the largest club on campus based on active members. Chavez said students wanting to join need a 3.0 or higher GPA

among other qualifications and students in the club get a notation on their transcripts lending prestige to students. The club is the first on campus to sponsor Jeans for Teens through DoSomething.org, which collects jeans to distribute to homeless teens.

The LBCC Surf Club teaches members how to swim, surf and body board. Club coordinator Stefan Chan, 18, a business management and biology major, said the club has meetings on and off campus, they provide used boards and have male and fe-male instructors.

Sisters Carmen Pittman, 20, a kinesiol-ogy major and Deanna Pittman, 20, a polit-ical science major, stopped at the Surf Club booth with friend Stephanie Rodriguez, 18, a biology major.

Deanna said the event had been “pretty good. I found some clubs that I’m interest-ed in and one is connected to my major. I’m on my way for the free food now.”

The event included music played by a live DJ from Power 106 FM. Free hot dogs, chips, fruit and backpacks, sponsored by the Associated Student Body, were given to students who had a current college card.

Join a Club Day at the PCC was Thurs-day, Feb. 25, on the Lawn and included an intramural co-ed tug-of-war.

Students may find clubs to join at lbcc.orgsync.com/Club_Directory.

COME TOGETHER: Students were welcomed by booths in the LAC Front Quad to learn about the clubs active at LBCC during Join-a-Club Day on Thursday, Feb. 18.

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: Fashion design major Jacqueline Garcia, 22, sits in the T Building. She said she isn’t concerned about who might be tracking her online: “I respect what Apple is doing since they are taking all of us into consideration.”

justice for the victims.”But he reiterated the company’s posi-

tion that to hack the San Bernardino gun-man’s phone would ultimately risk “securi-ty of hundreds of millions of law-abiding people.”

Communications major Jessica Her-nandez, 21 said, “I believe that Apple with-holding the information from the FBI in this case is the right thing to do. As unfor-tunate as the events were in San Bernardi-no, the right to privacy even after death is

something that everybody should have.” Hernandez added, “If Apple were to give information in this specific case, it would open the doors for the government to gain access to our own information at the sim-ple request of the FBI.”

Cook said, if the company’s engineers were to do as ordered, Apple would do its best to protect the technology, but the company “would be relentlessly attacked by hackers and cybercriminals.”

MSNBC reported on Feb. 23 that Mic-rosoft founder Bill Gates has weighed in on the FBI’s request for unlocking the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooter and he isn’t siding with Apple.

Psychology major J.P. Napier, 32, said, “I think it is hilarious that technology has out-sprinted the justice department, leav-ing them to rely on the power of the court and admit to the entire world that just may-be if a person invests in an iPhone, he also purchases a little more of his freedom to privacy along the way.”

An article from the Huffington Post stated, “The Justice Department has since filed a motion seeking to compel Apple to comply, labeling its resistance a “marketing strategy.” In response, Apple called for the formation of a government commission on data privacy.”

NEWS4 MARCH 3, 2016

Murder victim was ‘smartest, kindest’ friend

Mugging survivor named

Desert hiking mishap prompts night-time rescueStory by Jerick LeblancStaff Writer

@jerickjake

What was supposed to have been an exhilarating hike at Slot Canyon in An-za-Borrego Desert State Park turned into a nightmare for an LBCC student on Satur-day, Feb. 27.

Simply named The Slot, this narrow silt-stone canyon provides one of the most ex-citing hikes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Kinesiology major Gabriel Acosta, 22, and Krystal Adair, 23, decided to go on hike to enjoy the views and some sun at the park when unbeknownst to them, the weather would take a turn for the worst and dusk will be much sooner than anticipated.

“We got there at 4 p.m. and as we were hiking down we noticed it was getting to dark so we hiked back up but it got dark faster than we thought. We started using our flashlight to get attention and started screaming for help but no one could see us,” Acosta said. “It started getting windy and it was a steep climb up and the rocks were slipping from my feet.”

They start panicking when they real-ized they were lost and started using their cellphone to call for help. “We got in con-tact with the park ranger and they sent someone to come and get up, but because of the windy situation and the terrain they couldn’t see us and get to us. When we did see them we couldn’t hear each other be-cause of the wind.”

There is no trail marker for The Slot. The winding trail cliffs out above a dry falls in a side canyon above The Slot. Acosta said that around 4 p.m., the park ranger at one point of-fered that they be airlifted to safety but was decided against it since both his girlfriend and himself both have bad knees.

As the day turn into night, Adair said,

“It was super scary being in the des-ert on top of a rock in darkness. I was super paranoid and I tried to build a fire but it wasn’t working.” Both Acosta and Adair were screaming for help and dialing home. “I thought we weren’t going to be found. The entire time I kept saying ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ from the movie.”

Around 8 p.m. a park ranger was able to locate them. “Around that time we saw a big truck with big wheels coming towards us and we realized that the park ranger was able to locate us and we were safe. It was harrowing

experience and I am so glad to be safe.” The Department of Parks and Recreation could not be reached for a comment.

Suspect still being sought in K Building attack.Story by Omar ReyesStaff Writer

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The victim assaulted near Building K on the LAC on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at around 9 p.m., has been identified as 19-year-old Caroline Herrera, according to news out-lets.

According to email, Long Beach Col-lege Police responded to an incident at 9:21 p.m. Herrera (while walking from class to a parking lot) was hit in the face and her iPhone was stolen while she was making a call, according to NBC news.

