Midfielder Angel Villalobos scored a goal in the first half of the game off an assist from Martin Razo to lead the Vikings to victory over the visiting L.A. Harbor Seahawks 1-0 on Friday.
The Vikings advance to 11-3-4 while Seahawks dropped to 4-8-7.
“We played really well and worked as a team. We had good touches and played with high intensity,” Villalobos said.
The Vikings took more shots, 14, compared to the Seahawks nine, but the Seahawks had more shots on goal, with five, compared to the Viking’s three.
“We created a lot of opportunities, but didn’t finish them,” said coach Cameron Beaulac.
The Vikings defense held the Seahawks scoreless, the fifth time this season they were able to do so.
Alejandro Cabrera (right) and Ariel Vasquez (left) battling for the ball.
“The defense was solid and overall the team played well,” said Beaulac.
Steven Espinoza said ”We played defensive, we played united, put away more chances but our attack should have been better,” said Steven Espinoza.
Vikings goalie Mario DeLaTorre led both teams in saves with five, including a point blank save.
One yellow card was given to Viking’s player Miles Hodgson and three given to the Seahawks.
The Viking’s have already qualified for playoffs. The home game for playoffs will be two weeks from Nov. 3.
The Vikings next game will be on Tuesday at 5 p.m. where they will be host the Compton’s Tartars.
LBCC’s Student Support Services and Associated Student Body are partnering up to change how students spend their time in line with an app called, Q-less, which will focus on reducing the amount of time students spend waiting in line.
Overview of what the Q-less app does and how it works to the public. Screen grab from the QLess Mobile App website, https://www.qless.com/L
In the most recent financial aid back-up during the beginning of the fall semester, Dr. Mike Munoz Vice President of Student Support Services wants to change the way students wait in line.
“If you think about the current experience at Long Beach City College, when you need to go to certain places at certain times in the year, the lines can be really unbearable,’’ Munoz said.
“At the start of the school year there is going to be long lines, I think people expect that but we wanna do a better job at creating a student experience by getting students out of line,” Munoz continued.
Student Support Services has partnered with Q-less, a company that specializes in reducing the amount of time consumers spend physically waiting in line.
With no exact date, Munoz hopes to have this service be available to LBCC students for the spring semester.
During the initial stages, Admissions and Records, Financial Aid, and Cashiering will use this platform when school is in session. Counseling and the Viking Card ID services will use it when the college is on break.
Eventually, Munoz wants to incorporate other college resources such as Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and Disabled Student Services and Programs (DSPS) during the second phase of the program.
“With the Q-less platform, students will be able to either through our website, downloading an application, or finding designated kiosks on campuses, we will have places where students can join virtual lines,” Munoz said. “Even from devices at their own home, they can join a line or join multiple lines at any given time and be told what the estimated wait time is.”
The program will not eliminate lines altogether or change the wait time. A text message alert will notify students when to return to the line to be served by staff members.
“The virtual line will change the student experience, it won’t necessarily reduce the wait times. It will not feel like you are waiting. It puts a lot more control in the students to really kinda help manage that line so it doesn’t feel like you are waiting,” Munoz said.
For LBCC, the goal of this program launch is to allow students to do more while they are waiting in line.
Alex Backer the co-founder of Q-less has partnered with other educational institutions.
“We work will hundreds of partners including well over a hundred colleges. Just in the California area alone, we work with: the University of California, West LA College, Santa Monica College, Fullerton College, and many others,” Backer said.
Students can join a virtual line by entering their cell phone number to receive text notifications of when they will be served or by entering their name. The app is available on Google Play and the App Store.
Students will be able to see wait times for both campuses and will have the option to visit either one. If students join the wrong line, staff members will have the ability to move students virtually to the correct line, so students won’t have to wait longer to be called.
This new service is costing the school $20,231 but no additional fees will be passed down to students.
Amber Florance Sollenberger, ASB Secretary, hopes that the Q-less app will change the current way students wait in line.
