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No intersession ahead SomeProp. 30funds injeopardy

Matt Chan / CourierThe Calendar Committee reviews the new 2013-14 calendar at a contentious meeting in the C Building on Jan. 31.

2013-14 calendar excludes winter termEMILY CHANG-CHIENStaff Writer

A three-semester calendar forthe 2013-2014 academic year,excluding any winter interses-sion, was presented to theCalendar Standing Committeeon Jan. 31.

The spring 2014 semesterwould start on Jan. 6.

The absence of a winter ses-sion on the proposed calendarignited passionate discussionfrom committee members and

other attendees alike.“The Board should reconsider

based on the input of faculty andstudents,” said committee mem-ber Cynthia Smith. “There isoverwhelming evidence that[winter is to the] students’advantage. We are here for thestudents — for them to be suc-cessful.”

However, Senior VicePresident and committee co-chair Robert Bell continuallyrefocused discussion to the pres-ent. “The Board of Trustees …

made a decision for an academiccalendar at [PCC] whichincludes the fall, the spring, andthe summer term — that’s wherewe are now,” he told the com-mittee. “The calendar before usis a Board approved calendar.”

“Now, we can talk about theadvocacy of a winter term, but Idon’t know if that is the singularpurview of this committee.”

Committee co-chair KristaWalter commented about theoutrage that committee mem

College may not qual-ify for all $6.7 millionin tax measure moneyTIFFANY ROESLERStaff Writer

Campus officials warned onJan. 31 that the school may beshort of enrollment count toqualify for all of the $6.7 millionProposition 30 money.

Proposition 30, the ballotmeasure that was passed in theNovember election, requires thecollege to have about 19,900 fulltime equivalent students (FTES)within the 2012-2013 academicyear, according to Senior VicePresident Assistant andSuperintendent of Business &College Services Bob Miller. Theschool is approximately 1,200students short of making thatnumber.

“We were able because of ourcalendar situation, to quicklyload back additional classes forthe spring,” said Miller at theBudget Resource and AllocationStanding Committee Meeting onJan. 31. “Because we have kindof a dual summer session oppor-tunity before June 30, we have

PAUL OCHOAStaff Writer

The Health and Safety com-mittee is working toward a pro-posal to have the college becomea smoke free campus.

According to Jo Ann Buczko,coordinator of student healthservices and Health and SafetyCommittee member, the Boardof Trustees has asked the com-mittee to review the currentsmoking policy.

“We’ve been asked by theBoard to look at the current

smoking policy and make rec-ommendations,” said Buczko.

Buczko says the committee isleaning toward recommendingthe campus become smoke freebecause of the ineffectiveness ofthe current smoking policy.

“We’ve tried designated areasand it’s not happening. What we

are looking at now is, do wewant to become a smoke freecampus?” said Buczko.

She also feels, though, thatwith any policy, enforcement iswhat plays a major role in itseffectiveness. “I think no matterwhat policy you have the true

Change tosmoking policiesconsidered

Antonio Gandara / Courier.The north-east corner of Parking Lot 1 is one of the four designatedsmoking areas available for staff and students on the 53-acre campus.

Matt Chan/CourierThe Calendar Committee reviewingthe new calendar, which continuesto exclude a Winter session.

Black History Month celebration kicks offPAUL OCHOAStaff Writer

The Black History Month cele-bration was kicked off Jan. 29 inCreveling Lounge with a cele-bration of African-American her-itage. The event featured speak-ers from the PCC community, araffle, and a musical perform-ance from the upcoming“Hairspray” production.

The event began with a per-formance of the Negro NationalAnthem: Lift Every Voice andSing, sung by Sandra Collins.

President Mark Rocha andSenior Vice President Robert Bellthen addressed the crowd on thesignificance of Black HistoryMonth.

“I was sitting with my 80-year

old mother [watching the inau-guration] and she [burst] intotears. This nation has come along way. February is when weidentify specifically the contribu-tions of African Americans, butwe should do that all year,” saidBell.

Rocha commented on thegood job the organizers did put-ting it together and the educa-tional opportunities it brought.

“I think the program staff andstudents have put together isamazing. The good thing aboutBlack History month is that it’s agood educational opportunity,”said Rocha.

Aaron Niainger, fine arts wasglad to see community leaders atthe event interfacing with staff.

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“I think it’s really great to seecommunity leaders come out. I

don’t think there’s enough inter-action between staff and com-munity leaders. There’s so muchwe can learn from them and wedon’t interface enough withthem,” said Niainger.

