El Vaquero Volume 107, No. 5

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THE FASTEST: Cross Country Captain Vahagn Isayan is ranked No. 1 in Southern Caliornia going into the !nals.

Chronicles of Peroomian’s Travels

[See Trustee, page 4]

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A PICURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS: Vahe Peroomian, member of Glendale Community College’s Board of Trustees, signs his book “A Photographic Journey of my Homeland, Armenia” a"er his presentation in Kreider Hall on #ursday a"ernoon.

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IN THIS ISSUE

[Beware, from page 1]

A new trend is hitting the waves on social media and it’s not

going down too lightly with on-lookers and authorities. This new dangerous trend is called the Freeway Challenge and it has got-ten so big, that it even has its own hashtag: #freewaychallenge.

This has been going on since 2003 and last year, there was an incident where cyclists would URDP� WKURXJK� WUDI¿F�� 7KH� FKDO-lenge consists of skateboard fa-natics going onto to freeways during rush hour and skateboard-LQJ�WKURXJK�WKH�WUDI¿F��ZKLOH�DOVR�doing stunts.

7KH� VWXQWV� LQFOXGH� NLFNÀLSV�and holding onto the back of large trucks as they are moving.

Videos of the challenge have

been surfacing onto the different social media platforms, such as Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter. Many of these videos consist of one per-son getting out of their car in Los $QJHOHV�WUDI¿F�DQG�ZKLOH�WKH\�DUH�doing their stunts, another is re-cording while also encouraging the skateboarder.

Social media challenges have been a huge craze on the internet. These challenges can go from a small innocent ordeal, to a life-threatening feat.

“I don’t like following trends because they are useless and just plain stupid,” GCC student Em-manuel Ortiz said. “Trends like these only get big because of how ridiculous they are and how many enjoy seeing others fail or get hurt. Anyone with a brain should

Photo illustration by Sal Polcino

or a friend who’s 21. Smoking will still be a problem.”

While signing the legislation, Gov. Brown also signed to regu-late charter schools to be tobacco free and have tobacco free work-places, including businesses and hotel rooms.

Some organizations believe the new law could potentially re-duce future smoking and health risks, such as lung cancer, high blood pressure, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and even death.

Stephanie Ramirez can be reached at [email protected]

Dangerous Trend Hits Busy Freeways

New Smoking Age in California


By Stephanie Ramirez know that some trends shouldn’t even be performed, no matter how ‘cool’ it is.”

GCC student and skateboarder David Salazar believes that the freeway challenge is a trend that makes skateboarders look bad. “I heard about this from a friend DQG� P\� ¿UVW� WKRXJKW� ZDV�� µZKR�even invented this?’ I’ve been skateboarding since I was a kid and seeing how these people who are posting videos of themselves skateboarding through freeways, makes skateboarders look like crazy rebels,” Salazar said.

“We’ve always been seen as rebels, but this trend has taken it to the next level.”

2QORRNHUV�GRQ¶W�¿QG�WKLV�WUHQG�amusing and even California Highway Patrol released a state-ment that they will be looking

DURXQG�VRFLDO�PHGLD�WR�¿QG�WKRVH�who have joined in on the trend.

“That’s great that [CHP] will be taking action against this trend … Some people just need to be told the hard way, even if means getting arrested,” GCC student Leslie Short said.

According to the Glendale Community College and City of Glendale Police Departments, there have been no recorded inci-dents of any student nor Glendale residents who have been caught doing the trend.

The CHP says they will be giv-ing citations to those who attempt this challenge. Both the driver and the wrongdoer will be both cited equally.

Photo illustration by Sal Polcino

Glendale College Guild Asso-FLDWLRQ� ¿OHG� IRU� LPSDVVH� RQ�

May 13, after the administration failed to offer a fair pay raise. Since there isn’t a contract agreement, an outside mediator will be brought in to look for the facts.

The Guild’s negotiating team proposed that the 2.75 percent por-tion of the 2015-16 raise should continue, rather than allowing it to expire on June 30.

“The faculty is confused, we ask why are other districts giv-ing raises, but not us? And that’s the million dollar question,” Guild

By Melody Shahsavarani

Melody Shahsavarani can be reached at [email protected]

Guild Association Files ImpassePresident Zohara Kaye said to the Board of Trustees Tuesday.

Administrators offered faculty the State Cost-of-Living Adjust-ment (COLA) plus 100 percent of the 2016-17 growth percentage achieved at the negotiating table on Thursday. Gov. Brown’s revised proposal lowered the state COLA from .47 percent to zero percent, reducing the salary offer to zero.

Ron Nakasone, chief negotiator of the administration, presented the budget during a faculty meeting on Tuesday.

He said the college has received a total of $8.28 million in as a re-stricted or one-time revenues for

the 2016-17 school year. Of that amount, about $4 million hasn’t been used due to decrease in enroll-ment. The state is also giving $75 million in base augmentation for all the community colleges. GCC will receive $920,000.

“Upon a request from the Guild,

the college opened its books for an American Federation of Teachers consultant for review,” Nakasone VDLG�� ³7KH� FRQVXOWDQW� GLG� QRW� ¿QG�any additional money for collective bargaining.”