LBCC released a description of the sus-pect, who is described as an African-Amer-ican male, 5’7” to 5’8”, 150 lbs and wearing a black shirt with horizontal stripes on half of the shirt and black pants.

According to an update via email, LBCC stated that “The suspect is still at large, and the Long Beach Police Depart-ment is actively investigating the incident.”

According to ABC News, Herrera has been deeply impacted by the assault and was forced to drop out of college and quit her job.

“It’s pretty surprising because you would think this campus is relatively safe because we all come here to learn,” said Gary Cambron, 23, a geology major taking an art course.

Cambron suggested that security pres-ence should be increased in the area and said students should walk around campus in numbers.

Trevor Norris, art gallery coordinator at LBCC, said the incident was “horrific” and suggested for students to be aware of their surroundings. Norris said, “If you’re looking around and see someone suspi-cious, then you might be more aware.”

LBCC has released tips for students to be safe while on campus, which include di-aling 9-1-1 immediately if there is an emer-gency, a crime in progress or if students see an incident requiring police.

Students and staff who are alone may use evening safety escorts which are avail-able at both campuses.

Anyone with information on the incident or questions may contact the Long Beach Police, City College Section at (562) 938-4910 or visit the Public Safety Building X at the LAC campus.

Students and staff who request evening safety escorts may call (562) 938-4910 or (562) 435-6711.

Denise Jones/Viking/ @DeniseJonesLBCCSCENE OF ATTACK: Students walk by the LAC’s K Building where Caroline Herrera, 19, was attacked attending night classes Tuesday Feb. 9.

Court hearing set March 7 for suspect in death of social-work student.Story by Glen StarksNews Editor

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An arrest was made Thursday, Feb. 18, in the murder of Alicia Faith Todd, 21, of Signal Hill, who was attending classes at LBCC for social work.

She was killed in the early morning hours of June 24. Todd graduated from Millikan High School and also ran track for the Rams.

“Alicia was one of the smartest and kindest people I’ve ever met, she was defi-nitely taken to soon,” said a friend, Dan-ielle, who first met and at-tended middle school with Todd and did not want her last name used.

Tremaine Lewis, 24, of Long Beach was arrest-ed Thursday, Feb. 18, and has been charged with one count of murder with a gun enhancement. He is being held on a $2 million bail at the Long Beach City Jail. Lewis’ preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 7. The investigation is ongoing and the Long Beach Police De-partment wants people to come forward with any information they might have, said Marlene Arrona, a police spokeswoman with the LBPD.

LBCC has a scholarship program to

honor students who have died that was es-tablished by the Associated Student Body. LBCC Trustee Ginny Baxter, also the ex-ecutive director of the LBCC Foundation that provides funding for the scholarship program, said, “For someone to die in the prime of their life is truly tragic and my heart goes out to the family.”

LBCC President Eloy Oakley said, “LBCC mourns the loss of any Viking who passes away. With regards to Ms. Alicia Faith Todd, I personally extend my ongo-ing condolences to her family and pray for them.”

Her sister Patricia Todd said, “In her time away from school, she kept busy by volunteering at Colin Powell Academy where she assisted her aunt with a class. She also helped with the Parks and Recreation department. Alicia was my confidant and best friend and hero. Sadly you don’t know

what someone means to you until they are called to the Lord.

“She leaves me with more courage, strength and a brighter smile and I am forever grateful for her life.”

Todd was working two jobs and at-tending LBCC with a full load of class-es in the semester before her death.

Her sister said, “What I miss the most is her smile. She could light up a room.

“Although there has been an arrest made in her case, my family and I want jus-tice. Please continue to pray for us.”

Anyone with any information about the murder is encouraged to call homicide de-tectives Teryl Hubert, Scott Lasch or Mi-chael Hubbard at (562) 570-7244. Anony-mous tips may be delivered by calling (800) 222-TIPS (8477).

Acosta and Adair

Alicia Faith Todd

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By Kelli Reynolds Staff Writer @kellidelrey

Former LBCC nursing professor Dai-sy Hines, died Feb. 3 at age 77. She began working at LBCC in 1978, and although her retirement was announced over six years ago in 2010, many people found her influ-ence throughout the nursing program unforgettable.

Besides being a nursing professor focusing on wom-en’s health, she was chair of the associate degree nursing program.

Registered nursing pro-gram director Sigrid Sexton said, “She had this effect on people to go into nursing” and “she greatly influenced the demographics of the pro-gram.” She also recalled Hines was a mater-

nal figure to her students and “loved to give everyone big hugs.”

Former co-worker Dr. Brenda Harrell, nursing professor, used the phrase “cham-pion of education” to describe her late friend.

Not only did Hines work tirelessly to recruit and build the nursing program, she was also was in-volved with setting an example for what she was advocating outside of teaching.

Besides chairing the nurs-ing curriculum, she also had a large leadership role in devel-oping grants for students to further their education at hos-pitals in the Long Beach area.

A scholarship in her name has been established with the

LBCC Foundation. More information is available by contacting the Foundation at (562) 938-4134.

Former LBCC teachers rememberedBy Jeff DahlquistStaff Writer @jdahlasign

Forty-year LBCC math teacher John Lenhert, who “was dedicated and worked darn hard,” died Nov. 28 at age 79.

Lenhert was a full-time member of the Math Depart-ment before retiring in 2013. He is remembered by teach-ers on campus as “old school” by Robert Maxell, intermedi-ate algebra teacher.