“It’s pretty inhumane that people have to sit outside and if you get out of line because you are hungry or thirsty you lose your spot in line,” Sollenberg said.
Sollenberg knows that community college students have other obligations and hopes that this service will allow students to relax a bit since they won’t have to stress about physically waiting in line.
Students will be informed when the service goes live with emails and social media posts.
Members of the English majors and minors club gather at their weekly meeting to have coffee and tea while they plan ideas on publishing a literary novel that complies literary pieces by students.
Besides discussing reading and writing topics, the club organizes monthly poetry open mics, along with publishing “Saga Literary Journal,” a book that compiles literary pieces from LBCC students.
Not all members are English majors, the club invites everyone who is interested in the English subject to be part of their group meetings every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m.
Qory Moscoso comes every Thursday for the meetings with her friends as she said the club helps her improve her English as well as engaging with other students.
“This club is so good and productive. I’m a biology major actually, and I think I need improvement in my English and this club is perfect,” Moscoso said. “I also love connecting with people and joining this club with my friends feels about right.”
Vice president of the club Diego Vega shared how the student club changed his view about the subject of English.
“My friend Adam introduced me to the club and thought ‘I kind of like this,’ and that’s when I decided English was going to be my major,” said Vega.
Faculty adviser Jason Casem is responsible for the student club and attends every meeting. Casem also brings in food and drinks for lunch to make the meetings more joyful.
“This club is unique because we actually do service for the college. We manage the open mics and many other events, we also have the creative writing book with an actual ISBN, in which students can submit their literary pieces and have an opportunity to get published,” said Casem.
Casem also said how the English club has a lot of support from the English department to even getting spaces at major state events.
The English club meets Thursdays in room 206 of the M building.
Long Beach City College hosted an ice cream social event with the police department, Long Beach police department airport K9, and motor officers who gave free ice cream at LAC in the E Quad on Thursday.
Associated Student Body (ASB) sponsored and organized the event in order to promote social interaction between the police and students.
Students had the opportunity to ask questions, express concerns on what matters to them, and engage in a little conversation while eating free ice cream.
Students and employees had many different flavors of ice cream to choose from.
LBCC student Alexis Giraldo felt that the event was necessary to the students on campus. “It’s a good way to show the students that the police are on campus and if anything they feel unsafe, police are always here to help,” Giraldo said. “Students should not be shy to ask for help because they (police officers) are here to interact with the students.”
LBCC student Cinthia Cuevas said, “It’s fun. They brought their dogs, have games for students, giving out free ice cream and information to students.”
Police officer Sisi Mao participated in the event in order to create a connection between students.
“We’re trying to connect with students on campus which was just started last year,” Mao said.
Long Beach Police Department community engagement division police officer Jason Lehman hopes that one day police do not have to rely on events in order to build a connection with students.
“This is one of the number of events we have on campus and we do it for a number of reasons,” Lehman said. “The first reason is to make sure that our community of LBCC not only trusts us but also knows who we are and have a better understanding of things in a trusted reporting.”
The event raised an awareness of being able to feel comfortable talking to police officers without having to feel terrified.
If students want to know more about the police officers and their upcoming events, they can contact them by calling 562-938-4807 or stop by LAC X building.
The altar, dedicated to 15-year-old Genevieve Vargas, who committed suicide two weeks before the event, was decorated with photos of her, candles, and bright flowers at Día de los Muertos hosted at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Oct. 27.
“This day didn’t really mean anything before, we celebrated Halloween and it was always a big deal for us but we put her in the ground here on Tuesday and it sort of felt like we needed to hurry up,” said Genevieve’s mother Giselle Vargas. “So we gathered a lot of her favorite things and the flowers surrounding the painting her cousin made of her.”
The painting of Vargas was of her last year at the Hollywood Forever Día de los Muertos after she got her face painted.
Steven Cooper lights a candle for his stepdaughter Genevieve Vargas at Dia De Los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Saturday.