Photo by Melody ShasavaraniSUPPORTING FACULTY: Lilia Zograbyan and Arzviek Moradian hold a poster at the Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday.

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Politics in CaliforniaNEWS

As the election season is heating up, California is preparing for its state

primary on June 7. A primary is a state-level election where party members vote WR�FKRRVH�D�FDQGLGDWH�DI¿OLDWHG�ZLWK�WKHLU�political party.

California’s primary election is an indirect election. Instead of voters directly selecting a candidate running for President, it determines how many delegates to each party’s national convention the candidate will receive from that state.

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The ballot will feature: The presidential election, United States Senate, California 6WDWH� $VVHPEO\� 'LVWULFW� �� DQG� VHYHUDO�ballot measures.

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How your vote could impact the government

TAKE YOUR PICK: Student-designed yard signs and !yers cover the campus as they campaign in the days leading up next week’s Associated Student Government elections.


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$�WRWDO�RI��VWXGHQWV�DUH�UXQ-ning for president and vice presi-dent and will appear on the ballot with the corresponding numbers.

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Glendale College Honors Nurses Week

Trustee Documents His Journey Through Armenia

Counselor Patricia Djamba-

zian held a nursing facil-

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on the fact that there are a sev-

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Anahit Kardzhyan can be reached at [email protected]


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vision directing

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KIIS FM hosted their 19th annual one-day music festival at StubHub Center in Carson on Saturday.

With performances from Gwen Stefani and Mike Posner who after years of silence made their comeback and art-ists like Zayn and Kygo who released their debut album. They all took the stage at the sold-out Wango Tango.

Gwen Stefani’s last solo album was released 10 years ago, but during the night’s performance she showed that she was still no hollaback girl. Stefani sang a mix of old and new songs, including “Rich Girl,” “What You Wait-ing For” and “Make Me Like You” from her new album. The best song of the entire show was “Hollaback Girl.” From beginning to end, the whole crowd sang along with every breath they had. The last song of Stefani’s set was also a crowd pleaser and a sing-along as she performed “The Sweet Escape.”

0LNH�3RVQHU�SHUIRUPHG�KLV�¿UVW�VLQJOH�³&RROHU�7KDQ�Me” and told the crowd to go crazy and they followed his lead. Posner did a mashup of his hit songs before ending it with a stripped down version of his interna-tional hit “I Took A Pill In Ibiza.”

After leaving boy band One Direction a little over a year ago, Zayn Malik took the stage as a solo artist in all black attire. His set list contained both “She Don’t Love Me” and “It’s You” from his latest album “Mind Of Mine.” Disappointment was in the air, however, ZKHQ�0DOLN�OHIW�WKH�VWDJH�ZLWKRXW�VLQJLQJ�KLV�¿UVW�VLQJOH�“Pillowtalk.” The crowd and Malik’s fans were happy to ¿QDOO\�KHDU�KLV�IDPRXV�KLJK�QRWHV�GXULQJ�KLV�ODVW�VRQJ�

for the night: “Like I Would.”7KH� G\QDPLF� GXR�� 7KH� &KDLQVPRNHUV�� ¿OOHG�

their 20-minute set with a mix of their own singles and other remixes. During their Coldplay remix, Andrew Taggart told the crowd to take out their SKRQHV�DQG� WXUQ�RQ� WKHLU�ÀDVKOLJKWV� WR�PDNH� WKH�arena look like a sky full of stars.

They had the whole crowd jamming out to Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under The Bridge” before transitioning over to their own single “Roses.” When the crowd heard the words “my mama don’t like you and she likes everyone” they knew that they were in for a Justin Bieber remix of “Love Yourself” and screamed a little louder. For their new single and last song of their set, “Don’t Let Me Down,” Taggart told the crowd to not let him down and called in the singer Daya to sing her part of the song.

From one DJ to the next, the Norwegian DJ .\JR�NLFNHG�RII�KLV� VHW�ZLWK�RQH�RI�KLV�¿UVW� UH-mixes, “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye. He went through a number of songs including “Fire-stone” and “Carry Me” from his new album “Cloud Nine” that was released on Friday. Kygo SHUIRUPHG�WZR�VRQJV�ZLWK�VSHFLDO�JXHVWV��WKH�¿UVW�being Maty Noyes for the song “Stay.” For his last song he welcomed Parson James to the stage to sing “Stole The Show” as confetti covered the crowd.

DNCE, with frontman Joe Jonas, sang two of their four songs from their EP “SWAAY” before welcoming their special guest Hailee Steinfeld to sing a duet of “Rock Bottom.” Before ending their set, they had the whole crowd singing along to TLC’s ‘90s hit “No Scrubs” and during their own single “Cake By The Ocean” the band scattered

through the crowd, running to different ends of the arena.

The girl power at Wango Tango also consisted of The X Factor group Fifth Harmony who sang and danced to their hits “Worth It,” “BO$$” and “Sledgehammer.” After singing their latest single “Write On Me” they left the stage, only to re-turn moments later for an encore performance of “Work From Home.”

