Vol. LXI • No. 1 • September 29, 2011 Los Angeles Harbor College Wilmington, CA

By Joseph Valdez

Editor-in-chief Los Angeles Harbor College student and ASO member, Alexis Melgoza died on

June 3, 2011 at the age of 21. Her car hit a tree on Palos Verdes Drive North heading towards Wilmington, Calif around 10:50p.m. She was declared dead at the scene. Au-

ASO member dies in car accidentAlexis Melgoza died a week before graduat-ing from Harbor college

Pi Delta Epsilon at LAHC

By andrew laszacs

Harbor Tides staff

Pi Delta Epsilon is a so-cial, academic, and service-based club at Los Angeles Harbor College. Pi Delta Epsilon was originally a fraternity founded at Syra-cuse University on Dec. 6, 1909. It is now a national organization with chapters in colleges across the Unit-ed States. The group is similar to a traditional Gay-Straight Al-liance club. Pi Delta’s car-dinal principles are compas-sion, respect, leadership and service. The Pi Delta Epsilon group’s primary goals are to provide all students at Harbor with a place where they are welcome, accept-ed, and respected without judgment, promoting the highest standard of friend-ship, scholarship, dignity and service to its members while championing aware-ness, acceptance and re-spect for the entire student body at Los Angeles Harbor College. The members of Pi Delta Epsilon provide positive and supportive student-based activities centering on furthering their educa-tion and scholastic success. They also hold fundrais-ing events and activities to maintain the scholarship funds offered to its mem-bers.

EOPS is designed to help Harbor studentsBy zakihha Bahar

Tides staff writer The EOPS/CARE program is a state funded program which is designed to be above and be-yond the scope of the other ser-vices offered by the college. The services are specifically designed for students who are economically and educationally disadvantaged. Services offered

by the EOPS/CARE program are very helpful to students who are less fortunate. These services include prior-ity registration, book and cash grants, book loans, free cap and gown, scholarship, school supplies, and many more. In order to qualify for the EOPS program students must be a California resident, be a full time student and must be re-ceiving financial aid. The care program is a special program for a unique group of EOPS students. This program provides students with similar services as the EOPS program in addition to cash grants and gas cards to qualify for the care program students must be a single parent, head of their house hold and receiving public assistance from Cal-WORKS or Temporary Assis-tance for Needy Families.

topsy reports show that she died of multiple traumatic injuries. No other vehicles or passengers were involved and the cause of the crash is unknown. Born on March 20, 1990, Mel-goza was described as being a free spirit and carefree and noth-ing would stop her from being positive and just living her life. “Through all the sorrow that I’ve experienced from losing my best friend, I’ve gained so much wisdom and insight that’ll in-spire to grow just as she did, her spirit will live on because she was who she wanted to be.” Said Priscilla LeFebre. She was very involved in Har-bor College’s theater department and was elected ambassador and traveled to England on their be-half. She was part of numerous clubs including an organization for Equal Rights for all people which she co-founded. “Sad to say, but maybe she gave a bit too much of herself when it was undeserved and it may have cost her more than she ever de-served.” Said Melgoza’s mother, Gina Melgoza. Melgoza had just received her Associate of arts degree from Los Angeles Harbor College and was to graduate on June 8, 2011.

By dylan roBison

Journalism 101

In what some consider being the grand-theater of showcas-ing an athlete’s competitive spirit, the selection commit-tee in charge of the 2015 Spe-cial Olympics World Summer Games has chosen Los Ange-les to be its host city. Over 7,000 competitors from 170 different countries around the world will compete in 21 Olympic-style sporting events at the University of Southern California. The 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games are expected to bring

more than a half-million people to the greater Los Angeles area. “Bringing our would games to a city as powerful and promi-nent on the world stage as Los Angeles will allow our special Olympics athletes to showcase their talents and demonstrate to the world the best in sports,” said Timothy P. Shriver, CEO of the Special Olympics. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was quoted saying, “We are thrilled and honored to be selected as the international city to host the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games and look forward to showcasing the remarkable skills and inspir-ing passion of Special Olympics athletes.” The Special Olympics World Summer Games are returning to the United States after 16 years, having last been held in 1999 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Specific dates for the events have yet to be announced.

