As Long Beach City College nears the end of the Spring 2019 semester the motivation of students once felt for learning and school spirit here is beginning to dwindle as the days go on.
Students tell the Viking News that they are finding it harder to show up to campus during the week because of all the stress put on by final projects and tests that can culminate during this time in the semester.
What many students are experiencing is that there is no school spirit radiating from students to actually attend events and support the clubs that are meant for them.
It isn’t difficult to find some sort of event happening for the students on both LAC or PCC, in the middle of the day.
If you go on the school’s website, you can browse all of events such as the Science and Engineering Club Tamale lunch, and the Memorial day barbecue that is still to come.
Loud music is played, food is on sale, games can be played, yet it always seems as if there is no one to put this on for.
The same goes for sporting events that happen on campus.
According to the Viking Athletics website, there has been several low attended games for many of LBCC’s sports such as men’s basketball, men’s volleyball, and women’s water-polo.
After speaking with some students on campus, they admit that the events don’t really affect their mood or how they feel about were they are in the semester at all.
There are a few solutions, though, such as doing surveys for events that the students will actually want to see happen on campus and the ones they’ll want to partake in.
Other community colleges like Cerritos College are experiencing a very similar situation, in where it is becoming increasingly difficult to up attendance to school events.
According to Kathy Azzam, student body president of Cerritos College, returning students typically don’t have spirit once they return for following semesters.
Azzam also mentions that school spirit boils down to the students themselves and if they really care about the events going on around them.
Other universities such as Cal State Long Beach, ASB members go around in person and collect data on what students would want to see as far as entertainment on campus. They physically reach out to the students in person and ask what or “who” they want to see for upcoming events.