By Jon PeacockStaff Writer

A restaurant and bakery will be part of the new V Building when the Math Department and culinary arts program move to a $44.1 million new home this Fall.

“We are excited that we are going to have a new building, but I haven’t been inside, so I don’t know what it contains,” said Hig-inio Ramirez, culinary arts major.

The 73,650-square-foot build-ing includes seven kitchens, each with a different purpose. The fa-cilities include a display kitchen, a production kitchen, a bakery kitchen, a classroom kitchen, a pastry kitchen, a skills kitchen and a general kitchen, said So-

nia Babian, assistant construc-tion manager. Each kitchen is a classroom and has double-sided flat-screens so each student has the same view of what the chef or instructor is doing and how they do it.

The classroom-specific kitchen has the capability to live-stream the cooking being done inside the classroom, Ba-bian said. Inside the kitchen, raised stairs will include seats. A central cooking area in-cludes kitchen appliances that can be easily interchanged, said Medhanie Ephrem, deputy direc-tor, planning and construction.

A full functioning restaurant inside the building will be operat-ed by the culinary arts program.

The main idea behind the restau-rant is to show each student just how a kitchen and restaurant re-ally works, Babian said. Right be-side the restaurant will be a small bakery where people can buy var-

ious baked goods and drinks. The Math Department will

have 17 classrooms. Each is a smart classroom with a projector, controls at the teacher’s desk and wall-to-wall whiteboards, said

Molle Gressett, designer at LBCC. Three of the math classrooms have the ability to hold a total of 80 students; the rest of the class-rooms can accommodate 40 stu-dents. The Math Success Center

will be making a move to the V Building as well. It will in-clude more than 76 computers, Gressett said.

At the center of the build-ing is an outdoor quad. The quad includes a small seating area for the restaurant and raised planters for the culinary

arts program to grow its own fruit and vegetables and plants that are drought-friendly, Ephrem said. The quad also features small skateboard deterrents, which will soon be an LBCC standard.

In an effort to be more ener-gy-efficient, each restroom will have low-flow toilets and Dyson paperless hand-dryers. A few of the restrooms have lockers as well as a shower for some of the stu-dents. An additional feature of the building is an underground CUDO water storage system, Ephrem said. The system will collect rainwater over time and store it until needed. Just like the rest of LBCC, the V Building will use reclaimed water on its plants. The building has the potential to become a LEED platinum-grade building, for its energy efficiency.

The LAC building is still un-dergoing small changes and is waiting to be completely fur-nished.

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“We are excited that we are going to have a new building, but I haven’t been inside, so I don’t know what it contains.”

-Higinio RamirezCulinary arts major

V Building to be open for classes this Fall

Annual cost of living for college students

Including but not limited to: vehicle fees, parking, gas, maintenance and travel.

Personal expenses: $1,989

Books and supplies: $1,137

Transportation: $1,073

Room and board: $9,047

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Students overcome homelessnessBy Sylvana UribeStaff Writer

People who are on the brink of losing their home face the constant fear of how they will get through the day and where they will call home if their current liv-ing situation does not work out.

Adriana Lomas, 23, a child development major, faced the

fears shortly after graduating from high school. Not knowing what career she wanted to pursue, Lomas put education on hold to find a job. After submitting sev-eral job applications with no re-sponse, the uncertainty of Lomas’ future led to increased tension at home to the point where she was kicked out.

Lomas said, “That night I was

in a panic asking myself, ‘What am I going to do? Where am I go-ing to go?’”

Lomas found a friend she could stay with, which spared her of wandering aimlessly for some-where to spend the night. She re-turned home to stock up on per-sonal items only to find all of her possessions were packed, which she stored in her friend’s garage. The items included clothing, books and knick-knacks she had collected growing up and were later lost when the garage flooded.

The pressure mounted for Lomas to find a solution since her friend was leaving at the end of the Summer to study in Santa Barbara.

Eventually, her parents asked her to move back home. A few months after her return, Lomas was hired as a nanny and said it was this job that brought clarity to pursuing a career in childcare.

Looking back at this period in her life, Lomas said, “I wouldn’t want to be in that situation again. I realized you have to surround yourself with good people and if that were ever to happen to anyone I know I would welcome them into my home.”

Not all are as fortunate as Lo-mas to have family reach out to mend broken lines of communi-cation after losing their home.

Erika Rodriguez, a matric-ulation aide in the assessment department, was homeless at 15 years old after walking away from an abusive, toxic home environ-ment.

Rodriguez said she did not know where she was going, but was taken in by a former neigh-

bor and her family. All she took with her were clothing and school books.

“I expected my family to reach out and make me come back and when they didn’t, I was kind of like now I’m in survival mode,” Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said there were times when she could not afford to make the daily commute to school or work and in some cases arrived at her host family’s home past midnight because she had to walk. Afraid of the dangers the situation posed, her best friend gave part of her lunch money to Rodriguez so she could have bus fare.

When advanced-placement

testing season arrived, Rodriguez said she would act as if she did not want to take the tests when she was really hiding she could not afford them. By 18, she had saved enough money to get a place of her own.

Rodriguez said she can now laugh at the tough situations she encountered, which taught her to be patient and attain whatever she wanted through hard work. Now, as a married mother she hopes to pass on similar values to her two children.

Rodriguez said, “Whenever things got really bad, I would just think about how other people had it worse because at least I had my arms, feet and a job.”

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HOMELESS TO HOPEFUL: Adriana Lomas, 23, a child development major, was fortunate to have friends to keep her off the street.

NEWS2 May 28, 2015

Cabinet members to take office

Experts discuss GMO pros, cons

Newly elected ASB officers introduce themselves to the student body and talk about what they will bring to their positions.

AlejAndro lomeli, 20, Alcohol And drug consumption studies mAjor

joy Abulo, 20, film mAjor

briAn ortiz, 24,computer engineering mAjor

robert hewitt, 27, fire science mAjor

dAlziel ArAmbulA, 22, psychology And communicAtion mAjor

jerimiAh hArris, 24, physics mAjor

“I started at LBCC in 2012 at PCC and had no idea what to major in. I took a break from college and didn’t come back until I was 21 and I am now 24. At first, I decided to major in nursing, but after tak-ing a few classes, found I was better in other ar-eas.”

“This upcoming Fall 2015, will be my fifth semester attending LBCC and will be my third semester as part of the ASB Cabinet. I am a film major. My fa-vorite movie is “Saving Private Ryan” directed by Stevent Spielberg and “Palo Alto” directed by Gia Coppola. to be hon-est I could go on and on. ... I hope to make a differ-ence while in the office.”