About the performance fromthe musical Hairspray, RichardKuller, performing arts instruc-tor and director of the produc-tion, explained its relevance tothe event.

“How does Hairspray tie intoblack history month? It takesplace in the 1960s. Hairspray is avalentine to all outsiders,” saidKuller.

After the performance a rafflewas conducted in which the win-ners received copies of ConnieRice’s book Power ConcedesNothing. Kelsea Gustin, busi-ness, was impressed by the eventand the other Black Historymonth events that will take placethroughout February.

“[It was a] really nice programand well put together. I am gladto find out about all the eventshappening for black historymonth,” said Gustin.

Also included was a screeningof Susanne Rostock’s documen-tary Sing Your Song, which doc-uments Harry Belafonte’s contri-butions toward social justice andcivil rights. After the screeningthere was a round-table discus-sion on social issues affectingyouth.

Ryan Taylor, film, liked theimportance focused on BlackHistory month and the racialdiversity in the audience.

“Its important to celebrateblack history because typically atschools they don’t [do] it asmuch and I think its great PCCwas able to celebrate it. Also [it’sgood] to be able to see not justblacks in here but a diversecrowd,” said Taylor.

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UpcomingEvents

PoliceBlotter

ThursdayUC Berkeley Rep. visit –

Transfer advisement for UCBerkeley. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. L110.

Pacific Oaks College Rep. visit– Transfer advisement for PacificOaks College. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.L110.

Friday“What’s Next Workshop” from

10 a.m. to 11 a.m. L110. Find outwhat is the next step for you inyour transfer process to the CSUsystem.

SaturdayPiano Recital – the twelfth

annual piano honors recital, fea-turing PCC’s finest pianists. 8p.m. in Harbeson Hall. Tickets:$5 for General admission and $2for students.

MondayUCLA Rep. visit – Transfer

advisement for UCLA. 10 a.m. to4 p.m. L110.

CSU LA Rep. visit – Transferadvisement for CSULA 10 a.m. to6 p.m. L110.

Academic Senate BoardMeeting. Circadian 2 p.m. to 3p.m.

WednesdayUniversity Day at PCC – 10

a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Quad.Opportunity to meet with admis-sions and outreach staff anddepartmental representatives.

Compiled by Jonathan Biles

January 22A student collapsed in the LL

Building. A rescue ambulancewas requested due to the stu-dent’s lip being seriously wound-ed.

A student reported a laptopbeing stolen from a classroom inthe E Building. A suspect wasseen with the student’s laptop atBurger King.

A woman called CaliforniaHighway Patrol stating she need-ed medical assistance in the UBuilding. She became hystericalwhen asked what was wrong andtold the Pasadena Fire Depart-ment she had been assaulted.

January 23A student reported being con-

fronted and verbally threatenedby two men in Lot 5, level 5. Bothmen were telling the student theywere going to take his laptop. Thestudent went to the LibraryCirculation desk and made a callto campus police.

Compiled by Vivian Meza

LA Times journalist to visit campusSHELLY MALDONADOStaff Writer

Author and Los Angeles Timescolumnist Hector Tobar will visitthe campus on Apr. 2 to discusshis two novels, The TattooedSoldier and The Barbarian Diaries,as well his career as a Los AngelesTimes journalist.

Tobar’s two novels, which are ablend of the fictional and the per-sonal as he examines the relation-ship between Latin America andLos Angeles, will be the maintopic of discussion upon Tobar’ssecond visit to the campus. Hewill be reading from his worksand discussing the inspirationbehind them. He will also be dis-cussing his career as a columnistfor the Times.

Coordinators of the event saythe main focus of Tobar’s visit is tobring a living author to campus to

speak about the books studentsare reading. “Several of ourinstructors in English are teachinghis novel, The Tattooed Soldier,”said English Instructor and coor-dinator of the event Beverly Tate.“They want our students to meetthe author of the text.”

Academic Senate PresidentDustin Hanvey also a coordinatorof the event, believes this willenhance class experience for stu-dents. “Most of the texts we readare from authors who are longgone, and this is an opportunity tomeet a living author,” saidHanvey. “There is nothing moreenriching than meeting the authorof the text you are reading.”

Hanvey believes this will be anenriching opportunity, even forthose who are not familiar withTobar, or his work. “Hector Tobaris going to tell us his lifestory…just that life experience

will be valuable to many studentswho are trying to find their path.That is what community collegesare for: finding your path to wher-ever you want to go,” Hanveysaid. “Seeing a living, breathing,successful artist and hearing theirstory can inspire people from var-ious fields and the actual workitself is almost secondary.