2015 Spe-cial Olym-pics held in Los Angeles

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Harbor’s increase in enrollment due to badeconomyBy zakihha Bahar

Tides staff writer

The Los Angeles harbor college has seen an increase in enrollment this fall semester, prior to 2010 whether it’s the economy, new academic pro-grams, or better recruiting systems Harbor College has seen an excessive enrollment boom. While enrollment has been growing steadily at many two year institutions this fall, Harbor College appears to have set a record. As a result LAHC is exploring innovative ways to serve their growing student bodies, make better use of facilities, and attract new professors. From 2000 to2010 there has been a 10 percent growth in overall enrollment according to the most recent fi gures from the department of education. LAHC opened in September 1949. The college has grown from an en-rollment of four hundred students to a current enrollment of approximately ten thousand students, including resi-dents from Wilmington, Carson, Palos Verdes, Harbor City, Lomita, Garde-na, San Pedro, and Torrance. Community college enrollments have not been affected by the rise of student fees. Fees have increase from 26 dollars to 36 dollars per unit. Stu-dents are still fi nding ways to over-come their overall goal. This year’s budget cuts have forced many community colleges to termi-nate at least one semester. Unfortu-nately Harbor College has cut the winter session. “One reason for the enrollment in-crease this semester from my perspec-tive is the online applications which make it easier for students to enroll.” said David Ching, after noon dean of admissions.

In response Los Angeles Harbor Col-lege has increased class sizes when pos-sible, and is working on opening more class sections. With the economy at its lowest stu-dents continue to fi ght for their educa-tion. LAHC encourages all students and personnel to continue to enroll to be-come all you can be. Although there is a major fi nancial issue, Harbor College provides many resources and programs to help each individual in their own way. The recent community college growth spurt is not restricted to the developing in rural ar-eas. Some of the county’s largest two year institutions are also enrolling more stu-dents than ever.“Enrollment is up ten percent” President Linda Spink said, “the state budget al-lows funding for only a two percent growth”. “In conclusion from my knowledge this year’s enrollment increase has a lot to do with the economy, a lot of people are be-ing laid off due to budget cuts, and there are simply not enough jobs, so people are returning to school to further their education”. Said Ching

Editor -in- Chief:Joseph Valdez

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chart By zakihha Bahar

ENROLLMENT: chart shows the increase of student enrollment throughout a four year span.

The no child left behind act might have killed education in California.By espoir chickTides staff writer

When education becomes a business, students are turned into a mortgage with fl exible rates and the real value of edu-cation is devalued into dollars. The educationally necessary affair of tutoring students by after school pro-grams in the state of California has be-come a turf war reminiscent of the feud between the Bloods and Crips gangs. There are primarily two agencies that cover the Los Angeles County, the Ace tutoring systems based in Walnut and the Apple tutoring academy spread out all over Los Angeles. These tutor providers have divided the L.A.U.S.D between them and sent out recruiting agents all over the place

to fetch students, the way gang leaders send their lieutenants to fi nd some fresh faces. Both tutoring centers are sponsored by the No Child Left behind program which was created by George W. Bush and is federally funded. Funds for each program depends on the amount of students brought in by each center and as such, the more stu-dents the more money. In the light of this, the child’s educa-tional welfare is secondary to the mon-ey they can bring in. Many students at Harbor that gradu-ated from local high schools in Lomita, Torrance, San Pedro and Wilmington went through such programs and their academic performance does not indi-cate the amount of tutoring hours they received. Parents might not generally get out-raged by the lack of better performance since the programs are free to the stu-dents so long as they meet the criteria.