Maxell went on to say that Lenhert “was a friend and colleague, very thorough in his instruction and loved teaching. He was dedicated and worked darn hard.” Lenhert was a thorough in-structor and would, as Maxell said, “grade every problem and was willing to work

as hard if not, harder than his students to teach the criteria.”

Administrative assistant for the Math and Science Department Wendy Slater, in an online memorial page, wrote, “John was a wonderful person. My fondest

memory is when he taught the very early math class. I was helping my grandson with a fundraising proj-ect and John bought candy bars from me. When stu-dents raised their hand and answered/solved the math problem correctly, he would toss the candy bar to the stu-dent.”

The LBCC Foundation has established a scholarship

in his name. For more information about the scholarships or to donate people may contact Trustee and Director Ginny Bax-ter at (562) 938-4134.

Daisy HinesJohn Lenhert

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Crisper view of galaxies projectedBy Hayley HartOnline Editor @hayleylhart

The planetarium in the D Building of LBCC’s LAC is set to receive a new $213,000 projector potentially as soon as the Summer with free shows open to the public in the Fall.

A planetarium is a projection of the virtual sky or other images on a domed ceiling and an observatory has a tele-scope that can be moved around to view the real sky. The projector being used now only shows half the sky when it is working.

Ruben Luevano, 19, a chemical engi-neering major, said, “The textbook only shows so much. (The planetarium) is the best middle ground.”

Astronomy teacher Amy Fredericks, the only full-time teacher in the depart-ment, is guiding a class for the first time in her career in a planetarium. Freder-icks uses the half-working projection to show PowerPoints and the science pro-gram “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” with Neil DeGrass-Tyson.

Fredericks said, “I’ve always been interested in astronomy since I was preschool age. I would draw the plan-ets with crayons. I knew there was one with the letter N and another that start-ed with U. I don’t know where I got the information from.”

In May 2015, the planetarium conduct-ed six free shows back-to-back on Science Day. Fredericks said all the shows were full to nearly full.

According to an email from associate director of public relations and marketing

for LBCC, Stacey Toda, School of Health and Science Dean Paul Creason said, “The planetarium is a model for Community Colleges.  The facility in the D Building is one of the nicest in the state. The replace-ment of the projector is critical to maintain the quality of the instruction and provide the best student experience in astronomy classes.”

Fredericks said the department has

started the process of purchasing the new projector and the goal is to have it installed before classes begin this Summer.

Toda, in an email, said money for the projector is from the capital outlay bud-get, which is money given to all Commu-nity Colleges to be used for maintenance, renewing or expanding facilities for the benefit of students. Toda said astronomy is a popular discipline with 1,400 students in

astronomy classes each year.Fredericks has been teaching at LBCC

for two years and has worked at Massachu-setts Institute of Technology  and the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. among other locations.

She received her master’s in astronomy from the University of Maryland in 1999 and did her undergraduate work at USC with a full scholarship.

Darrell James/Viking/ @DarrellJames_SPACE: Astronomy and astronomy lab professor Amy Fredericks said, “I appreciate showing my students the universe and helping them see a new light.”

By Sara GuernseyStaff Writer @SaraGuernsey1

During the Associated Student Body Cabinet meeting Friday, Feb. 19, Student Trustee Alejandro Lomeli alerted fellow officers to the problem with the current system of accreditation and how that can affect the future of LBCC and the system of California Community Colleges as a whole.

LBCC is one of the 113 California Com-munity Colleges that receives its accredita-tion from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Accord-ing to the U.S. Department of Education, an institution must be accredited to be el-igible to receive federal and state financial aid. Currently, the only way for a California Community College to get its accreditation is through the commission.

In 2013, the commission was prosecut-ed in federal court for noncompliance with 15 federal regulations, according to the De-

partment of Education. The misdeeds came to light after the commission attempted to revoke the accreditation of the City College of San Francisco, the largest Community College in the U.S.

The National Advisory Commission for Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Department of Education in-vestigated the commission in response to com-plaints and law-suits from the California Fed-eration of Teach-ers, state officials, institutions and other parties, saying the commission lacked transparen-cy, consistency and integrity.

The commission was given one year to resolve the issues, which was later extended to two years, as reported by Academe Blog.

The commission appealed, but lost the ap-peal. The agency was reviewed in Decem-ber 2015 and was still found noncompliant with some regulations.

The national advisory commission vot-ed for an extra six months for the agency to demonstrate full compliance and Act-

ing Secretary of Education John King gave the agency a one-year extension of recognition by the Department of Education, by which time it must meet all standards, ac-cording to the

San Francisco Examiner.Regardless of the extension, however,

Brice Harris, chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and a broad task force are looking to resolve the compli-

cated, long-term battle by finding a new system of accreditation for the California Community Colleges.

According to the LBCC website, the commission reaffirmed the college’s ac-creditation, but is requiring LBCC to submit a follow-up report by March 15. Reaffirmation with a follow-up report is required when minor deficiencies lead to noncompliance. If left uncorrected, they may threaten the institution’s quality and effectiveness, and lead to increased non-compliance, officials said.

Lomeli, 21, an administration of jus-tice major, reassured the Cabinet by saying that hopefully, within the next few months, LBCC and the other Community Colleges will have a new accreditor. However, he warned that if the state does not find a solu-tion soon, “everything will be at a standstill. The colleges up for accreditation this year and next year will have no other means of getting accredited.” LBCC will not be up for review again until 2020.

“Everything will be at a stand-still. The colleges up for ac-creditation this year and next year will have no other means of getting accredited.”