Grammy winner Meghan Trainor entered the stage in a pink glittery dress and sang hits like “Lips Are Movin” and “All About That Bass.” She performed her newest single “Me Too” then tran-sitioned into her latest chart-topper “No” to close out her set.

,JJ\� $]DOHD� SHUIRUPHG� ¿YH� VRQJV�� LQFOXG-ing “Black Widow” and “Fancy.” Alessia Cara, dressed in jeans, a white T-shirt and a red cap, per-formed “Here” and “Wild Things.”

Demi Lovato kicked off the show with her sin-JOH�³&RQ¿GHQW�´�ZHDULQJ�D�JROGHQ�GUHVV�WR�PDWFK�her gold microphone. She did a set with a mix of six new and old songs and ended with “Cool For The Summer.”

Ariana Grande closed the show with her nine-song set list, starting with “Bang Bang” where she also rapped along to Nicki Minaj’s portion. Danc-ing in her high heels and furry coat, she sang old hits such as “Problem” and “Break Free” but also songs from her new album “Dangerous Woman.” This year’s Wango Tango ended on a high note af-ter Grande performed “Dangerous Woman.”

By Tina Fernestam

Tina Fernestam can be reached at

[email protected]

Photo by Tina Fernestam

KIIS FM PRESENTS:Joe Jonas performs at Wango Tango.


ONE-DAY FESTIVAL: Gwen Stefani captivates the crowd at the StubHub Center in Carson on Saturday.

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It took me a while to get used to the transition from Sweden to the United States. There is the obvious

change in weather and language, but there are also a few unwritten rules that everyone follows, making for a completely different lifestyle.

In Sweden one never stands too close to anyone else while waiting for the bus/train. We take personal space very seriously. The only exception is if you know the person. Also, while on the train/bus, you don’t sit next WR� D� VWUDQJHU�«� \RX� ¿QG� DQ� HPSW\� VHDW� VRPHZKHUH�else, and if there’s no room then you stand up.

I was taking the bus from Burbank to Glendale and sat by myself (with my headphones plugged in, mind-ing my own business) when all of a sudden a man sat down next to me. Literally right beside me — shoulder to shoulder. I was shocked because there were so many free spots on the bus. Not only that, but he also talked to me, making comments about the weather, which I wasn’t used to.

We also don’t smile or wave to strangers in Swe-den. Apparently they don’t in Europe either. When I was in Germany for the World Cup in 2008, my friend and I sat at an outdoor cafe. We waved at people in passing cars when suddenly a driver looked at us and crashed into the car in front of him as he waved back. Whoops!

If you were to wave to someone in Sweden (some-thing I do for fun) they sometimes wave back, but then they’ll go the rest of the day wondering who you were and why you waved at them. Since strangers don’t wave at each other, they worry it was someone they knew, but didn’t recognize.

America is different though. When you go into a store or pass by other pedestrians, they almost always VD\� ³KHOOR�� KRZ� DUH� \RX"´�:KHQ� ,� ¿UVW� FDPH�KHUH� ,�would answer with “hi, I’m good and you?,” but I nev-er got an answer back so I’ve learned to only say “hi” and keep walking, without offending anyone.

But when I was at the airport in Denmark trying to get my bags from the conveyer, a guy ran past me and bumped into me so one bag almost fell. Do you think he said anything? No. Do you think I said something? Well, of course I did. I said “sorry” to the guy that

pushed ME.Speaking of Denmark, when you live in Skåne, the

southest part of Sweden, you get called Danish by the rest of Sweden. It’s not an option, it’s just like that. I think we can compare Skåne with Texas in the United States. We speak a little different, but we are still cool, you know.

So we don’t need people from the US telling us that they compare us to Danish people or even German like a friend once did. She straight up said that Swedish sounded like German. GERMAN? That’s like a whole new level.

It’s not that we don’t like Danish or German peo-ple, we just don’t want to be compared to them. And, don’t think that all Swedes are blond and blue eyed, because we are not! Well I am, but that’s irrelevant.

And on that note, I’m talking about Sweden, NOT Switzerland. Everyone seems to mix those up, but the only thing that we have in common is that we both start with “S” and “W.” Nothing else!

When you say Sweden to a person, some will actu-ally say “oh the country with the cheese and Alps.” Well we have cheese, very good cheese if you ask me, but the only Alps we have is in Kiruna or when it’s been snowing and you make your own Alps in your garden. But I don’t think that’s the cheese and Alps they’re referring to.

You never say no to Fika. That is one of the most holy things we have. Fika is a combo of coffee and a VZHHW�RU�FDNH��<RX�FDQ�KDYH�¿ND�DQ\WLPH�\RX�ZDQW��between breakfast and lunch? Of course! After lunch? Well yes! After dinner? Yes! In the middle of the night? If you are awake at that time then why not?

During my year here in California, I haven’t had ¿ND�RQFH�DQG�ZKHQ�,�SDVV�SHRSOH�,�VD\�³KL��KRZ�DUH�you?” and walk away without bothering to listen if someone answer me back.

I always say “sorry” to almost everyone, even if I don’t do anything. I’m breaking all the unwritten Swedish laws. I even stand close to people when I’m waiting for the bus/train.