Additionally, Hanvey is work-ing toward making this an annualevent, hoping that it will emulatea more university-like experienceat the community college level.“At a university it is very commonfor this kind of thing to happen ona monthly basis, and I think oftencommunity colleges don’t feel thatthey have the same opportunity,”Hanvey said. “I see no reason whycommunity colleges can’t havethat same opportunity.” The eventwill be held in the CrevelingLounge at noon on Apr. 2 and

Tobar will be signing copies of hisbooks at the conclusion of theevent. While Hector Tobar hasparticipated in numerous eventslike this one, there is one thing thathe always looks forward to. “It iswonderful to meet people whohave read my books and relate tothem and the ideas,” Tobar said.

Courtesy of Doug KnutsonHector Tobar

The Mirror Pools were a filming location for acommercial by Japanese company Cente

Services on Monday. The commercial was forthe telephone company NTT and featured

local talent playing with colorful plastic ballsand baseball bats. The two other filming loca-

tions were the baseball diamond at VictoryPark and the fountain at Ambassador College,

both in Pasadena.

Lights, camera,commercial!

Senateto awardscholarshipsANTHONY RICHETTSOnline Editor

The Academic Senate is cur-rently accepting and reviewingapplications for a yet to be deter-mined number of scholarships forstudents who are transferring to afour-year accredited universitywithin the next academic year.

Academic Senate PresidentDustin Hanvey has yet to confirmhow many scholarships will beawarded. But he is hopeful thatthere will be more awarded thisyear than what the Senate nor-mally awards.

“It is still undetermined but atleast ten are being given out,” saidHanvey in an interview. “The tra-dition has always been ten. It maywell be higher than that this year,but we’re still working on thedetails.” Hanvey confirmed thatthe Senate would award at least$10,000 in the ten traditionalawards given. Should the Senatedetermine it has more in its schol-arship fund, then more scholar-ships may be awarded.

Funds for the scholarshipscome from many sources, Hanveysaid. “We all are [contributors]. Iam, members of faculty are. In thepast [former instructor] KeithMiller has been a large contribu-tor to our fund, giving as much as$5,000 a year. Many of us havemoney taken out of our pay-checks to go to this fund, includ-ing faculty, staff and staff man-agers.” According to the applica-tion, scholarships will be awardedin two categories: the Dean’sHonors Scholarship and the KeithMiller Educational Scholarship.

Aside from the 3.4 and 3.7 GPArequirement, all applicants will berequired to provide letters of rec-ommendation from two of theirinstructors, along with an essaydescribing the applicant’s aca-demic and work experience, aswell as their educational andcareer goals, and their unofficialtranscripts. For the Keith MillerEducational Scholarship, appli-cants would have to give detailsabout their teaching career goalsin their essays.

Applicants have until noon onFeb. 14 to submit their applica-tions along with all the requiredmaterial to the Academic Senatein room C227.

College celebrates Black History Month

John Novak / Courier

Antonio Gandara / Courier

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Note to Readers

Should women be allowed to take on combatroles in the U.S. military?

Reporting by: Raymond Bernal, Jonathan Biles, Tiffany Herrera, Vivian Meza, Christine Michaels, Luis Rodriguez, Tiffany Roesler, Andrew SalmiPhotos by: Matthew Chan, Antonio Gandara, Lissett Matos, Mary Nurrenbern, Benjamin Simpson

“Women can’t handle thestresses of combat; it is the

opposite of their nature.” Atefeh Momeni, design

“For the brave women who dohave the balls to [serve andprotect our country], I com-mend them.” Asia Morris,

communications

“If women want to pursue acareer in the military for them-selves and love of [our] coun-try, they should be allowed.”

Jazmine Harris, cosmetology

[The military is] the only [field]that’s fallen behind as far asequal opportunity [for gen-

ders]. They need to catch up.” Claudia Fotiou, kinesiology

“To keep my beliefs in genderequality, everybody should

have the opportunity to be inthe front lines [of war].”Hope Algeo, theater

“If they have an all women’scombat [unit], you might try

that first.” Joshua Allen,screenplay writing

“They should be allowedbecause we are all...in times ofequality, so it will be a step for-

ward for the [U.S.]” Edmund Chua, film

“While it puts women in harm’sway, if they die, they die for

their country.” Ea’Monte Davis, television

“I know some women in themilitary. They’re tougher than Iam; it shouldn’t be an issue.”

