College requires a vast amount of common core classes for incoming students and while it is important to know math and english skills, there are classes that can better serve students in the long run.
People attend college in order to be eligible for higher-paying jobs, yet the general education curriculum does not help students manage money, communicate in the workplace and live on their own.
General education classes should include financial literacy, research, career workshops, resume building and workplace communication classes for all first-year students.
Nathan Oelkers, a full-time worker who spent a year at LBCC weighed in on this issue. “No one teaches this real-world stuff. They teach high-end math classes and high-level english classes and I haven’t used any of it in my job,” Oelkers said.
There are many fields of study that do not require high-level common core skills. Yet, all career paths require workplace skills.
Workplace preparation classes can substitute some of the common core classes that are not as valuable in a career path.
“An associate’s degree may come in handy when needed, but an individual who lacks the basic knowledge of specific life skills may struggle in the future,” Oelkers added.
College students need skills that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. A computer scientist does not need three classes in history. Instituting a life skill curriculum will be a better use of resources and will become more significant in the long run.
Oelkers mentioned he learned how to file taxes, make monetary deposits, succeed in an interview and talk to customers after his time at LBCC.
Many community colleges have resources that can help students in the workplace. LBCC offers vocational programs as well as writing and career centers that are more career-oriented, but the outreach of these programs is sub-par.
If the school could tie these programs into a mandatory curriculum, students would flourish in their careers.
“Having a diploma is nice, but you can still work your way up without a degree. Additionally, college is getting too expensive. Even the junior colleges,” Oelkers said.
With rising tuition, students need to be ensured that a college route will benefit them in the long run. If a person can be just as well off out of high school as they are out of junior college, then there is no reason to attend college in the first place.
Having life skill classes in the college curriculum is a good enough reason for someone to attend LBCC.
Advertising financial literacy and taxation classes in addition to a diploma would make city college a much more enticing pathway.
Long Beach City College continues to launch programs that help break down barriers for students.
LBCC announces the new program “The Viking Club House” with Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach to help student parents have the option to enroll their school-aged children in free after-school programming while they attend their classes.
“Long Beach City wants to help students with their educational goals and help break down any barrier a student may have. This is just the beginning and we will continue to grow new programs to help our students,” said Tracy Carmichael the Chief Innovation officer.
The program is free for LBCC students and provides after-school care for children ages 6 to 18. The clubhouse is open Mondays through Fridays from 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
There are two locations at either campus, one located on-site at the Liberal Arts Campus and the other location at the John C. & Alice Wallace Boys & Girls Club of Long Beach located one block from LBCC’s Pacific Coast Campus.
The program was envisioned by Dr. Mike Munoz in order to help student parents reach their educational goals as he himself was a student parent when he attended college.
“Long Beach City College continues to break the barriers that sometimes challenge our students from achieving their educational goals,” said LBCC Superintendent-President Mike Munoz.
“I reflect on my own personal experience as a single student parent working to get my degree and make a better life for myself and my daughter. I know firsthand the struggle to find affordable and dependable after-school care so I could attend evening classes or study groups as a community college student. This new service is simply a game changer for our student parents,” he added.
Currently, during the spring 2023 semester, there are 47 children enrolled in the clubhouse.
Art paintings by children at the Viking Club House (Bianca Urzua)
The club house is a safe place for children to learn and have multiple fun activities while their parents attend class. The activities provided for the children are homework help, arts and crafts, music lessons, STEM activities, outdoor play, sports and a hot meal.
Staff members provide individualized attention for the children to build their skill sets and really focus on working with the children one on one.
“Our goal is to make sure we encourage the students to try the different activities out and work with the students one on one on their interests,” said Amy Huynh, site coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club.
Many parents have given their feedback on how they feel after enrolling their children in the clubhouse. “LBCC has supported and lifted us up during very difficult times. Support given out at LBCC is next level” and “My child wants to attend college now and looks up to me.”
Amy shares that she is so delighted to hear all the positive feedback from the parents and that the clubhouse is able to provide an atmosphere where their kids see their parents go to classes and being in an academic setting encourages them to think about going to college one day.