What is happening to me?

It Ain’t Swede: Breaking the Unwritten Laws

By Tina Fernestam

Tina Fernestam be reached at

[email protected]

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THE ARTS

Photos by Jessica JasCAMPUS TALENT: Student artwork on display at the gallery in the Library Building includes “Culture” by Gloria Rincon, left, and “Domestic Goddess” by Eden Roxio, right.

Gallery Exhibit Features the Best of Student Artwork

The Art Gallery at Glendale Community College presents The 2016 Invitational

Student Exhibition, displaying different forms of artwork created by students.

There were several applicants, but only a few were chosen to be part of the exhi-bition, all coming from the different art classes available at GCC. The contrasting styles of art in the exhibition include ab-VWUDFW� H[SUHVVLRQLVP�� FRORU� ¿HOG�� PRVDLF��photography, pottery, handcraft and paint-ings.

The overall theme of the exhibition demonstrates culture, diversity and soulful artworks, each carrying a personal mean-ing and an original title.

There is an eye-catching piece consist-ing of little houses that are almost identical -- like a perfect little town inside of a glass

box. This was created by Maureen Don-danville and is titled “House as a Home.”

“What inspired me to create this was a longing for a time of more personalized dwellings, and a more authentic individu-alism, the everyday ...” Dondanville said. She elaborates on how her piece reminds her of her home in Echo Park, where hous-es with no yard look similar to each other.

As she stares at her own artwork in the exhibition, she says: “I would hope people feel the beauty of the intimate handmade item as it relates to a larger, more brutal reality ... that the hope of inspiration will always triumph.”

Dondanville said that she created the houses from slabs of porcelain clay. She ZDV�DEOH�WR�XVH�YDULRXV�KLJK�¿UH�JOD]HV�RQ�them that she created herself including a secret recipe. Each house is signed on the bottom with her initials.

Another artwork in the exhibition is an oil painting titled “Starbucks Girl” by Ar-sen Petrosyan. The painting shows a dark coffee shop, and the woman in the painting looks similar to the starbucks logo. She has a tired look on her face as she sits with a coffee in her hand.

“For this painting, I took one of my favorite artist’s work and combined both past and present,” Petrosyan said. “The girl who works at starbucks is having her lunch with her coffee and she is exhausted and in a bad mood.”

“I hope that some people see this, and realize how tough it is for minimum wage workers because of the lack of respect customers and their bosses give them,” he added.

Petrosyan explains how because of his personal experience, he wishes for people to give more respect to workers, and was

able to express himself through this paint-ing to provide an insight on how workers feel after having a disrespectful customer.

His painting hangs below his a self-por-trait, also done in oil paint. He painted both of the pieces in his art class last year and was excited when they got accepted to be in the exhibition.

Robert Ortiz, a student at GCC said “I love art in general, and I am always curious to see what this college shows and the fact that these pieces were created by students just makes it even more beautiful and in-teresting, I might just take up an art class at GCC now because of this.”

The gallery is located in the Library foyer and is open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until June 8.

By Jessica Jas

Jessica Jas be reached at [email protected]

Chicago Rapper Comes to Los Angeles

Fans received an unexpected gift from their favorite Windy City star with

a long-awaited release from Chance the 5DSSHU�RQ�7KXUVGD\��7KH\�FDQ�¿QDOO\�UHVW�easy as the three-year wait came to a close with his latest mixtape “Coloring Book.”

“Coloring Book” is a 14-song discov-ery of rich music, taking one on a jour-ney through sounds of hip-hop, gospel, soul and doo-wop. He utilizes variations of jazz, classical orchestra and caribbean music.

Chance makes music for the people. ³&RORULQJ�%RRN´�LV�OLNH�³6XUI�´�D�PDJQL¿-cent album released with co-producer and friend, Donnie Trumpet (aka Nico Segal) in 2015. Trumpet plays a major role in the rapper’s style when it comes to performing songs like “Blessings.” Together, they’ve illuminated a wide variety of artists such as New York rapper and producer J. Cole, Busta Rhymes and Janelle Monet.

Chance is melodically sequences to-gether to create unusual sounds while pro-ducing something both new and refreshing, therefore his music remains spontaneous.

“Finish Line/Drown” merges the talents of hip-hop veteran T-Pain performing the hook, vocalist and pianist Eryn Allen Kane on the bridge and backed up by gospel singer Kirk Franklin and his spectacular choir. The track is phenomenal. It is the perfect way to mix genres like gospel and hip-hop and to structure it in a way that it complements each other. Kirk’s gospel LQÀXHQFHV�(U\Q�$OOHQ�.DQH¶V�UHQGLWLRQ�RI�classical doo-wop and puts its own identity

on this mixtape.What makes Chance the Rapper so fear-

less is the fact that he allows his personal barriers to be broken and seeps it all into his work. In Blessings, Chance illustrates his newfound feelings about fatherhood, WKH� FRQÀLFWLQJ� WKRXJKWV� KH� KDV� ZLWK� KLV�hometown Chicago, where he lost many friends to violence and addiction, and is concerned about his own child’s safety. He SUHVHQWV� FRQÀLFW� LQ� FKRRVLQJ� EHWZHHQ� KLV�family or the city, both of which he dearly loves. One can listen to his personal views on tracks like “Same Drugs,” “Blessings” and “Summer Friends.”

