Viking December 12, 2013 Issue

By Jacob RosboroughCo-Photo Editor

Fernanda Saavedra, who graduated Tuesday night, Dec. 10, with a LBCC licensed voca-tional nursing certificate, was born with a rare and sometimes deadly disease of scarlet fever.

The disease commonly oc-curs in children between ages 2 and 10. Saavedra was diagnosed with the disease in 1985.

Continuing to play sports while participating in honors programs helped Saavedra re-ceive scholarships for academ-

ics throughout her pre-college years.

During that time, Saavedra’s mother died, leaving her to take on motherly responsibilities and care for her younger sister.

At age 18, she went into renal failure, which caused her kidneys to shut down, forcing her to go on dialysis until doctors found a kidney donor.

Within that time, she became pregnant with her son, who was born premature and was very ill.

Her son needed open-heart surgery and she found out that her younger sister was a match

for a kidney. Her son’s surgery was in December 2006 and her surgery was in April 2007.

Saavedra’s sister Alexandra Cabrera, 30, who donated her kidney to her sister at age 14, said, “It was the right thing to do.

“She has always been my role model, inspiring me to accom-plish my dreams. And with hard work, anything is possible if you put your heart into it.”

Saavedra continued to work for another year, then decided to come back to school full-time in the licensed vocational nursing program.

Parul Sajwan, a graduate of the program and classmate, said, “She was always the first to help, whatever it was. School or fami-ly, she is very patient no matter what. She is a true nurse.”

Saavedra plans to continue the second part of the program to become a registered nurse and start her own private practice to help people in low-income areas.

Judith Wisenbaker, vocation-al nursing program director and department head, said, “She is just a wonderful student and her ability to endure shows me why I love this program.”

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Student travels to Mandela funeral

PCC gives award to canceled non-event

By Tonia CiancanelliEditor in Chief

The best PCC club event was awarded to the Automotive Kustoms Club for their semes-ter-long efforts in planning a car-wash that was canceled twice.

PCC Student Life Coordinator Maya Cardenas said, “Club mem-bers have worked on the event the entire semester. The Club Senate felt the club was deserv-ing of the award because of the amount of time the club spent planning and coordinating.”

Students who serve on the Club Senate Board include car-wash organizers Kenneth Jones and David Root.

Initially, the event was sched-uled for Thanksgiving break while the college was closed and was then rescheduled for Dec. 7. Four days after the carwash was honored at the Student Life awards reception, rain forced or-ganizers to cancel it again.

Student Life coordinators explained having fewer clubs on the PCC means less events are planned and hosted, offering less options for award recipients.

Awards were given to every PCC club event hosted in Fall 2013.

Meanwhile, Root, the PCC Stu-dent Council vice president and carwash organizer, apologized on the Viking News Facebook to those who pre-purchased $5 tickets for yet another delayed carwash. While he assured ev-eryone they could receive a full refund by contacting the person who sold them the tickets, Root said, “There will be a carwash in the very near future.”

Root also said the club de-cided to spend 100 percent of the carwash proceeds to pur-chase toys for underprivileged children, up from the 75 percent they had originally anticipated.

“Thank you to all who con-tributed and helped make an otherwise toy-less child’s Christ-mas special,” Root added.

Nurse inspires fellow grads

By Alejandro HernandezContributing Writer

The death of South Afri-ca’s first democratically elected black president Nelson Mandela has affected not only the entire world, but has also personally influenced and inspired LBCC student Sethunya Mokoko Gall.

The creative writing ma-jor left for Johannesburg on Wednesday, Dec. 11, after finals, and plans to visit family and friends.

The 22-year old is a full-time student and said he is passionate to be able to attend the funeral procession for Mandela in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday, Dec. 14, with his sister Mapase Mokoko.

Mokoko Gall said, “I’ve had so many ex-

periences with Mandela, for all he has done for South Africa.”

Mokoko Gall was born in Ha Mol-opo, a village in Lesotho near South Africa.

Seven years ago, he was adopted by Georgann Gall, a volunteer from the U.S. Peace Corps, who brought Mokoko Gall to the U.S.

His father was a mine worker in Soweto and his mother was an activist who took care of the children in the village.

Mokoko Gall and his mother would travel to Soweto to collect funds from his father.

His mother protested against Mandela’s 27-year imprisonment and when Mokoko Gall was young, he met Mandela at a protest.

Mokoko Gall said, “The first thing he did was rub my hair. Mandela always talked with

the kids before the parents. That’s how much he loved the youth.”

He said, “I love, respect and look up to that man.”

Mokoko Gall now lives in Long Beach where he volunteers as a youth mentor Downtown.

He received an autograph from Mande-la’s grandson, Zedla Dlamini, at the Hyatt in Long Beach in 2007, when he read from Mandela’s autobiography, “Long Walk for Freedom.”

The aspiring writer said, “As I see, Nelson Mandela is the fire you actually do want to get too close to, but never get burnt. I feel South Africa will be left a bit cold without his presence. but 95 years of his life warrants for a better South Africa that overlooks his loss and upholds his leadership.”

SEE RELATED STORY, PAGE 3

Car wash was planned twice, but was rained out.

JaCOB ROsBOROuGh/VIKINGGRADUATES: Fernanda Saavedra, 33, a licensed vocational nursing program graduate, who has experienced health problems since she was young, celebrates with other graduates. They were part of LBCC’s 60th class, which coincidentally had 60 gradu-ates, Tuesday, Dec, 10, in the LAC Auditorium.

NEWS2 December 12, 2013

Student Life honors the dedicatedBy Leonard KelleyStaff Writer

Student Life leaders gave out awards to honor Fall achieve-ments of clubs and students at the Grand Long Beach Event Center on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

Mario Mendoza, 20, a sociol-ogy major and award winner, said, “This was a great event. I enjoyed seeing all the different students be recognized for their

achievements.”Aida Marrufo, 20, a culinary

arts major and Cultural Affairs Council member and Treasurer Award winner, said, “I will con-tinue as a treasurer for the Spring semester. Being involved really changed me and I gladly repre-sent the LBCC Cultural Affairs Council.”

Stephanie Guzman, 20, a film and television production major, is the president of the honor soci-

ety, which was presented with the Most Active Club Award. Guz-man said, “I am motivated to con-tinue beyond the minimum and push our club. I am ecstatic and happy to continue the legacy of ‘most active club.’ I will hold the presidency for Spring semester.”

Elen Wilkerson, 44, a psy-chology major, said, “I will work harder in the Spring semester to advise the honor society club on available awards and focus on

campus events.”Maya Cardenas, Student Life

coordinator and ASB co-adviser, said in an email, “Club awards are chosen by the students in Club Senate. The most improved, inspirational and outstanding awards are voted on by the in-dividual students in each of our student organizations. These in-clude Club Senate, Cultural Af-fairs, PCC Student Council and the ASB Cabinet.”

Leonard KeLLey/ViKingBROWNIE POINTS: The Fall Student Life awards reception for LBCC students on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Grand Long Beach Event Cen-ter started with a buffet, followed by the awards presentation honoring Fall achievements of clubs and students.

Cabinet appoints, plans for SpringVice president seat vacant, students encouraged to apply.

By Brittany LiebermanCo-News Editor

The last Cabinet meetings of 2013 were spent appointing new student representatives and pre-planning campus events for the Spring.