Slow death of education

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The Tap Card was the best friend to all students that would catch the bus. It was affordable, you could use them at any metro line and it was good for an en-tire semester. The only condition to have the Tap Card was that you had to be a student and have 12 units. It made life easier because students wouldn’t have to worry about carry-ing money or won-dering if they had the correct change. Students simply took out their wallet and

there was the card. Simple as that! Starting in the fall of 2011 at Harbor College, the Tap Card will no longer be available. This will affect students in many ways. They will have to worry about carrying the exact change now when riding the bus and because of this maybe even miss their bus on occa-sion. So, bring back the Tap Card.

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By espoir chick

Tides staff writer

This is my seventh Junior College in California and attending Harbor, I came to a great realization; I was honorably attending the worst Com-munity College in California and so I decided to pick out ten reasons why this campus is super-pathetic. The location: This is not Santa Monica, Long Beach or L.A. so it should not be particularly surpris-ing that harbor College has no great sites near its location but it is really sad when one finds out that the cool-est thing near our un-cool location is the Metro Stop above the 110, ouch! The parking Structure: The student body of El Camino College can fill all parking lots of Harbor College. The Cathedral looking structure stands tall and empty at most times, making a curious mind wonder if it is a metaphor for the entire aca-demic institution that is Harbor Col-lege. Standing in the middle of the parking structure at Harbor College seems to bring the mind to a deso-late state of utter lifelessness, maybe that’s good. The dress code: This is California but the on campus fashion at Harbor College makes a strong argument against that. Even taking into con-sideration that this is first and fore-most an academic institution, the fact that California is the trend setter of this century, all students on Cali Campuses should show some sense of pride! Yet, it is faded jeans and black-Tees that rule all bodies; what if a foreigner from Uranus came on campus, they would rate California below Borat’s Kazakhstan. The teachers: The teachers at Har-bor College are just as well qualified as most campuses but on the enthu-siasm element, they are far behind! ‘Monotonism’ is a ‘coinable’ word that describes the pattern of speech of the bulk of teachers on campus that often seems to lack energy and purpose.Students: The lack of energy of

teachers might come as a result of the lack of energy of students or maybe too much of it. It is quite comical how unbalanced most class-es on this campus seem to be; There are either overenthusiastic students who never shut up or quiet lads whose throats might be full of cob-webs. Apart from the fashion ‘faux pas’ committed by the student body, they are generally a cool bunch, al-though smiles are quite rare on cam-pus. The food corps: Many articles have been printed in this school news-paper regarding the ‘horohaus’ in which students at harbor College purchase their food so only one comment needs be added; eat down there at your own risk. The restroom: The restrooms on campus are kept clean on the daily basis, well almost but that’s good enough, right? I hope so. Well what is brain-boggling about the rest-rooms is that some of them don’t have mirrors! Are the students at harbor afraid to look into the mirror? Probably not but the fact that there is no mirror to adjust the image before exiting the restroom says quite a bit. The Website: The front page of the Harbor website looks dull, but so do most junior college websites. How-ever, on all junior college websites, one can direct to the athletics depart-ment, not on the Harbor website! If one cannot get to sports, what can we get to? Sports fan. At a recent women’s soccer game there were thirteen spectators, twelve of them were from the men’s soccer team who’d just played a game and the thirteenth was me. I rest my case. Inside Traffic: Well, the roads that connect one building to another are simply horrendous. Two people can-not walk along some paths without brushing shoulders or colliding nip-ples. Well, maybe that’s not as bad as it sounds huh? Next publication will bear ten rea-sons why this College is super-awe-some; hopefully the next publication

Harbor being called the worst school in the district by some

Graffiti angers studentsBy ray nagano

Sports editor

Graffiti is an old man’s word. If you were to use it in any urbansocial setting, you would be most like-

ly be labeled as a square or amark. Anyone who’s been a student to the University of Hard Knocksknows that it’s deeper than just a politi-cally correct label or angryyouths venting their frustrations. “Tagging” is what graffiti refers to here in the 21st century, andLAHC seems to be all too familiar with it. The men’s bathroom can’t go two weeks without having the mir-rors carved up with different letters in groups of three. It seems apparent that Harbor Collegejust can’t have nice things.