-Alejandro LomeliStudent Trustee

Accreditation compliance in question

Carlos oChoa/ Viking/ @CarlosoChoalbCC

BONJOUR: The French Club sponsored a table at Join-a-club day on Thursday, Feb. 18. Members include Sergio Salinas, 20, an industrial design major, Jomara Madigail Reyes, 19, a linguistics major, and Moises Murillo, 28, a geography and veterinary science major, from left.

CITYSTYLE 7MARCH 3, 2016

French Club seeks new memberships

Exploring dialects from abroad

Story by Rebekah RoyerContributing Writer

Around campus, many fliers encourage students to take German 1 courses in the Spring semester and they list the benefits of learning German such as “German can help you get ahead in school with many practical uses in math, science, music or literature.”

The foreign language courses being of-fered for the Spring semester are Chinese 1 and 2, French 1, 1C, 2, and French 3, Ger-man 1 and 2, Italian 1,1C, and 2, Japanese 1, 2, and 3, Spanish 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and Spanish 25A and Khmer 9. The classes are five units except for Spanish 25A, which is three units.

In an email, Foreign Languages depart-ment Cynthia Quintero said, “Last semes-

Story and photo ByCarlos OchoaStaff Writer @CarlosOchoaLBCC

The French Club sponsored a booth on Join-a-Club Day, completed with decora-tions, authentic French candy and infor-mation on how to join.

Moises Murillo, 28, treasurer of the French Club and geology and veterinary science major at LBCC, said one of the goals of the club is “to make students more language appreciative ... and have more cultural experiences.”

Murillo said the club, or any other cul-tural clubs, can help shape student identi-ties and give them a sense of their cultural history and it opens them up to the di-verseness of the world.

He said the French Club makes an ef-fort to work with the Spanish and Visual Anthropology Club to integrate and spread their arms of influence across the campus-es.

When talking about his experience joining the club, Murillo said, “It was pret-ty cool because you get to talk to so many people and make connections and students start to realize there are a lot of culturally interesting people to meet and learn from.”

Sergio Salinas, 20, president of the club and industrial design background major, said students who did not have a good chance to join previous years could join easier due to the club’s ability to reach out to students better.

Foreign language classes offer a look into different cultures around the world.

ter, we opened three new courses: Khmer 9: Khmer for Native Speakers, Italian 1C: Italian for Spanish Speakers, French 1C: French for Spanish Speakers. The first two (Khmer 9 and Italian 1C) were successful-ly offered and the French 1C was canceled due to low enrollment.”

The prerequisite to take a foreign lan-guage course at LBCC is at least one year of a language in high school, according to the department website.

In Summer 2015, a French and Spanish study abroad program allowed students to go to Paris and Salamanca, Spain. However, no Study Abroad Program is planned this summer.

Professor Ingrid Wollank teaches Ger-man and Spanish at the college and said by email, “We will not have a study abroad program this Summer at LBCC, but I am on the board of a private foundation that sends between 10 to 15 students of German to Berlin each Summer with all major ex-penses paid.” Wollank may be reached at iwollank@lbcc.edu.

The club had an act in the 62nd annual Spring Sing in 2013.

Marie-Laure Hinton, club adviser and French 1-3 teacher, said the group is a “great club that does all kinds of stuff.”

Hinton said the students enjoy activ-ities that immerse students in the French culture. Some activities include watching French movies, eating at French restau-rants and seeing French museums.

Students such as Murillo and Salinas

said Hinton’s French background helps the authenticity of the class. Hinton said, she was born in France and moved to the U.S. from southern France 26 years ago and was a former student at the college.

Students can reach Hinton by emailing mlhinton@lbcc.edu.

Moises Murillo said the club is con-ducting meetings on Mondays from 5:30-6:30 in the E Building. He also encouraged students in French classes and any multi-

cultural class to ask their teacher to see if they have information on joining the French Club. The club is available on Face-book under French Club at LBCC.

Students who seek information about traveling opportunities are encouraged by the club representatives to join the meet-ings to get the most up-to-date information of French Club activities.

Darrell James/ Viking/ @DarrellJames_ MORE IS BETTER: Foreign language teacher Douglas Smith oversees students during the German 2 course at the LAC on Monday, Feb. 29. The class meets from 2:40 to 5:40 p.m. in M204.

Clubs ready to rumble during intramural cage ball tourney8 FOCUS March 3, 2016

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OUCH: David Quezada, a member of the social-service club, Aztlan, struggles to recompose after sustaining an injury on the soccer field while participating in cageball. Cage ball is a injury-heavy sport.

Joshua Miller/Viking

PUSH: Students play in the cage ball tournament on the north/west soccer field Friday, Feb. 19, at the LAC.

Joshua Miller/Viking

JUMP: Cage ball participants jump to secure the ball during a match.

Story and photos byJoshua MillerCo-Editor in Chief @joshua_miller8

Tong defeated Thor taking first place in the in the return of the cage ball tourna-ment Friday, Feb. 19

Cage ball has not been played on cam-pus for several years due to the brutality of the sport, though only one mi-nor injury occurred during the tournament.

The men’s games were

played at the northwest soccer field and the women’s division game will be Friday, March 4, at 1 p.m. at the same location.

Traditional cage ball is a game similar to indoor football, invented by Jörg Berger, where players must transport a large, in-flatable ball into the opponent’s goal.

The game was created so players could still play even in bad weather conditions.

In men’s division, the participating teams were the social-service clubs Thor,

Athena Warriors, Aztlan, Tong and the Veterans Club.

