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Fieldtrips know no age

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LBCC’s Lifelong Learning Center shows that field trips can be entertaining at any
age.

Located at QQ-122 on the PCC campus, the Lifelong Learning Center offers
a variety of field trips as well as classes, day tours and more.

The LLC is a place where older adults and seniors can come together and
continue to stimulate their minds and participate in activities as well as get a
hands on lesson on how to maneuver different gadgets such as ROKU’s Apple
TV, Amazon Fire sticks, etc.

Theresa Brunella, director of the LLC, said, “It’s so important as we get older to stay active and social, physically and mentally.” Interns from the Human Services department guide the seniors and assist them with any questions they may have.
“We go to different venues in So-Cal,” said Brunella.

The LLC has been around for quite some time but Brunella works hard to search for new and exciting things in the city. “It is a challenge to find new places to go” said Brunella although there are plenty of eventful field trips coming up this semester.

Mar. 8 the center will be taking the students to an original California adobe located in Pomona. Just recently the LLC took a trip to Alhambra to enjoy a nice day and saw a world
famous Elvis Presley impersonator show. A day trip involves going to the
destination and engaging in activities, resting, eating lunch and proceeding with
the day as planned.

When asked what her favorite part of working in the LLC was, Cindy Mackay, explained working with the people was just that. During this time, interns were assisting adults with their smart phones as well as some adults were seen decorating the room for St. Patrick’s Day. Karol Shettlesworth of the LLC when asked about her favorite
part of working in the center said it was the seniors.

The LLC room has been in building QQ at PCC since August 2017 and has since
been updated with new technology such as 6 brand new computers and top of
the line equipment to aid better results. During breaks at the there is always
cookies and coffee available.

The teachers and interns at the LCC encourage all who are interested to come in
no matter what the age. Although it is typically an older crowd, LBCC students
are welcome to join. This is a safe space where all are welcome but the main
priority is to ensure that older adults are able to stay active, be social and engage
in social activities, get moving and maintain a healthy, mental state!

Any questions or concerns contact Cindy Mackay at (562) 938-3048 or Theresa
Brunella at (562) 938-3047.

Long Beach falls to top seed in the second round of CCCAA playoffs

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Long Beach falls to top seed in the second round of CCCAA playoffs
Isaiah Keyes takes hard contact in the paint leading to two foul shots.

After having their most successful season in the last two years, the LBCC men’s basketball team took a tough loss, 116-97, against the top seeded San Diego City College Knights on Saturday evening, in the second round of the CCCAA regional playoffs.

The Vikings came in as heavy underdogs as the 16th but were able to keep the score close in the first half, even cutting the deficit to two at one point. “The first half we were battling, going back and forth,” said freshman guard Jamiu Akinbile. “They’re a good team, but we kept up.”

Akinbile set the tone for Long Beach in the first half scoring 20 of the teams 44 points. With a 3 point jump shot and a couple layups, sophomore guard William English added 7 points to the Viking score. Freshman forward Artis Parris gave the Vikings 5 points, and with 28 seconds left on the clock, sophomore guard Isaiah Keyes made a layup, the Knights went into the locker room with a 56-44 lead.

Freshman guard Jeremiah Sadler made a few layups, free throws, and a killer 3 point jump shot to lead the Vikings with 12 points in the second half. Both freshman forward Matthew Wooten and freshman guard Jordan Heard contributed 8 points each, but the San Diego offensive attack was too much for the Vikings to handle.

“What a great experience to let the guys know what a championship team is made of. They got a good example rather than us talking as a coaching staff,” said Viking coach Barry Barnes.

A defending championship team with 30 wins and only 2 losses this season, the Knight’s victory over the Vikings, a fairly young team with four freshman starters, boiled down to experience, said Barnes. “They’ve been through where we need to go. This was our first process, and I think with all the freshman coming back, we’ll be pretty good next year.”