Donna Prindle, retired athlet-ics department coach and teacher, spearheaded a project to round up and adopt out the overpop-ulation of rabbits who had been abandoned by their owners on the LAC starting in 2009.

Although the project was a success with more than 400 rab-bits finding homes and only two known hares left on campus, she and her team are left with a $28,000 bill.

“We thought it would take six months, but it ended up being four years and more expensive than we hoped,” Prindle said. “So far the majority has been out-of-pocket and we’re here to ask the ASB for help.”

The decision to approve the grant will be left to the Spring se-mester Cabinet.

Interviews were conducted during the final two meetings and students were appointed positions for the Spring.

Aquil Alam will occupy the seat for representative of academ-ics in Spring and said he “hopes to see students excel further.”

Amelia Bolton will continue to serve as representative of com-munications and said, “I enjoy talking and people in general.”

Lauren Christine Ho will serve as representative of vol-unteer services and said, “I en-joy making a positive influence through Student Life.”

Kristin Payne will serve as representative of arts. Payne said, “Student Life is important and I want to properly represent all the culture this school has to offer.”

David Fernandez will serve as representative of student health and enviornment. Lokilani Hunt will serve as representative of leg-islative affairs. Ryan Langley will serve as representative of athlet-ics. Langly will chair the commit-tee for the Mini-Grand Prix in the Spring.

Although Executive Cabinet members are required to serve for a full year, Ashley Smith stepped down as vice president due to scheduling issues. Applications to appoint a new vice president will be accepted at the beginning of Spring semester.

Students may find more in-formation at lbcc.edu/Studen-tLife/ASB/index.cfm or by calling (562) 938-4552.

Board adds classes, hears requests for salary raisesBy Tonia Ciancanelli Editor in Chief

Students can anticipate 58 new courses to be offered in Fall 2014 after the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to accept the recommendation by the Academ-ic Senate at the Tuesday, Dec. 10, meeting.

Courses in the schools of so-cial science, language arts, kine-siology, career and technical ed-ucation and allied health, math and sciences have some students inspired by the possibilities.

With 24 new kinesiology courses being implemented, Ki-nesiology Club President Ryan

Langley said he is “glad to see the department expanding and con-tinuing to thrive.”

Meanwhile, the Board’s con-sideration for employee salary increases were stressed in the Community College Association’s report when math teacher Bob Maxell revealed LBCC’s highest non-doctorate salary ranked 29th of 49 similar Community College districts in California, while col-lege president Eloy Oakley’s sala-ry ranked 7th of 49.

Fulltime faculty union Pres-ident Lynn Shaw said, “It’s been five years since the teachers have earned a pay raise, which was only 1 percent. You all have asked

me what does faculty want? And we all want and have earned a raise that is long overdue.”

In her report, Student Trust-ee Andrea Donado submitted a public information request to Oakley and Vice President of Ad-ministrative Services Ann-Marie Gabel for “any and all commu-nications or records, financial or of any kind between members of the LBCC Foundation, staff and administrators, senators and Assembly members and Board members” in regard to Assembly Bill 955 or intersession extension programs.

Donado requested all com-munication records from Fall

2013 between Student Life’s ad-ministrators, staff and advisers. The request came in response to Student Life Director Anita Gib-bins’ mid-semester request for the ASB Cabinet president to pres-ent Student Life updates during meetings.

Donado expressed in previous Board meetings that the updates disrespected and invalidated the opinions of the students and si-lenced her voice as student trust-ee, ultimately silencing the entire student body who she represents.

The next Board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. in T1100.

AWARD WINNERSLAC Club Senate BoardChair: Shuntece Laurant

Vice president: Diego NavarroSecretary: Stefani Lang

Adviser’s choice: Shuntece LaurantLAC cultural affairs council

Co-chair: Lauren Christine HoSecretary: Paul Ingvaldsen

Treasurer: Aida MarrufoLAC club awards

Best club event: ValhalloweenBest community service project: Walk

of hope Best cultural event: Young Poet SocietyMost active club: Alpha Gamma Sig-

ma Kappa Honor SocietyBest club adviser: Laurel Breece

LAC Cultural Affairs CouncilMost inspirational: Lauren Christine HoMost improved: Lauren Christine Ho

Outstanding member: Paul Ingvaldsen

PCC club awardsBest club event: Automotive Kustoms

carwashBest community service project: Cam-

bodian Student Assosiation Veteran’s Day event

PCC Cultural AffairsChair: Netta Gill

Vice chair: Uriel GarfiasSecretary: Kechall JacksonTreasurer: Jose FernandezPCC Club Senate boardPresident: Kenny Jones

Vice president: David RootSecretary and Treasurer: Jorge MaciasAdviser’s choice: David Root, Kenny

JonesPCC Cultural Affairs Council

Outstanding member: Netta GillMost inspirational: Netta GillMost improved: Uriel Garfias

PCC Student CouncilOutstanding member: Suzanne

PerucciMost inspirational: Stephanie

DeschamsMost improved: Steven Chan

Adviser’s choice: Steven Chan, Suzanne Perucci

Student Council PlaquesChair: Suzanne PerucciVice chair: David Root

Secretary: Steven ChanTreasurer: Christopher Perez

President: Kenneth JonesCultural affairs chair: Netta Gill

Rep. of communication: Jessica Bracho

Rep. of ESL: Lila LemerondRep. of student services: Stephanie

DeschamsRep. of DSPS: Justin Yin

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THE FINAL PICTURE

“For this last Fall semester, 74 percent of honors students in the transfer alliance program were admitted to UCLA.”

Maureen MasonLBCC honors program coordinator

Geography quiz leads to prizesBy Madison SalterStaff Writer

Students who participated in an online geography quiz during National Geography Awareness Week from Nov. 17-23 were awarded prizes.

Prizes included wall maps, gift cards and certificates. The top student winners were Kathy Each and William Donohue.

Other winners were Rudy Ca-dena, Victoria Ruin, Brian Thed-eran, Vanessa Valerio, Zachary Barela, Shianne Mack and Aniela Kusztelak.

Victoria Ruin, 34, a double major in psychology and English, said, “This contest was a nice way to introduce the field of geogra-phy to unfamiliar audiences.”

Ruin was rewarded with an LBCC flash drive, a poster of bris-tlecone pine trees near the Inyo Mountains and a $10 movie gift card.

Vanessa Valerio, 19, an art major, said, “I wanted to test my knowledge and whatever I didn’t know, I would look it up online. I learned a lot of new things about geography.” Valerio was rewarded with a gift card, an LBCC flash drive and a poster.

Liam Donohue, 36, a linguis-tics major, said, “I heard about the quiz in an email. I believe it was from the honors department to all honors students. I mostly wanted to take the quiz just because I love geography and wanted to see how much I knew.”

Donohue was rewarded with a topographic map of California.

Professor Ray Sumner, a LBCC geography teacher, pro-vided the quiz from geography awareness week.