Clubs ready to rumble during intramural cage ball tourneyFOCUS 9March 3, 2016

Joshua Miller/Viking

OUCH: David Quezada, a member of the social-service club, Aztlan, struggles to recompose after sustaining an injury on the soccer field while participating in cageball. Cage ball is a injury-heavy sport.

Joshua Miller/Viking

PUSH: Students play in the cage ball tournament on the north/west soccer field Friday, Feb. 19, at the LAC.

CITYSTYLE10 MARCH 3, 2016

Art showcases Black history

ENCOURAGEMENT: Speaker Logan Baughman, left, from Cal State Dominguez Hills, gives students advice on how to better themselves in school.

Story and Photos by Omar ReyesStaff Writer @salar0895

Signs reading “Whites Only” and ar-rows pointing to a “Colored” entrance were on display at LBCC.

At first glance, the signs might be shocking to people today, but in the 1950s, the signs were common.

The signs and other shocking relics from the time were on display in the PCC Student Union on Tuesday, Feb. 23, and the LAC Fish Bowl on Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

The exhibit “Forgotten Images” was sponsored by the Associated Student Body Cabinet and Cultural Affairs Committee in honor of Black History Month.

Jaci Corde, 30 a business administra-tion major, said, “It’s a cool exhibit and it educates us more on the past. Most of us weren’t born back then, so we have lit-tle idea of what took place. So for us to be able to catch up on history is a benefit for everyone.”

The exhibit fea-tured a variety of items that reflected the era of segregation and Civil Rights movement in U.S. history, includ-ing movie posters de-picting racism, slave brands, a Ku Klux Klan outfit, paintings and signs promoting segregation.

In addition, Logan Baughman, from the Organization of Africana Studies at Cal State Dominguez Hills and a motivational speaker, attended the exhibit and gave a lecture to students on how to better them-selves in school.

The traveling exhibit is a private collec-tion, based on Black Americana, obtained for 25 years by David McLucas and his wife Sharon. McLucas said the exhibit spans

from the 1600s to present and he was invit-ed by Cultural Affairs and LBCC to bring his exhibit to the campuses.

McLucas, who gave students tours of the exhibit, said, “Students get a personal

and up-close examination of the items we have on display, which are very emotional.”

Kenneth Jones, a member of the PCC Cultural Affairs Committee, said the ex-

hibit was the second featured at the Stu-dent Union at PCC after the original display of the exhibit last year.

Jones said he plans to bring back the event next year and make it more prominent than be-fore. “Next year, it’s going to be bigger and better. We plan on having more community outreach and support for this event and more clubs involved.”

According to History.com, Black Histo-ry Month has been celebrated in February since 1976 and celebrates achievements and recognition of African-Americans in U.S. history.

SEGREGATED: Authentic racial segregation signs are on display at PCC.

Traveling exhibit features images from a segregated America during the pre-Civil Rights movement era.

CALENDAR 11MARCH 3, 2016

ENROLLMENT AND FINANCIAL AID

LAC(562) 938-4485 A1075Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.Friday 8 a.m.-noonSaturday-Sunday Closed

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

More information or a better understand-ing of the Internal Revenue Service, data retrieval tool, California Dream Act, cor-recting the federal student loans and vet-erans’ benefits is available by watching Fi-nancial Aid videos on the topics and more lbcc.edu.

(562) 938-4485Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-6 pmFriday 8 a.m.-noon

SCHOOL BREAKSFlex Day: Tuesday, March 15Spring Break: Monday-Sunday, April 4-10Easter is Sunday, March 27

ART GALLERY

“Ob-ver-sa-tions”An exhibition of reciprocal portraits Through Thursday, March 17

Monday and Thursday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday noon-8 p.m.

artgallery.lbcc.edu(562) 938-4815

ENTERTAINMENTFriday, March 4Classical Voice Faculty Recital at7:30 p.m. in the Ruth Todd Recital Hall G122 LAC

Thursday-Saturday, March 10-12“The Great White Hope” in theLAC Auditorium fromThursday and Friday at 8 p.m. Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m.

ELECTIONS

POLICE SERVICES

The Long Beach Police Department serves LBCC with issues regarding security, lost and found items, thefts or other crimes.

Evening safety escorts available for stu-dents and employees at LAC and PCC.

(562) 938-4910 or (562) 435-6711 to report a crime or arrange a safety escort

PCC-LAC SHUTTLE

Viking Voyager runs every 30 minutes Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.Last run leaves at 9 p.m.Friday: 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.Stops at PCC, LAC D Building and Veter-ans Stadium

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, March 3Evening Jazz ChoirDirected by Andrea CalderwoodNo audition requiredWednesday. 6:45-9:55p.m.Email acalderwood@lbcc.edu

Veterans resource office coat drive. Dona-tions may be dropped off in the veterans services office in LAC’s E08L.

Online counseling is now available

Saturday, March 5Library hosting National Craft Month event at LAC10 a.m. to noon

LBCC Child Development Associates Spring fundraiser Noon–3:30 p.m.Tokyo Wako Restaurant located at310 S Pine Ave, Long Beach 90802

Mondays, March 7 and 14“Sharpen Your Grammar Skills this Spring” workshops in PCC EE205

Friday, March 112016-2017 Associate Student Body grant applications are due at noon in EE102 PCC Student Union or E119 LAC Fishbowl

2016-2017 Foundation grant applicationsdeadline

Monthly open mic in LAC P104 from7-9 p.m.