After missing the playoffs the last two seasons, and an especially disappointing seven win season last year, the Vikings were able to add 12 victories to their record this year and finish the season at 19-12.

Having four of the five starters coming back next year, the Vikings look to build on this years success and carry it over into next year, “We’re always going to play hard, that’s what we do,” said Akinbile, “Next year, we’re coming back strong.”

 

Academic Counseling for students

Maila Bringas
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Students at LBCC expressed their thoughts on the pros and cons of academic counseling as the Spring quarter takes off.

“I see a lot of students dropping classes and signing for classes they don’t need. As a result, they make it harder for students to complete their major,” said 34 year old nursing major Jesse Gonzalez on the first day of his last semester at LBCC. Gonzalez explained there are classes like anatomy and microbiology that are being overfilled with students who may not need the course to fulfill their major requirements. Because of this, students who actually need to take the course to transfer or graduate can’t seem to find an open spot.

Destiny Hamilton, 19, business major said “academic counseling is very important and is essential for staying on track with your academics.” She, however, said her experiences with academic counseling have been successful so far: “In my experience of talking to an academic counselor, it was very helpful because I learned a lot about requirements and extra opportunities.” Hamilton says while some students say they feel uneasy about which classes to take, she has left her counseling appointments with knowledge of what is required of her academic plan and a bit extra about opportunities she would have otherwise been unaware of.

21 year old Jai Martinez, who wants to become an elementary school teacher, said, “It’s my personal responsibility to get the information I need to reach my career goals.” Martinez said she feels as though the counselor is there to help her, but it is ultimately up to her to reach out to her counselor and ask the appropriate questions to help her get to where she wants to be academically.

When talking about whether her visits with her academic counselor have been beneficial, Martinez said, “In some ways they have benefited me because I was able to choose the right courses and make immediate actions.” She also admitted, “At the same time I felt like I didn’t ask the right questions.”

Gonzalez said, “It is important to understand that counselors are there to help us and save us money and time.”

The hours of operation is from Monday through Friday at 8 am until 7pm.

For more information, contact (562)938-4561 or (562) 938-3920

 

Alumni Association is not just for Alumni.

Maila Bringas
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Alumni Association is not just for Alumni.

Contrary to how the name may sound, the LBCC Alumni Association is not just for alumni or graduates. If students have taken one class before at LBCC, they are eligible to be a member.

“Most students say they didn’t know the LBCC Alumni Association existed until their commencement,” said Jennifer Bourgeois, assistant director of the LBCC Alumni Association. $10 for a single person or $15 for a couple for a year.

Some of the benefits to joining the Alumni Association include free admittance to the annual Homecoming football game, advanced notice of and special seating at a variety of LBCC events, free or discounted tickets to campus shows as well as outside events, and a 10 percent discount at the LBCC Campus Store.

Bourgeois added she sent out a survey last semester asking the alumni what other benefits they’d like to see come along with their membership. She said office staff received great feedback and they are working on a lot more perks for members, such as member access to the school’s fitness center, Library, swimming pool and other school facilities. They are also working on gaining discounts to local businesses and alumni-owned restaurants.  

The Alumni Association is also working on special alumni events. They are currently putting the finishing touches on a wine tasting event strictly for members. They are also looking into a possible craft beer tasting event for all the hop heads out there.

Bourgeois also said her office is looking to do a lot more trips for members this year to places like the Reagan Library, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim games, and possibly some other shows or events in the Disney area.

 

Questions may be directed at www.lbcc.edu/alumni

LBCC Art Gallery: Plumbline

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LBCC Art Gallery: Plumbline

The Plumbline Art Exhibit is showing in the Art Gallery in the LAC K Building and is scheduled to be open until Thursday, March 8.