1. Which German nobleman is generally said to be the “Father of Geography”? A. Alexander van Humboldt

2. In which country is Mount Everest? A. Nepal

3. Which lake contains the world’s largest volume of fresh water? A. Baikal, Russia

4. What does the abbreviation GPS stand for? A. Global posi-tioning system

5. Is Sacramento a capital OR a capitol? A. Capital (city)

6. Which country is the clos-est non-contiguous neighbor of the USA? A. Russia

7. Name the two ocean cur-rents affecting the USA on the east coast and west coast respec-tively. A. East coast: Gulf Stream, West coast: California Current

8. On which tectonic plate is the City of Long Beach situated? A. Pacific Plate

9. Which is the largest coun-ty in the USA? In which state? A. County: San Bernardino. State: California

10. What caused the reactor meltdown at Fukushima? When? A. A tsunami triggered by an earthquake in March 2011.

Meeting strives to improve community college and U.C. ties.By Robert Fullingim Staff Writer

LBCC was the host of the Honors Transfer Council of Cal-ifornia’s Southern California re-gional meeting on Friday, Dec. 6.

Twenty five college represen-tatives from across Southern Cal-ifornia were in attendance with honors department coordinator Maureen Mason representing LBCC.

The council gathers once a month at different schools, which chair the committee, with the latest distinction being granted LBCC.

Mason said, “These are brain-storming meetings for the coun-cil to develop partner-sharing programs with public and private

universities and for the different Community Colleges to share programs they have developed for their individual schools.”

The council discussed the fu-ture of the honors program, how to extend the honors opportuni-ties to more students on their cam-puses and Mason dis-cussed the honors transfer rates for Commu-nity College transfer students. She said, “For this last Fall semester, 74 percent of honors students in the Transfer Alliance Program were admitted to UCLA with 84 percent of applicants having a 3.5 GPA or higher.”

Alison Primoza of San Diego Mesa College said, “Top universi-ties are no longer looking for just the perfect 4.0 GPA.

We are seeing more and more

students with the 3.5 GPA being admitted, but they have more experiential learning like study abroad and research experience and schools like U.C. Berkeley consider successful completion of

the Hon-ors pro-g r a m h i g h e r than the p e r s o n -al state-ment.”

L a s t year LBCC won four awards at the council-sponsored Honors Student Research Conference with honors “THE” club Presi-dent Guadalupe Ramos having her name published in the Build-ing Bridges academic journal.

Although LBCC has suspend-ed its study-abroad program, private study-abroad scholarship opportunities exist and the hon-ors research council gives LBCC students the opportunity to add

experiential research to their transcripts.

Mason said, “The deadline to sign up for the research council has been extended to Friday, Dec. 13 and students can present on research they did this semester or any previous semester.”

Ramos, 20, an undecided major and HTCC award winner, said, “There were four or five of us from LBCC to get published at the conference. It made me proud to win the recognition and to know that schools look for that on the transcripts is an added bonus.”

Ramos spoke before the coun-cil with fellow Honors members Annita Kuo, Karina Gutierrez, and Mercedes Mendoza on the benefits that the Honors program offers to students.

Mendoza said, “The program offers us the best opportunity to transfer and to know that success-ful completion of the honors pro-gram is considered at schools like U.C. Berkeley.”

Honors improves U.C. transfer rates

Bakr alduhaim/VikingShawn Anklam, 19, an art major, and Julia Caya, 16, an undecided major, draw Buildings G and J as their final test in beginning drawing class Monday, Dec. 9. With multiple course sections being offered in the Spring, students can gain experience in freehand drawing through shading, perspective and composition in the introductory course.

Students, employees react to death of MandelaEmotions on campus rise upon the icon’s passing.By Jacob RosboroughPhoto Editorand Arieel AlcarazOnline Editor

Students and college employ-ees reacted to the legacy of Nel-son Mandela, who died Thursday, Dec. 5 at age 95.

Karen Roth, coordinator of the American Language and Cul-ture Institute, said, “Nelson Man-dela was a hero for all humanity. He taught us to live as a commu-nity despite his very trying per-sonal circumstances.”

Mandela’s continuous pursuit

of peace and reconciliation in-spired millions around the world and also impacted many different races, color and creeds.

LBCC professor of history and African studies Melvin Ross said, “He has always been one of those individuals who taught me to be a fighter and to stand up for what I believe in and earn and give respect regardless of race and he dedicated his life to freedom for all people, despite nation of ori-gin.”

Lou Anne Bynum, executive vice president of college advance-ments and economic develop-ment, said, “He had a clear com-

pass of what was right and wrong. He brought an entire nation back from the brink of civil war, not with violence, but with peace and understanding. It’s something we can all strive for in our lives.”

Students at LBCC were touched and moved by his inspi-

rational p u r -suit of p e a c e -ful im-p r ov e -m e n t of race

relations worldwide. His transition from an oppres-

sive government to an exclusive government gave a certain por-tion of the population the ability to participate in their first demo-cratic election.

Tyler Nichols, 18, a commu-nications major, said, “Mandela had the ability to strive for the betterment of all humanity and I’m inspired to set higher goals for myself.”

During his trial Mandela was famously quoted, “I am willingly giving up my life for my beliefs and the betterment of my people.”

LBCC president Eloy Oakley said, “He literally was willing to give his life for equality and better treatment of all humanity, not just for his people, but for all people. He is one of the people I look to for guidance during bad times. His life continues to inspire me.”

Mandela once said, “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the free-dom.” of others.”

“He literally was willing to give his life for equality and better treatment not for just his people, but all peo-ple.”

Eloy OakleyLBCC president

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NEWS4 December 12, 2013

By Tonia CiancanelliEditor In Chief

The full-time, part-time and classified staff political action coalition has endorsed Marshall Blesofsky for District 1 and Greg-ory Slaughter for District 5 and is accepting applications for stu-dent-volunteers to join the cam-paign to elect the former LBCC teachers in the Board of Trustees election April 8.

In response to the Board’s decision to implement Assembly Bill 955, identified as a “two-tier education system” and last year’s decision to discontinue 11 pro-grams, the coalition stated in a Dec. 5 press release, “The PAC is keenly aware that the college’s current governance does not act in good faith or in the best inter-ests of the college’s various stake-holders.”

Political action committee chair Janét Hund, a social-science teacher, said the coalition sup-ports candidates who will have the students and teachers in mind.

District 2 Trustee Roberto Uranga running for L.B. 7th dis-trict City Council and District 4 Trustee Doug Otto running for mayor of Long Beach, the entire Board could potentially be slot-ted with new members. While the term for districts 2 and 4 does not end until 2016, Uranga and Otto are seeking positions in the com-munity and so their seats may be open as well.

Other candidates who filed with the Los Angeles County Reg-istrar’s office include incumbant Jeff Kellogg for district 1, Stella Ursua and Sunny Zia for district 3 and Ginny Baxter for district 5. LBCC alum Joe Smith announced his intent to run for Long Beach Unified School District seat 3, but has not filed. Board member Mark Bowen has filed, but said he does not plan to seek re-election.

Students interested in voting for candidates who represent the district where they live may reg-ister to vote by March 25 at any government office. Registration forms may be found on ss.ca.gov.

16 leaders were honored for achievements this Spring.By Brittany LiebermanNews Editor

Womens’ high heels clicked on the marble floors while the men straightened their ties in an-ticipation of the 2013 Associated Student Body Awards ceremony at the Grand banquet hall Thurs-day, Dec. 5.

ASB co-advisers Maya Carde-nas and Derek Oriee presented awards to students active in the PCC Student Council Senate and Cabinet during the Fall semester.