“My inspiration to be-coming the representa-tion of Student Life for PCC was from witnessing the hard work and deter-mination of our ASB and PCC Student Council po-sitions. I hope to encour-age more of our student body to participate in student government and become more involved with our school.”

“I hold the titles of repre-sentative of athletics for LBCC’s student govern-ment, vice president of Veterans Club, U.S. Army drill sergeant, air traffic control specialist as well as the head volunteer coordinator for a home-less shelter located in downtown Long Beach. All which I am honored to hold.”

“I am the youngest of four siblings. My hobbies include running, volun-teer work and attend-ing various concerts. My hope for being the stu-dent trustee for the 2015-2016 year is to voice the concerns of the students directly to the Board of Trustees. I am very excit-ed to be the student rep-resentative to the Board of Trustees.”

“I have attended LBCC for a little over two years and I have seen the campuses grow and I feel that I am a direct result of growth. I would like to encourage all students to become in-volved with any of the various organizations on campus that can enrich your college experience and they should be tak-en advantage of.”

By Irina NizovtsevaStaff Writer

From GMOs to Organics, Genetically Modified Organisms have begun growing momentum since the early 1980s.

After being seen everywhere from vegetables, fruits and grains to sugar and other produce, peo-ple are beginning to avoid GMOs as much as they can.

Horticulture teacher Jorge Ochoa said, “I have been an in-structor here for six years and I have never witnessed any chemi-cals being sprayed on our vegeta-bles and fruits at the PCC Horti-culture garden.”

“It has become a marketing word that is used to scare peo-ple into buying more expensive organic produce, which are not always organic, since farms are not monitored all day, every day,” Ochoa said.

The ideal decision anyone can make for themselves, people who wish to eat produce free from hormones and pesticides, is grow it themselves.

“We don’t know the-long term effects of GMOs on humans, however I would be more careful when it came to buying meat and fish that has been injected with growth hormones,” Ochoa added.

The reason for the growing number of genetically modified produce is simply to produce enough food for the increasing population.

Anisa Delgado 21, an unde-cided major, said, “I would like to see more organic produce in-troduced in the LBCC cafeteria, since I try to eat as little non-or-ganic products as I can.”

David McDonald, owner of S&B Culinary that runs the LAC Food Court, said, “We don’t want a 2-tier pricing system, where

one salad costs $5 and the other would cost $15, we want to make sure everyone has the possibility to purchase different items from the cafeteria.”

“Eventually we want to start introducing certain organic prod-ucts into the cafeteria menu,” Mc-Donald added.

People expect all vegetables and fruits to be available to them year-round. The situation leaves the producer with a tough choice, genetically modify produce to grow outside its organically de-signed season or leaves consum-ers empty-handed or going over to another producer.

Ochoa said, “Not many peo-ple can afford to eat all organic produce every day when you have families merely looking for their next meal. Those people will not turn down a genetically modified meal just because it is not organ-ic.”

Eight applicants express ideas on representing ASB. By Jon Peacock Staff Writer

Eight applications were col-lected for eight positions available on the Associated Student Body Cabinet, with some being inter-

viewed Friday, May 22, for the positions.

The positions available in-clude representative of legislative affairs, athletics, arts, volunteer services, sustainability, publicity, academic affairs and student ser-vices.

Potential future Cabinet members were interviewed and asked questions about their re-sponsibilities and how they could

fulfill them. Students of different back-

grounds interviewed for the ap-pointed positions. Reason for applying varied from having an issue on how things are being done to simply having a passion for the field.

Almost every interviewee was asked what their definition of leadership was by ASB Adviser Maya Cardenas.

A decision on appointed members will be made Friday, May 29, at 8 a.m.

Main action items on the Cabinet agenda include the sec-ond rounds of interview as well as a vote to rescind votes that were taken on a previous meeting.

The Barnes and Noble grant consisted of $10,000, half of which to be used for the PCC and half for the LAC.

According to the agenda, Cardenas recommends a com-mittee of student leaders repre-sent each campus and give recom-mendations on how each campus should spend its allocation.

For more information on ASB, students may contact student activities adviser Derek Oriee at (562)-938-3088 or administrative assistant Pam Garrison at (562)-938-3985.

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“I’d really like the Board to understand that when faculty take sabbatical ... we’re not on vacation.”

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Board also approves 10 more degrees for transfer to theU.C. system. By Sylvana UribeStaff Writer

In a unanimous vote, the Board of Trustees recognized Gus Orozco for his service as the Spring student trustee during his last meeting Tuesday, May 26.

Board President Jeff Kellogg presented Orozco with a recogni-tion for his effectiveness in repre-senting the student body. His po-sition will be filled by Alejandro Lomeli in the Fall.

Orozco thanked President Eloy Oakley, the Board and other employees for being his mentors and also the ASB for its guid-ance and support.

“Thank you for a memorable and productive semester,” Orozco said.

Area 5 Trustee Virginia Bax-ter said, “I’m so proud of you that you’ve moved through the ranks and you really have represent-ed the Associated Student Body quite well and I appreciated get-ting to know you.”

The Spring term is also the last for ASB President Lokilani Hunt who will transfer to U.C. Berkeley

in the Fall. Hunt congratulated incoming Cabinet members and reported to the Board on other policy changes that were passed during the ASB elections.

The $2 student representation fee was approved as well as giving the student trustee a vote in ASB meetings.

Also passed was the Campus Equal Advocating Act, giving the PCC more equitable opportunity in decision making.

The Board also was updated on student transfer rates by Nohel Corral, dean of counseling and student support, and Ruben Page, transfer center coordinator.

In looking at the 2008-2009 cohort, 4 percent of students

transferred within two years as opposed to the 32 percent of stu-dents who transferred within six years.

Page also said the majority of students transfer to the CSU sys-tem due to misconceptions about the U.C. system discouraging students from applying. Miscon-ceptions include U.C.s being too competitive and not affordable.

Since its implementation, more students are leaving LBCC with associate degrees for trans-

fer, which are currently only ac-cepted by CSUs.

Oakley added the Board of Re-gents will announce in the Fall the first 10 majors that will be a part of the new associate degree for transfers developed for the U.C. system. Oakley said the regents also were pushing for guaranteed admission requirements, but have been met with little interest.

Also at the meeting, Stas Or-lovski, a professor in the visual and media arts department, dis-cussed the importance of sabbat-icals with a presentation on his own sabbatical project.

Orlovski’s art piece combined moving projections and static drawings. It was commissioned by

the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and also shown at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.

Now housed in La Biennale di Venezia in

Italy as part of the 56th Interna-tional Art Exhibition, Orlovski’s piece will be displayed alongside the work of other artists until No-vember.

“I’d really like the Board to understand that when faculty take sabbatical … we’re not on vacation,” Orlovski said. “We’re actually trying to push our work forward and also trying to make ourselves better educators.”