Vargas’s stepdad Steven Cooper explains their family’s decision to bury Vargas in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
“She loved it here, she loved resting under big giant trees so we picked this place for her and you see a lot of family and friends around us tonight to celebrate her and celebrate her life,” Cooper said.
More than 90 altars were spread out through the cemetery each celebrating the life of loved ones or ancestors that have died.
A woman dressed in a traditional skeleton outfit dances as the smell of incense fills the air at the Hollywood Forever’s Dia De Los Muertos.
The bridge, leading to an altar display honoring Mexican singer Jenni Rivera, was covered with bright orange marigold flowers.
The altar was sponsored by Spotify and created by Ricardo Solero to commemorate her past musical achievements.
People dressed up in bright skeleton costumes, traditional Aztec clothing with elaborate headpieces, and traditional Mexican food was also featured throughout the day.
A woman gets her face painted at the Hollywood Forever’s Dia De Los Muertos on Saturday.
This year’s 19th annual event was themed Coatlicue “Mother of the Gods” with the cemetery streets paved with ofrendas and the smell of incenses burning from every altar filled the air.
“It’s a magical thing celebrating the dead with all the music, traditional costumes, and just being close with family,” said Elsie Delgado dressed in native Aztec clothing.
Music and dance performances were held throughout the day including the Aztec Circle on the Lake dance and ritual.
Long Beach City College and the Los Angeles County Clerk allowed registered voters to visit a voting location to vote on the weekends of Oct. 27-28 and Nov. 3-4, before the midterm elections on November 6th.
The voting location was open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm in room T1300 of the T building at LAC.
People that were coordinating the event were busy and scattered around helping everyone. They wanted to make the progress for the registered voters simple and easy.
Registered voters wait in line at the early voting at Long Beach City College.
The registered voters waited outside for an extended period of time to vote. Registered voters were also allowed to drop off their early voting or mail in ballot without waiting in line.
LBCC student, Kai Bloomfield, believes registered voters should do their part and vote. He wants too, to focus on the propositions on the voting ballot.
“These are things that are happening in the inner city that aren’t really related to congress and the president. It is more for the people. Basically, if you vote on this you can make change happen in your city because rent is super high at this point and it is hard for people to make a living,” said Bloomfield.
People working at the event for early voting.
Voters cast their ballot and then leave with the usual sticker exclaiming, “I voted.”
Long Beach resident Ashleigh Wynn, who has voted in every single election since she has turned 18, doesn’t like the direction the country is headed in.
“I wish people would have voted more specifically back in the presidential election so we wouldn’t be in this situation we are in now. I feel like if we had the turn out now back then, a lot of the issues we are facing as a country, we would not be facing,” said Wynn.
LBCC graduate, Arielle Hughes, wanted to stress the importance of voting, especially as a Black-American registered voter.
Registered voters voting inside the voting booth at the early voting.
Hughes mentioned being a Black-American and being able to vote in this country is a big deal because at one point of history, Black-Americans were not allowed to.
“They want to silence us. They want us to not care and get too involved with exciting words of revolution and other ideal of government. Voting is important and I think people this time around realize it more,” said Hughes.
LBCC freshman Brooklin Mize scored 15 points as the Vikings convincingly defeated the LA Trade Tech Beavers 3-0 in match play, with scores of 25-0, 25-6 and 25-3 at home on Wednesday night.
LA Trade Tech’s tardiness caused them to forfeit the first set (25-0). The Vikings practiced as they patiently waited for their opponents arrival.
Tickets for the match weren’t even sold because of the uncertainty of the game taking place, but when the Beavers showed up, the match began..
As the second game started the dominance shown through as the Vikings were up 10-0 before the Beavers could score.
The Vikings had clear control as they led the entire rest of the match against their conference opponent.
The win now improves the Vikings record to 17-3 and 4-1 in conference play.
“We’re able to play players in different positions” head coach Misty May Treanor said discussing the decision to rotate players in different positions throughout the game. “We want to make sure we stay mentally focused.”