That sucks for all the people thathave to suffer the consequences of the decisions that idiots havemade. To all the taggers - You’re just fake gangsters. Wannabes. Posers.Levas. Not to mention dumb. You’re an idiot to put yourself out there like that. People aren’t as stupid as you

think they are. To make it worse, if anyone asks you to represent it; you’ll just lie orrun away. Kids, grow up. Do something with your life.

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graffiti: Public Phone on cAMPus

Since arriving at Harbor I have noticed a huge problem with sexism, racism, homophobia and sexual harassment on campus. Walking down the halls every-day I hear at least one conversation that has some sort of derogatory language in it. Whether it is the word for a female dog being used to describe a woman, the word gay used to describe something unpleasant or ignorant children using the “N” word to refer to a friend. These terms for some reason or anoth-er have been deemed suitable for pub-lic use by who even knows. Words that have been linked to hatred and bigotry for hundreds of years have all of a sud-den been made acceptable. There have been many cases where I have heard a group of young idiotic men shouting obscene things at women pass-ing by minding their own business. The women don’t respond for fear of what might happen if they do. This sort of thing should not exist on a school cam-pus or anywhere else for that matter. The same group of idiots return to making crude jokes and laugh about the comments just shouted across the campus. Kudos are given for belittling

women and a second thought is not giv-en on how this might affect her. Any-thing for a laugh, right? Students walk around thinking that it is ok to use racist language as long as they “don’t mean it in that way”. There have been many times that I witnessed a young kid refer to another person as the “N” word assuming it was fine because he meant it in a friendly way. In the case of homophobia, I have had students, who I thought were de-cent people, make some disgustingly homophobic remarks when someone they suspect as being walks in to a class room or makes a not so “manly” com-ment. An example of this being in an English class I had. The class had split up into groups and a gay male walked in to ask the instructor a question. When he left one of my group mates said “I went to high school with that kid, he’s a total flamer.” Everyone in that group laughed along with some students in surrounding groups as I slowly lost hope for human-ity.

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Los Angeles Harbor College has undergone a number of changes due to construction in the past years.

The construction sites can become annoying when a student has walk around them to get to class everyday.

The results seem to be worth it, as the administration building looks better than ever.

Some buildings remain the same as others around them are updtaed or completely rebuilt.

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Students wait for class to begin outside of the NEA building.

The quad outside the seahawk center is a very popular spot for students to lounge around.

Though the cafeteria doesn’t offer anything special to eat, students seem to just likehanging out there.

The library offers many different services and is set to move to it’s new location in the Spring semester.

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campus commentsHOW DO YOU THINK THE

FOOTBALL TEAM IS DOING THIS YEAR?

“I HavEn’T bEEn To a gamE yET buT I don’T mInd goIng, I HavE a fEw frIEndS on THE fooTball TEam and HEard THEy arE doIng prETTy good.”

-mIkE dunbar, 23 fIrE TEcHnology

“I’m noT a fooTball fan and I don’T know mucH abouT THE fooT-ball TEam, buT THEy SEEm dEdIcaTEd.”

-andrEw ErnacIo, 20 buSInESS admInISTraTIon

“I don’T focuS on THE fooTball and I won’T bE aTTEndIng THE gamES.”

-domInIquE SmITH, 23SocIology

“THEy don’T rEally puSH SporTS aT THE ScHool, I nEvEr HEar abouT THE gamES, I would bE mucH morE InTErESTEd In woman’S SporTS.”

-frEda JudIE, 25EmT

“IT’S cool, I’m rEally lookIng forward To THE SoccEr SEaSon.”

-Taylor rIvEra, 17undEclarEd/ poSSIbly aTHlETIc TraInIng

“IT’S bEEn prETTy cHIll So far, I’m noT Too worrIEd abouT campuS acTIvITIES, JuST focuSIng on my ScHool work.”

-JonaTHan HErrEra, 19 undEcIdEd

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE SCHOOL SO FAR?