The next meeting will be Tues-day, June 9 at 5 p.m. in T1100.

By Hunter KingCityStyle Editor

Among the faculty retiring in 2015 is Grant Boyer, profes-sor of criminal justice. Boyer first began teaching at LBCC part-time in 1977, while he was still serving as a Long Beach police officer. After 7 years of part-time, he took up teaching full-time for an additional 24 years.

In addition to his 20 years as a police officer, Boyer has also served as Pres-ident of the Public Safety Advisor Commission and a member of the citizen’s complaint commission. As a former officer, sitting on the citizen’s complaint commis-sion gave Boyer another per-spective on law enforcement, as the commission was created to keep officers accountable for their actions.

Before serving as a police officer, Boyer served a tour in Vietnam. After suffering an in-jury, he was able to refocus his efforts on attaining his master’s degree while in rehabilitation. He explained that his experi-ence in the Army prepared him for a career in law enforcement.

Serving as a police officer exposed Boyer to some dark

sides of society and he said, “I can’t let it get to me.” Despite the hardships, he focuses on the good in society and said, “Most people are good, they’re just looking to put a little extra bread on the table.”

Transitioning into edu-cation has been satisfying for Boyer who makes an effort to

connect with students and keep in touch with them after they have graduated. “When a former student re-turns to say ‘thank you,’ that’s better than a paycheck, it gives me a sense of accomplish-

ment,” Boyer said. For now, Boyer

plans to spend more time with his wife and 8 grandkids. Be-

sides spending time with fami-ly, he loves to fish and plans to get out on the water more often. He also plans to stay involved with LBCC, health permitting. He said, “I’ll miss it, but I might return part-time to teach evi-dence classes.”

For Boyer, teaching is his legacy. He said, “Acquiring an education is like receiving a key to door that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to open. It ex-pands opportunity.”

Being able to transfer his skills and abilities to the next generation is how his passion for justice will live on.

By Jon PeacockStaff Writer

In an attempt to open up the possibilities for various classes offered during the Winter session at LBCC, the calendar committee has been considering extending the session from five to six weeks.

Vice President of Student Sup-port Services Greg Peterson said the propos-al was first brought to the commit-tee March 5 by Vice Pres-ident of Aca-demic Affairs Terri Long.

Peterson wrote in a May 18 email, “The current discussion around potentially changing the length of the Winter intersession is focused on being more ped-agogically aware of higher-unit courses in expanding course of-ferings for students in different certificate, degree, and transfer programs.”

Making the change would give students the ability to take English courses, lab-science courses, and other four-unit courses, as well as allow the current courses offered an extra week for the curriculum.

Music associate professor Marshall Fulbright wrote in a May 6 email, “Higher-unit courses re-

quire a lot of time and student success would be less if they were forced to ‘cram’ huge amounts of learning into smaller sessions.”

Valeria Cano, 21 a business major, said a 5-week winter ses-sion is too short and a 6-week ses-sion would help, saying “it would be less stressful … it would make a difference.” She also explained how if more courses were offered,

she would be more likely to sign up for the Win-ter session.

For the Winter ses-

sion to be extended the calendar committee has to find an extra week somewhere. Early on, the committee evaluated the possi-bility of cancelling Spring Break to accommodate the extra week during the Winter session, how-ever, “the elimination of Spring Break is also not being considered at this time,” Peterson said.

Though the proposal is being reviewed by the calendar commit-tee, Peterson wrote in an email, “This change is not being con-sidered for the 2015-16 academic year.”

Peterson said the final deci-sion might not be made until next Fall and wouldn’t be implemented until 2016-17.

Winter may be longer

“The elimination of Spring Break is also not being considered at this time.”

-Greg Peterson Vice President of Student Support Services

CITYSTYLE4 May 28, 2015

“The range of solutions to problems posed is always amazing.”

-Scott FraserUnderwater Robotics Team

adviser and professor

Experiments exhibited

Robotics heads to Canada

By Irina NizovtsevaStaff Writer

The third annual Science Night at the LAC included music, science, technology and math ac-tivities and catered food.

Dan Sorto, 25, fire science ma-jor, said, “I went to the third floor of the D Building and saw some cool experiments like how carbon was formed from sugar when they heated it with some chemicals or how bananas foamed with hydro-gen peroxide.”

The event was open to all sci-ence enthusiasts as well as people who were merely curious about what the Science Night entailed, giving an opportunity for many current and future students to see the facilities and resources avail-able to them.

Keith Pollard, student worker, said, “This is my first year volun-teering at this event, but I have volunteered in the past for other

Ten students face international challenge.By Will RanosSports Editor

Ten students on the LBCC student robotics team will head to Newfoundland, Canada, from June 25-27 to compete in the International Under-water Robotics Competi-tion organized by the Ma-rine Advanced Technical Education Center.

The team of 10 students con-sists of Ryan Bellaver, Mario Ber-mudez, Marshall Dickey, Aar-on Durst, Israel Hilario-Perez, Dustin Ingagiola, Andrew Lakso, Scott Precop, Raymond Thomp-son and Elmer Ventura.

The team, VX Industries, will be challenging 35 other college teams from around the world af-ter qualifying in a regional match May 9. The students are also the

only school representing South-ern California in the event.

When talking about what has been the toughest aspect about the process, CEO and team cap-tain Marshall Dickey, 27 and an Electrical Technology major, said, “Keeping people motivated while still maintaining their day-to-day lives. For a lot of our team mem-bers, school is a priority and for those with work it can be pushing

their limits to come in and ded-icate 10 to 20 hours outside of class.”

Scott Fraser, LBCC electrical program professor and adviser for the underwater robotic team, said, “It is exciting to see students take what they learn in the Elec-trical Program, apply it to the underwater robots and succeed. It has been a blast. It is very ex-citing to see students challenged

to come up with new ideas. The range of solutions to problems posed is always amazing.”

Having been the adviser for the team since 2004, Fraser said, “The confirmation of success is not so much the competition, but with industry coming to LBCC to hire our students. We had three past students working with Re-motely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in 2010 to plug up the BP oil spill.

“We have students working on the Re-search Vessel Nautilus, which is run by Dr. Robert Ballard who dis-covered the Titanic. In

addition, we have students work-ing all over the world working with ROVs including at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Monterey Bay Aquarium Re-search Institute.”

VX Industries is seeking do-nations and sponsorships to help raise $15,000 for airfare and lodg-ing. Potential donors may contact the LBCC Foundation at (562) 938-4137.

events at LBCC. I’m mostly work-ing outside, but will go see the ex-periments when I get the chance.”