The program has already demonstrated so much change and aid to all the student parents enrolled at LBCC. There is so much more to come for the Viking Club House and the college when it comes to creating new programs for students and continuing to break down any educational barriers they face.
One thing about intersectionality that former Redondo Union volleyball player Lauryn Leiato can attest to, is the racism and harsh judgment she has faced.
Leiato has come a long way from where she was in high school. Overcoming challenges as a Samoan woman is vital for Leiato. She has found solace in the LBCC community and gained the ability to thrive in her identity and purpose.
LBCC’s ASB club hosted a calm, quiet evening event in the E quad with three attendees on March 23. The chilly weather did not stop LBCC students Lauryn Leiato, Amelia Tupua and Erin Mataafa from writing out prompts about what intersectionality meant to them and their personal stories and experiences.
Intersectionality is a foundation for understanding a person’s social and political identity that combines to create different means of discrimination and privilege. This pinpoints multiple factors of disadvantage and advantage.
Students had the opportunity to write down their own reflections and experiences with representation and intersectionality at an event hosted by ASB in the E quad at LBCC. (Lauren Benson)
For Leiato, she recalls a time in high school when there was an incident concerning a teacher accusing her of cheating before a test, which resulted in her teacher going through her camera roll on her phone in pursuit of finding evidence, but only to find nothing but heartwarming photos of Leiotos’ family and dog.
This racially invasive incident led Leioto to have tears in her eyes and says she firmly believes it was racially motivated.
Although she does not have closure from the incident, she does feel that LBCC has protected her peace and has helped her find balance by being a part of the community and excelling in her academics.
“I faced a substantial amount of discrimination because of my intersecting oppression, not just being a person of color but a woman. As a junior at Redondo high school, I took an AP U.S. history exam, and the teacher accused me of cheating… I didn’t understand why she just chose me. She called the vice principal and went through my phone because she thought I had pictures of the exam-I didn’t. She just saw pictures of my family and my dog. That was one of the real encounters I had with racism,” said Leiato.
Speaking of her unforgettable experience, Leioto now looks back and remembers the harshness of the situation that she went through, not only as a woman but a person of color.
ASB member and event coordinator Coco Dobard had a lot to say about what this event means to her and why it’s necessary for students to be connected and understand themselves and others.
“Our whole point is to come together as allies for each other and come at structural issues from the point of intersectionality. We are all struggling with this, it’s about connecting as a community and discussing the different barriers to those issues. Intersectionality can be intimidating, so how do we help the student body better understand it so that they could use it in their everyday life.” said Dobard.
Intersectionality is crucial, according to Dobard. Having open conversations and acknowledging our different backgrounds is a must. It can be very informative for the LBCC campus and its students.
Dobard gets candid and vulnerable as she expresses her experiences and feelings. She recalls a time in her life when this specific event impacted her.
“I experienced poverty and housing insecurity, but on a larger scale. Poverty has been caused by higher-up, structural issues that make opportunities for getting financially back on track more difficult. Furthermore, I did not know how to identify as a mixed indigenous youth. I lost myself in all these dimensions connected to my identity,” said Dobard.
“Although it impacted me, I try to reflect on it as something that shaped how I look at issues now, knowing that I have multiple perspectives to bring to the table.” she added.
Siembra Club president, Miguel Zavala, led a discussion with three different focus group questions to address the staff and students’ wants and ideas for a new campus mural on Thursday afternoon.
The upcoming mural will be on the M building and has a $30,000 budget. This was discussed with LBCC and Latinx students.
The project is being funded through a 30 million dollar donation gifted by Mackenzie Scott. This donation was gifted in hopes of addressing racial equity gaps, engaging in race-conscious and equity-minded practices and increasing holistic support services.
In response, a majority agreed that they would like to have nature included in regard to the Latin culture and people of all sorts, including age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and size inclusivity.
“I would like to see every skin color from the lightest to the deepest,” said Cyerra- Leonne Gardley, a student at LBCC.
Gardley is also a student representative for the Diversity Equity Inclusion Accessibility Public Art Advisory Group.