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Animals are being blamed for the re-cent deaths of cats and raccoons on campus this summerBy esmeralda iniguez

Tides staff writer

Several cats and raccoons met an un-timely demise this summer on the Los Angeles Harbor College campus after being viciously attacked by coyotes. LAHC faculty staff discovered the animal remains strewn about the cam-pus and its surrounding grounds on several occasions. The findings were reported to LAHC’s sheriff’s depart-ment, who completed the routine inci-dent report required when document-ing such happenings. Staff members then notified the Department of Ani-mal Control of the unfortunate inci-dents.

It remains unclear whether the at-tacks were caused by a solitary coyote or several. What is clear is that coy-ote attacks during the summer season are not uncommon at all. Information found on the Depart-ment of Animal Control’s website re-veals that coyote’s aggression levels are heightened during the months of May through Sept., when coyotes are raising their young. This combined with a coyotes’ territorial nature al-most guarantees more frequent at-tacks. Not to mention that coyotes are drawn to bushy, wetland areas like those surrounding a portion of the campus, which they can easily use as a protective hiding place against the elements of city life. Don’t be alarmed LAHC students, staff, and visitors. It is unlikely that you’ll have to fend off any deadly attacks any time soon, since coyotes don’t reveal themselves until late when they can use the darkness of night as their shield.

Harbor’s anti-profani-ty policyBy aisha shah

Tides staff writer Los Angeles Harbor College is taking a stance on profanity. Afterposting two signs in the Seahawk Center a year and a half ago statingboard rule 9802.35 of the Standards of Student Conduct, it is likelystudents are curious of the consequences. The notice was posted bySeahawk Center faculty member Mona Abdula, warning students aboutengaging in the use of profanity and crude or offensive behavior. Thenotice represents a need to respect one an-other on campus by notcontributing to such odious manners. She posted these signs aftercontinuously witnessing profanity and in-appropriate language takingplace right outside of the office, which she was told was offendingmany students coming in. Abdula is aware she cannot completely controlsuch conduct throughout campus. She took it upon herself to look upthe LAHC board rules in order to remind students that using profanityor acting in lewd or indecent actions is go-ing against the school’scode of conduct. This rule has nothing to do with the law and is not penalized by thesheriff’s department. It is protected by free speech, therefore notconsidered a crime. If profanity is used in a way that insults afellow student, the action must be reported by that student to thestudent services center or more seriously, the sheriff’s department.After the sheriff’s office documents the narrative, the studentservices center or admissions takes further action. Depending on thesignificance of the situation will determine the repercussions thatwill take place against the offending stu-dent. The sheriff’s department is open 24-hours and can also be contacted at310-233-4600. If any circumstance is not solved through the sheriff’sdepartment or through admissions, Deputy Inana suggests talking toVice President of the school, Abbie Patter-son or getting involved in acomplaint process notice which can be lo-cated on the school website, www.lahc.edu. This procedure can be found under the student servicesoption on the website and is only recom-mended after the complaintprocess on campus has been attempted first. The idea is to bringawareness to the no toleration act of pro-fanity on campus and bringenlightenment to the old saying, “treat oth-ers the way you would liketo be treated.”

Flu shots availableBy Martha ReyesTides Staff writer

Starting Sept. 15, the Los Ange-les Harbor College Student Health Center has begun giving Flu vac-cines to students, faculty and to the public. Many people do not plan on get-ting the vaccine because they were told that if they do, they will soon get the flu. “The Flu vaccine will not give you the flu. That is a lie.” says Carole Stevenson, LAHC school nurse. The cost of the vaccine will be $15 for students and $20 for faculty and the community. Vaccines for the 2011-2012 influ-enza seasons are approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of influenza in chil-dren, adolescents, and adults and the elderly. The health center is open to stu-dents currently enrolled in LAHC. It will also be open to the public for the flu vaccine only. The health center is located in Cafe 110, it is connected to the caf-eteria on the Figueroa Place side of campus and an early arrival is sug-gested since there is a limited sup-ply of the vaccine. A nurse practitioner is in the of-fice five days a week. She is able to prescribe medications such as antibiotics and allergy medications. A doctor is in the office on Wednes-days from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The health center provides physi-cals, lab test, vaccinations, antibi-otics and wound care among many other things. Appointments are not necessary and walk-ins are welcome, how-ever, if blood work is planned on being done it is best to call in ad-vance. The cost to see a nurse practitioner is $11 for every student. Once the fee is paid there is no charge to walk in and see the nurse. Some services have a small fee such as blood work, certain medi-cations and vaccines. Payments are cash only. No credit cards or checks are accepted. The health center also refers stu-dents to other offices that provide free services. For any further questions, please contact the LAHC Health Center at 310-233-4520.