No event at LBCC goes with-out police supervision. Officer Boranm Heam, said, “I have su-

pervised many events at LBCC. This event has been very peaceful, it is a college environment, people are here to learn and most people are aware of what the rules and regulations are.”

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DETAILS: Christopher Gillotte, mathematics and engineering teacher, examines a slide rule Friday, May 22 in Building D.

IrIna nIzovtseva/vIkIng AND IF WE LOOK HERE: Tiffany Price, life science teacher, shows students cat and pig cadavers during Science Night.

By Will Ranos Sports Editor

In one of the semester’s final concerts, the LBCC Auditori-um will host the LBCC Jazz Big Band featuring trumpeter Wayne Bergeron on Friday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Director Patrick Sheng said, “It is really cool for us to have Wayne here because he is serious-ly one of the most sought-out ses-sion players in the entire world. I went to a high school this morn-ing and I said, ‘How many of you guys know who Wayne Bergeron is?’ Everyone in the band knew who it was, so that’s a cool thing.”

Bergeron, an LBCC alumnus and Long Beach native, men-tioned he had not been back to the school in a long time.

The trumpeter said, “I was ex-cited when Pat talked to me about it. I’m looking forward to the event and hopefully there’s a good crowd. I’m curious to see what the band is like now.”

Bergeron has a vast list of mu-sical accomplishments. His CD credits include Ray Charles, Earth

Wind and Fire, Green Day and Beyoncé. The LBCC alum has also worked on more than 300 TV and motion picture soundtracks and has had trumpet solos on motion pictures like “The Mask,” “Rocky Balboa,” “The Incredibles,” and others. Bergeron also earned a Grammy nomination in 2004 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble with his first solo project “You Call This a Living?” The trumpeter has many more accomplishments.

Sheng said, “It means a lot to me because Wayne was an LBCC student and was playing in the band when George Shaw ran it. So it’s kind of cool to make that full circle. It’s my first year here so it’s nice to have a connection to the old guard.”

Tickets can be purchased ei-ther online or at the door one hour before performance. Gen-eral admission tickets are $10 online and $12 at the door with student, employee and senior cit-izens tickets at $5 online and $7 at the door. High school students can get in for free with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at lbcc.edu/mrtv

By Hunter KingCityStyle Editor

June marks the end of a career with LBCC for nine full-time pro-fessors and staff members.

Teresa Gaudiot, English as a second language professor, served 26 years from 1976-2015.

Linda Huy, dietetic professor, served 34 years from 1981-2015.

David Lipton, English profes-sor, served 29 years from 1981-2015.

Marianne Allen, Financial Aid counselor, served 18 years

from 1997-2015.Donna Fletcher, reading pro-

fessor, served 10 years from 2005-2015.

Stanley J. Rivers, skilled main-tenance worker, served 15 years from 2000-2015.

Brent Sears, architecture pro-fessor, served 35 years from 1980-2015.

Grant Boyer, criminal justice professor, served 31 years from 1977-2015.

Sheree King, dance professor, served 30 years from 1984-2015.

Auditorium hosts Big Band Jazz

City magazine to hit newsstands this Fall

9 retirees leave after 228 years of service

By Hunter KingCityStyle Editor

The first day of Fall semester, Aug. 24, marks the release of City Magazine. It is the combined ef-fort of four classes over the course of the Fall and Spring semesters.

Writers and photographers worked on material in Fall 2014, while editors and designers worked on the magazine layout during this Spring semester.

The magazine contains a va-riety of stories. Among them in-clude feature writing, profiles, a staff editorial, a how-to and a recipe.

The cover story is a profile on anthropology professor Adrian Novotny.

Brandon Richardson, editor in chief of the publication, said, “It was long two-semester effort, but everyone worked hard and put together a stellar magazine.”

City magazine has been pub-lished since 1979.

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LBCC teacher Adrian Novot-ny is featured on the new City magazine cover.

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RED VELVET TENSION: Starting on the left, Kyle Ruebel plays Lord Arthur Savile, Sorlie Reeves II plays butler Bentley and Alex Shewchuk plays Herr Winkelkopf in the play “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime.”

By Tyisha AliStaff Writer

Trying to commit the crime of murder before he takes the dive into a life of marriage left Lord Arthur in a frenzy in the LBCC Broadway production of “Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime” and it packed a full house.

The audience gave a standing ovation after viewing the mystery comedy written by Constance Cox and directed by professor Anthony Carreiro. The setting was simple and dramatic as a British kingdom would be and the mood was set perfectly. The play is the best presented in the Black Box among three in the last year.

Zina Almuonte, 18, a visi-tor from the Philippines, said, “I came with my friend to the play. She goes here. I think the play is pretty cool though. I was looking forward to seeing who Lord Ar-thur was going to kill and how he was going to do it.”

The play is based on a book written in the late 1800s by Os-car Wilde about Lord Arthur Sa-vile, played by Kyle Ruebel, who was engaged to a young woman named Sybil Merton, played by Gaelyn Wilkie. Sybil’s aunt Lady Windermere wants to make sure Lord Arthur is the right man for her niece so she has a palm reader visit and read Lord Arthur’s hand to find out his past. The palm reader has read Lord Arthur’s hand and foreseen he will commit

murder. The thought of committing a

murder put Lord Arthur in an ur-gent mood so that way he could live the rest of his life happily mar-ried. Throughout the play Lord Arthur teams up with his butler Bentley, played by Sorlie Reeves II, and an overly excited murder radical named Herr Winkelkopf, played by Alex Shewchuk, and they attempt many ways to kill Lord Arthur’s family member.

After the many attempts of murder, which included poison,

three bombs and a trick string, fail to kill anyone, the news comes in that Podgers the palmist, played by Chris Ramirez, turns out to be a fraud.

Lord Arthur feels free and after postponing his wedding twice he runs off to his wedding rehearsal, but his newly found friend Herr Winkelkopf is deter-mined to prove his worth by cre-ating the newest explosive.

Jesse Bosworth, 20, a technical theatre major, said, “I like that this play was a comedy and the set and

the costumes were fantastic. My favorite part is right before the intermission when the butler put the pill in the candy.”

Alexander Hernandez, 25, a film major, said, “I thought the play was very funny. My favorite scene was any scene with the but-ler and Lord Arthur. The relation-ship they had showed that they really have good chemistry.”

The play was staged in the LAC Black Box Theatre May 14-17 and May 21-24.

Retiring to dance

Sheree KingRetired dance

professor

By Hunter KingCityStyle Editor

D a n c e p r o f e s s o r Sheree King has retired this year.

She be-gan working at LBCC as a long-term s u b s t i t u t e in 1984 and then as an adjunct pro-fessor until she achieved a full-time position in 1988.