The collection has been curated by LBCC art professor and head of jewelry-smithing Kirsten Beeler. One of the goals of the exhibit is to introduce viewers to the idea of contemporary art jewelry in an area where one may not encounter it often as well as introduce them to a few artists in California who specialize in the art of jewelry and metal-working. Sandra Estrada, 25, a business administration major who has helmed the reception desk for the gallery likes the individual expression on display. “I like how these artists took objects from around them in their daily lives and crafted them into pieces that express who they are as artists and people. You can really see that as you look at each piece.”

The exhibit features four artists whose work is united partially by the themes on display in the gallery, but they stand apart in their style, materials and vision. Eric Silva is a Los Angeles-based jewelry designer who uses a combination of natural materials, such as elk or deer antlers, and he combines it with industrial metals like steel, titanium, or brass to make jewelry that has a distinct hand-crafted vibe.

Mary Donald is another Los Angeles-based designer who uses a range of many household materials, like latex, nylon, plastics and oxidized silver to make her jewelry. Her pieces stand out because they challenge the notion of traditional jewelry with exaggerated shapes and material, but yet never leaves one wondering if they could find a way to include a piece into a fashion ensemble.

Suzanne Pugh maintains a studio in Oakland and her work on display at LBCC stands apart because it isn’t distinctly jewelry, but it still boasts some of the strenuous manipulation of metal needed to create and appreciate this form of art. In addition to some water-color pieces, she also has brought fabricated and hand-engraved copper pieces.

Alex Hopp, another artist based in Southern California, displays work that is difficult for some to describe. Hopp herself describes it as an exploration into how Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder relates to the identity and practices of her profession. Many of her pieces consist of book pages pressed and sealed to form jewelry pieces, or other books with the pages painstakingly cut in increasing or decreasing discs (1000’s of them) and then arranged on a ribbon to form a necklace.  

The Plumbline Exhibit can be found in K100. A seminar related to the exhibit is planned for Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in K102. A closing reception is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 7-8:30 p.m. and is open to all.

Club encourages campus leadership since 1945

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Club encourages campus leadership since 1945

 

 

Teens N Twenties(TNT)Club

The Teens n’ Twenties club was established the year 1945 at LBCC and seventy-three years later, the group plans on to continue growing, not just lifetime friendships, but bringing in students to help enhance their leadership, confidence, time management skills and serving others.

Club TNT is a women’s social service club that strive to serve their community and LBCC campuses.

TNT President, Lilly Ibarra, 19, english major, shares her importance on the role of being President: “I have been a member of Teens n’ Twenties for two years now and currently hold the club’s position as President. TNT has helped me in a number of unimaginable ways. To begin with, it has strengthened my leadership traits. My role as President requires me to promote our club and the activities throughout LBCC in front of multiple people. This leadership has allowed me to break out of my introverted barriers I had my whole life. Secondly, TNT has helped me improve time management. Being apart of the club I learned how to balance work, school and lead the club.”

TNT’s big brother, Degni Luna, 20, communications major, illustrates her time spent with the club for the past two years and how it positively impacted her life: “Choosing to be apart of TNT has without a doubt changed my life in a beautiful way. I’ve gained leadership, a family, and confidence. I joined TNT in the Fall of 2016 and it has been a great two years with my lovely sisters and big brothers. With being in the club I’ve held 3 positions: Spring 2017 I held intramural rep, where I would inform the club members on the intramurals, Fall 2017 I held position of Secretary, an executive board position that allowed me to network with people to find volunteer events and this semester I am big brother rep. I am in charge of bringing in the new big brothers and guide them throughout the process of joining. Also I let everyone know any TNT information. In a nutshell, I can go on how these positions have shaped me, but I really couldn’t of done it without my sisters support.”

Kelsey Freeman, 22, nursing major, reveals how joining TNT has made her feel apart of something great, as she states, “Now, I feel like I truly belong somewhere by being apart of TNT and from the bonds between everyone here. This benefits the club because with the bons being so strong, we accomplish things we could of never done on our own. This is my second semester with TNT and I joined to seek friendship, but I gained much more than that.”