This mural project is run through LBCC’s DEIA Public Art Advisory Group with the goal of spreading diversity within the campus, through accessibility of collections, interpretations, exhibitions, digital content, education, and public programs.
Another question brought up during the discussion was how students and staff want to feel when looking at the mural.
“As an employee, I want to feel motivated through this mural,” Rio Medina, career pathways coordinator at LBCC said.
Earlier in the meeting, ice breaker questions and free food were used in an effort to get to know the students and staff that joined the mural discussion.
LBCC is offering an open call to artists on campus to be commissioned for this mural. Any students interested in this opportunity are being asked to submit a letter of interest with art samples that are relevant to the commission.
Other requirements to be considered for the project include submitting a full name, contact information, three professional artistic references, an artist statement, and a resume with 10-12 pieces of personal artwork.
A deadline for interested applicants is set for April 7, 2023 at 5 p.m. Applicant submissions are being asked to be emailed to publicart@lbcc.edu.
The unveiling ceremony will be held for the mural on August 25, 2023 outside of the M building.
Sophomore starting pitcher Ashley Hester pitched a complete game shutout as the No. 15 Vikings defeated No. 5 Mt. San Antonio 3-0 on Thursday.
The Vikings would start the game off hot as they scored all of their runs in the first inning.
The rally started off with an infield single hit by sophomore center fielder Alia Marquez who would then score on a single hit by sophomore left fielder Jasmine Delgado.
With the bases loaded freshmen designated hitter Alynna Gonzalez would bring in two runs on a single to give the Vikings a 3-0 lead.
Outfielder Jasmine Delagado slides into home for the third run of the second inning. The Vikings beat Mt. Sac 3-0 on Thursday.
Gonzalez has typically been a bench bat for the Vikings, but she was given her first start of the year. When asked about her performance in her first start Gonzalez answered,” It was an opportunity for me to have my team and Hester’s back because she pitched an amazing game. It was a good team win at the end of the day and I’m just excited that I was able to be a part of that.”
In the second inning Hester would find herself in a bases loaded jam with two outs. Hester worked into a full count and would then strike out the batter leaving all three runners stranded.
When asked about that at bat Hester responded, “ I think it was huge being able to strike that batter out with a full count. It was really good motivation for our team to try to keep scoring runs and playing good defense.”
The game would remain scoreless going into the top of the seventh where Hester would once again get into trouble. With the game on the line in the top of the seven with two outs and the bases loaded the game would go into a thirty minute weather delay because of the rain.
Coming back from the delay it took Hester two pitches to retire the batter and secure the 3-0 victory for the Vikings.
When asked about what was going through her mind during the delay Hester responded, “I was pretty upset that we couldn’t finish the game right there, especially because we had two outs. I think that it was good that we took the time to let the rain stop for a little bit so we could play in better weather.”
With this victory the Vikings were able to avenge their loss to Mt. San Antonio in their previous meeting.
When asked about the keys to success in this victory head coach Megan Martinez responded “I think we just stood true to ourselves instead of thinking about who we’re playing and what they are ranked. We went back to the basics and Ashley was pounding the strike zone and kept them off guard. We just kept trusting ourselves and we’ve been working on that all week. Just playing like who we are instead of focusing on rankings.”
Despite being scheduled to play six consecutive away games, the Vikings road schedule was cut short as the rain forced the Vikings to have two consecutive home games. When asked about the large number of away games being rescheduled to home games because of field conditions Martinez responded, “The taxpayers of Long Beach put us in this opportunity to have this gorgeous facility. We like to represent ourselves and this community and we’re proud to be able to host as many games as we can so we hope the rain continues. We were able to play in a little hail today and the weather is not a factor because we are able to practice and perform in it.”
The Vikings hope to stay hot as they host Cerritos on Friday March 31st.
Hey Vikings. The Kitchen Sink Concert series is a new video series showcasing up-and-coming musicians in the Long Beach area.
In the first episode of the concert series, singer-songwriter Sideshow Stereo (Joshua Dela Rama) performs original songs “Sunshine” and “Sweet Sensations,” followed by an interview.