Monday, March 14Building C grand opening at10 a.m.More details on building renovations and construction may be found at lbcc.edu/bondprogram

Voter registration deadline15 days before each election day

April 12 LBCC Board and other local races

June 7 LBCC bond measure; presidential and state offices primary

U.C. WORKSHOPS

Friday, March 18, in LAC A109810 a.m.-noon

Wednesday, April 13, in LAC A1098noon-2 p.m.

Tuesday, May 17, in LAC A10981-3 p.m.

SENIOR CENTERFriday, March 11Film series in PCC’s Dyer Hall from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 16Tai chi and healthy aging at PCC senior center11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

LEAP DAY

Juan Galvez/vikinG/ @Jc_imaGes1Diego Ramos, 19, a fire science major, skates at the LAC between the A and N buildings on Leap Day, Monday, Feb. 29.

OPINION12 MARCH 3, 2016

Your vote could trump TrumpOPINION

Co-Editors in Chief:Denise Jones @DeniseJonesLBCC

Joshua Miller @joshua_miller8Managing Editor

Brandon Richardson @_Brandon_EOpinion Editor:

Melina Paris @parismelinaSports Editor:

Juan Carlos Galvez @J_Images1Online Editor:

Hayley Hart @hayleylhartPhoto and Images Editor:

Darrell James @darrelljames_News Editor:

Glen Starks @gstarks15Calendar Editor:

Fantacie JacksonChief Copy Editor

Susan Usas @suzyq_445Citystyle Editor

George Zuniga @GeorgeZLBCCStaff Names:

Gabriel Acosta Jeff Dahlquist Sara Guernsey Jordan Horton Jerick LeBlanc Carlos Ochoa Omar Reyes Kelli Reynolds

Adviser: Patrick McKean

Photo and Online Adviser: Chris Viola

Retired Photo Adviser: Jim Truitt

Advertising Manager: Michal Olszewski

VIKING NEWS

The deadline for news, advertisements and letters to the editor is the Thursday before pub-lication.

The Viking will be published March 17 and 31, April 21, May 5 and 19 and June 2. The Viking is published by Journalism 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87 and 88 students of the LBCC English Department, with funding from the Associated Student Body.

The Viking newsroom is located at LBCC, LAC 4901 E. Carson St., Long Beach, Calif., 90808, Room P125, mail code Y-16, Telephone (562) 938-4285 or contact the staff by email to viking-news@lbcc.edu or on social media.

The views expressed in the Viking do not reflect the views of the advisers, administration or the ASB.

First copy free, each additional $1.

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

By Jerick Leblanc and Kelli Reynolds on Wednesday and Monday, Feb. 24 and 29.

RobeRt CuChta, 22,Language majoR

“I feel safe for the most part. I can skate around really fast and get from A to B. Plus I’m a guy so I feel safe.”

Shannon meRLo, 19,nuRSing majoR

“I feel safe on campus be-cause there are too many students here. I don’t ever feel I’m by myself.”

aReLy CaRbajaL, 23,PhiLoSoPhy majoR

“I’ve always felt pretty safe on campus. I’ve taken night classes and I’ve walked to the parking lot and nev-er felt scared. Sometimes I know the police cars are parked, but there is never anyone in them.”

jeSSiCa hubeR,19nuRSing majoR

“I feel safe on campus be-cause there are so many students. I don’t ever feel like I am by myself.”

eRiC bRown, 34,buSineSS majoR

“My classes are usually day-time, so I don’t exactly know what goes on at night. But I think police should be on campus more often, I only see them by the Veterans Stadium.”

meLiSSa gonzaLez, 19,PRe-nuRSing

“I do feel safe here cause I take classes in the morning. I haven’t had a night class, but I heard there are es-corts. I think there should be more education on where the security buttons are on campus.”

maRk LoPez, 19,undeCLaRed majoR

“I feel safe because I see a lot of cops patrolling. Peo-ple are nice here and they do not mess with you when you are walking.”

CITY VIEWS“How safe do you feel on campus and what do you think is needed to ensure extra safety?”

By Jerick LeblancStaff Writer @jerickjake

If you open up Google search, “How can I move to Canada?” is a popular hashtag af-ter Tuesday’s showing wins for GOP presi-dential front-runner Donald Trump.

Now is the time for LBCC students and employees to make sure they are registered to vote in the June 7 California primary. People 18 and older may register by the deadline at 11:59:59 p.m. on May 23, by mail or online at registertovote.ca.gov.

Trump continues to extend his lead by winning 7 out of the 11 state primaries, an inevitable sign of him potentially getting the Republican nomination. Something the Republican Party does not want.

His nomination is a horrifying prospect and it will be an international embarrass-

ment. He is a hate-monger, anti-women, border-building bigot as he continuously spews angry words of division toward the American people. These are documented and recorded facts that are not fabricated by the media. Trump seems to relish on this type of rhetoric. What’s surprising is the type of follow-ers who surface as a result of his actions. Who would have thought that in 2016, the KKK would be more visible now with their support of him?

He has been arousing such hate from mostly white, lower-middle class people who have felt their white-privilege being threatened. The fact that Trump feeds off

that segment of the population has been mocked by the media as a “Hitler-like” caricature. Some say he speaks his mind and that he cannot be bought. But is this presidential? What ever happened to being civilized and acting like an adult? Shouldn’t a potential president of the U.S. be thinking about ALL the residents here? A president should embody the best qualities of Amer-ica and not the worst.