She has seen many of her stu-dents graduate and attain pro-fessional careers in dance. “I am proud of all of them,” she said.

She hopes the dance program will continue to produce excellent students now that she is retired.

King still plans to be involved in dance. Since retiring, she has choreographed for a local ballet company. She also has a Pilate’s business out of her home studio where she meets with private cli-ents.

Her husband is also a dance teacher and they plan to travel more often, teaching dance class-es around the world.

She is currently teaching dance class in Armenia until June 1. King is unsure if she will return to LBCC, but it is always an op-tion.

SPRING SING6 May 28, 2015

““I’m here to have fun, but at the same time show that our club is full of hard-working individuals”

-Ithram (Vaai Sosi)Best independent performance winner

Story and Photosby Darel JamesStaff Writer

The LAC College Auditorium filled with excited guests as performers for the 2015 Spring Sing entertained them Friday evening, May 22.

The first-place men’s social-service club award went to Tong, while first place wom-en’s social-service club award was given to the Athena. Vocalist Ithram (Vaai Sosi) was awarded the judges’ choice for best indepen-dent performance, with best solo vocals going to Chando Kem, group vocals to Nate’s Finest Barbershop Quartet and best instrumental to Solar Ubey.

Spring sing coordina-tor Teila Robertson said, “Since we have been back to the Auditorium, our goal was to continue the LBCC tradition of giving students a chance to per-form and show their talents.”

In previous years the talent showcase was held in the gymnasium but this year partici-pants and guests gathered in the auditorium allowing them all to enjoy the night in a cozy theater setting.

“The biggest difference is our location. The past two years we have been performing in the Gymnasium, where we would do our own stage set-up. But here in the Auditorium, we have Steven Staton’s crew that took care of the sound, lighting and stage management. Our students enjoyed performing here in our Auditorium,” said Robertson.

The show has continued to evolve each year, allowing anyone who’s willing to answer the curtain call and maintain the spotlight. Dancers, singers and other talents ranging from various ages and ethnicities took center

stage with hopes of receiving more than just an encore. Participants also were competing for various rewards giving competitors addi-tional recognition that they could take home.

Ubey, an undeclared major, 17, said, “I just appreciate the opportunity to get my work out and for people to hear my music. I always en-joy the feeling of creativity I get when I really get down and focus on my music.” Ubey has practiced guitar for five years and has now be-gun to perform his work, which is going on two years.

Economics major and Tong men’s social service club member Jerry Zepoda, 20, said, “I’m here to have fun, but at the same time show that our club is full of hard-working in-

dividuals, we are also looking forward to put-ting out a good perfor-mance tonight.”

As curtains came to a close, the many anx-ious participants who worked hard through

strenuous practices and rehearsals were rec-ognized not just as contestants, but successful winners in the show. Ithram (Vaai Sosi), an undeclared major, 25, said, “I didn’t really ex-pect to get an award. Singing has always been a way of life for me, it has always allowed me to fully express myself and let go of all stress.”

Nursing aide major and Tong member Kevin Mehardhy, said, “It’s kind of surreal to finally actually get it after all the yelling and repetition in rehearsal. I’m happy to see every-thing paid off and we didn’t have a repeat of last year.”

The men’s social club was previously de-feated by their rival club Thor during their last visit to the showcase in 2014. This year, the club returned to secure the win after begin-ning their practice for showcase back in early March.

Tong members celebrate their first place men’s social-service club award at Spring Sing in the LAC Auditorium on Friday, May 22, claiming the title from Thor, that won last Spring.

Tong outperforms the competition, wins top male club award

Ithram (Vaai Sosi), 25, an undeclared major, gives a soulful vocal perfor-mance for an excited audience, who then wanted an encore.

Tong members Javier Salceso, 19, a civil engineering major, left, and the-atre arts major Calvin Lewis, 18, showcase their acting abilities as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar from the 1992 film “Wayne’s World.”

SPRING SING 7May 28, 2015

Tong members celebrate their first place men’s social-service club award at Spring Sing in the LAC Auditorium on Friday, May 22, claiming the title from Thor, that won last Spring.

Tong outperforms the competition, wins top male club award

Ithram (Vaai Sosi), 25, an undeclared major, gives a soulful vocal perfor-mance for an excited audience, who then wanted an encore.

Spring Sing judges listen as Ithram (Vaai Sosi) gives a strong vocal performance.

LBCC alumnus and guitarist Mark Trejo, left, prepares for his individual performance along with undeclared major and guitarist Solar Ubey, 17, before Spring Sing.

Awards were given at the end of the event.

Nate’s Finest Barbershop Quartet performs “Hooked on a Feeling.”

Tong members Javier Salceso, 19, a civil engineering major, left, and the-atre arts major Calvin Lewis, 18, showcase their acting abilities as Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar from the 1992 film “Wayne’s World.”

Ithram (Vaai Sosi) gets a shoulder pat by business major Steven Cheng, 19, after receiving judge’s choice award for best independent performance.

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Yesica Villasenor, 19 an undecided major, practices her routine at Lakewood Ice. In addition to skating, Villasenor is also a part-time employee at the rink, which allows her the luxury of practicing at a discounted rate.

SPORTS8 May 28, 2015

“On the ice, she’s always there to work and learn.”-Themistocles Leftheris

Former coach

Skate out of ComptonLBCC student strives to one day be an Olympic ice skater.By Jon PeacockStaff Writer

People who know Yesica Villase-nor have said they admire her ded-ication, work ethic and zest for life.

LBCC student Villasenor, 19, is and has always wanted to be a figure skater.

Her morning starts at 5 a.m., she takes the bus from Compton to Lakewood Ice. The trip takes her about one hour and 30 minutes. At 7 a.m., she steps on the ice, begins practicing her edges, spins, jumps and strides. After skat-ing, she heads once again to the bus and toward the LAC. Class finishes and on most days she heads to work and then home. The day may seem like a lot for most people, however for Villasenor, it’s just another day.

It all started when she was 3, watching Michelle Kwan at the 1998 Olympics. Ever since then she had always told her dad that she wanted to skate, that she wanted to be an

Olympian. When she was young she would

help clean doctor’s offices and such during the night to save up for fig-ure skating lessons. When she could, during the day she would assist her father in landscaping houses.

When she was 11 her dad signed her up for an 8-week skills session, as an introductory on how to figure skate. After the eight weeks, her dad thought she didn’t love it and didn’t sign her up for a follow-up.

On Christmas day, when Vil-lasenor was 14, her dad got her a

laptop and a flip-phone as presents. However, she told her dad she didn’t want the presents, she only wanted to skate.

At age 14, Villasenor decided that she would give up her social life to follow her dream of figure skating. Since then it has been only skate, school and work for five days a week, every week.