Recognized PCC Student Council Senate members includ-ed Kenneth Jones, Netta Gill, David Root, Steven Chan, voted

Most Improved.Advisers choice award win-

ner Suzanne Perucci, voted most outstanding and advisers choice award winner. Stephanie De-chams was presented most inspi-rational.

“ N o t h -ing makes me more proud than to see a stu-dent start the semester in one place and end it being a true leader,” Cardenas said.

Cabinet members recognized by Oriee and Cardenas includ-ed Lauren Christine Ho, Alexa Casteron, Kenneth Jones, Amelia Bolton, Jalisa Garcia, Gill, Aquil Alam and Perucci.

Vice President Ashley Smith was awarded most inspirational. “She came in having never served

and always pushed for better,” Oriee said.

Student Treasurer David Moreno was awarded most im-proved. Oriee said “David didn’t know a lot in the beginning, but

he learned very fast. We’re proud of him.”

Cabinet S e c r e t a r y Tonia Cian-canelli was recognized

as most outstanding and advisers choice. “She’s fully engaged at ev-ery event we have. It’s a rare thing for a student to really care and she does,” Cardenas said.

Ciancanelli, Edward Ma-hurien, Gill, Kristin Payne, Jones and Perucci were presented as Vi-king Award winners, the college’s highest accolade.

ASB Cabinet President Mar-

co Mendoza announced the new Cabinet appointees for the Spring. Aquil Alam will serve as repre-sentative of academics, Payne as representative of arts, Bolton as representative of communication and Ho as representative of vol-unteer services.

Spring representatives for Stu-dent Health, Athletics and Legis-lative Affairs are vacant.

Perucci concluded the night with a few words as the audience finished their dinner and drinks.

“I am honored to have been given the opportunity to serve on both the Senate and Cabinet. I’m excited to take this journey in rep-resenting LBCC step by step, side by side,” she said.

Oriee concluded with a quote by the late political revolutionary, Nelson Mandela, who died Thurs-day, Dec. 5. Oriee said, “Educa-tion is the most powerful weapon to change the world.”

Bakr alduhaim/VikingAWARDS: The ASB Cabinet President Marco Mendoza asks the newly appointed representatives to recite the oath of office at the awards banquet on Thursday Dec. 5. at the Grand Event Center in Long Beach. Spring appointees are Rep. of Academic Affairs Aquil Alam, Rep. of Arts Kristen Payne, Rep. of Communications Amelia Bolton and Rep. of Volunteer Services Lauren Christine Ho, from left.

madison salter/VikingNina Lenders, right, and Joshua Apiecionek search for books at the $1 book sale in front of the A Building on Thursday, Dec. 5. All books sold benefitted the English Majors and Minor Club. Lenders purchased a George Foreman cookbook while Apiecionek purchased books from authors Steven King and James Patterson.

ASB awards outstanding leaders

Candidatesendorsed

“ Nothing makes me more proud than to see a student start the semester in one place and end it being a true leader.”

-Maya CardenasASB co-adviser

Eliza dE la Flor/VikingONE FAMILY, THREE TEACHERS: Scott Robertson, 61, his son Michael Robertson, 26, and his father Bill Robertson, 91, enjoy the sunshine and each other’s company Thursday, Dec. 5 in the Front Quad at the LAC. Scott and Michael currently teach administration of justice and cultural anthropology, respectively, at LBCC and Bill taught police science here 1964-65.

Family scores hat-trick for teaching

“An incredible amount of loyal-ty, dedication, commitment and responsibility.”

-Grant BoyerAdministration of justice teacher

CITYSTYLE 5December 12, 2013

By Eliza de la FlorCopy Editor

Three generations of LBCC teachers from one family walked the halls of the P Building on Thursday, Dec. 5.

Bill Robertson, 91, a retired LBCC administration of justice teacher and police officer, was accompanied by his son Scott Robertson, 61, a current adminis-tration of justice teacher at LBCC and retired police commander of Long Beach’s North Patrol Divi-sion, and grandson Michael Rob-ertson, 26, who joined LBCC in October teaching cultural anthro-pology.

“I remember this,” Bill said as he gazed at the building’s court-yard through a window.

The Robertsons appear to be the only family to have three gen-erations teach at LBCC.

Bill had been a member of the Long Beach Police Depart-ment for about 15 years and was a sergeant when he started teach-ing administration of justice, or “police science” as it was called at LBCC in 1964. Scott said the classes he teaches for adminis-

tration of justice “are virtually the same courses as what my dad taught.”

Michael said, “A lot of people ask me why I don’t teach adminis-tration of justice, like they do. But that wasn’t my direction.

“There was zero pressure for me to go into law enforcement as a kid. They were always very sup-portive.”

Bill chimed in, “Scott and I did administration of justice,” pointing at Michael, “he does bones.” And regard-ing his status as patriarch of three generations of teachers, he said he’s “very proud.”

The Robertsons are a family LBCC can be proud of. Bill became a Long Beach police officer in 1950 after moving from Birmingham, Mich.

He said he initially had dif-ficulty getting into a school in California as a non-resident, so he was excited when he was able to start taking classes at what was then known as Long Beach Junior College.

“I wanted to be either a police officer or a fireman since I was ‘this high’,” Bill said, holding his

hand out only a few feet above the ground, “and at that time you had to take the exams for both. The police department called me back first. I took English, history and Spanish at the college and later I took police courses to get promoted.”

Bill was ranked sergeant when he started teaching police science in 1964 and had made lieutenant

when he finished in 1965. Fellow officer Bob Hill was teaching a day class at the LAC and a night class at the PCC. “Bob had to give up his day class and he got me the job.”

Scott added, “There was a lit-tle bit of luck involved for Michael and my dad here. They were both available when the college was in need.”

Michael explained, “I came on very suddenly about a month into the semester as an emergen-

cy hire. It surprised all three of us, especially how quickly it hap-pened. In some ways, my teaching here still hasn’t quite sunk in.”

Scott said he was influenced to become a police officer because he admired his father, but he also “caught the teaching bug after about three or four years in the department and started teaching at the police academy.”

Fellow officer Grant Boyer had served on the force with Bill and worked at LBCC in the administration of justice program and suggested that Scott also follow Bill’s lead in teaching at the college.

Scott said he put Boyer off again and again, telling him, “I’m too busy. When I retire I will.”

Boyer explained his per-sistence with Scott, stemming from his positive history on the force with him and Bill. “As far as the organization is concerned, Bill had a tremendous amount of respect. He was very knowledge-able regarding the various areas he worked with in the depart-ment.

“And he had an aura about him that I think was carried over

into Scott. That is, a tremendous dedication to duty, a thorough-ness in attention to detail, honest until the end of the Earth. An in-credible amount of loyalty, dedi-cation, commitment and respon-sibility.

“I discovered early on when I was an academy instructor, when Scott came onto the department, right away I could tell that this was a really special guy. Tremen-dous talent, a lot of people skills, very outgoing and creative and humoristic,” Boyer added.

Scott now teaches at LBCC and Los Angeles Harbor College, as does Michael. Scott also took classes at LBCC, while Michael came to the LAC for dissection camp during the summer grow-ing up.

Michael and Scott said they have completely different sched-ules at LBCC and Harbor and never see each other on a campus, but the three men get together for lunch often, said Scott.