The track that seems lackluster com-pared to the rest of the project is ironically titled “Mixtape,” featuring cash money re-cords artist Yung Thug, along with an up-and-coming artist, Lil Yachty. While it is a catchy song to have fun to, it’s unnecessary and a song that is desperately trying to cap-ture the attention of a different audience that is unrelated to Chance’s core listeners.

&KDQFH�KDV�GH¿QLWHO\�RXWJURZQ�KLV�LP-mature work from “10 Day” (2012) and has perfected a sound that was tested in his critically acclaimed mixtape “Acid Rap” (2013).

Overall this project is a breath of fresh air in a genre that rarely ever changes its formula. All together, “Coloring Book” makes me feel like I’m a kid again being forced to go to Sunday morning church with my grandmother and ultimately lov-ing it because of the music.

,I�\RX�¿QG�\RXUVHOI�VKRUW�D�EXFN�WR�JHW�this mixtape don’t worry it’s free. As the Chicago rapper has said before on numer-

ous platforms: “it’s yours” on Chanceraps.com or through Apple Music. It will be re-leased on all other streaming networks in the coming weeks.

By Sean Lamar

Sean Lamar can be reached at [email protected]

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Under a cloudy sky with rain hanging in the air there was

not a dry eye on Stengel Field after the Vaqueros took on the Fullerton Hornets on May 7.

For the second day in a row the Fullerton Hornets claimed victory after comebacks and late-inning VFRUHV��7KH� ¿UVW� JDPH� HQGHG� ��in favor of Fullerton after going to ��LQQLQJV�RQ�0D\��

Instead of traveling back to Fullerton, the Hornets started as the home team at Stengel Field in 6DWXUGD\¶V� JDPH��$IWHU� RQO\� ¿YH�pitches Vaqueros third baseman Frank Garriola sent a home run off the top of the fence. “Frank set some sort of tone to the game,” Head Coach Chris Cicuto said.

,Q� WKH� ERWWRP�RI� WKH� ¿UVW� )XO-lerton’s Justin Row made the score 1-1 moving to second where Va-queros Zach Mausser singled and Ricky Perez could make the score 2-1 in favor of the Vaqueros.

The game trailed on until the bottom of the eighth when Ful-lerton’s Kevin Foley stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a double RBI sending Josh Balbuena and David Miranda KRPH��PDNLQJ� WKH�VFRUH��7KH�Vaqueros still had a chance to get back in the game, but fell short and the Fullerton Hornets came out as winners.

When heading into the last

Vaqueros End Season in First Round of Playo!s

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week of the regular season Ful-lerton was likely to be the number two seed, but they had to forfeit 12 games, due to the use of an ineli-gible player. When the Southern California division bracket was released there was some discus-sion on whether Fullerton should have actually played against Fres-no College instead of the Vaque-URV�LQ�WKH�¿UVW�URXQG�

“It was unfortunate for us, but we have to beat them at some point,” Cicuto said.

The team was clearly impacted by the loss, which ended the sea-son for the Vaqueros, but looking back it has been a good one with 28-10 overall.

The Vaqueros typically keep their spirits high after a tough game. This time, there were tears streaming down their faces, fol-lowed by kind words and hugs. One chapter is coming to an end and another one is beginning since 15 men on the roster are sopho-mores and will be transferring out in the fall.

“Some guys have been here for two, three and four years,” Cicuto recalled. “Those are the relation-ships we’re going to miss.”

Now the work for season 2017 starts with recruiting new players.

“We are pushing forward to keep on getting better to win that State Championship,” Cicuto said.

By Anna Olsson

Anna Olsson can be reached at [email protected]

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Photos by Anna OlssonIT’S ALL OVER: A Vaquero placed his hat and glove on !rst base a"er losing to Fullerton College in the !rst round of the SoCal Regional playo#s.

DODGER STADIUM: $e Dodgers faced the New York Mets at home on$urs-day. $e Dodgers won 5-0.

TKH� ¿IWK� DQQXDO� *OHQGDOH�Dodger Night was held on

Thursday at Dodger Stadium and brought together the Glendale community to support Glendale Parks & Open Space Foundation.

The Los Angeles Dodgers took on the New York Mets and won the game 5-0. Before the game started, a small ceremony was held RQ�WKH�¿HOG�ZKHUH�WKH�&RPPXQLW\�of Glendale and the committee of Glendale Parks & Open Space Foundation was honored.

The man leading this event is Shant Sahakian, president of the foundation, chairman of the Glen-dale Dodger Night committee and a Glendale Community College alumnus.

Not reaching their goal of 1,000 Glendale attendees this year, Sahakian says they plan to host

OVER THE FENCE: 2XW¿HOGHU�-Dred Akins, le", celebrates with third baseman Frank Garriola a"er a home run in the !rst inning against the Fullerton Hornets on May 7.