By no means am I suggesting a partisan favorite. What I am merely stating is the fact that during trying times in which our country is showing such a division, that our vote is more important than ever. We need to be heard as residents of our country and we need to speak up. The June 7 California primary is important and may help decide who will lead our country. Ask yourself, “Do you really want Trump to have the keys to the nuclear code?”

RiCky eSCajeda, 20,undeCLaRed majoR

“I do not feel unsafe here. However, I never see any security ever on campus, so maybe that.”

OPINION 13MARCH 3, 2016

Counseling praised Safety doubtedLETTER TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL

I am writing to all of you to inform you that LBCC has the best counselors ever.

Transferring from a Community Col-lege to a university was my goal when first attending a Community College.

The reason I state this was because my goal when “first attending” is because af-ter a semester or two, everything became a hassle and I began to feel discouraged. I also felt as if I was never going to transfer and obtaining my bachelor’s degree just seemed so far away.

For a while I thought I was alone in feeling this way, but after looking up some statistics on transfer rates, my feelings were justified. It wasn’t shocking to find out only one in five Community College students end up transferring to a university, which indicates only 20 percent of students trans-fer each year.

After attending a Community College for a year and realizing I was not half way done, I used to think things such as col-lege weren’t for me or that I wasn’t smart enough to better my education. I recently transferred from another Community Col-lege to LBCC in Fall 2015 and I must say that it was the best decision for my educa-tion by far.

Once I got to LBCC, the counselors made sure I never thought those horrible things about myself any longer. Fortunately here at LBCC, they have a great counseling staff that is willing to work with you and have nothing but encouraging things to say about you.

Being a third-year Community College student, I know how tough and challenging it can be to transfer to a university and get a bachelor’s degree.

Speaking from experience, I know that feeling of being rejected or turned down from the school you have dreamt of attend-ing almost your whole life.

The initial shock of realizing you weren’t accepted to a university from high school or coming to terms you must go to a Community College can be heartbreaking and upsetting, as it was for me. But once I transferred to LBCC, the counselors gave me an education plan to follow and told me exactly what I had to do to get into my dream school.

Crystal Hurt

lBCC student

Read the entire letter at LBCCViking.com.

In the beginning of the Spring 2016 se-mester, a student was assaulted and her cell phone stolen. It happened after the victim’s night class, police said.

The victim was here for an education, not a theft and a punch in the face. She was so traumatized she dropped out of her classes and quit her job. She should have had and escort to her transportation. Someone should have insisted on making sure she got to her ride safely.

Public Safety X Building is located by Veterans Stadium on Lew Davis Drive across from the T Building. On a visit to the building late Tuesday morning, March 1, no one was there, no courtesy bell was available and no note informed visitors when the police would be back.

A crime could have been committed on campus that needed to be reported. There was only a rotating rack with a slew of bro-chures and paperwork, which educates stu-dents on crime prevention, personal secu-rity and sexual assault to name a few.

Reading a paper to plan and prepare for the worst-case scenario doesn’t com-pare to facing an actual event. For example, women walking alone are advised to keep keys interlaced between fingers to possibly

take down someone with a more powerful weapon like a gun, mace or knife. Fight or flight. It does not have to be this way on a college campus.

Five police cars were parked on campus with no officers inside or nearby on a late Tuesday morning. This was during day-light. Officers should be present.

A plan is in place to install security cameras outside campus buildings and re-strooms and in 2016 it is finally happening.

According to the LBCC website the PCC has four blue emergency light kiosks. Eleven are scattered around campus on the LAC and when the red button is pressed the response time is immediate, according to a dispatcher at the Public Safety X Build-ing. The alert is also sent to the nearest po-lice station.

No emergency kiosk exists by the K Building. The assault victim from earlier this semester had no access to an alert but-ton for help.

Students may not be aware of the emer-gency blue lights and what they do or the know the locations of the emergency ki-osks.

We are here for our education. We trust that while on campus we will be safe.

SPORTS14 MARCH 3, 2016

Women’s basketball squad wins playoff

El Camino defeats struggling Vikes, 9-0, after losses to Cerritos and Mt. San Antonio.Story and Photo By Jeff DahlquistStaff Writer @jdahlasign

The women’s tennis team suffered its third consecutive loss when El Camino tri-umphed, 9-0, on Tuesday, March 1.

The season is proving challenging for the Vikings, with the only games during the match being won by Jasmine Hyacinth against El Camino’s Jade Shugars, but she lost 6-2, 6-2.

The Vikings put up a fight in the No. 6 singles match when Kelly Zellner won four games against opponent Nicole Zwiren, however, it was not enough to win the match, which ended in a loss, 6-3, 6-1.

Tennis team loses third straight

Jon Peacock/ContributorMOST WINNINGEST: Coach Casey Crook earns his 514 win against Irvine Valley on Tuesday Feb. 23. Crook passed legendary LBCC baseball coach Joe Hicks. Crook started coaching LBCC in 1993 and has 515 wins with no signs of slowing down. Crook said, “It’s definitely an accomplishment. ... I’m just glad we got the win.”

The Vikings also lost, 9-0, against Cer-ritos on Feb. 18. Games were won by Jas-mine Hyacinth, Delores Cervantez and Brittany Ruelas, although it was not enough to beat the undefeated Falcons.

Viking freshman Mimi Mercado, who competed in No. 3 singles and No. 2 dou-bles against Cerritos, played volleyball (1997-98) and softball (1998-99) for the Falcons.