After reading a paper by Vil-lasenor about her life, Ms. Krai, her Counseling 1 teacher, wrote on her assignment, “What a life you have

led thus far. I have no doubt that you will go far in this world Yesica. I will watch for you at the Olympics and cheer you on.”

Themistocles Leftheris, her figure skating coach of one year, said she has a good work ethic, she is really organized with her schedule. “On the ice, she’s always there to work and learn.”

Villasenor’s dad is one of the only people who supported her dream of becoming a figure skater. Since his death in September she has been in a constant struggle, always being re-

minded of her dad. Her dad was always the one who would take her to the rink and cheer her on at

the competitions. Villasenor is sponsored to skate

by her high-school counselor, Pat-rick Estis. He makes a donation ev-ery four weeks.

Villasenor is working two jobs and doesn’t have much time for any-thing else. She speaks American Sign Language, Spanish and English and hopes to continue studying ASL at LBCC. Her dream is to one day be an Olympian, but she simply hopes to one day make it to nationals.

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Yesica Villasenor stretches before her 7 a.m. skate. The practice is part of her 14 -hours-a-week regimen.

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Yesica Villasenor passes the Compton Station while she rides the train to school on the Metro blue Line the morning of Wednesday, May 27. Villasenor usually wakes up as early as 5 a.m. to practice at the skating rink.

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A 2011 Paramount Iceland American Classic trophy sits with other awards Yesica Villasenor has received during her 5-years of ice-skating training and competing.

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WAITING: Chiara Freedom, 51 and a theatre major, plays doubles with teammate Jillian Drake in a match at LBCC. Despite deafness, Freedom stays active with sports.

SPORTS 9May 28, 2015

“I love helping to make our event a success, especially since all the profits go directly to support our athletic programs”

-Kristy LutzAthletic specialist

Student uses sports to find Freedom

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SWINGING AGAINST THE RAIN: August Luuga, an honoree at the 32nd LBCC annual golf tournament, takes a swing on the first hole of the day. The golf tournament was sponsored by the Athletic Association to raise money for LBCC athletic programs.

By Will RanosSports Editor

Track and Field: With a jump of 11.59-meters,

LBCC freshman Chantel Dunson finished first in the triple jump at the California Community Col-lege Athletic Association Track and Field State Championship at San Mateo on Saturday, May 16.

Dunson became the Vikings’ first track and field state cham-pion since Jonathan Sanders in 2011 and the first female since Angela Wells in 2006, according to the LBCC athletics website. The website also said Dunson’s mark is her best of the year, sur-passing her 11.47-meter jump at the previous week’s SoCal Cham-pionship preliminaries.

LBCC sophomore Jared Jones finished fifth among 12 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:37.03. The men’s 4-by-100-meter relay team participat-

ed in the event as well but Anterio Bateman, Jordan Noble, Damond Burns and Jacob Thorton were disqualified for running out of their lane on their first exchange.

Overall, the women’s team finished 29th among 41 and the men’s team finished 32nd among 35.

A total of 24 track and field members for the men’s and wom-en’s teams participated in the SoCal Championships during the three weekends. In the three meets, LBCC had three first place finishes.Athletic Director:

An email sent Wednesday, May 27, by the LBCC human re-sources department announced that athletic director applications at LBCC will be accepted online through July 2. Joe Cascio, the athletic director since July 15, 2013, was unavailable for com-ment. Athletics Dean Connie Sears also was unavailable.

Association raises money for sports programs.By Will RanosSports Editor

In what was a particularly rainy afternoon in Long Beach, golfers decided to play through the downpour in the 32nd annual LBCC Foundation Athletic Asso-ciates golf tournament on Thurs-day, May 14, at the Recreation Park Golf Course.

August Luuga, LBCC systems and programming manager, and Susie Atwood, 2002 hall of cham-pion inductee, were the honorees

for the event.Athletic specialist Kristy

Lutz said 124 golfers came out to support LBCC with many of them being alumni and current LBCC employees. Lutz also men-tioned that this year’s event raised over $20,000, which was about a $10,000 im-provement over the p r e v i o u s year’s do-nations. All the profit from the event went toward the athlet-ic teams. The athletic specialist said when the golfers or sponsors signed up, they also had the abili-ty to indicate which sport or area

they would like their donation to go toward.

“The golf tournament was a great success this year. The tournament went on despite the downpour. Everything and ev-eryone was wet. I can’t remember a year where we considered can-

celing due to weather, it was crazy,” Lutz said. A mem-ber of the ath-letic depart-ment for 15 years, she said,

“I’ve been helping with this event every May. I love helping to make our event a success, especially since all the profits go directly to support our athletic programs.”

Athletics raises $20,000

Tennis player remains competitive despite deafness.By Jon PeacockStaff Writer

Chiara Freedom isn’t your average student-athlete; she is a 51-year-old, theatre major, tennis player at LBCC and she is deaf.

The New York native said she grew up physical, always being ac-tive, “playing baseball, basketball and volleyball.” Freedom once played for a deaf softball team, however the team shut down and ceased playing.

She enjoys doing anything re-lating to theatre, including play-writing, acting, doing make-up and sword fighting.

After taking a theatre class in school, she became interested in it and fell in love with the arts. She graduated from the Roch-ester Institute of Technology in New York.

After graduating, Freedom did a little traveling and found herself wanting to move to Cal-ifornia and has been in Long Beach ever since.

For work she has been em-ployed at many different places doing everything from mechani-cal art to designing layouts.

A few years ago, Freedom dis-covered a women’s football team, the Long Beach Aftershock. She

emailed the coaches showing interest in playing on the team. When she got there, the coaches realized she was deaf. After dis-cussion, the coaches decided to let her try out for the team. Freedom felt intimidated though by all the

players due to their size. Freedom enjoyed playing de-

fense on the team, as a corner-back. However she always wanted to play offense. When the team moved to Downey, Freedom didn’t make the move with them.

Tennis was a sport that she had never played until she tried out for the Viking tennis team two years ago. At first she tried out for women’s basketball and softball, but she said she ran into what she believed was trepidation. Later on she was contacted by the athletic department and they urged her to try out for the women’s tennis team.

Freedom said her first time playing tennis was difficult since she had no prior knowledge of the sport or any of the proper tech-niques. Coach Ken Thomas, for-mer LBCC tennis coach, helped her perfect her technique and taught her how to properly play tennis.

Freedom said the new tennis coach, Renzo Maggi, improved a lot of her technique. She likes Renzo for how he treats all of the players equally. Some of her team-mates have learned some simple signs to communicate with her.