Spring Sports Wrap-Up!

the event on Friday nights in the future. This year there were 500 members of the Glendale commu-nity in the crowd, compared to 800 LQ��

“I think we are going to go back WR� )ULGD\� QLJKWV� ZLWK� ¿UHZRUNV�moving forward,” Sahakian said. “We have had Glendale a Dodger Night on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday now and our best atten-dance numbers has been Friday nights.”

Sahakian has been involved in WKLV�HYHQW�VLQFH�WKH�VWDUW�¿YH�\HDUV�ago when the Dodgers contacted the City of Glendale and proposed a partnership between the two. The city then partnered with the foundation who created a com-mittee and Glendale Dodger Night was born.

The Dodgers gave the com-mittee tickets at discounted price for group sales which they sold

Dodgers Night for Glendale Community


to Glendalians in hopes of bring-LQJ�SHRSOH�WRJHWKHU�ZKLOH�EHQH¿W-ting the foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to keep parks and open spaces in the community clean and maintained for the pub-lic to use.

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Running Star

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Nancy Villalobos can be reached at [email protected]

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HEADING FOR THE FINALS: Vahagn Isayan, center, steps toward the head of the pack at the Vaquero Classic track meet on April 10.

inspire me, they know how to push me to get me to give my best.”

Coach Ed Lopez said he appre-ciates the time and energy Isayan puts into his training. “Running 25 laps isn’t easy,” Lopez said “He has a tendency to tighten up when he runs. I always tell him, ‘train don’t strain’ and remind him keep his breathing smooth. We also just found out he was named co-athlete of the year at GCC which is exciting.”

+LV� WHDPPDWHV�¿QG�KLP�WR�EH�a class act to work with and often travel to cheer him on even if they are not competing. “He’s a great team captain,” teammate Michael Jirard said. “He’s supportive and encouraging. He keeps everyone

in check and makes workouts fun and entertaining with great con-versation. We’re friends off the track as well, he’s a great person and does the team lots of good.”

Isayan says he’ll miss his teammates the most when he leaves and plans to visit when he can. While walking through the gym he said he loves the smell and the environment. Everyone is so close, they all consider one another to be family.

Majoring in social work, Isay-an plans to work with children af-ter graduation, and says his dream would be to represent the USA in the Olympics.

“I push myself harder than anyone else. I run every day,” Isayan said. “I meet some of the nicest people during my runs, it’s a great sport. Runners are a unique group that feel each oth-er’s pain.”

Photo by Sal Polcino

Isayan considers himself for-tunate having never missed a race due to an injury. He admits he has to miss family events to attend races, but says his family under-VWDQGV�WKDW�UXQQLQJ�FRPHV�¿UVW�

“My parents are very support-ive of my running, they allow me to put all my energy into it. Some-times I have to just lay on my bed for a while to get my energy back after a 16-mile run,” Isayan said “I eat well and I don’t drink or smoke. I even run when I’m sick. Running is my medicine.”

Isayan is a self-proclaimed soccer junkie and would love to play, but he recognizes that his strength is in running. Cristiano Ronaldo is his favorite player and he enjoys playing FIFA video game during his off time to relax.

BASEBALLThe Glendale Vaqueros baseball team ended their season with a Western Conference South Di-vision Title. Head Coach Chris Cicuto led the Vaqueros through a 17-4 season and a title for the second year in a row and for the ¿IWK�WLPH�LQ�VL[�\HDUV��&LFXWR�ZDV�honored with WSC South Coach RI�WKH�<HDU��DOVR�IRU�WKH�¿IWK�WLPH�in six years.

6RSKRPRUH� RXW¿HOGHU� -DUHG�Akins was named WSC South Player of the Year. This season, Akins has terrorized the oppos-ing team pitchers, hitting .415 in WSC South play. He scored a to-tal of 24 runs, drove in 30 more, and made eight doubles, two WULSOHV�DQG�¿YH�KRPH�UXQV��$NLQV�stole eight bases during the sea-son and no errors, earning him a ��¿HOGLQJ�SHUFHQWDJH�

BASKETBALLJuwan Thomas, guard for the Vaqueros basketball team, was honored with Spirit Award of the Year at the ACE Awards for treating others with respect, play-ing the sport in spirit of coop-eration and loyalty and showing great integrity.

The Vaqueros ended the sea-son at 5th place in the division with a 12-15 overall record and 8-6 in conference play.

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MEN’S GOLF0HQ¶V� JROI� WRRN� ¿IWK� SODFH� LQ�the WSC Championship game at Oakmont Country Club April 11.

The lady Vaqueros tennis team won their second consecutive Western Conference title by de-feating Santa Barbara City Col-lege in the last match of the regu-lar season. They got a perfect 10-0 in WSC play.