ChatGPT’s, an artificial intelligence bot programmed to simulate human conversation through text, responses to respective prompts were graded by three Long Beach City College professors and it was capable of producing passable submissions for every professor.
The bot was designed by Open AI, an American artificial intelligence research laboratory, to communicate with users in a natural language format.
The basis of what ChatGPT is used for could be revolutionary for humans, but it has the potential to be used in a different way than intended.
Cheating.
“AI is imitating us! Why are we bowing down to it,” asked Dr. Margaret Shannon, an English professor who graded ChatGPT.
The other professors who graded were Dr. Gilbert Estrada, a history and ethnic studies professor, and Dr. Franklin Perez, an ethnic studies professor.
All of them said it would be a passable assignment in their respective courses with differing grades. The bot scored as high as an A on one of Perez’s assignments, but the average was a C or barely passable. Perez’s prompt included what articles to cite from and only then was the bot able to properly cite information, but not direct quotes.
Each professor criticized the bot in not being able to properly provide sources for their work, which docked the AIs grade the most.
The professors pointed out that they use specific sources for their courses which might act as a defense to AI cheating.
Another defense against cheating was the professors assigning a variety of assignments from presentations, essays and tests.
The professors also brought up that one essay from a student that is AI generated out of the 200 students they teach can easily get by and pass for a student written essay.
Though one AI generated might slip through, the professors said if multiple AI generated essays were submitted it would be an obvious red flag.
After inputting multiple assignments, professors realized the essays generated were “template-like.” The program spit out essentially the same essay using the different language used in the prompt. Essay structures were almost identical if asked for an argumentative essay or admissions essay.
The advancement of technology comes with the risk of it being exploited and used for personal gain.
Software like ChatGPT is not going unnoticed and counter measures are being developed to mitigate some of the potential issues.
Programs like GPTZero aim to distinguish human text from AI generated text.
ChatGPT is capable of passing AP exams, the bar exam, writing plays or helping with content creation. ChatGPT not only is capable of doing these tasks, but it does it well.
The bot scored on the University of Minnesota bar exam within the top 10%.
ChatGPT works by using a text database called a corpus. The corpus contains millions of words and sentences from literature, web pages, news articles and social media. It uses deep learning to analyze and recognize speech patterns to formulate its own ideas.
Deep learning is a method of artificial intelligence that teaches computers to process data in the way a human does.
The developers of ChatGPT are constantly improving the AI so that it can better assist humans.
GPT-4 is the newest version of ChatGPT and this version is now able to read images.
This means if a person uploaded a picture of eggs, flour, butter and milk and asked the AI: “What can I make with this?”, the AI would be able to; “read” your image, realize the things in the picture and give the user options on what can possibly be made out of the ingredients provided.
ChatGPT has decent knowledge on how the world works already and with time we can only imagine what it will continue to learn.
There’s no way of predicting the future capabilities of AI. Perhaps it will completely replace humans or force them out of even the safest jobs.
Is AI capable of that? No…
Not yet.
Professor Grades
Margaret Shannon, English Professor
Grade: “Courtesy” C / Not Admitted
Shannon was critical of the AI response to an essay prompt she came up with. She plugged in a number of essays, from argumentative essays to admissions essays.
“ChatGPT writes like a mediocre mind,” Shannon said.
“It had some little nuggets buried, if you gave it a more specific prompt. This is a perfect solution for those who don’t value education and want to leave here unchanged. Why are we trusting this thing for a refined answer when people don’t know how to ask good questions?”
Shannon ultimately gave the AI response a C because it conveyed some sort of deeper thought to the prompts she put it in. She also explained if someone submitted a ChatGPT admissions essay, the user would not get in.
Gilbert Estrada, History and Ethnic Studies Professor
Grade: Not passing / Passable
Estrada was confident his methods of using specific prompts and sources can counter the power of ChatGPT. He input an Aztec informational essay and the AI gathered information he does not cover in class which was a giveaway something was fishy.