Michael said teaching is a popular discussion subject, as well as “funny faculty stories, moodle and how wonderful our students are.”

“My first day, walking into an anthropology class in october to tell the class i would be their professor. the students were very welcoMing and

caught Me up to speed.”

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ElizabEth ChEruto/VikingSOUND OF MUSIC: The LBCC brass ensemble performs the “Sounds of the Season” concert at the LAC Auditorium on Sunday, Dec. 8. The Beach City Symphonic Band concert was organized by students and the LBCC performing arts program.

Holiday performance makes spirits brightCITYSTYLE6 December 12, 2013

“I love to perform for LBCC’s Christmas show as I formerly attended this campus and played music.”

-Dave WilliamsAlumnus

Professional plans to write textbook after retiring from LBCC.By Katie CortezStaff Writer

Maurice Love, LBCC music and radio and television professor of more than 20 years, celebrated his retirement with his wife and a handful of colleagues in G118 at the LAC on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

“He’s a natural born teacher,” Sue Love, wife of 40 years, said.

Jumping into the field of teaching right out of college, Love fell hard for helping students in the field of music, spending about 32 years as a part-time and full-time teacher in several schools across the country.

I found out long ago that I love teaching,” Love said.

“I have a good rapport with kids and I just love it,” he said.

After meeting his wife in the Oklahoma school district during the second racial integration, Love spent 10 years excelling at the bass guitar, piano and key-board as a professional musician.

After retiring from LBCC, Love has said he will have more time to focus on his other musical endeavors, such as focusing more attention on his church’s musical

program where he resides as the music director.

Aside f r o m h e l p i n g out his

church, Love also is using his background playing in various jazz bands and as a studio mu-sician in Oklahoma, “To write a music theory textbook, that’s been on the back-burner,” he said.

Love’s wife said, “He has lots of projects besides golf. My hus-band never does one thing at a time.”

Next season show planned for Saturday, Dec. 14, with chorale, soloists and orchestra.By Ana Maria RamirezStaff Writer

The brass ensemble and saxo-phone quartet opened the Sounds of the Season concert with cheer-ful and jolly music that made the audience clap and sing along to the song “Christmas: The Joy and Spirit” on Sunday, Dec. 8 in the LAC Auditorium.

The performance features the wind ensemble, brass ensemble, saxophone quartet, the Beach City symphonic band and a spe-cial performance by the Band of the California Battalion.

Dave Williams, 66, an LBCC alumnus who graduated in 1970 as a physics major, played the trumpet with the Beach City sym-phonic band and said, “I love to perform for LBCC’s Christmas show as I formerly attended this campus and played music.”

The holiday spirit was felt as many audience members who were there supporting family and friends in the performance, sang along to the songs.

Travis Cesena, 22, a psychol-ogy major, said, “It’s inspiration-al to see the concert as I’ve been playing the drums on and off since I was 8 years old. Music has a huge impact on my life and I would love to join the symphony band one day.”

He added, “It’s not your typ-ical genre music that you would listen to every day. They are play-ing very good music and it’s not boring. I like that they are playing holiday music.”

Sheldon Gordon, 59, plays the trumpet in the band of the Cali-

“I found out long time ago that I love teaching. I have a good rap-port with kids and I just love it.”

-Maurice LoveRadio and television professor

JaCob rosborough/VikingLAST LESSON: Maurice Love, music, radio and television teacher, speaks with his colleagues at his retirement party in the G Building on Tuesday, Dec. 3. Love’s retirement comes after more than 20 years of teaching at LBCC.

fornia Battalion and the Beach City symphonic band.

He said, “I’ve been playing since 1963 and I love play-ing for the Battalion band as this is the most difficult and challenging music to play.

“It’s a piece of histo-ry as the instruments are authentic and vintage in-struments that we play. It’s music that you hear and touch when playing.”

The concert was conducted by Brian Hamilton, music, radio and television teacher, along with a special guest conductor, former

LBCC dean Gary Scott. Karina Perez, 24, an unde-

cided major, said, “It was my first

time attending one here at LBCC. I absolutely loved the ending as the Battalion band was not just playing the music, but they were explaining the instruments and history behind them.

“I came this evening as I was

here on an assignment for my music class. The concert was so good I would attend another one

even if I were not as-signed to attend.”

The concert con-cluded with the Bat-talion band playing musical history along with letting the au-dience know what

each instrument that they played meant.

The next event will include performances by the Viking cho-rale, soloists and the orchestra in “A Holiday Celebration in Song” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14,

in the LAC Auditorium. Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony

of Carols” and Robert Shaw’s “The Many Moods of Christmas” also will be performed and a holiday boutique will assist with gift-giv-ing lists.

Tickets are $10 for general ad-mission and $5 for students, em-ployees and senior citizens. Park-ing for students is free in student stalls. Tickets may be purchased online at web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/34257.

More information may be found by calling (562) 938-4495 or by emailing [email protected].

Music teacher Love, leaves what he loves

Radio-television professor takes her project to the next level.By Samwell FavelaSocial Media Editor

From touring the East Coast with her band Tight Squeeze, to enrolling and later teaching at LBCC, Grammy Award nominee Nancy Allen has accomplished what many wish they could come close to.

On Friday Dec. 6, Allen was told her project was nominated for the Grammy’s 64th Category, Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition.

The road to a Grammy nomina-tion was not simple, though.

She first moved to California in the 1980s, thinking her band was about to get a record deal, but when one bandmate re-fused to move and stay in school, the deal was off.

It was a setback, but her love for music drove her to learn more about the industry. Allen want-ed to produce better music. She knew if it was going to be possible, she was going to have to learn all aspects of music to help her com-municate her vision with produc-ers, so she enrolled at LBCC to learn sound engineering.

The commercial music pro-gram was still new when she started and Allen was not only the

lone female student in her class, but she was the first one to grad-uate with a certificate from the program.

“I love the electricity. Making it sound real as if you’re capturing a moment in time or making it sound unworldly like nobody has ever heard of,” Allen said.

With the knowledge she picked up at LBCC, she was able to work in studios around Orange County mixing Berlin songs “Sex” and “Metro,” and with Juice New-ton. From there, she was hired by a video company to do video mix-es of live concerts.

After traveling with the band Oingo Boingo she began teaching at LBCC in 1986, and was even-tually hired as the first full-time instructor in audio production.

About a year and a half ago she was surfing the web and came across a sound bite from Howard Smith, an Oscar-winning film di-rector, journalist and broadcaster who interviewed pop culture fig-ures like John Lennon and Jane Fonda.

“Oh my God, these are amaz-ing! Who are these guys? Where are these guys? How do I get to be a part of this project?” were the first thoughts from Allen after coming across this special project.

A few emails later, she discov-ered the tapes are being produced by Smith’s son, Cass Calder Smith,

and received the opportunity to help co-produce The Smith Tapes.

From the start, Allen knew The Smith Tapes project was Grammy-worthy. She talked to people she had met throughout her career, helped fund the proj-ect, and before she knew it she was at the Grammy nomination party .

“I wanted to jump out of my skin!” Allen said.

Her intentions for getting The Smith Tapes out weren’t just to get a Grammy.

“It’s a little time capsule. When I first heard the project, the bits of it, I thought, this needs to be re-leased. We cannot lose this histo-ry. It’s like losing a Martin Luther King speech.”