George Garcia, facilities

“If women want to protect ourfreedom, who are we as men

to restrict them?”Kevin Liu, anthropology

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Opinion

Gun control laws are ineffectivePHILIP MCCORMICKStaff Writer

The thing with gun control isthat it does not work. The onlything that it will accomplish istaking away a means of protec-tion from those who would usethese weapons for safety rea-sons. Gun control should be aslimited as possible.

The founding fathers put theSecond Amend-ment in the Billof Rights for a reason. It was tomake sure that a tyrannical gov-ernment could never disarm itscitizens.

Thomas Jefferson once said:“No man shall ever be debarredthe use of arms. The strongest

reason for the people to retainthe right to keep and bear armsis, as a last resort, to protectthemselves again-st the tyrannyin government.” These famouswords were spoken by ThomasJefferson.

Having a gun in your housefor protection allows a person acertain peace of mind.

“The belief is not necessarily adelusion,” says Gary Kleck in hisarticle ‘Guns and Violence: ASummary of the Field.’

“People who use guns for self-protection in robberies andassaults are less likely to have

the crime completed againstthem (in a robbery, this meanslosing their property), and, con-trary to widespread belief, areless likely to be injured, com-pared to either victims who useother forms of resistance or tovictims who do nothing to resist.(Criminals take the gun awayfrom the victim in less than 1percent of these incidents.) Theevidence does not support theidea that nonresistance is saferthan resisting with a gun,”Another issue at hand seems tobe that people with mentalhealth problems are getting their

hands on guns. JeffereySwanson, PhD, said in his ‘Goodnews and bad news about gunlaws, mental illness and vio-lence’ article that depressive ill-ness is not a disorder that getsmost patients a gun-disqualify-ing record.

“In other words,” saidSwanson, “people suffering fromthe one mental health conditionthat is most closely and frequent-ly linked to suicidal [tendencies]are unlikely to show up in a gunbackground check.”

The government shouldn’tchoose to make getting gunsimpossible for everyone. Theyshould put in a few more pre-cautionary measures.

“I’ve heard [that] women won’tdo their physical part, but ifwomen are trained properlythat shouldn’t be an issue.”

Qiao Liu, English

“We shouldn’t let them. [Thereare] too many single mothersalready, and we don’t reallyneed more single fathers.”

Cal Compton, graphic arts

“One gender isn’t superior toanother. This way women

won’t feel separated.”Leo Bermudez, mechanical

engineering

“Males have more physicalstrength, so [women] wouldn’tbe relied on to carry men out

of combat.”Erik Anderson, business

I used to serve in the mili-tary....A lot of the women onmy staff I would depend on

better than my men.” Paul Wilkinson, instructor

Self defense is essential

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Many on campus gain a newfound appreciation for squirrels.“Food, trees, we’ve got everything they need,” said Cara Burres-Jones, zoologyinstructor. “They’re the basic fox squirrel.”Squirrels are known to splay their bodies to release heat in a practice known as“heat dumping.” Their usual diet of nuts now incorporates fast food items such asfries. “We do tend to have tree squirrels here as opposed to ground squirrels,” saidBurres-Jones.Squirrels share the campus with natural predators such as cats as well as unnaturalpredators, cars. They may not be seeking a higher education but at the end of theday they do look a little smarter than most.

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TIFFANY HERRERAStaff Writer

Dozens of students flocked tothe Art Gallery on Jan. 31 forPCC Architecture, an exhibitionof work produced by architec-ture students. The visitors werediscussing the works, taking pic-tures and video, interacting withthe different pieces, and enjoy-ing the exhibit.

Some of the works are abstractcreations and many are differentstructures, such as a design forthe Westfield Mall in CenturyCity. Some of the works had pic-tures of the inspiration and theirprocess of coming up with thefinal product.

Thao Trinh was in charge ofputting together the exhibit. Thiswas her first experience being incharge; she seemed to be happywith the results.

Trinh said the most difficultobstacle in putting together theexhibit was figuring out how toorganize the entire room. Shesaid the most fun thing was get-ting to work with everyoneinvolved. “We had our frustrat-ing sides. Like [something did-n’t] look right so we had toremove it and put it back again,”Trinh said.

Griffith’s class was therechecking out the work andseemed to be learning from the“field trip” to the exhibit.

Zenan Guo, architecture, stoodlooking at some of the works onthe wall. His favorite piece wasUCLA School of Journalism andNew Media. “[I like the piecebecause] I think it’s very cre-

ative,” Guo said.Christian Landaverde, archi-

tecture, walked with a few of hisclassmates and discusses the dif-ferent aspects of each piece. Hisfavorite piece was Untitled buthe described it as an “amoeba-like structure.” “The composi-tion is really well put [together]and the source pictures that wereused to create the actual pieceactually transition really well,”said Landaverde.

