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A new look for the Viking football team

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A new look for the Viking football team

The Long Beach City College football team has just unveiled the alternate colors for the Viking team uniform that consists of a light grey jersey and a blacked out helmet.

According to Assistant Coach Neo Aoga, the decision was made by the head coach Brett Peabody.

Peabody called in all of the assistant coaches and staff to petition and to show the reasons why he chose it. It was a majority decision and the request for this color was official.

Coach Aoga was asked for his opinion on the new uniform, because he was an alumni of LBCC and for someone who actually went to school here, it’s helpful for the coach to ask their thoughts about the new color.

“There is no specific significance of the color grey, just for the fact that it looks good, I wanted to have this color,” said Peabody.

When asked about the decision Peabody made, the answer was straightforward. “He pretty much chose the color, and it looked good. He’s been wanting these grey uniforms,” said Aoga.

Vikings new grey alternate jersey (back)

“It was for the kids. It’s the style that they want something different,” Aoga added. This color was chosen because of the flash that it brings out as the players go out there on the field.

“We just want to keep the players happy, they get excited picking their uniform combos each week and this new one just adds to the mix,” said Peabody.  

When creating the perfect school uniform, there is still a price tag that for a player is off the charts. Having a reasonable monetary budget for the team is recommended so that all players can be supplied with a uniform they will play in.

“I do not know the exact prices of these jerseys, but it’s up there,” said Aoga. On average, when making a jersey, especially for college sports they cost around $150 per player.

Wide receiver Victor Bates shared his thoughts about the new uniform,“When I go out there with my uniform, my main focus is to give the people a show, because that’s what they came for.”

According to Bates, his mindset is nothing else but to give his best effort to win and carry on the pride of a Viking.

The homecoming game will debut the new light grey jersey and blacked out helmet on Saturday at the Veterans Stadium at 5 p.m. against Bakersfield.

LBCC Alumni Hall of Fame honorees

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LBCC Alumni Hall of Fame honorees

LBCC inducted four new members into its Alumni Hall of Fame on Wednesday at The Grand event center in Long Beach.

The event was put on by the Long Beach City College Foundation, and about 200 people attended.

The ASB president Jan Paolo Canteras was in attendance and he kicked off the event by giving a speech.

After the speech, Canteras seemed relieved that his speech went so well.

“I wasn’t as prepared as I wanted to be,” said Canteras. “But lucky for me, I was able to use my knowledge of poetry to get me through!”

Dinner was served toward the beginning of the event, and after the meal, it was time to start the ceremony.

LBCC trustee Sunny Zia and the Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Kathy Scott were on stage to introduce the honorees and to give them their awards.

Dee Andrews, who serves as a city councilman for the sixth district in Long Beach, was the first inductee of the evening.

Andrews joked with the crowd during his brief acceptance speech, chiding the Viking Foundation for taking so long with his induction.

“Next time, don’t wait 30 years to get me in there!” he said to the uproarious laughter of the attendees.

The next person to be inducted was Stephen Bowles, a decorated police commander from the Seal Beach Police Department.

Bowles is well known in Seal Beach for his efforts as the public information officer and first responder after the Salon Meritage mass shooting, a role that earned him the Medal of Merit.

Bowles speech was a time of solemn reflection while he spoke of his late father, brother and best friend, and the roles they played in helping him become the person that he had become.

The third honoree, whose announcement was met with a standing ovation from the crowd, was former LBCC Dean of Student Affairs, John Fylpaa.

Fylpaa, whose contributions to LBCC and the city of Long Beach are too numerous to list here, finished his speech with an anecdote about a childhood experience with his father.

In the story, he spoke of a borrowed lawn mower from a neighbor, and how his father taught him the importance of cleaning and oiling the mower, and returning it in a better condition that he found it in.

“In that, I’ve tried to honor my father by leaving all the groups I was involved in better than I found them,” said Fylpaa.

The final inductee of the night is considered to be one of the top experts in special-education law, Janeen Steel.