And Allen was right. Cov-erage from media outlets like the New York Times, Vani-ty Fair, USA Today and many others have covered The Smith Tapes proj-

ect. All summed up, the project is something special.

Ezra Bookstein, who sourced and digitally re-mastered The Smith Tapes, told Vanity Fair, “Once I got to hear them, I real-ized I had no idea how cool and special they are. I immediately felt privy, like here I am in a room alone with the most famous peo-ple of that generation.”

When Allen first signed up at LBCC, she had no idea where her life was going.

Ironically, the program she first enrolled in that led her to a Grammy nomination was cut last

Jacob rosborough/VikingMAKING MUSIC: Nancy Allen poses over the soundboard in one of the recording studios for LBCC’s recording studio programs.

CITYSTYLE 7December 12, 2013

“She’s one of those instructors to go the extra mile to help her students. It doesn’t surprise me she’d get a Grammy nomination. ”

-Doug WoodFormer radio-television performance student

Student, teacher and Grammy nominee

Culinary students make a Thanksgiving feast for the hungryFood drive volunteers serve more than 700 turkey dinners.By Cesar hernandezStaff Writer

LBCC students volunteered at the Second Samoan Church to distribute meals and clothing to around 100 people in need to enjoy for the holiday season on Wednesday, Nov. 27.

Students helped distribute clothing, food and beverages.

Johana Olmos, 21, an unde-clared major, said her experience was a rewarding one on the day before Thanks-giving.

“ T h i s event is one of those events that make you thankful for what you have and that help should be given out more than twice a year to those in need,” Ol-mos said.

Guests danced the cha-cha slide and stuffed their faces with turkey, stuffing and desserts.

Maya Anderson, a guest at the food drive, talked about how thankful she was to have people volunteer.

Anderson said, “I am happy to

see everybody here and help. God is good, you just have to have faith and He will respond.”

As the event kept going, vol-unteers and guests kept eating and eating.

Mike Miller, a guest at the food drive, described his struggle trying to have a decent meal the previous year and how thankful he was for volunteers to help out. Miller said, “This time of the year is always tough. Last year during the holiday season, I had nothing to look forward to, no meal, no family time.”

He goes on to say, “At least this year I get a feeling of what the holiday season is like and I am thankful for that.”

Teila Robertson, Student Life coordinator, m e n t i o n e d the impor-tance of the event, saying, “This is one of my favor-ite events. We get as many

students as we can to help because there are a lot of people here who need to be fed and clothed and to bring them out here and help, it is humbling.”

Not only was food provid-ed, but health trucks that tested blood pressure for those who did not have accessible health benefits were on site.

“This year I get a feeling of what the holiday season is like and I am thankful for that. ”

-Mike MillerEvent guest

year. “It’s ironic. That’s all I have to

say.”A former LBCC student with

a certificate in radio-television performance, Doug Wood, said, “She’s one of those instructors to go the extra mile to help her stu-dents. It doesn’t surprise me she’d get a Grammy nomination. She’s up against some stiff competition,

though.”Allen will be going up against

music legends like the Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney. Even though she would like to win, she is grateful that the project was even recognized.

Grammy winners will be an-nounced in February and The Smith Tapes can be purchased on Amazon or iTunes.

Leonard keLLey/VikingGOBBLE GOBBLE: The culinary students from the LAC work hard preparing more than 700 turkey dinners at the Second Samoan Congregational Church in Long Beach for Thanksgiving.

Viking coach Michael An-derson was upset with the team’s first half performance, saying, “It’s really sim-ple, in the first half the other team was plus-18 in rebounds.

“When you give up 18 more rebounds, the other team gets more shots and fouls become a huge issue.”

Despite the team’s second place finish, LBCC’s Shakeena Benton represented the Vikings

among the all-tournament team.The Vikings’ next game is

Friday, Dec. 13, against confer-ence rival R ive rs i d e in the Los A n g e l e s Valley Col-lege Rus-sell Classic T o u r n a -ment.

T h e games are must-wins for the Vi-kings if the team wants to remain No. 1 in the state.

The series of games is the third of four tournaments for the Vikings before heading into their

tough conference schedule.Long Beach opened the sea-

son with a pair of non-conference wins at No. 14 state-ranked Chaf-fey (74-65) and Santa Ana (78-53) before going 3-0 to capture the Pasadena City College Rose City Classic tournament.

The Vikings picked up wins over Citrus (65-52), No. 18 Irvine Valley (63-60) and beat El Cami-no, 71-61, in the Irvine Valley championship final.

The Vikes will finish off De-cember competing in the Russell Classic Tournament and the Col-leen Riley Invitational.

LBCC women atop state rankings Falloutfrom brawl continues

SPORTS8 December 12, 2013

“When you give up 18 more rebounds, the other team gets more shots and fouls become a huge issue.”

-Michael Andersen Coach

by John BroadwayStaff Writer

The LBCC men’s basketball team returned to action Wednes-day Nov. 27 at Cypress when they beat the Chargers by nearly 30 points, 85-56.

Sophomore guard Kristien Owens was the lead scorer with 20 points as the Vikings found a way to get back to .500.

Owens said, “I’ve always been confident in my abilities to score and help this team earn wins, even when I was coming off the bench. I’m just glad Coach Barry Barnes has the faith in me now to start and produce on a nightly basis.”

Rebounding off last year’s poor defense and lack of size, defending the basket has been a point of emphasis this season for Barnes.

The Vikes utilized their de-fense and size against Cypress, holding the Chargers to 36 per-cent shooting and only 17 sec-ond-half points.

LBCC carried their sec-ond-half momentum into their next game on Tuesday, Dec. 3,

when the Vikings’ defense was able to hold off Santa Ana for a four-point victory, 78-74.

Freshman guard Brandon Sta-ton scored 20 points and added six rebounds to help lead the Vi-kings' home opener at the Hall of Champions Gym.

Owens scored 15 points to go with six assists and five rebounds. Freshman guard Chris Spencer had 14 points and nine rebounds. Freshman guard Elijah Gaines came off the bench to post a dou-ble-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

The Vikings have a winning 5-4 record as they near their con-ference schedule.

Staton said, “We may not have started the year off as hot as we would have liked to, but I think we figured some things out.

“Our defense is coming to-gether, and we’ll be able to put together a string of wins and keep this momentum going as we com-pete for the playoffs.”

The Vikings return to the court Dec. 19-21 when they will compete in the Saddleback Col-lege Bill Brummel Classic tourna-ment.

Vikings’ strong start has them ranked No. 1 in California.by Max WardSports Editorand John BroadwayStaff Writer

After starting the season 5-0, the LBCC women’s basketball team received the No. 1 ranking in the state.

Heading into the champion-ship game of the Irvine Valley Tournament, the Vikings’ 7-0 re-cord was on the line.

Winning the first two games of the tournament in convincing fashion, LBCC held their first op-ponent, Imperial Valley, to only 37 points and tournament host Irvine Valley to 48 points.

Approaching the champion-ship game of the tournament, LBCC braced itself for a face-off against conference rival Pasadena.

Pasadena gave the Vikings a real run for their money, giv-ing the Vikes their first overtime game and their first loss, 69-64.

Although Long Beach held tournament MVP Skai Thompson to only seven points, Pasadena’s strong scoring outbursts by De-siree Lovings and Kaitlyn Parks proved to be too much for the Vi-king defense.