The Vikings managed to scrape up a few games from sophomore Hyacinth and freshman Zellner. LBCC has a record of 1-4 in the South Coast Conference. The Vikings also lost, 9-0, against Mt. San An-tonio on Thursday, Feb. 25, in a conference match at LBCC. The Vikings totaled just nine games in that match, with the doubles team of Hyacinth and Mercado scoring winning only two games, which ultimately ended in an 8-2 defeat.

Zellner and Ruelas combined for three games in an 8-3 loss. The 3-match losing streak follows the Vikings’ win against Vic-tor Valley earlier in the conference Feb 16.

RECORD BREAKING

SERVICE: Sophomore Jasmine Hernandez serves against Victor Valley in the South Coast Conference match on Feb 16 at the LAC. LBCC won, 9-0.

The Vikings are now 1-8 overall and are on the road with a match against Rio Hondo today, Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m.

The next home match is against Orange Coast on Monday, March 14, at 2 p.m. The

tennis team’s full schedule is available at lbccvikings.com or by calling (562) 938-4243, the Sports Information Office, and asking for Chris Ruiz, sports information specialist.

By Brandon RichardsonManaging Editor @_Brandon_E

The No. 4 Vikings’ women’s basketball team was scheduled to host the No. 5 Irvine Valley Lasers Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in the LBCC Hall of Champions.

The game follows LBCC’s 64-51 win over No. 13 Riverside on Saturday night, Feb. 27.

The game will be Round 3 of the South-ern California Regional Playoffs.

The Vikings are in their fifth straight postseason under coach Michael Anderson and are 24-5 overall, while Irvine stands at 22-7.

The Lasers advanced to the third round after a 64-49 win over No. 12 Cerritos on Friday, Feb. 26.

In the team’s previous match-up, the Vikes defeated Irvine, 46-40, after the La-sers went into halftime ahead, 24-18.

Tickets for the game are $12 for general admission and $8 for students, employees, senior citizens and children under 12.

By Omar ReyesStaff Writer @salar0895

LBCC’s women’s track and field team competed in its second meet of the season at Cerritos College on Friday, Feb. 26 and Saturday, Feb. 27.

According to the LBCC athletics web-site, the Vikings earned nine Top 10 finish-es. Freshman Sherrice Pelle and sophomore Shavone Nora gained fourth-place finishes, with Pelle clocking in at 1:13:73 in the 400 hurdles and Nora posting a 1:02:10 mark in the 400 meters.

Coach Karen Vigilant said the team was “OK” last season, but hopes the team will improve this year.

“I have a team that is a little more eager to perform well and I have sophomores to

lead the freshmen.  It’s always good to have individuals on your team who know what to expect and can lead the new athletes,” Vigilant said.

The South Coast Conference champi-onship preliminaries and finals will be at LBCC on Tuesday, April 19, and Friday, April 22.

Vigilant said the team did better in the meet at Cerritos College than the first meet at Mt. San Antonio College. “I am looking forward to the remaining season to see where we end up as a team.”

LBCC’s next meet will be the Cal State Los Angeles Invitational on Saturday, March 5. Then the Vikings will head to Oc-cidental College on Friday, March 11, and Antelope Valley College on Friday, March 18.

Runners take 9 top places

SPORTS 15MARCH 3, 2016

Top players combine for success Coaches applaud trio after championship finish.Story and photos byJuan GalvezSports Editor @jc_images1

Freshman Ari Claro and sophomores Joel Atilano and Evair Marin have been named the top players of the 2015 LBCC soccer season by their coaches after they helped lead the Vikings to the South Coast Conference championship.

“Assuring teamwork, demonstrating tactics and separating individuality with a clear mind are key points for them,” coach Cameron Beaulac said.

Top defensive player Claro played dif-ferent positions. His I.Q. on the field as well as in the classroom allowed him to keep a proper formation structured from his de-fensive position, the coach said.

Claro was part of the Artesia High School varsity team throughout his four years of school. He was named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year and Artesia’s Athlete of the Year.

Atilano said, “Playing alongside play-ers that can help me out and assist me is important because soccer is not a 1-person game, it’s a team sport. Ari made sure the opponents wouldn’t score, allowing myself to press forward.”

Beauloc said, “Former MVP and team captain Joel Atilano is a coach on the field with field awareness along with technical ability to control a game while holding his mid-fielder position.”

Atilano was a captain during the 2015 season and named Defensive Player of the Year. Knowing the leadership roles, Atilano uses his experiences of playing with a club team and high school varsity team. Atila-no said, “Club and high school ball helped gain my experience needed to play college ball at LBCC because high school is more of a physical contact style and club being more of a skillful, tactical style, both which are styles needed for the college level.”

Assistant coach Eric Leon said, “I’ve had the privilege to see them progress as players but more importantly as men.”

Marin led LBCC with 11 goals. Beaulac said, “Marin has a dynamic ability. Taking on players and he would attract opponents away and make space for teammates to move through open spaces.” One of Marin’s most notable goals scored was against Cer-ritos, giving the Vikings a last-minute 2-1 win.

Atilano said, “If you really dedicate yourself to the sport it will become eas-ier, because all the hard work you put in becomes easy work during trainings and come game day.”

DEFENSIVE STAR: Freshman left-back Ari Claro practices Wednesday, March 2, on the soccer field at the LAC.

MVP: Center mid-fielder Joel Atilano gets ready to kick the ball before the Vikings continue their Spring practice.

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March 3, 2016 • Volume 89, Issue 9 • Published Since 1927

Sophomore Evair Marin is back on the pitchSports, Page 15

Cage ball returns to campusFocus, Page 8 and 9

Women’s tennis team is defeated by El CaminoSports, Page 14

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