Steel has worked tirelessly advocating for the rights of special needs students which led her to found the Learning Rights Law Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting for the rights of students for education.

Steel’s speech reflected on her time as a student with a learning disability, and the impact that had on her to fight for students in a similar situation.

The ceremony concluded with closing remarks by Elizabeth McCann.

LBCC gets into spirit at homecoming carnival rally

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LBCC gets into spirit at homecoming carnival rally

LBCC hosted a carnival-themed homecoming rally at the quad of LAC on Wednesday.

The carnival rally took place to announce the homecoming king and queen candidates.

The football team also made an appearance to encourage students to attend the homecoming game this Saturday against Bakersfield college.

The rally was filled with tents that were set up for games, music, cotton candy, popcorn, and snow cones.

LBCC student Krystal Rawlins plays ring toss at the Homecoming carnival on Oct. 17 at the LAC quad.

Student social clubs, specifically Order of Thor, Order of Tong, Ladies of Athena, and P.N.K had their own booth to support their homecoming king and queen candidates.

Nitza Lanuza is running for homecoming queen and is optimistic about running for the first time.

Lanuza participates in school activities and is a representative of the student club, Ladies of Athena.

“I’m very active with volunteering on and off of campus,” said Lanuza. “Awareness for mental health on campus is something that is important for me.”

The ASB Vice President Jaren Leary is running for homecoming king, who took a different route from other candidates.

Leary decided to not put up a tent but to go around and pass out pamphlets himself, with no help from anybody.

“I love LBCC, I’ve been representing LBCC for a long time,” said Leary. “I want to be the best representation of Long Beach City College, so I’m pretty confident in winning homecoming king.”

Teens ‘n’ Twenties club member Nisa Sawadisavi reads tarot cards for a passing by student. “The concept that potentially some kind of cards or any kind of reading could help figure out your life or give you insight cause it’s not really to predict your future it’s more to guide you into the path to try to tell you this is what you’re doing wrong be careful or to tell you keep doing what you’re doing cause you’re doing it right,” said Sawadisavi.

Another homecoming queen candidate, Andrea Rodriguez is a representative of P.N.K. productions and is enthusiastic about running for the first time.

“I’ve been here since 2014 and I feel great about running now, it’s an overall better experience,” Rodriguez said.

Football player Che Gueye shared his thoughts about the homecoming game on Saturday.

“We’ve never practiced like this before, we’re going into this game strong, no matter our record. These teammates are the best teammates I can ask for,” Gueye said.

The homecoming game will be held on Saturday at 5 p.m.

LBCC is changing the way students talk about mental health

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LBCC is changing the way students talk about mental health

The Viking Mental Health Workshop “Laughter Is Healthy” went into great depths on the importance of laughter in everyday life for students and was held Oct. 10 at PCC.

The Viking Mental Health Workshops are held every week switching between the different campuses while also having different lessons to be taught.  

The workshop featured many different activities and group friendly conversation that brought laughs all across the room.

Leading the exercise were two students that attend Cal State Long Beach.

Rebecca Magana, one of the workshop leaders began the workshop by asking questions such as, “What emotions or words do you tie into laughing?” These questions turned into a conversation between the 12 or 13 students that were attending.

“Different people react different to how you did previously and it stays with you longer,” Magana said.

After reading through a list of different pros and benefits from laughing as a group, more people in the room got comfortable and started to share personal experiences and other examples.

Once the packet was finished the workshop attendees watched YouTube videos of different pranks to find examples of different ways laughing can help the body and for a few more laughs.

After the prank videos, a T.E.D talk was shortly played that showed and explained the science and reasoning behind forcing yourself to laugh.

According to the discussion, laughter has many benefits to your body such as prevention of negative emotions by lowering stress hormones and provides your heart with increasing blood flow.

The students got to try these activities with each other in the room and after, the workshop shortly ended after.

Student Summer Knowles an ASL major was attending the workshop for the very first time and after the meeting, she shared her reason on attending the workshop.