The Vaqueros earned the num-ber two seed in the 2016 Califor-nia Community College Athletic Association Southern California Team Playoffs. They defeated *URVVPRQW� ZLWK� �� LQ� WKH� ¿UVW�round of playoff games before IDOOLQJ�DJDLQVW�WKH�¿IWK�VHHG�&RO-lege of the Desert in the regional VHPL�¿QDOV��7KH�ODG\�9DTV�HQGHG�their overall 2016 season with 15-4 in matches.The Head Coach of the lady Va-queros, Deo Sy, was honored

The Vaqueros softball team had a tough 2016, ending the season 8-31-1 overall and 4-17 in the conference. They scored a total of 161 runs and seven home runs during their 40 games this season. Right before spring practice be-gan one of the players, Elena Kramer, was killed in a car ac-cident. “It still doesn’t feel real,” RXW¿HOGHU� &DPLOOH� 2FKRD� VDLG��This affected the team and was

with Coach of the Year at the ACE Awards for his outstanding sportsmanship and ethics. “It was very unexpected,” Sy said.

The men’s Vaqueros tennis team ended their season with a 4-9 overall record and 2-6 in the conference.

Captain David Ismailian, the number two player on the team was honored at the City of Glen-dale ACE Awards ( Athletes with Character and Ethics). Ismailian was awarded with Male Athlete of the Year for showing good character and ethical behavior throughout the season.

“David is a good kid,” Coach Bob McKay said. “Things like this need to be highlighted.”

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS

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Sophomore Matt Manalo won the 1,500 meter at the Southern California Championships Satur-day at Antelope Valley College placing fourth with 160 points. GCC fell 47 points short of meet winner Mt. SAC with 207.

7KH� ZRPHQ� WUDFN� DQG� ¿HOG�WHDP� ¿QLVKHG� LQ� ¿IWHHQWK� SODFH�with 14 points.

Several GCC athletes quali-¿HG�DPRQJ�WKH� WRS�¿QLVKHUV�6DW-urday and advanced to the state meet May 20 and 21 at San Diego Mesa College.

0DQDOR� ¿QLVKHG� DKHDG� RI� WKH�pack with a time of 4:04.21. He joins fellow sophomores Vahagn Isayan, winner of the 10,000 me-ter in the preliminaries, as a So.

&DO� &KDPSLRQ�� 2WKHU� TXDOL¿HUV�ZHUH� -HUHP\� .LPPHU� ¿QLVKLQJ�with a tie for second place in the pole vault. Kimmer vaulted 15- feet, 9 3/4 inches and took third in high jump at 6-feet 7 1/2 inches.

The 4 x 400 relay team took third in 3:15.65, Manuel De La 7RUUH� ¿QLVKHG� ¿IWK� LQ� WKH� ��PHWHUV� LQ�� ,VD\DQ�TXDOL¿HG�

in a second event with a sixth SODFH�¿QLVK�LQ�WKH��PHWHU�LQ�15:29.58 and Shane Thompson took seventh in 15:35.04.

Giselle Masedo placed second in the 1,500 meter in 4:46.90. Brenda Sanchez took fourth in the 5,000 meter in 19:16.33 and Agnes Kirakosian took eighth in 2:24.86.


ACE AWARD WINNERS: !e ACE awardees, from le" to right. Camille Ochoa, Juwan !omas, Deo Sy and David Ismailian.

ALL SMILES: Vaquero Head Coach Chris Cicuto, chatting with catcher Zach Mausser, was voted Western State Conference Coach of the Year.

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a great loss that affected all of them. Vaqueros played a game in Kramer’s honor and that turned out to be the best game of their entire season. “We came together for her,” Ochoa said.

Ochoa was awarded with Female Athlete of the Year at the ACE Awards. “I’ve been focused and worked hard for this,” Ochoa said. “It feels great.”

SOFTBALL


on campus

around townTHEATER

Pasadena Plays— “Ah, Wilder-ness!” and “Man of La Mancha” are playing at The Noise Within. The theater is located at 3352 E Foothill Blvd. in Pasadena. Stu-dents can purchase rush tickets an hour prior to performances for $20. For showtimes visit www.anoisewithin.org or call (626) 356-3100.

MUSIC

Glendale Noon Concerts — The Glendale City Church features free classical concerts at noon RQ�WKH�¿UVW�DQG�WKLUG�:HGQHVGD\�of each month. Ergo Musica and harpsichordist Arthur Omura will perform a French Baroque recital today. Annelle Gregory will perform a violin recital on

June 1. The church is at 610 E. California Ave.

Solo Cello — Maksim Velichkin performs a solo cello perfor-mance at the Brand Library & Art Center at 2 p.m. Saturday. Velichkin will perform mu-sic composed by J.S. Bach, Giovanni Gabrielli, and more. Admission is free. The library is at 1601 West Mountain Street.

EXHIBITS

Space Telescopes—�7KH�*ULI¿WK�Park Observatory features exhib-its, telescopes, and a planetarium. Hours are noon to 10 p.m. Tues-day through Friday and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the planetarium shows are $7 or $5 for students. The observatory is at 2800 East Obser-vatory Road in Los Angeles.

Armenian Heritage— Tumo Center for Creative Technologies and CyArk present “Armenian Heritage: A Virtual Pilgrimage” from 7 to 9:30 Thursday. The free presentation will discuss the creation of the exhibit. This event is part of the Armenia: An Open Wound series at the Brand Library & Art Center. For more events visit www.brandlibrary.org

The Broad — The museum con-tains a large contemporary artwork collection. Admission is free. The museum is at 221 S. Grand Av-enue in Los Angeles. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. For more info visit www.thebroad.org.