Freshman Brooklin Mize spoke confidently of how this helps for future opponents. She said “it allows us to open our wings and spread out as a team to see what we can actually do. It helps us in the long run when we play teams that are ranked higher than us.”
Almost every game ended with the Vikings swiftly winning with little resistance from their opponents.
Outside hitter Shelby Cole spoke of the respect they have for their opponents. “We are obviously a respectful team, and we never go out of our way to make anybody looks less.”
LBCC Shelby Cole Spikes the ball against L.A. Trade Tech Beavers .
With the conference title on the line the players are looking forward for their rematch against El Camino on Nov. 13.
Preslee Richelieu, a freshman defensive specialist said “They’re gonna be in our home gym, and we already played them, we know what to be ready for.”
The Los Angeles Food Bank held another Calfresh Sign-Up in the quad by building E on Oct. 25, to help provide for low-income students by putting healthy food on their table.
The food bank had previously held sign-ups in early October for students and received 20 signups at both LAC and PCC, with the goal being to reach 75 for the month.
Calfresh specialist Mari Herrera, who reviews applications and collects students’ additional documentation, helped out during sign ups.
“We’re here for the students and those in need, it can add up real quick buying groceries and providing a healthy meal while being a student or having kids, some are in both situations,” Herrera said.
Calfresh Program Specialist Cinthia Onoa, who has been with the program for nine years, hosted the sign-ups in hopes to get more students open and familiar with the program.
“I don’t think people accept the help and there’s many students here who can qualify,” Onoa said. “We’re here to helps students fight hunger and give them hope.”
EBT cards are given to qualified students and receives a deposit check monthly for groceries. Depending on their household income, the student can get about $200 a month. Students who wish to qualify must be at least enrolled as a half time, meet an income limit, be working 20 hours a week, has a child under the age of 12, or receives any sort of work study.
Having a total of about 20 students signing up for Calfresh, the program hopes to raise more awareness to the program and have more students accept the help they are willing to give. Sign-ups can also be completed online and in-person, whichever is best for the student. The Calfresh food stamps not only help students with their personal hunger, it’s also meant as extra help with students who have children that need the financial assistance.
Student and mother Alysia Covarrubias fills out her application for the Cal Fresh Program at Long Beach City College on Oct. 25th 2018.
Full-time student and mother of three Alysia Covarrubias hopes to receive the help while continuing her education. “I’m a returning student and the help the program gives helps my kids and I a lot because it can get hard to pay for groceries to support my three kids,” said Covarrubias.
Applications are always accepted at 2959 E. Victoria St. Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221 and walk-in appointments are available.
Prospective LBCC transfer students gathered in the LAC quad for the University Transfer Fair on Tuesday. All around the quad, four-year universities had set up booths to inform students about deadline applications, scholarships, and what the university system has to offer.
LBCC has hosted a University Transfer Fair each semester for prospective transfer students to learn more about the various UCs, Cal States, and private universities.
Overview of the Long Beach City College University Transfer Fair at the LAC
Former LBCC student and current CSULB student representative Kimberly Jimenez discussed why LBCC students should apply to a four-year university.
“Cal State Long Beach is a very friendly environment and is very diverse,” Jimenez said. “The school has many opportunities for myself since I am a local student. The professors are excellent.”
California State University, Long Beach has a low student to professor class ratio in order for students to have one-on-one assistance with their professors. If students are interested in CSULB more information can be found on their website www.csulb.edu.
Dominguez Hills alumni and representative Jackie Chavez expressed her love for the college.
“I love Dominguez Hills. Dominguez Hills was a place that I found support. I was a first-generation college student going there,” Chavez said.
The California State University of Dominguez Hills offers programs such as Trio and the Dominguez Hills Transfer Learning Community to help transfer students academically when students transfer over.
“The semester before they (students) transfer to Dominguez, they can already start taking a general education course, its an upper division course, and it allows them to get familiar with the campus prior to transferring,” Chavez said.