“When I’m by myself I can’t bring stuff out of me,” Knowles said. “But when you’re in a group you see you’re not alone with these things and it just helps everyone that comes here feel more grounded.”

“Even with a small turn out, it still helps me grasp an idea of how the students are doing in general,” LBCC student Daisy Cook said.

The next workshop provided for students discussed the topic of depression and ways of dealing with depression and will be held on Tuesday at LAC in room 1006 building A from 2 to 3 p.m.

Stage combat for actors

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Stage combat for actors

An LBCC alumni take his talents to the classroom teaching current students about the art of stage fighting.

Professor Colin Bressie is a part-time instructor for LBCC. After attending LBCC 18 years ago, Bressie decided to come back and teach.

Bressie is now an instructor for the stage fighting class at PCC located in building FF, room 104. The class meets from 12:45 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Maintaining one’s safety is one of the principles Bressie takes into account when teaching his class. “We take care of each other,” Bressie said.

The class session usually begins with students participating in warm-up stretches. Bressie also gives his students tips throughout the class session on how to improve their various stage fighting scenarios.   

After attending LBCC, Bessie went on to study with the Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD) and has worked for Disney, Deaf West Theater, and the Noise Within Company.

Showcasing his Viking pride, Bressie described his love for the school.

“There is something about this school and its connection with the students and community. The dedication to fostering students is something felt within every department,” said Bressie.

Out of 114 community colleges in California, LBCC is one of the few city colleges that offer a stage fighting course.

According to Bressie, LBCC does not offer stage fighting as a major but it is still an important part of the theater.

Each semester the class focuses on a different skill.  “It’s a major component of actor training,” Bressie said. “It goes hand in hand.”

For this semester, the class is focused on unarmed stage fight. Later on in the semester, Bressie hopes to focus on stage fighting while using knives while the spring semester will focus on sword fighting.

Equipment used in the class is designed to be similar to the equipment used in the movie industry. The knives, in particular, give the illusion of being sharp but are actually dull, explained Bressie.

With this being his first time taking the class, theater major Josh Bausar hopes of becoming a “well-rounded actor.”

He likes that the class is an “idea of telling a story through movement especially fighting,” Bausar said.

Bausar decided to come to LBCC because not many schools offer a stage fighting course. He plans to continue his stage fighting studies in the spring.

Acting major Ricardo Garcia has taken this class twice before. He heard about this class through resources on campus.

He likes that the class encourages self-discovery and that he has made new friends along the way.  “Professors had recommended this class to me,” said Garcia.

The class does not perform much other than for their midterm and final but some students can be seen in the play “Rumors” at LAC.

Vikings football team hope for a homecoming victory against Bakersfield knights

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Vikings football team hope for a homecoming victory against Bakersfield knights

The Vikings suffered their first conference game loss against host East Los Angeles huskies with a final score of 13-20 on Saturday.

Teshawn White rushed for 147-yards giving the Vikings their first touchdown in the second quarter of the game. 

“That was a devastating defeat against East L.A, it was a team we felt we should have beaten we just didn’t play well enough to get it done,” said head coach Brett Peabody.

“We just need to eliminate the little mistakes, whether it be penalties, turnovers or just mental mishaps,” said running back coach Jeff Evans.

Defensive backs working on drills with coach Lacy

Going into this weekends homecoming game against Bakersfield, coach Peabody hopes the Vikings pull out a win to get a chance for playoffs.

The Vikings have won five consecutive homecoming games and they hope to make this number six.

“We’re in trouble right now, because we lost our first conference game to East L.A,” said Peabody, “we need to start winning quickly or there won’t be any playoffs or bowl game.”

“We’re taking the game away from ourselves, we are battling two teams at once; the other team and ourselves. If we can get back to the basics and know who we are we’ll be fine,” said Evans.

The Vikings need to win conference to qualify for playoffs but will need to win six games to go to the bowl game.

Wide receiver Ezzard Carroll running plays during practice.