 

Vikings fight through adversity and defeat Palomar to advance to the next round of the playoffs

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Vikings fight through adversity and defeat Palomar to advance to the next round of the playoffs
Freshman guard Jordan Heard drives in and gets the layup. Heard finished the night with 13 points.

Despite foul trouble throughout the entire game, the Vikings’ men’s basketball team were able to execute key plays down the stretch to secure a 80-74 win over the Palomar Comets Wednesday, February 21, 2018, advancing to the next round of the CCCAA playoffs.

Fouls became an issue early for the Vikings, forcing key players to the bench and sending the Comets to the free-throw line, where they shot 71%, hitting 22-31 for the game.

The Vikings trailed for most of the first half but stayed close, with the Comets never leading by more than 7 points.

The Comets lead by as many as 9 in the second half, but the Vikings were able to hit clutch shots and make key stops on defense as the half was winding down, giving them a narrow lead late in the game.

In the final minutes, the Comets attempted to slow the scoring efforts of the Vikings by intentionally sending them to the free-throw line multiple times, but the Vikings, who hit 15-23 in the second half, made just enough to beat the Comets 80-74.

With this win, the Vikings find themselves moving on to the second round of the CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs, facing the #1 seed San Diego City College.

Vikings head coach Barry Barnes had a simple philosophy for facing what is sure to be a tough opponent.

“Trust the process, and why not go get it?” Barnes said.

Sophomore guard William English, who led the Vikings in scoring with 25 points, looked forward to facing the best team in the state.

“It’s what we’ve been waiting for. We were supposed to face them earlier in the year, but we lost in the tournament, so now we get that chance.” English said.

Freshman forward Artis Parris, who scored 4 points before fouling out in the second half, seemed confident that the Vikings would win in the next round.

“We’re pumped up, man, we’re ready. We know they’re scared of us. Of all the teams in the playoffs, they didn’t want to play us. We’re coming to their home and we’re gonna get the win.” Parris said.

The Vikings play at San Diego City College on Saturday, February 24 at 7 p.m.

Vikings stay undefeated, beat Orange Coast College in three sets

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Vikings stay undefeated, beat Orange Coast College in three sets

The Viking men’s volleyball team continued their perfect start to the season , by sweeping Orange Coast College in three sets , with the set scores of 26-24, 25-19, 25-14. OCC is LBCC’s biggest competition this year and were determined to show why they are the top ranked team in the state. This win increases the Vikings winning streak to seven games in a row.

The strongest performances during the game were from middle players, sophomore Andrew Pearson and freshman Carlos Hernandez. They both showed great defense with all of their blocks at the net and their hitting percentage combined was over 500. Together, they helped opened the whole court for the hitters to strike back, which made them streak between four to six points every serve.

Sophomore outside hitter, Steven Rotter, described what he thought that made the game turn out successful, as he states, “I believe what made the game turn out the way it went was because of our composure. We didn’t get mad at each other when we were down 4 points in the middle of the first set. We buckled down and said to each other, ‘Everything is going to be ok, we just have to follow through our plays and we will get back in.’ I also think the energy, not just from the team, but from the crowd too. Our setter, Melbe Perez, was a great leader on the court too and our offense flourished because of his smart thinking with whom to set.”

Freshman, setter, Melbe Perez, shared his highlights of the game and said, “ I felt our middle hitters did a very good job on finding the open seams and our serve receive passing was really good. We did a good job playing in transition even if the pass wasn’t there. This being our home opener really brought the energy and we just wanted to show the crowd what Long Beach Volleyball is all about.”

Middle and outside hitter, Andrew Pearson, reveals his excitement on the big win as he said, “It felt great. It was a lot of fun out there. We were really excited about our first home game, so it felt great to play, but even better to come out with a win. I’d say the coaches kept our heads in the game for sure. They made sure we were focused on winning and having a team full of competitive guys helps with that as well.”