“I have specific sources so if I were to be turned in, it’s not what I’m looking for,” Estrada said. “[It’s] decent writing, it can easily fool me if there were some data points. I still think I can catch it, but again, ask me in a year or two and my confidence will waiver.”
The second essay Estrada input was a simple information gathering essay about a Tenochtitlan. Most of the information was accurate to Estrada’s course, but some facts stood out that he doesn’t cover. Overall, he stated the second essay would have received a passing grade.
Franklin Perez, Ethnic Studies Professor
Grade: A / C
Perez was shocked to see the AI was able to link concepts to each other in his input of an essay on race. ChatGPT was able to link race, racialization, and colorism and provide examples to support its thesis. The second essay was an argumentative essay asking the AI to cite a film and take a stance whether the war on drugs is a slow motion holocaust. The AI was not able to cite the film and sources provided, but still could pass with a C.
“I have no way of saying a student or ChatGPT did this, but there’s no clear indication that the AI watched the film,” Perez said. “People used to cheat by getting access to standardized tests before they were given and it started a movement towards essays. If SLOs dictate the effectiveness of the professor, but people can effectively cheat, what do we do now?”
The Vikings capitalized on explosive fourth and eighth innings in their 11-8 come from behind Victory over L.A. Harbor.
Starting pitcher sophomore Evan Vasquez threw four innings, striking out three while giving up seven runs on ten hits.
The Vikings got off to a slow start early as they fell into a 7-1 deficit going into their half of the fourth.
The Vikings would immediately respond as they would score six runs in the fourth highlighted by a two run triple hit by sophomore third baseman Justin Santoyo.
In the sixth inning the Vikings had four hits, but really took advantage of L.A. Harbor’s mistakes, including multiple errors, walks, and hit batters.
Santoyo has been hot at the plate and when asked about what the keys to his recent success are he responded, “I got new contacts. I couldn’t really see before so yeah the contacts.”
L.A. Harbor would score one run in the fifth on a home run and take an 8-7 lead.
Sophomore third baseman Justin Santoyo drives in two runs on this triple. The Vikings beat L.A. Harbor 11-8 at Long Beach City College on Saturday. (Tyler Bermundo)
The Vikings would stay quiet until their half of the eighth inning where they would rally scoring four runs with the game winning run coming by the way of a fielder’s choice off the bat of freshmen second baseman Davis Grawey.
Going into the ninth with the lead, sophomore reliever Luke Pollard was able to shutout down L.A. Harbor to secure the 11-8 win for the Vikings.
Pollard came in to relief in the sixth inning and would get the win pitching four scoreless innings.
“It feels good. Evan kind of struggled today, so it felt good to pick him up and get the win. It was really the slider and throwing it for strikes. I kind of struggled with fastball location, but I really made up for it with my slider,” said Pollard.
With this win the Vikings completed the series sweep against L.A. Harbor and improve their conference record to 9-3.
The city of Long Beach held a Mardi Gras festival at the Shoreline Village on Saturday, March 18. Although Mardi Gras was rescheduled it did not hinder the festivities that went on.
There were beignets to bring in the New Orleans vibe as well as Samba dancers dancing to the DJ music in the first pavilion.
Band Zydeco Mudbugs rocked one of the pavilions with a Louisiana flare of music, unique to the band was the washboard player.
Steve Guillory, a guitar player who has played with the likes of Ray Charles and Barry White in the past, “had a great time” at the event.
Smokey Miles, the accordion player of the band, was providing upbeat music to all who stopped to enjoy.
Several couples danced, swinging their partners and giving the crowd a show. Many in the crowd joined in.
Many children participated in the free face painting and free balloon twisting provided.
Guy walks the parade at Long Beach Mardi Gras at Shoreline Village on March 18, 2023. The event was rescheduled due to the recent weather. (Andrea Lawrence)Amber Marie, samba dancer, performing at Long Beach Mardi Gras at Shoreline Village on March 18, 2023. The event was rescheduled due to the recent weather. (Andrea Lawrence)
The Mardi Gras parade was led by the king and queen of the event Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and Andrea Marisol Sulsona.