Descanso Gardens— The garden

features a large botanical collec-tion. It is at 1418 Descanso Drive in La Cañada Flintridge. Tickets are $9 or $6 for students. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information visit www.descanso-gardens.org.

Lighthouse— The Point Fer-man Lighthouse in San Pedro is open from 1 to 4 p.m. daily. Admission is free but donations are requested. Tuesday through Sunday. The lighthouse is at 807 W. Paseo Del Mar in San Pedro. For more information visit www.pointferminlighthouse.org

EVENTS

Montrose Harvest Market — The Farmer’s Market takes place every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the 2300 block of Ho-nolulu Avenue. For information visit www.shopmontrose.com.

The Odd Market — Odd Nights at The Autry takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. every third Fri-day. The market is located 4700 Western Heritage Way. The free event features food, live music, and select galleries. For informa-tion visit www.oddmarket.com.

Meet the Author— Abril Book-store presents author Heather Ruth Martin at 7:30 p.m. today. Martin is the author of “Reclaim-ing Konia.” Admission is free.The bookstore is at 415 E. Broadway.

Book Talk— One Book/One Glendale presents author Nina Revoyr from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on May 25 at the Glendale Public Library. Revoyr will discuss her novel “The Age of Dreaming.” Admission is free. The library is at 222 E. Harvard St.

Fall 2016— Open registra-tion for the fall semester runs through June 3.

Campus Closed— The campus will be closed Monday for Me-morial Day.

Parking — Lot 31 will be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Businesswoman— Phlunte’ Rid-dle presents “Breaking Barriers, Leading Communities” in the au-ditorium from 12:20 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Cultural Comparison— Marcia Wallerstein-Sibony presents “The Cultural Comparative Study of Armenians and Jews” in Kreider

PERFORMANCE

Chamber Jazz— Chris Coul-ter and Chris Rio present a jazz chamber concert. Tickets are $10 general or $7 for students. The concert is in the main auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

Vocal Jazz and Guitar— Clare and Byron Delto presents a vocal jazz and guitar ensemble. Tickets are $10 or $7 for students. The concert is in the main auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

Orchestra Concert— Bethany 3ÀXHJHU�FRQGXFWV�WKH�*&&�&RP-munity Orchestra. Tickets are $10 general or $7 for students. The concert is in the main auditorium at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Chamber Music— Paul Sher-man presents ensembles from the chamber music class. Admission is free. The performance is in AU 211 at 7:30 p.m. May 27.

Dance— Students perform dance routines. Free Performances are at the Sierra Nevada Dance The-atre at 8 p.m. Tuesday through May 28 and 2 p.m. on May 29.

PLANETARIUM

Afternoon with the Stars— Students and staff can attend a free lunchtime program high-lighting the planetarium’s fea-tures in CS 257 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays. Jennifer Krestow presents “Chemistry in Space” on Thursday and “Exo-planet” on May 26.

Hall from 12:20 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Engineering Field— Scott Del-linger and Kanan Patel-Coleman present “Help Rebuild Our Com-munity and World: Careers in Engineering” in CS 177 at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday.

Environment— Joan Licari presents “The Emerald Necklace: A Vision for Urban Parks ” in CS 177 at 12:20 p.m. on May 26.

ART GALLERY

Gallery — The GCC Art Gallery presents the Annual Student Art Show. The exhibit runs through June 8 from noon to 5 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday.

EVENTS

Basketball— Students will com-pete against faculty and staff dur-LQJ�WKH�$QQXDO�&ODVVL¿HG�&RXQFLO�Basketball Game in the Verdugo Gym at noon on Thursday.

LAPD Exam — The LAPD writ-ten exam will be held in CS 177 at 10:30 a.m. on Friday For more info visit www.joinlapd.com.

Ceramics Sale— Ceramics stu-dents are holding a fall semester sale in SC 212 from 1 to 5 p.m. June 4.

IMPORTANT DATES

Summer— Open registration for summer runs through June 17.

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dale Community College invited

RDB LA (Rebuild, Design, Build) to

campus Thursday to treat students to a

free high-end custom car show in Plaza

Vaquero.

Mano Yeghikian and Vik Tchalikian,

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Lamborghini Huracan, Mercedes-Benz

Brabus G-Class, Rolls Royce Ghost,

and a Mercedes-Benz S550. Each of the

luxury vehicles range from just under

$100,000 to over $295,000.

RBD LA is a full service body shop

located on the famed Sunset Blvd. that

does vehicle repair, design, custom

builds, rims and tires. RDB LA design-

er Vik Tchalikian said he demonstrates

his creative expression through cars.

“We’re a family owned business

… helping people live the American

dream,” Yeghikian added.

Celebrities such as Kendall Jenner

have spent upward of $10,000 to cus-

tomize their vehicles, in her case to

match her mother Kris Jenner’s Range

Rover. Justin Bieber had his Lambo-

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musical artist Usher.

The growth of the company is due

in large part to today’s car culture now

including many different styles and de-

signs. RDB LA is there to satisfy them

with their unique touch and a who’s

who clientele list.

Mark Nassim can be reached at [email protected]

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