Coyote attacks reported

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She was part of ASO for almost two years and was one of its members that went to Sacramen-to to lobby against the proposed increase in college tuition. “I am very proud to say that Alexis fulfilled her goals here at Los Angeles Harbor College and was set to graduate today with her class. Her fellow classmates and I will remember her for the strong willed, involved, tolerant and caring person she was.” Said Stefani Esparza. The crash site (located on PV drive north) has been made into a makeshift memorial. The site has been adorned with candles, signs, flowers and pic-tures by friends and family and an online obituary has gone up in her memory, where friends and

loved ones can sign a guest book located at http://www.legacy.com. An award was also given out in her honor at Camp Whittle where she volunteered as a camp coun-selor. A benefit show was held at Harold’s place in San Pedro to raise money for her family and funeral expenses on June 12, 2011. “Those of us who allow Alexis’ spirit, energy, philosophies and ideas to affect us rather than her death will achieve great feats.” Said Carlos Ramirez. Melgoza was known for her outrageous laugh, being very re-liable, really positive and being able to make friends with almost anyone she came in contact with. A Memorial was held on June 11, 2011 at Halverson, Stone & Myers in Torrance.

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Harbor’s women soccer suffers defeat Harbor loses 1-0.

By espoir chick

Tides staff writer

A sublime strike in the tenth minute of play was enough to settle the score between the home team and the visiting Chaffey Panthers. The goal was scored by Jalissa Klus on an assist by Angie Herbst. Herbst easily got past her defender down the left flank before crossing in a curving ball into the penalty box which was met head on by Klus as the Se-ahawks goalkeeper stood flatfooted as the ball floated into the top angle of the net. The visiting team created a handful of opportunities and could have scored at least four more goals had it not been for some tenacious defending on the part of the Seahawks. The Seahawks, although dominated throughout the game, did have some moments of brilliance primarily off the boots of Veronica Aguilar. Aguilar, the team’s creative ‘Maestra,’ created a few opportunities for herself and her team-mates and showcased her individual brilliance. Floating in the midfield with her fittingly eagle-like style of play, Aguilar did a fanciful ‘Roulete De Zi-dane’ also known as a 360 spin on the ball which amazed the crowd and even her opponents but that was as bright as the evening got for the Seahawks. The physical dominance of the Panthers was seemingly overwhelming for the Se-ahawks. In our post game interview with caoc Lilie, the first question was related to the physical superiority of the Panthers. To that head, the coach said it was tactically suitable to play the ball on the ground using short passes against bigger teams and to avoid aerial passes. Regarding the two game goal drought of the team, the coach said the team was a work in progress and that much progress has been made since its inception. Much more progress would have to be made if the Seahawks women are to compete with the big cats, or dogs.