The parade was filled with participants dressed in bright colors for the occasion and colorful masks, some throwing colorful coins and beads.
Other participants in the parade included an ambassador for Louisiana, jugglers, hula hoop dancers and the Long Beach Royal Syncopated Regiment brought up the rear.
The Long Beach Royal Syncopated Regiment Drum Corps is a drum-only corps consisting of approximately 25 members playing the drums in syncopation. At the end of the parade the drum corps serenading the king and queen of the event in the larger pavilion.
There was a line at Louisiana Charlie’s which features authentic Louisiana Cajun food including frog legs and alligator legs.
Dancers enjoy their time at Long Beach Mardi Gras at Shoreline Village on March 18, 2023. The event was rescheduled due to the recent weather. (Andrea Lawrence)
Girl participates in the free face paintings for children at Long Beach Mardi Gras at Shoreline Village on March 18, 2023. The event was rescheduled due to the recent weather. (Andrea Lawrence)
Dancers enjoy their time at Long Beach Mardi Gras at Shoreline Village on March 18, 2023. The event was rescheduled due to the recent weather. (Andrea Lawrence)
VGB Designed (Victoria Gibson-Bullard) had a booth featuring natural stones, jewelry and one-of-a-kind designs. The jewelry was reasonably priced and really showcased her wearable art. Some of the stones in her many designs were jasper, quartz, fluorite, jade and turquoise.
“My customers tell me what color they want, and I create,” Bullard said. Her Instagram account is VGB Designed.
All who attended seemed to really enjoy the event, despite the delayed date of the event.
Sophomore starting pitcher Marcellus Henry was brilliant in his eight and two-thirds innings of work. He struck out three while only allowing three runs on five hits on route to his longest outing of the season in the 11-3 victory over L.A. Harbor
When asked about his adjustment from a reliever last year to a starter this year, Henry said, “Over the summer every day, I just keep throwing, keep lifting, get my energy up and now I am able to throw 100 pitches every game.”
Henry was given an early cushion as the Vikings struck for four runs in the first two innings.
A two run shot by sophomore catcher Malik Clayton put the Vikings up two after one.
His four home runs this year are four more than he hit in high school.
When asked about this surge in power Clayton said, “The key has been ultra-confidence in myself. Going up there thinking ‘nobody can beat me…’ In college, my confidence has been way up there now.”
After a single by freshman shortstop Olin Snakenborg and a double by freshman outfielder A.J. Quezada, the Vikings had runners at second and third with nobody out.
Sophomore first baseman Will Schwab grounded to short to extend the lead to 3-0.
With a runner on third and one out, freshman outfielder Cody Lagafuaina placed a beautiful suicide squeeze bringing in the fourth run of the ball game.
Harbor countered with an RBI double by sophomore first baseman Julian Rodriguez in the fourth cutting the deficit to 4-1.
The game was scoreless for the next two innings, but Henry found himself in a jam in the seventh inning with runners on first and second with only one out.
He spotted a fastball on the inside corner causing the batter to tap a ball back to Marcellus on the pitch.
The pitcher fired to third baseman Justin Santoyo who threw the ball across the diamond for the rare 1-5-3 double play.
“So at first we were trying to throw a fastball outside. I shook it off when inside with it. He hits it back up the middle and I make the play…Best double play you can ever get in your lifetime” Henry said.
In the bottom half, the Vikings put up another three runs thanks to a two-run double by sophomore outfielder Raul Garcia and a single by Santoyo.
Sophomore outfielder Raul Garcia hitting a two run double in the seventh inning. The Vikings defeated L.A. Harbor 11-3. (Gabriel Medina)
LBCC tacked on four more in the eighth with an RBI single by freshman utility Davis Grawey, a double by Santoyo, single by Evan Vazquez and a balk by L.A. Harbor.
Harbor put up two runs in the ninth, but LBCC had the last laugh in their 11-3 victory.
The Vikings improved their record to 8-3 in conference and 11-13 overall.
LBCC looks to sweep Harbor in the third game of the series on Saturday.
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