Not only did the team’s de-fense struggle, the Vikes’ loss is greatly attributed to the team’s poor offensive performance from the field, shooting only 31.6 per-cent on field-goals and 43.8 per-cent from the free-throw line.

In the first half of play, the Lancers out-rebounded the Vikes by 18 rebounds.

Men’s basketball team pushes past rough start

D.A PhilliPs/VikingWIDE-EYED: Jasmine Williams brings the ball up court. The Vikings finished the Irvine Valley Tourna-ment in second place, falling to Pasadena for LBCC’s first loss of the season, Saturday. Dec. 7.

By Edward MahurienStaff Editor

Fallout from the massive brawl that overshadowed LBCC’s Homecoming football game Nov. 16 is still trickling down.

“Sad and embarrassing” were the words used by LBCC Football coach Brett Peabody to describe the benches-clearing melee. Sadly video of the event has also attract-ed attention in social media out-lets. A video of the melee received more than 150,000 views on one YouTube uploader’s account.

Athletic director Joe Cascio said that after an immediate inter-nal investigation, several Viking players were recommended for disciplinary action. The names of those players and what actions might be taken were not given.

According to the Southern California Football Association bylaws section 4.3 on decorum, subsection 1.C. states that even in the first offense, “in addition to immediate ejection from the contest, the individual shall be suspended from the following contest.”

Another section, 4.5, deals specifically with punishments for leaving the bench area, “Coaches or participants entering the field of play from the bench area in re-action to a confrontation shall be ejected and punished as outlined in Bylaw 4.3.”

Due to the fight occurring during the last game of the year for both teams, any suspensions would start next season.

By Elizabeth CherutoCalendar Editor

The LBCC cheerleaders are recognized as having one of the top Community College cheer programs on the West Coast.

The team was crowned na-tional champions in 2005 and has been extremely competitive on a national level for the past eight years. The cheer program has been involved in movies such as “Hot Chick” and “Bring it on Yet Again.”

Cheerleader Destiny Arre-dondo, 18, a business major, said she has been a cheerleader since high school. Her parents have been her greatest support and have attended every game where she cheered.

She said cheerleading is safe and she has not suffered major injuries. She added that the team is hardworking and dedicated and competes in five competitions through the year. They started practicing in May and they will continue to practice through June 4 when they will compete.

Captain Elizabeth Neja, whom Arredondo said the team calls Liz, is the leader who guides them to winning. She added that Liz is outgoing and the motivat-ing spirit of the team.

“She always has a smile on her face, she encourages us, keeps us organized and motivated, she an-

chors us to aim for higher heights and achieve the best. She is the reason why we are the defend-ing champions in 2005, and also the USA National Champions of 2012.”

The student-athletes are trained to develop competitive skills that will help them excel in the industry. Some former cheer-leaders are now instructing and others are choreographing profes-sional routines.

Head coach Sarah Guerrero has coached at LBCC since 1999.

She said 25 team members are preparing for competitions sea-son.

They are scheduled to compete at the Sharp International Com-petition on Jan. 4, the California State Cheer Pros Competition, which will be televised through Time Warner on Jan. 26, the King of the Bleachers Competition and at the Best of the West Competi-tion in March. They will defend their current national champion-ship title at the Collegiate Nation-als Competition scheduled March

23-24.The team is the current Na-

tional Partner Stunt champions. Two of last year’s team mem-

bers competed against Partner Stunt groups from universities and other Community Colleges, and placed first.

The LBCC team has placed in the top three teams in nation-als. They have won more than 40 first place trophies awarded from various cheer companies over the years.

Nine team members have

gone on to cheer for the Los An-geles basketball team Clipper Fan Patrol and many have gone on to instruct for professional cheer companies.

Previous teams have been featured on “Bring it On All or Nothing” and have been asked to be filmed and audition for “Amer-ica’s Got Talent.”

Sarah Saenz, 18, a registered nurse major, said she has been a cheerleader since age 12 in other schools. She said the LBCC team is her family, where they trust and support each other.

Saenz said that they meet for six hours a week every Tuesday and Thursday to practice for the games and also for their cheer-leading competitions.

The team uses only workable techniques to minimize injuries. She said she has injured her back and ankle in the past, but that would not stop her from cheer-leading, a sport that she has pas-sion for.

She said the team enjoys mo-tivating the fans to cheer the foot-ball team when winning. “We love to get the crowd involved and mo-tivated,” she said.

The team fundraises to help with running costs. Their fund-raisers include a cookie dough fundraiser and a jog-a-thon.

Interested students may con-tact Guerrero at [email protected].

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Saturday, Dec. 14 Women’s basketball at TBAat Los Angeles Valley Russell Classic Tournament at TBA

Sunday, Dec. 15 Women’s basketball at TBAat Los Angeles Valley Russell Classic Tournament at TBA

Thursday, Dec. 19 Men’s basketball at Mira Costaat Saddleback Saddleback/Bill Brummel Classic at 5 p.m.

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CALENDAR10 December 12, 2013

Through Dec. 18Applications for the next LBCC 10,000 Small Businesses cohort sponsored by Goldman Sachs are due Dec. 18. Interest-ed students may apply at bit.ly/1b7NpPz

For more information, stu-dents may call (562) 938-5054 or e-mail [email protected].

Or contact the Office of Com-munity Relations Marketing at (562) 938-4353 or (562) 938-4846

GOLDMAN SACHS

The Viking campus bookstores on both campuses are buying back books from students until the end of the semester. The stores will be closed Dec. 23- Jan. 1

Both stores are open from Monday-Thursday7:30am- 7:00pmFriday7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Spring class schedule is available for download on the college website along with im-portant dates and registration information.Exact course availability can be found by logging into stu-dent self-service account and searching for open courses.

PCC on Feb. 1810 a.m.-1 p.m.

LAC on Feb. 1910 a.m.-1 p.m.

For more information, con-tact Student Life at LAC E102 (562) 938-4552 orPCC GG200 (562) 938-3985

GRANTS

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Applications for loans for the Spring 2014 semester will be available Jan. 2

WORKSHOPS

Satisfactory academic progress workshop schedule

LAC Monday, Jan. 27 1-2 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 13 9-10 a.m.Monday, Feb. 24 4-5 p.m.

PCC Wednesday, Jan. 8 1-2 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 21 9-10 a.m.Wednesday, Feb. 5 4-5 p.m.Tuesday, Feb. 18 1-2 p.m.

Dec. 14LBCC Viking Chorale, Viking Singers, Soloists and Orchestra will present "A Holiday Cele-bration in Song" at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14 in the Auditorium. Benjamin Britten's “Ceremony of Carols” and Robert Shaw's "The Many Moods of Christ-mas" will be performed and a holiday boutique will be open.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for stu-dents,employees and seniors citizensParking is free in student parking spaces. To purchase tickets online go to web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/34257

For more information call (562) 938-4495 or email [email protected]

Department of Education sources and information on scholarships.studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALS-WebApp/students/english/scholarships.jspScholarships for U.S. veterans and military familiesstudentaid.ed.gov/PORTALS-WebApp/students/english/military.jsp

How much was cost a factor in your decision for Winter intersession classes?

Brandon Peterson, 25, Biology major

“I’m a vet, so I get taken care of through the veterans association, but I feel bad for the people who had to pay

so much for them.”