Harbor’s frustra-tion is felt against ChaffeyBy ray nagano.Sports editor

All good things come to an end, and our men’s soccer team’s undefeatedseason proved to be no exception. In an especially competitive and chippy game, the Seahawks winningstreak came to an end on Tuesday, Sept.13th against Rancho Cucamon-ga’sChaffey College in a score of 0-2. Harbor could not put the ball in the back ofthe net despite having a few very-capa-ble scoring opportunities in thesecond half. While possession of the ball were di-vided evenly by both teamsthroughout the entire game, Chaffey’s Damian-Mora Alvarez shot fromjust outside the 18 yard-box and was able to find the back of the netmid-way through the first half off of an assist by Chris Umana. Harbor came out especially aggres-sive in the second half down 0-1, butsuffered another hit from Jorge Ramirez. Ramirez received the ballacross the 18 yard-box from Juan Gar-cia, leaving freshman goalie LarryFelando out of position and Harbor down 0-2. An unlucky Sophomore Justin Cole-man struck a ball that hit the insideof the left post, straddled the entire goal line, proceeded to hit theopposite pole, only to be cleared by a Chaffey defender. A few minuteslater, the ball was again loose in Chaffey’s 6 yard-box, only to becleared again by a Chaffey defender. With the game close to ending and with the referee just about to losecontrol of the game, a series of pushing and shoving occurred betweenboth teams. However after the match had ended, both teams lined upAYSO-style and shook each other’s hands in a sign of mutual respect. Head coach Bill Barlow was unavail-able for a post-game interview.Harbor’s next game is at home against Santa Barbara, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m.

If there’s one thing Los Angeles Harbor College can take pride in, its creating great athletes- some who have even gone on to play for the Major Leagues. Harbor recognizes these athletes with great enthusiasm and satisfaction by inducting them into the Los Angeles Harbor College Athletic Hall of Fame on Septem-ber 9 at Ports O’ Call in San Pedro, marking their Fifth Annual hall of fame inauguration since its incep-tion in 1949. Harbor’s Alumni students have not only gained an amazing ath-letic career while they played for the Seahawks, but they still have the memories of being taught by some of the best coaches around, such as Andy Lopez, Norm Ketter-ing, Bobby Ramirez, Jim O’Brian, Floyd “Scrappy” Rhea, Jim White, and several others who teach their players discipline, team cooperation, leadership, and sportsmanship. One such athlete that was omit-ted into the Harbor Hall of Fame is baseball star Pat Ahearne, or better known as “Orel” for his manner-isms and pitching style on the field. Taught by former Seahawks coach Jim O’ Brian, Ahearne currently holds the schools record for 24 wins, pitched more than 100 innings each season, and led the 1990 Seahawks team to 51 wins and the state title. When Harbor played in the semi-finals in 1989, the 6’3, 195-pound Pepperdine graduate helped them win 11 games and made his first all-conference team and second All

Southern California team. Twenty years out of Harbor, Ahearne pitched one year for the big leagues, has compiled more than 2,000 innings and 114 wins in a minor and inde-pendent career that still continues to this day. “When we went to the state cham-pionship is the biggest memory, an-other very nice memory was, I can’t believe it, Jim O’ Brian’s 500th win during the season, we all played it was right around the time everyone started pouring Gatorade on all the coaches for the big win. The Daily Breeze was there and we had the ‘shop’ set up with all the majors, and there was a big shot of just an ice patch on the middle of the diamond, so it was really cool.” Said Ahearne. Another great athlete and Harbor College grad is retired football star Jim Hight, who was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2007 along with teammates Don Horn, Haven Moss-es and Lloyd Edwards. In his senior year Hight led the Seahawks to the Lions Bowl, was voted team captain, Most Valuable Linebacker, Most In-spirational Player, was named JC All-American; and along with Mo-ses, and Edwards followed Horn to San Diego State to be coached by legendary Don Coryell, with John Madden and Joe Gibbs as assistants. “I have had the privilege of being taught by some of the finest coaches in football history. I would not be in line for any awards had it not been for the dedication and diligence of these great coaches.” Said Hight.

Hall of fame heldBy aisha J. shah

Tides staff writer

Baseball fencesBy carlos roJas

Journalism 101

This past summer the baseball program decided to move fences in as much as

30 feet closer to home plate. Due to the change in certified bats, the college offense was much weaker all around the nation. The Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitu-tion certified bats surrendered just two home runs all spring last season for the Seahawks. “Me, being a hitter”, said Coach Derek Nicholson, “it’s a no brainer. Our offense struggled, and low offensive stats aren’t going to get my payers to the next level.

photo By aisha J. shah

hall of fame:Jim Hight was honored at Harbor’s hall of fame ceremony