The top ranked Vikings continue their perfect season on Feb. 23 against Moorpark and their next home game will be on Feb. 28 against Pierce at 6 p.m. at the Q building gym.

Strong pitching and a five run inning lead the way to a Viking victory

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The Long Beach City College softball team defeated the Chaffey College Panthers by a score of 7-0, improving their record to 7-7 and get back to the 500 mark.

LBCC sophomore starting pitcher Alissa Cienfuegos pitched a scoreless 7 inning game against Chaffey. She sets the tone of the game in the first inning with a strike out on Chaffey’s first batter up. “I felt my spins were working really well today. I didn’t really have the velocity I wanted, but I was trying to spin the ball more than throw hard,” said Cienfuegos. With bases loaded in the top of the second inning, and help from freshman center fielder Emilee Hoppe who made a nice diving catch, Cienfuegos was able to get out ot the inning, preventing Chaffey from scoring.

The 4th inning was a big one for LBCC, as they scored 5 of their 7 runs. Freshman outfielder Sabrina Rodriguez, pinch running for Cienfuegos, advanced to third as freshman shortstop Raven Agapay advanced to second, after a sacrifice from freshman center fielder Emilee Hoppe. Freshman infielder Elena Viscarra hit a single to right and Rodriguez scored the first run for the Vikings. Sophomore first baseman Julia Juarez hit a single to right field, thus advancing a runner to third and allowing Agapay to score. “I had an extra relaxing day and I actually came back with a bang,” says Juarez. Freshman third baseman Yliana Bernal singled and brought home freshman outfielder Lauren Blevins, and sophomore catcher Samantha Ontiveros on third. Finally, Ontiveros scores, ending the inning with 5 runs for the Vikings.

LBCC got 2 more runs in the 6th inning, as freshman infielder Jennifer Tobar hit a double and brings freshman infielder Ashley Pozo and freshman outfielder Celeste Gutierrez home. “Fortunately our team made less errors and we came through,” says Ontiveros. The Long Beach City College softball Vikings end the game with a 7 – 0 win.

“We’re a good group of girls that works hard, and today we only gave them 21 outs, which is really important. We played solid defense. Our pitchers hit their spots, and we really just did the key things offensively that we really needed to do,” said head coach, Megan Martinez.

Long Beach looks to open up conference play with a victory as they travel to face Cerritos on Feb. 22 at 3 p.m.

Vikings late surge gives them huge win over Cerritos on Sophomore night

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Vikings late surge gives them huge win over Cerritos on Sophomore night
Jerimiah Sadler hits 3 helping the Vikings beat the Falcons

It was Sophomore Night for the LBCC Viking’s Men Basketball team and Sophomore guard William English added 17 on his night, but it was  Freshmen forward Artis Paris who led the charge with 20 points which helped LBCC surge late to get the 75-69 win over Cerritos, which puts their overall record at 18-11, and 7-3 in conference play.

The sophomore’s came to play early with sophomore forward Dwayne Hicks scoring the first 5 points, and English led the team with 8 points.

After a bit of an intense and sloppy first half a nice bench spark from freshman guard Jaimu Akinbile and freshmen Forward Artis Paris kept LBCC within striking distance.

The second half featured back and forth play between the two teams, but key plays down the stretch by Paris, including a game sealing slam dunk, eventually allowed the vikings to break away, “I feel great, after this win we go to playoffs,and hopefully make it to state”. Paris Said

English helped secure the win with some clutch buckets and free throws and talked about the team’s confidence going into playoffs, “We been having confidence, we had a somewhat good record somewhat bad record, but we always had confidence coaches believe in us and players believe in each other and it’s just a matter of who we play in the playoffs and we’ll be ready to go.” English said.

The Vikings are looking to keep that confidence going into playoff play where they will face off against Palomar College in the first round on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Hall of Champions Gymnasium.

 

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