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October 12, 2011
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Volleyball team undefeated
Too many Wʼs to continue 2010 State championship team trying for repeat victory in 2011 Students who withdraw from classes can’t repeat
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Calvin Alagot/ Roundup The Board of Governors (BOG) passed new regulations limiting community college students to no more than three chances to pass the same for credit class, be it a case of withdrawal (“W”) or a non-passing grade. Prior to these changes, students were only affected by non-passing grades (D’s and Fails,) and though colleges are not expected to adopt this policy until the summer of 2012, even past “W’s” will count against students and their limit of 3 attempts at any credited course. The amendment to these Title 5 regulations was passed July 2010 in response to the reduction in classes and increase in enrollment, according to a letter from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. “I don’t think it’s fair that W’s from your past should affect your current academic career,” said Shane Mooney, Associated Student Organization Senator. “I have two W’s from 2004 and they’re going to mess me up now?” If a student drops a class within the first few weeks of the semester a “W” is not recorded. Any time after that a “W” will be recorded, and if students wait until the end of the semester dropping a class will result in a fail. “The goal of it is to get students to take their classes more seriously,” said Career and Transfer Center Director, Joanna Zimring Towne. “The fourth time they have to either appeal or take it outside of the district.” RUOnline? For the full story visit www.theroundupnews.com
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Above: Veronika Ban and Danetta Boykin attempt to block Bakersfieldʼs Renegades kill attempt.
Club plans rally
the end of the game and was not able to The number one ranked team in play the remainder of it. the state, the Pierce College womThe injury appeared to be only a en’s volleyball team, continues their minor sprain, according to head coach undefeated streak this season im- Mardini. proving to 16-0, winning all three The team, currently ranked best in sets against Bakersfield College the state among community colleges, Wednesday by scores of (31-29, 25- has a busy schedule this season. How11, 25-21). ever, head coach Mardini says he is The Brahmas remain the only confident in his team and in their next undefeated team in the state drop- game at Glendale Community College ping only two of the 50 sets they’ve played so far. lmartinez.roundupnews@gmail.com Throughout the first two games the scores were close. Each play Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. broke a tie on the scoreboard. The Brahmas’ are looking to capitalize on their undefeated season and repeat last year’s state championship. To watch the Brahmas volleyball video Brahma’s middle Veronika Ban scan this QR Code. led the team with 14 kills. Freshman opposite hitter, Sakurako Fujii, fell right behind her with 13 kills and added five digs. However, Co-captain Kathleen Wright led the team in digs with 16 for the game and added five aces to the Brahma’s cause. Setter Janelle Futch managed 40 assists against the Renegades. “In the beginning we made some errors but we always try to focus on the mistakes we make rather than the other team so we can improve,” said freshman Lindsay Maxoutopoulis. The team has consistently maintained that their talent relies on their ability to return to practice the next day, whether they have won or lost the previous day, to improve their skills. Nabil Mardini, women’s volleyball head coach, always a vocal coach, was on the floor interacting with his players for the entirety of the game, giving both critical and positive feedback. “It’s just my natural style to connect with the players during the game,” said Mardini. “Every coach has their own style.” Despite the team’s exciting victory, outside Angela Tafoya/ Roundup hitter Shayna Guitare, reCelebrating: Sakurako Fujii celebrates. injured her knee toward
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Education prostest to include other schools Michaia Hernandez/ Roundup
The Associated Students Organization (ASO) will be hosting an organized rally Wednesday, Oct. 26 aimed at addressing budget cuts to schools in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). The rally, dubbed “Where’s the Funding?” (WTF?), will begin at 12:30 p.m., and is expected to last for two hours, according to ASO President Gabriel Mellibosky. “This event is going to be just like the rally we had last semester, but it’s on a larger scale,” said Mellibosky. “While we had a week to plan out the last rally, this time we have one month and a week.” Participants are expected to congregate by the bull statue on the Mall. From there, protestors are to walk toward the intersection of Victory and Winnetka. The majority of the rally will be conducted there. One of the main differences between the upcoming rally and the last rally organized by the ASO is the route that participants will be walking. During last semester’s rally, protestors marched to the intersection
of Victory and Mason from the corner of Victory and Winnetka. “This time we’re staying in Victory/Winnetka,” said Mellibosky. “That’s where we get more attention.” WTF? is also expected to be a district-wide effort, as opposed to last semesters campus-wide one. Mellibosky expects students from Los Angeles Mission College and Los Angeles Valley College, the two LACCD colleges closest to Pierce, to participate in the rally. Advertising in the two schools is done through two mediums, the American Federation of Teachers and the schools’ respective student governments, according to Mellibosky. “The further [colleges] are just sending their executive boards to the rally,” he said. ASO, along with campus club Students Organizing for Success (SOS), is also trying to get members of the immediate community involved with the protest. In order to catalyze that, Mellibosky plans on handing out flyers in public venues like restaurants. He also plans on utilizing the mar-
quee located at the corner of Victory and Winnetka. “I really wanted to do door-todoor advertising, but we don’t have enough people for that,” he said. All nine LACCD campuses under are also hosting their own events throughout the week that the rally will be occurring, according to Mellibosky. Plans for the event are still tentative, as organizers are waiting for the Los Angeles Police Department to process paperwork they turned in, according to ASO Senator and SOS member Andrea Murray. Organizers are also trying to get state officials to participate in the rally, according to SOS Treasurer Naveed Halavi. “We need a lot of people at the protest,” said Halavi.
Wednesday: 62 degrees, cloudy with rain in the morning. Thursday: 72 degrees with passing showers. Friday: 72 degrees, mostly cloudy with showers. For current weather conditions, download a QR Code reader to your smart phone and scan the image below.
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Posters: Students from the SOS club make posters in the Great Hall in preperation for their rally, scheduled Oct.26.