Another piece he was interest-ed in was Fom by Greg Morgan,Steven Valdez, Storm Campoand Chris Marsudidjaja. “Foamis always fun. Using new materi-als in architecture is always oneof the greatest challenges,” saidLadaverde.

Morgan watched studentscheck out his group’s foam chair,encouraging them to sit on it.“We spent a couple months justresearching the material itself,”Morgan said. “We started with arandom assortment of house-hold objects and a couple of uscame with different spongymaterials. Mine was a groutingsponge and another had akitchen sponge,” he said.

Morgan explained that thegroup decided on furniture foambecause they found that theycould buy large quantities of thefoam from a manufacturer.

He said the foam was uniqueand gave an emotional quality.“Every time someone wouldtouch it, they would keep doingit. It made people happy so weknew there had to be some formof human interaction,” saidMorgan.

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Cultural music

transcends lectureTERESA MENDOZAStaff Writer

A tune that makes you tap yourfeet and want to join the answer-ing chorus plays in HarbesonHall; a slave work song from themid 1800s with “heavy, deep-south dialect” titled Grey Goose.

Music instructor Ray Briggsteaches the Afro-American musicclass and asks students to heed tothe lyrics of the song, which tellthe story of a goose that cannot bekilled, cannot be eaten and evensurvives being sawed. The songends with the goose seen flyingover the ocean. Briggs explainsthe goose represents an African-American slave who flies over theocean back to Africa.

Briggs explains to the studentsthat Afro-American music was anoutlet for the slaves to say whatthey meant without being detect-ed. The music empowered thepeople who had no rights.“Music helps us transcend thephysical context we are in,” saidBriggs.

According to Briggs, in the newworld’s cultural mixing whereverAfricans were, they tend to devel-op some kind of popular dancemusic, such as Salsa in Cuba,Samba in Brazil. In NorthAmerica early music moved fromwork songs, to blues, ragtime,jazz, R&B all the way to hip hop.

“The history of slavery allowedfor the different influences toshow up,” said Briggs. “It isessential to know how the thingsthat are valued have developed.”

Violin player JoyAnna Hatcher

sees Afro-American music as anintegral part of American culture.“It’s easy to look at music andculture as a final product, discon-nected from the process that cre-ated it,” said Hatcher. “With thisclass, I am able to connect manytypes of music to its roots”

Students like Emilia Maysonet,sociology, learn the importantcomplexities of racial inequalityand social identity. “I try to get afeel for all the different elementsthat impact African-Americanstoday, anything from sociology,history, psychology, and thearts,” she said.

The history of how enslavedAfricans developed unique musi-cal traditions is based on theirAfrican past but also partly basedon the European influences andto some degree also the indige-nous influence of the people thatinhabited the new world, accord-ing to Briggs.

Film major George Gonzalezde Cossio, whose eclectic musictaste includes electronic, rock,metal, alternative, pop, classic,ethnic music, takes the class tounderstand how music hasevolved and the people responsi-ble for that change. “You couldsay I'm a music and historyjunkie,” he said.

“Having the chance to studyAfro-American music in detailand African music in other partsof the new world, I see all thekinds of connections in music,”said Briggs. “The influence ofAfrican music is so prevalentbecause the slave trade dispersedAfricans in so many places.”

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The Architecture Departmentexhibition opened at the Galleryon Jan. 31. Leena Feidi, account-ing, above, is seen with the piece“Natural Landscape” by studentSapeer Hillel.Left: Greg Morgan, art, sits onhis groups’ creation “FOM” (pro-nounced fum)

issue is enforcement,” said Buczko.Juan Diego Ashton, Associated Students

vice president for sustainability and Healthand Safety committee member, also spokeabout the ineffectiveness of the currentsmoking policy.

“My experience [is that getting] compli-ance with that policy hasn’t been success-ful. I think anyone you talk to that under-stands it knows that it’s not working,” saidAshton.

He also spoke of the dangers of second-hand smoke to others.

“I see it as a public health issue when stu-dents smoke in passage ways. I’m worried[about] the majority [of] students dealing

with second-hand smoke exposure, espe-cially when students smoke together,” saidAshton.

Others on campus expressed their con-cerns about a smoke-free campus.

Kevin Orellana, English, said smokerswould encounter inconvenience with asmoke free campus.

“I think it’s a bad idea because some peo-ple can’t quit smoking just like that and it’sgoing to be a hassle to get off campus tosmoke,” he said.