LBCC student Noah Whittiker found the Transfer fair to be useful for his education plan.
“It was nice to speak to real people instead of going online,” Whittiker said. “It makes the entire experience of gaining more information about the school you want to go to a lot more personable.”
Whittiker plans to transfer to CSULB in 2020 and study theatre arts.
Laguna College of Art and Design representative Ray Vargas wanted to spread the word about the college to students.
“For us, since we are a private art school we are just looking to get the word out about the school and make sure that students know it is an option,” Vargas said
Laguna College of Art and Design offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree which is different from the Bachelor of Arts degree.
“If you go to go to a traditional college like a Cal State or UC most of the time as an artist you will be earning a B.A.. curriculum, which is two years of general ed and two years in your major,” Vargas said.
Students that are interested in Laguna College of Art and Design can find more information at https://www.lcad.edu/.
Assistant director of undergraduate admission Jaclyn Robbin represented the University of California at the fair.
“I love working with students in the transfer process,” Robbin said. “I love the opportunity to come here meet students directly and tell them about USC.”
USC has an average rate of about one-third of the student population being transfer students.
“We never want our transfer students to feel like they are getting a different experience than an incoming freshman,” Robbin said.
Students interested in USC can contact Robbins directly by going to https://admission.usc.edu/find-your-counselor/. Then, enter the name of the community college and her contact information will be given.
LBCC student Emma Williams attended the fair because she is planning on transferring for Fall 2019.
“I need to look more into the schools I wanna transfer to and really get a grasp of what their majors are about and their programs,” Williams said
Williams plans to transfer to the California State University of Northridge or the California State University of Long Beach.
LBCC Transfer and Career Service staff (middle right Ruben Page) at the University Transfer fair
The LAC and PCC Transfer Coordinator Ruben Page believes that the University Transfer Fair is beneficial for students.
“You can talk to up to 70 universities all in one day. You can get information and get a whole bunch of contacts.” Page said
The deadline to apply to the Cal States and UCs is on Nov. 30 for the Fall 2019 semester. The next university transfer fair will be held at the PCC on Monday, March 4.
The Viking women and men’s cross country teams were lead by two top finishers from their groups to qualify for the SoCal Championships.
The women’s team placed 6th with a total time of 1:57:40 and a score of 154 points.
The women’s top finisher for the Vikings was sophomore Lilyanna Figueroa who came in 16th place with a time of 19:43.1.
Figueroa talked about the toughest stretch of the race, “The whole thing I think it was definitely the end because you’re completely exhausted by that point but you have to keep pushing and once you see that clock give it your all,” Figueroa said.
Not having not raced in almost a month, she talked about her approach going into the conference championships.
Lilyanna Figueroa running in the South Coast Conference.
“I wanted to run my fastest time here, so mainly I focused on getting out there, getting a good race out there and getting my legs moving fast again,” said Figueroa.
The men’s team also placed 6th with a total time of 1:50:26 and 149 total points and their top finisher being sophomore Moises Marquez, who came in 11th with a time of 20:37.1.
Marquez talked about how his team was viewed as the underdog and how went in that day wanting to prove people wrong.
“Everyone here is expecting us to be in the last three groups that won’t qualify, so today’s plan was to score the least amount of points for our team by staying in the front and so everyone else had to follow what their most capable of to run their fastest,” Marquez said.
The men’s cross country team take off from the starting line.
Head Coach Julio Jimenez talked about how he thought his team fared against their competition, “We did okay, we finally had some improvement and we should have two guys whose personal best should be top 10 all time in the schools history as far as times and I think the rest of the team improved on their personal best as well,” Jimenez said.
Jimenez went on to explain how they had an idea of where they were going to finish and how they could improve for next week’s meet.
“I think overall we knew we were going to finish and we did, it would’ve been nice to have a couple of upsets, and with an extra week of training and rest are team can definitely look a lot better.” Jimenez said.
The men and women’s cross country teams will compete next Friday at Don Knabe Park on November 2 in the SoCal Championships.
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