All three years here at LBCC Freedom has been able to get all A’s in her classes. Though Free-dom is still in school, she hopes to one day work in a job related to theatre.

CALENDAR May 28, 201510

LBCCSUMMER CLASSES

FALL CLASSES

DISTANCE LEARNING

COUNSELING

FINANCIAL AID

CONCERT

THE MESSIEST FUNDRAISER

POLICE

MOBILE PORTAL

Registration through Sunday, June 14 by 11 a.m.

Payment deadline June 16 by 4 p.m. in person or 10 p.m. online

Classes begin Monday, June 22

Tuesday, June 30Summer graduation

(562) 933-4353 or(562) 938-4846

June 12-Aug. 15Campuses closed on Fridays for Summer

Tuesday, June 30Prerequisite deadline to be processed for Fall priority registration

Monday, July 6Fall priority registration begins

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Online counseling Temporarily closed. To sched-ule an in-person counseling appointment, students may contact the counseling center at either campus.Counselors recommend online orientation on the college web-site for new and prospective students.PCC MD129 or(562) 938-3920

LAC A1111 or (562) 938-4560

The college has launched my.lbcc.edu, a new mobile portal for students. Students may schedule or browse for classes, keep track of tasks on a to-do list, pull up interactive campus maps or log into the Viking student system and access online courses from a desktop or mobile device.

(562) 938-4353 (562) 938-4846

May 29-31Band Concert LBCC’s Jazz Big Band with Wayne Bergeron to direct band “Bites” with the LBCC Wind Ensemble and Beach City Sym-phonic Band in the Auditorium. For ticket information, (562) 938-4826

LBCC phones, call extension 4910Cell phones, call (562) 435-6711 or 911

Police emergency from campus phone, call 9-911

Long Beach Police Department(562) 938-4807 or(562) 510-4807

Students may submit FAFSA application or California Dream Act application for 2015-2016. Counselors are available to see students. Appointments are available at both campuses.PCC(562) 938-3155MD146Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.Friday8 a.m.-noon

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LIBRARY

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Kevin Mora, 18, a kinesiology major and PNK gent, pies Jasmine Lopez, 18, a nursing major and PNK member, in the face during a PNK fundraiser Monday, May 18. They were raising money to help buy props and costumes for Spring Sing.

ASSESSMENT TESTING

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STUDY FOR FINALS

June 2-3C.R.A.M.N.Coffee Relief and Academic Mastering Night organized by ASB, PCC Student Council and LAC Cultural Affairs Council. Students are invited for coffee, tea, pastries, free tutoring and exam-friendly giveaways such as scantrons, greenbooks and pencils on Tuesday, June 2, in the LAC Nordic Lounge from 6-11 p.m. and in the PCC Stu-dent Union on Wednesday, June 3 from 6-11 p.m.asb@lbcc.edu GRADUATION

Wednesday, June 10 Rehearsal at Veterans Stadium at 6 p.m.

Thursday, June 11 6 p.m. commencement begins in Veterans Stadium.

BOOK BUY-BACKS

Students may begin to sell books at the Campus Store. Best prices will be offered during the final week from June 8-11. Students must present student ID and the book in-person at both campus stores.PCC (562) 938-3008LAC (562) 938-4223

AUDITIONS

Student choreographer audi-tions in LAC Q110 at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 5.Michelle Shear at mshear@lbcc.edu

EXAMS

Final exams are the last week of classes.

PCC assessment and ESL LL206Testing location LL206LAC assessment office in A1040Testing locationL252

Open Summer 2015 Classes Journalism 5: Public RelationsMon.-Thurs. 2-4:55 P.M., Patrick McKeanJournalism 10: Global CommunicationOnline Class, Javier MendozaJournalism 80, 81, 82 or 83: Multimedia NewsroomMon.-Thurs. 9 a.m. -11:10 a.m. Lab and 11:20 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. LecturePatrick McKean and Chris ViolaJournalism 86, 87, or 88: Multimedia Newsroom Editor TrainingMon.-Thurs. 9 a.m. -11:10 a.m. Lab and 11:20 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. LecturePatrick McKean and Chris Viola

Thursday, July 2College closed for July 4 observance

HOLIDAY

ARTS

Friday, June 5 Let Your Light ShinePerforming Arts Department and ASB present “Inner Voices” directed by Anne Walsh.LBCC Vocal Jazz Concert, di-rected by Andrea Calderwood, with guest artists “The Filhar-monic” in LAC Auditorium at 7 p.m.General admission presale $10 and $12 at the doorStudents, employees and senior citizens $5 presale and online and $7 at the doorFree to high school students with valid school IDFree parking in lots D, E, & FTickets may be purchased, at lbcc.edu.mrtv or one hour before the show

CITY VIEWSEDITORIALOPINION 11May 28, 2015

Do you feel comfortable and capable of assisting someone in an emergency

situation at school? Why or why not?

Janeil Reed, 49,Human SeRviceS maJoR

“Yes, I think I do. First I would check to see what’s wrong then dial 911, then ask what I can do to help.”

angelica HeRnandez, 24,BuSineSS maJoR

“Yes, I think it is out of hu-man nature for people to help each other, but how depends on the situation.”

SeRgio maRtinez, 23,BuSineSS adminiStRation maJoR

“Yes, Usually if there is an emergency people would accept any help. And I be-lieve most people will help out one another, like, if I needed a phone, I could get one to call for help.”

tiffany claRk, 33,Biological Science maJoR

“Yes, I am comfortable with helping out if some-one needs assistance. I am CPR-certified so I know how to help if someone is have a seizure, flip them on their side and I know a lot of oth-er things like that.”

uliSSeS HueRta, 20,BuSineSS adminiStRation maJoR

“It depends, but yes. I would just come to their assistance and try to assure them they will be OK and I wouldn’t let them be alone. I’ve been in that situation before so I know how it feels.”

vanySe HolmeS, 18,undeclaRed maJoR

“Yes, depending on the situ-ation. I think I would be able to help someone in an emer-gency situation. I would go out and help someone even if a person falls, but not ev-erybody would do that.”

By Darel James and Tyisha Ali on Monday, May 18, on the LAC

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Adviser: Patrick McKeanPhoto and online adviser: Chris ViolaRetired photo adviser: Jim TruittStudent assistant: Charles Hall

Students, employees need more emergency training

I’m a sophomore at LBCC majoring in photojournalism. The first part of every Board of Trustees meeting, they allow the public to speak for three min-utes regarding anything they feel needs to be said. Unfortunately in March, I was three minutes late to the meeting and wasn’t allowed to speak. I thought about it and what I was about to say in front of only a few members of LBCC, should really be said to the public.