Chris Sanchez, criminal justice, supportsa new smoking policy and is annoyed withsecond hand smoke.

“I’m for it. It’s irritating and gives meheadaches,” said Sanchez.

kind of a dual summer session opportu-nity before June 30, we have a shot atactually getting back our 1,200 to1,250FTES.”

According to Miller, the school is aim-ing to spend most of the expected moneyon additional spring and summer sec-tions, assuming all the expected funds arereceived.

“The Board of Governors can rewarddistricts that were able to ‘respond to theworkload’ and provide money plus addi-tional growth money,” said Miller.

“Or they can say [that] what they[were] asked to do was unreasonable[and] can extend that opportunity to

2013-2014 so we can recover.”The school is currently holding on to its

safety net in the form of the generalreserves.

According to Maria Descalzo, interimexecutive director of fiscal services, theschool has about $18 million in reservetrying to increase to $25 million.

Because of last year’s school budgetcuts the college had to dip into unrestrict-ed general fund in June to cover payrolluntil more money came in, according toDescalzo

“One big advantage of having a fundbalance was during the tight cash prob-lem that we had was that we were able touse [those funds] for daily needs,” saidDescalzo.

bers felt. According to Walter,the committee felt a great sense ofdissatisfaction from simply beinghanded a calendar that it hasnever seen before. “This is not thecalendar we worked on. … This isthe Board’s invention.”

Committee member GlennaWatterson was upset and felt thatthe role of the committee wasundermined. “We are to support

the pedagogical and operationalneeds of the students, so weshould have more to say,” shesaid. “The Board doesn’t approvea calendar before we recommenda calendar; this has never hap-pened before.”

After the meeting, committeemember Matthew Henes ques-tioned the point of having a com-mittee when its deliberations arenot even considered. “It feels likewe are just rubber stamping

what’s given to us,” he said.Committee member Loknath

Persaud shared this sentiment,and remarked: “This whole[process] is upside down.”

Although discussion of a win-ter session dominated the meet-ing, Bell said that he did not thinkthat a recommendation from thecommittee for another calendarwould change the currentpredicament.

“I completely understand that

members of this committee —clearly members of the [publicand college community] — have alot of concerns and disagreementswith this calendar: one, the calen-dar itself, two, the process wecame to arrive at the calendar, andthree, the fact that we are in theposition of having to make deci-sions with this calendar that ispresented to us now,” Bell said.“Please hear me when I say I hearthat and I understand that. Again,

our charge as a committee is toconsider the operational datesunder the calendar.”

Towards the end of the meet-ing, the committee approved toidentify Aug. 26 as the start of fall2013.

Academic Senate presidentDustin Hanvey was not present atthe meeting, but saw the calendardocument. “I would rather haveno comment at this time,”Hanvey said, via email.

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7CourierFebruary 7, 2013 Sports

JONATHAN BILESStaff Writer

The Lancer men’s basketballteam eked out a victory over theLong Beach City College Vikings74-70 on Jan. 30.

This win makes PCC 7-13 onthe season with a 3-4 SouthCoast Conference record.

The Lancers started the gamewith a 7-0 lead which then alter-nated between teams before PCCfinally took the lead with 4:43left in the second half and held ituntil the final buzzer. PCC clungto a one-point lead for most ofthe game and was fortunate tohold the Vikings to 70 points.

“It was a good game and wewere lucky to get out of it with awin,” said PCC Head CoachMike Swanegan Sr. “If we justcompete and fight until the end,we’ll win these games.”

The Lancers’ game plan was toplay offense from inside out –get the big men involved and getthem involved early. TheLancers were led by 6’6” sopho-more forward Alec Tatum whohad a double-double with ateam-leading 16 points and 20rebounds. PCC out-reboundedLBCC 57-46.

“We tried to work the ballinside because we knew that wehad a size advantage,”Swanegan Sr. said.

PCC’s leading scorer sopho-more guard Mike Swanegan Jr.finally regained his shootingconfidence, accounting for 14points and two successful threepointers. Swanegan Jr. has had anagging wrist injury and had thewrist on his shooting side tapedfor the game.

“I’ve been in a slump for awhile and having my wristtaped up took some getting usedto,” Swanegan Jr. said. “Once Imake that first three, I start to getmore confident with my shot.”

The Lancers had to play with-out sophomore guard EvanBrooks or sophomore guardChris Smith who was sidelinedwith injuries. Lancers trainerAlfonso Flores is feeling confi-dent about his players nearfuture.