“We’re a great team, we’re surrounded by great players and coaches, but if we can get back to the basic fundamentals of things and just remember what we’re good at, things will start to click again,” said tight end coach John Aponte.

The Vikings will play against the Bakersfield Knights this Saturday at 5 p.m. for the homecoming game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Vikings battle East Los Angeles huskies to secure a 3-2 win

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Vikings battle East Los Angeles huskies to secure a 3-2 win

Midfielder Ruben Menjivar scored a goal off an air ball sent from midfielder Sergio Flores to secure the win near the end of the second half to finish against the visiting East Los Angeles College Huskies 3-2 on Tuesday.

Both teams showed aggression towards the ball throughout the entire game but the Vikings were able to keep their high pace to offset the Huskies gaining them the win.

Going into the second half up 2-0, head coach Cameron Beaulac encouraged his team to keep up the same tactics and drive.

“I told them all that they need to stay mentally focused in the game going back on the field,” said Beaulac.

The Huskies scored back-to-back goals tieing the game in the beginning of the second half.

Defender Victor Onofre slide tackles a player from the Huskies to win back the ball.

One goal by the Huskies freshman Kevin Flores Silva off a corner kick and by freshman Alfredo Maciel from a free kick.

The Vikings were able to answer back after numerous close goals by swinging out the ball to both wings on the field.

Forward Carlos Maldonado earned the Vikings their first goal with an assist from fellow forward Steven Espinoza followed by midfielder Jaelyn Agu’s first goal of the season.

“All three goals that we scored today were from the ball being touched from more than like three players so we definitely played more like a team today,” said Maldonado.

Defender Ruben Lara explained that for upcoming games, the team needs to work on their set piece coverage.

“Both of those goals came off of a corner kick and a free kick so we definitely need to work on set pieces,” said Lara.

The Vikings advance to 9-2-2 taking on the Rio Hondo Roadrunners who are 9-1-5 on Friday at 4 p.m. at LBCC.

Vikings suffer a 4-1 loss against the East Los Angeles huskies

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Vikings suffer a 4-1 loss against the East Los Angeles huskies

Long Beach City College forward Quinn Trowbridge scored one goal in the first half against East Los Angeles on Tuesday, as the Vikings were defeated 4-1.

The Vikings decrease their record to 6-5-1, while the Huskies become 4-5-3.

Vikings Head Coach Eduardo Nunes went into the game feeling good after last game, but is worried about three of his starters that will be out due to illnesses and one out with a concussion.

“We hope on finishing more today because that’s what we needed to work on coming off last game, but it’s going to be tough without 4 of our starters,” said Nunes.

However, with 15 attempted shots and one being a goal, the Vikings struggled heavily in finishing throughout the game.

Vikings forward Quinn Trowbridge knees in goal against East L.A.

 

Vikings forward Quinn Trowbridge had seven attempted shots, as the ball was constantly going towards her.

No injuries happened during the game and no fouls were called for either team.

Vikings forward Brittany Caudillo, who was the top scorer last game, didn’t have any opportunities, having no attempted shots.

Vikings goalkeeper struggled having only one save out of  five attempted shots from East L.A.

Vikings forwards Allison Casillas who scored last game, was also having difficulty during the game.

Long Beach City College forward Harmony Ntuk passes East L.A. defender.

“We needed to focus more, my teammates and I still need to work on finishing more,” said Casillas.

Vikings defender Madilyn Engel said that she wants to work harder for upcoming game.

“I need to do my job better for my whole team, I need to train harder,” said Engel.

The Vikings prepare to play at Rio Hondo tomorrow at 4 p.m.

LBCC host its first Wellness Fest at LAC

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LBCC host its first Wellness Fest at LAC

LBCC hosted its first annual Wellness Fest which displayed awareness for a healthy lifestyle and mental health awareness.

Director of student health Deborah Miller-Calvert was in charge of setting up the whole event. Calvert helped set up free yoga session for the students and provided free sandwiches.