Freddy Berdejo, 21, CommuniCations major

“Cost was a big factor. I was thinking about Winter classes, but found out how expensive they were and I couldn’t do

it.”

joCelyn madrid, 18, Biology major

“Some of my decision was because of the money

for the units and also I just wanted a break.”

Karen garCia, 20, PediatriCs major

“For me, it wasn’t really cost, but I heard they go at

a fast pace.”

javier rodriguez, 23, art major

“It wasn’t a determining factor, because there were scholarships available, but

they didn’t offer the classes I need or want.”

Compiled by Eliza de la Flor and Caleb Ellis on Tuesday, Dec. 10, on the LAC

OPINIONS

EDITORIAL

CITY VIEWS

OPINION 11December 12, 2013

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Students want free flu shots and because we have to pay a mandatory fee for health services it should be provided, instead of students paying $10 as it is now.

Like all colleges, we have tui-tion and other expenses. Our col-lege service card or registration receipt provides many services.

The web site is a great place to start studenthealth.LBCC.edu. The community resource guide is up to 61 pages of valuable in-formation that you can download and keep for other campus ser-vices. It is a great source to refer to and can also help those who may be looking for similar services.

Services offered include tu-berculosis screening, glucose, cholesterol, vision and pregnancy testing, blood-pressure checks,

first-aid treatment, health assess-ment and counseling, over-the-counter medications, community health referrals, physicals, im-munizations and health promo-tional programs. The nurse prac-titioner and registered nurses in the Health Services office at LAC and PCC can confidentially refer students to local community re-sources for STD and HIV testing.

In conjunction with the LA County Health Department Mo-bile Clinic, Health Services pro-vides free HIV testing for a lim-ited number of students in the Fall and Spring semesters. Fees are free for most services, but nominal fees are charged for im-munizations, physicals and vac-cinations. Students must present a college service card or registra-

Elizabeth CherutoCalendar Editor

I grew up identifying similari-ties between Mandela and Martin Luther King and I always won-dered if Martin Luther were still alive, if their paths would have been identical.

Africa is mourning one of its finest leaders, Nelson Mandela, who died Thursday, Dec. 5, at the age of 95 in his native country of South Africa. He will be laid to rest on Sunday, Dec.15. in his an-cestral home.

His death has cast a dark shad-ow on the continent of Africa and robbed us of a leader who fought for change, justice, freedom, hu-man dignity and equality for all.

Mandela was a man I associat-

ed with freedom. He was credited for the fight to end apartheid; he was an icon and a symbol of peace that fought for social change.

I come from Kenya, a country where for years we were under the rule of dictatorship and a leader like Nelson Mandela was what we hoped to see as a nation. He transcended politics in a way we only dreamt about, there are so many virtues that Kenyan pol-iticians and the general human population can borrow from him.

When Mandela was released from prison in 1990, I was re-lieved. It felt as though my own dad was set free. That’s how much I longed to see his release.

I was able to know what it meant for Africa as a whole. His release represented democracy in a different way than what we were experiencing at that time across the continent.

Mandela became South Africa’s first dem-ocratically elected pres-ident and famously de-clined to run for a second term and preferred the life of an elder statesman and global ambassador for worthy causes.

That was unheard-of in Africa. We were looking at some power-hungry African presidents who had clinched power for more than 24 years and still counting and I admired the example set by Mandela.

I remember many traditional settings, politics dominated the conversations and we credited Mandela for being a symbol of forgiveness. Mandela forgave the men who oppressed and impris-oned him.

Mandela was able to recognize that you don’t hold grudges, but dignify the people you are ruling, leading by example.

It is memories like this that take me back to 1999 when I vis-ited Robben Island, which served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment for Mandela. His imprisonment became per-sonal to me when I stood in the same cell where the Afrikaners imprisoned him.

Though Mandela is free at last for eternity, the struggle for hu-

man rights and the ideals he stood for is far from over.

Mandela’s reputation of great-ness and forgiveness were brought into the limelight especially in the past 10 years when many Amer-ican celebrities and other leaders all over the world visited him in South Africa.

Many countries mourn the passing of the icon of the triumph of the human spirit. Though many of them supported apartheid.

But Africa, which had to fight much the same adversity to secure its independence, should not for-get the ideals that Mandela lived for to the end.

Mandela was a liberation lead-er, the voice of courage, a source of inspiration and a beloved lead-er. I hope his legacy will live on.

tion receipt. Appointments are necessary

and walk-ins are for sudden ill-ness or injury only. LAC’s office is in A1010 or students may call (562) 938-4210 and at PCC it is in the trailer or students may call (562) 938-3992. Emergencies as always should be called in to call 911.

Common myths of the flu vac-cine often keep us from getting a flu shot. The truth is that a flu vac-

cine does not give you the flu. The only thing it may give you is a sore arm and is published on the inter-net under flu myths. The vaccine is a dead virus and because it is dead, it can’t infect you, but still people blame symptoms on the vaccine.

Antibiotics only fight bacterial infections. The flu is a virus. If you have complications that involve a bacterial infection, it may be be-cause the flu virus can weaken the

body and allow bacteria to invade and infect you.

Statistics show the flu kills 3,000 to 49,000 people in the U.S. every year, the same number of breast cancer deaths.

Health services are vital to students, therefore the cost should be kept down as much as possible. For something like the flu shot, which can safeguard students against a harmful virus, there shouldn’t be any fee at all.

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Morgan MayfieldNews Editor

I am totally ap-palled at the passing of the bill. We should be educating people on prevention, not hand-ing them a cheap, con-venient and irresponsi-ble escape routes.

Recently a bill passed by the Federal Drug Asso-ciation made Plan B, also known as the morning after pill, available as an over-the-counter option.

When originally passed it was for ages 17 and older and you had to

see a pharmacist to get the medication. Since then, some revisions have been made and the age has been lowered to 15.

Plan B is only 89 per-cent affective to reduce the risk of pregnancy 72 hours after unprotected sex. However, if you take

it 24 hours after unprotected sex the chance of it working raises to 95 percent.

Plan B is not a birth control

medication. Plan B is an emer-gency contraceptive that works in two ways: it can delay ovulation or can make the egg infertile.

The pill does not cause women to miscarry or have an abortion, it simply stops the pregnancy before it starts. Plan B is not to be used as a routine contraceptive and it does not protect you from sexual-ly transmitted diseases.

To better manage who is us-ing the controversial pill, the FDA should reverse their decision re-garding purchasing conveniences and minimum age requirements.

Freedom icon Nelson Mandela’s death mourned by Kenyan Native

Students should not pay $10 for flu shots

Recent bill on Plan B is immoral

IMAGES12 December 12, 2013

Parading the holidays

Members of the Marine Corps reservist marching band drum in unison as they walk down the street during the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade.

Daniel Garcia, a LBCC radio and television major, shoots a video to document his first time at the 31st annual parade on Saturday, Dec. 7.

Members of the color guard for the S.S. Lane Victory march with the colors of the U.S. Navy and American flag in Long Beach.

Children and parents walk with a banner for the LBCC child development cen-ter and learning lab at the PCC.

A member of the Long Beach Great Dane Group dresses up her dog during the parade after the rain cleared.

Photos by Jacob RosboRough

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