“Evan [Brooks] tried to playbut we thought it was best tokeep him out for tonight’sgame,” Flores said. “Swanegan[Jr.’s] wrist is getting better.Brooks is scheduled to play inour next game, and Smith is pro-gressing well.”

Basketball team dominates the glass in home win

LUIS RODRIGUEZStaff Writer

Thanks to a new one-handed free throwapproach, the women’s basketball team main-tained a comfortable lead to beat the LongBeach Vikings 56-44 at the Hutto-PattersonGym on Jan. 30.

It was evident early on that the Lancers hada good chance of winning, prompting theViking’s coach Michael Anderson to throw hissmall coach’s whiteboard on the floor causinghis marker to awkwardly roll on to the courtduring play.

Lancer Head Coach, Joe Peron, credited thesuccess to nailing free throws.

“We made our free throws, we shot themwith one hand and we made them,” said

Peron. “That has been a difference in aboutfive of our ball games that we lost; [we were]missing free throws, too many of them. Andnot giving ourselves chance, so tonight wegave ourselves a chance.”

At the end of the first quarter the Lancerswere leading 34-28 and the Vikings didn’t getclose to gaining a lead in the second half.

“We played as a team. It was about hearttonight,” said Desiree Loving, guard. “Wewere determined to come out with tenacioustenacity.

Coach Peron really emphasized us beingperfect and making sure in practice we goextra hard and get all of our jitters out andmake sure we come out ready to play.”

The hard work paid off, letting Loving scorefour of five attempted free throws.

“I know we changed our free throws,” said

Kaitlyn Parks, center, who racked up 20points.

“We shot with one hand, that was different.That’s to balance yourself. Coach [Peron] cameup with this new way to throw free throws, sowe put one hand behind our back to balanceour body and we shot with our dominanthand.”

Proving that practice makes perfect, theLancers are now in third place in the SouthCoast Conference.

“We practiced two hard days to prepare forthis team,” said Shay Jackson, point guard.“We just executed it well and kept our compo-sure. In our first game with them in conferencethey held me to zero field goals. We told our-selves we were going to be more active and dowhat we had to do to win.”

Lissett Matos / CourierLancer forward Alec Tatum fights to make a pass against the Long Beach City College Vikings at Hutto-Patterson Gym on Jan.30. Lancers won 74-70.

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Bridget Sanchez / CourierDesiree Loving looks to passagainst LBCC at Hutto-PattersonGym on Jan. 30.

Women’s hoops wins with free throw efficiency

ADAM MITCHELLStaff Writer

The Lancer softball team dom-inated the Barstow Vikings onJan. 31, cruising to 8-0, and 7-0wins in a doubleheader atRobinson Park.

The pitching and defenseplayed well with first gamestarter Melissa Izumida throw-ing a two-hit shutout with 10strikeouts, and second gamestarter Cierra Newton also keep-ing Barstow scoreless with ashutout of her own.

“[I got] motivation from mycoaches. [They] are alwaysreminding us that we’rechamps,” said Izumida, “that we

have a fire under us and no to letit go out.”

In just her second season ashead coach, Brittany Williamshad her team on track againstthe Vikings. “[We] came out andplayed solid defense. We madethe plays we were supposed tomake,” said Williams. “Thepitchers got ahead and whenthey were ahead they didn’tthrow many mistakes.”

The Lancers offense was alsoclicking, with a very one-sidedhit count in each game of thedouble header.

PCC outhit Barstow 13-2 in thefirst game, earning an early endto the game with the 8-0 run ruleput into effect.

The second game was much ofthe same, with PCC again outhitting Barstow heavily 16-4,with some great hitting fromSara Quintero going two for fourwith two RBIs. “[I] had morecontrol over my legs today and Ifelt good out there,” saidQuintero.

Audrey Serna also contributedin the second game going four-for-four and scoring two runs,leading the offensive onslaughtfor the Lancers.

It was an all around effort ledby pitching and anchored bysolid defense. The Lancersearned the two victories againstBarstow pushing their record upto 3-4.

ANDREW SALMIStaff Writer

The Lancers started off their2013 baseball season Feb. 1 witha 4-3 loss in 11 innings playinghost to the Antelope ValleyCollege Marauders, but bouncedback with a strong performancevisiting AVC in Lancaster onFeb. 2 with a 10-6 victory inwhich sophomore third basemanDavid Halstead made an amaz-ing leaping catch in foul territoryagainst the fence to record thefinal out of the inning.

“The ball was in the air and Inoticed it was getting reallyclose to the line, so I tossed myhat so nothing would get in theway,”said Halstead. “Then I ran,jumped over the fence andcaught it. It was intense andpretty fun.”