“We asked our providers to come and do demonstrations for us and asked clubs to get involved anyone that to had anything to do with sharing wellness,” Miller-Calvert said.

The CSULB nursing program were one of the providers participating in this fest; promoting their flu shot clinic along with free vaccinations that will be held at LAC on Oct. 23.

Nursing program student Ruth Kim encouraged LBCC students to come and bring friends to get their free flu vaccinations.

“We’ll be providing free flu shots and vaccinations and hope that the students bring their friends or family members to get their shots. It’s very important with the seasons changing and it’s free so that’s always a good thing,” Kim said.

Health services technician Monica De Anda was involved in the fest with providing students with free condoms and giving them information on STDs and all the services the school provides with the student’s health fee.

“Some students come in and find out that they’ve been nearly diagnosed and want to know how they can prevent spreading their STI,” De Anda said.

De Anda also explained how student-help services guide females who have had unprotected sex and might suspect that they are pregnant.

“So if a student comes in and has had unprotected sex and they want to get Plan B and we can give them a prescription and they can get a discount at the pharmacy or use their medical,”said De Anda.

Students practice yoga at the Wellness fest in the quad.

Business major Jazmyne Dumas was one of the participants in the free yoga session and explained how the event was educative to students.

“This fest was very informative, I got a lot of good insight on mental health awareness and how to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle, and also where the health services building is at and all the service they provide,” Dumas said.

Calvert believed that the first wellness fest was a success and hopes to continue hosting more events.

“This is our first time doing this as wellness fest, I feel successful right now so if it continues and everyone likes it we’ll bring it back,”Calvert said.

There will also be a Wellness Fest held at PCC today at 10 a.m. untill 3 p.m.  

 

LBCC offers vocal jazz for both music and non-music majors

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LBCC offers vocal jazz for both music and non-music majors

LBCC music department’s vocal jazz teach both new and experienced majors to develop and improve their music skills, particularly their voice, even if they have never sung before.

Director of vocal jazz studies Andrea Calderwood shares her thoughts about the department. “Vocal jazz is an exciting way to be the lyrical workers and learn the jazz traditions that start with instrumental music and apply it to the voice,” Calderwood said.

LBCC offers two jazz choirs, one which does not require an audition and one that students must audition for.

The audition-only class meetings are also known as lyrical workers Music 24, which typically what jazz majors take.

Vocal jazz students support their classmates on how they practice their part, hone their skills, and treat each other like a family.

“If you want to improve your voice, understanding of modern pop styles, and be a part of a team and a family here on campus, vocal jazz is the place for you,” Calderwood said. “It is either you’ve got a lot of experiences singing or someone who has never sung before is welcome at Vocal Jazz family.”

Music 24 is mostly for music majors who want to transfer to a University whereas the other class is open to all majors regardless of what they currently study.

LBCC daytime-jazz group sing to the piano tune of “Lover, Come Back To Me” by Billie Holiday on Oct. 11.

Vocal jazz skills may provide potential employment for students who are interested in taking it to the next level beyond taking classes such as becoming a studio singer, a music therapist, a church musician, a paid section leader, a composer and more.

Victor Ochoa instrumental jazz and saxophone major mentions how the class improved his music performance.

“It gives ourselves a little advantage,” Ochoa said. “With the director Andrea, we really get pushed to exceed our own limits. So, it really helped shape me as a musician.”

“This will definitely help me reach a higher level in my musical versatility,” Ochoa said. “I want to be able to sing stuff as well as play it so I cannot only be a saxophone player, but also be a singer. It gives me more opportunities in the career field.”

John Gonzalez classical music major is taking the class to branch out of his major. The vocal jazz class gives him the opportunity to widen his music skills.

“I took this class just because I wanted to experience different genres instead of just classical,” Gonzalez said. “I learned many different things, it expanded my knowledge for example, scatting and being able to do your own thing freely.”

The class prepares students to have a prospective career in the music industry particularly if they complete an Associate’s degree where it is sufficient to get them hired by employers of their choice.

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