This semester, I decided to take classes that pertain to my major and passion, which in-cludes both journalism and black and white photography. Besides being a photojournalism student, another option of mine was to be-come a teacher and I was hoping with these classes, I’d receive the right guidance from my teachers Vivian Malauulu and Amanda Keller about which route to take academically. Yet upon asking both of my favorite teachers the process, they both mentioned how they’re currently “adjunct” teachers, meaning they’re only

being offered minimal hours to broaden young minds.

It burdens me to know they’re not receiving proper hours nor pay, practically making the same amount of pay as someone work-ing at the local car wash. They don’t deserve the treatment. They received their college degrees to teach because not everyone can, yet they’re not even given the op-portunity to fully do what they do best. Amanda currently works at seven different schools, being nicknamed one of many “Freeway Flyers” and Vivian has a second job to make ends meet and pro-vide for her family.

Upon hearing about them both being adjunct teachers, it al-most discouraged me from teach-ing. Why work extremely hard in school, yet not even receive prop-er hours or pay? Full-time teach-ers make from about $30,000-$50,000 a semester, while adjunct teachers make about $10,000 a year and are constantly worried they may not work another se-mester. I work part-time and

make the same amount a year. This isn’t just happening at LBCC, it’s happening to thousands of teachers everywhere.

I know I’m only 21 years old and just like any other college stu-dent, different jobs are constantly going in and out of my head. The thought of intellectually stimulat-ing a young mind to something they never knew is fascinating to me, having them walk out of the room with information they hadn’t known before. I wish to one day possibly teach photogra-phy, as I remember learning the beauty of looking inside the view-finder for the first time and gain-ing skills as I went, I could only imagine giving that same effect to the future generation. If my voice can make a difference for today’s teachers, I know I can continue down my route of being becom-ing a teacher myself.

Adelyna Tirado, 21,Photojournalism major

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Student brings attention to underpaid teachers

Loud cries and harsh asthmat-ic breathing resonated through the unoccupied hallway from a student in the restroom. It was a cry of pain.

Recently, a young student was found crying and gasping heavi-ly for air in the vacant restroom. She was having what was found out later to be an anxiety attack. The cries were heard by an em-ployee who called 911 for help. During the wait, students and employees did what they could to help the student out, but it begs the question. LBCC has proper procedures students and employees should use for helping student in emergency situations on campus. Students and em-ployees can learn how to properly aid someone in need of help. According to the human resources department at LBCC, all school employees were given an accident and ill-ness response flow chart packet to follow in case of an emergen-cy during their orientation, when they were hired. But in some cas-es, employees may have forgotten the information given to them in their initial package and a student is in need now.

In every classroom, an emer-gency procedure guidelines pamphlet is posted and informs students and employees about earthquakes, emergency phone numbers, general information and evacuation plans, but it doesn’t cover how to deal with students in immediate need.

General first-aid and CPR classes should be offered at the college for students and employ-ees that are free or at least at a dis-counted price. The classes would increase safety on the campuses and in an emergency situation someone can get the proper help needed until an emergency team is available.

LBCC offers students self-de-fense classes and nursing students have to take home-aid courses and nursing skill labs so we sug-gest LBCC offer general safety courses offered to anyone who

would like to take them. LBCC should provide a paid

training seminar for all employees or at least full-time employees on how to deal with situations with people who are greatly distressed and also the employees should be trained on how to deal with stu-dents or co-workers who have mental or physical issues.

On the student health page of the school website, lbcc.edu/studenthealth/emergency.cfm information is provided on CPR and first-aid training through the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross. There is also information on when stu-dents should feel it is OK to call for help.

Director of Student Health Services Anita Gibbins said, “Ev-ery situation is different so the type of help you can give depends on the situation. Call 911. If any doubt, call 911. I wouldn’t want to guess if it is a panic attack or a heart attack.”

Gibbins said, “If dealing with students with mental-health problems, it is mostly important to soften your voice and not pan-ic. Ask them questions and what can you do to help them.”

Marianne Palacios, a nurse practitioner in the LBCC student

health services office, said, “You can help someone by calling for help and asking questions like, ‘What can I do to help?’ Also you can maybe help them loosen stuff off of their neck to help them breathe and

maybe use a cold cloth on their forehead or neck to cool them off. But the most important thing is to call for help.”

In case of an emergency, Long Beach Fire Department Station 10 is located at 1417 N. Peterson Ave., near the PCC and Long Beach Fire Department Station 19 is lo-cated at 3559 Clark Ave., near the LAC, both less than three-quar-ters of a mile from the campuses. Both can provide speedy help in case of emergencies.

Remember, you can help save someone’s life.

“Every situation is different so the type of help you can give depends on the situa-tion. Call 911. If any doubt, call 911.”

-Anita GibbinsDirector of Student Health Services

LONG BEACH PRIDE12 May 28, 2015

Vikings join celebration of diversity

Maryann Chavez, left, and Bertha Lynn ride LBCC’s float and interact with the crowd during the 31st annual Long Beach Pride parade on Sunday, May 17. Chavez and Lynn helped build the float at the PCC at 7a.m that day.

Evangelical protesters with signs condemning the gay community and those who support it rally on the side of Ocean Boulevard. One sign reads, “Homo sex is a threat to national security.”Mel Jenkins, right, waves a rainbow flag at the start of the parade down Ocean Boulevard.

Linda Moreno, PCC’s cultural affair chair, ties a dozen balloons together to put on the float for the parade.

Story by Hunter KingStaff WriterPhotos by Cindy MaciasStaff Photographer

Long Beach showed its true colors during the annual Gay Pride festival and parade the weekend of May 16 and 17. The festival was held at Mari-na Green Park, while the parade Sun-day morning proceeded along Ocean Boulevard toward downtown Long Beach.

An LBCC float represented the student LGBT community and its supporters.

Students arrived to the PCC at 7 a.m. Sunday to transform a large flat-bed truck into something more fitting for Gay Pride. ASB adviser Derek Oriee coordinated the event, but the students took the initiative in deco-rating. The group departed from the PCC to meet with the other floats on

Ocean Boulevard just before the pa-rade began at 11 a.m.

Area 3 Trustee Sunny Zia mount-ed the float to smile and wave with the students. Linda Moreno, philoso-phy major, walked ahead of the float rapping and rallying the crowds lin-ing the street. “L-B-C-C, L-B-C-C,” Moreno and the people chanted in unison.

A group of evangelical Christians protested the parade with discrim-inatory signs and a loudspeaker, but the air of festivity and joy was hardly affected. The parade viewers and par-ticipants took little notice of the pro-testers.

Child development major Faith Firmalino, 25, said, “All the colors include everything, the rainbow is unity.” Like the LGBT flag, the crowd was a diverse group of people; some identified as LGBT, while others were there to support.