Friday's game was competi-tive from start to finish, but theLancers were haunted by leav-ing 20 runners on base whileonly scoring three runs.

“We need to practice situation-al hitting so that we’re gettingthe concept of the runneradvancement,” said Head CoachEvan O’Meara. “On both Fridayand Saturday with runners inscoring position, they wereswinging like they were trying tohit home runs, and that’s nothow we want to advance run-ners.”

With Friday's loss on openingday at Jackie Robinson MemorialField, the Lancers had standoutperformances on offense fromsophomore shortstop Josh Clarkand freshman catcher CoreyRichards. Clark, the Lancers'leadoff batter, had two hits onFriday's game while Richardshad three hits and a run battedin.

“Josh and Corey are going tobe anchors for us. If we don’thave a guy behind the plate likeCorey controlling the game andkeeping the pitcher on his game,then we’re going to struggle,”said O’Meara. “Between Joshand Bobby Fraijo, they helpedlead a terrific defensive day.”

In Saturday’s victory at AVC,the Lancers got off to a very faststart with five runs in the firstinning. Freshman right fielderAaron Correa smacked a tripleto center field with the basesloaded in the first inning, bring-ing in all three runners that wereon base. The Lancers got into atough spot in the third inning,giving up two runs to theMarauders.

Despite Friday's extra-inningloss, the Lancers got a stellarpitching performance fromsophomore starting pitcherTrevor Gleason, who struck outeight Marauder batters in 7.2innings pitched.

“I thought I had a really good

outing and the team played verywell, but I felt that we were a lit-tle nervous since it was our firstgame,” said Gleason. “But wedefinitely picked it up the nextday.”

In Saturday’s win, freshmanknuckleball specialist and start-ing pitcher Tim Shiba threw for

seven solid innings in route tothe Lancers’ first victory.Assistant Coach Dave Walterswas extremely impressed withGleason and Shiba’s pitchingperformances from Friday andSaturday respectively.

“Trevor (Gleason) was able tocome up with a performance

that he hadn’t shown all fall.We’d seen flashes of it, but that’sby far the most consistent he’sever pitched,” said Walters.“Tim (Shiba) did exactly whatwe’re trying to get him to do bygetting guys to hit weak pop-upsand ground balls. It worked real-ly well for him.”

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Women’s hoops falls to rival No. 1 Mt. SACTIFFANY ROESLERStaff Writer

Good things come to thosewho wait, such as chances forgreat shots or well-executedplays. However, patience didn’tcome easy for women’s basket-ball as the team missed crucialshots and opportunities to breakMt. SAC’s undefeated streak.The outcome was a seven-pointdefeat by No. 1 Mounties (24-0,11-0), 52-45 on Feb. 1.

No. 10 PCC remains in thirdplace in the South CoastConference 6-4, and falls to 16-6overall.

“[It was] a lack of discipline,which caused quick shots andmistakes,” said Head Coach JoePeron.

“That cost us the game, basi-cally.”

Both teams never gained muchof a lead, remaining close inpoints throughout the entiregame. Just when one team start-

ed to break away, the other didits best to top it.

With eight minutes left toplay, PCC had its final lead 42-41, before Mt. SAC went on a 11-3 run. Freshman center KaitlynParks played a pivotal role witha game high of 13 boards andthree blocks while contributing10 points and two steals.

“We played our butts off, butit wasn’t good enough,” saidParks. “It isn’t a negative thing,it’s the truth. We played really

well compared to the best teamin our conference. What morecan we ask for?”

As the first half was windingdown, freshman guard DesireeLoving made a shot to tie thegame 19 all, and dished out eightof 10 points back-to-back,including two free throws.

“I was just so excited to winand keep my team going, [but] Ireally needed to slow down andkeep the momentum slower,”said Loving.

“I just tried to keep my headin the game, and not let my mis-takes get to me.”

Sophomore guard StellaGhazarian and freshman for-ward Tyler Crockom added ninepoints apiece. Crockom con-tributed four boards and foursteals.

“Our defense was much better[and] our intensity was a lothigher,” said Peron. “We played35 minutes of basketball thistime.”

Softball cruises in doubleheader

Jordan Harris / CourierChristan Ybarra, midswing, gets an RBI and places the Lancers in the lead against Antelope Valley atBrookside Park's Jackie Robinson Memorial Field on Feb. 1. The Lancers lost 4-3.

JazminHernandez

connectswith the ball

and landsherself on

first base inPCC’s 7-0

win againstBarstow at

RobinsonPark on Jan.

31.

John Novak/ Courier