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Volume 117 - Issue 9
November 21, 2012
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No gun in Monday ʻroad rageʼ incident Sheriff ’s personnel responded with guns drawn amid claims of firearm during arguement
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“He thought he saw him reach kquinn.roundupnews@gmail.com for a possible weapon,” Guerrero A Pierce College student was said. “It turned out to be a large detained after police were alerted misunderstanding.” of a possible gun threat in Parking Although crowds gathered at the Lot 1 on Monday, authorities said. scene, authorities said no arrests Sheriff Al Guerrero, who was were necessary. patrolling on the Mall, was flagged “No crime was committed,” down by a man yelling that there Guerrero said. was a person with a gun. When interviewed after the “There was no weapon found,” incident, the man that alerted police Guerrero said. said that a weapon was involved. The man “The guy suspected of tried to hit having a gun me with a was stopped crowbar and in his vehicle threatened by sheriffs my life,” who then drew said the man their weapons who flagged in front of police. the Student -Deputy Al Guerrero A Roundup Ser vices photographer Building w h o around 3:45 p.m. witnessed the scene heard the The man that alerted police of driver threaten the man that hailed the threat but refused to release his the police because he was talking to name, said he was walking through the driver’s girlfriend. the parking lot when a man “driving A friend of the driver, who was violently” in a black Mercedes on the phone with him at the time nearly hit him. of conflict, arrived at the scene and “A male student ran up to me was detained for interfering with and said there was a gun. He police investigation. yelled,’Gun! Gun! Gun!’” Guerrero “He came over to help but his said. “I initiated a felony stop. It’s emotions got the best of him,” a high risk stop when somebody is Guerrero said. armed.” The situation was resolved “There seemed to be an argument after law enforcement pieced the over somebody’s driving habits,” situation together, and all parties Guerrero said. “There was a student were released without charge. that claimed that he was almost hit; Video footage of the high risk the other student said he didn’t, and traffic stop can be viewed at www. an argument ensued.” theroundupnews. com.
“He yelled ‘Gun! Gun! Gun!’”
Jose Romero/ Roundup CUFFED: A man who refused to give his name is handcuffed by Security Officer Pedro Pineda before being placed in the back of Deputy Al Guerreroʼs police cruiser after a traffic altercation involving the manʼs friends. The unidentified man is not a Pierce student.
30 could pay off soon Out in the first round Prop. Over 100 sections considered for summer 2013 intersession Women’s soccer team looks to rebuild after losing round one of Southern California Regional Playoffs
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The Pierce College women’s soccer team was knocked out of the playoffs, losing to the Orange Coast Pirates 2-1 on Nov. 17 at The Pit. Saturday’s heavy rainfall drenched The Pit and made for less-than-ideal viewing conditions by spectators. Though the heavy rain subsided before the match, the slippery pitch created an extra opponent, as the game played out more like a mud bowl than a playoff match. For the Brahmas, the first round playoff loss is not uncharted territory. “It feels like déjà-vu,” head coach Adolfo Perez said. “We were here a year ago and the same thing happened.” All scoring was done in the second half with Orange Coast scoring in the 49th and 53rd minute, making the score 2-0. Edith Dominguez scored the only goal for Pierce off a penalty kick in the Emad Ebasi/ Roundup 59th minute. DEVASTATED: Head coach Adolfo Perez cannot hide his reaction as the The game was physical from beginning womenʼs soccer team loses to Orange Coast on Saturday, Nov. 17. The loss to the end, and the undersized Pierce knocked Pierce out of the Southern California Regional playoffs in round one. team paid the price throughout the match. “All year we had a hard time with other teams being With many Brahmas having already played in their physical,” Perez said. “We knew how it was going to be last match, consistency will be key next season. from the scouting reports.” Younger players will need to step up if they want to There were a total of five yellow cards given by match this year’s 12-5-4 squad. referees during the highly contested playoff round. When asked what she felt she could of done better, “They were physical but we should have got it,” freshman midfielder Jennifer Sontay said. “Me Jacqueline Hilario said. “For next season we need to be personally? I wasn’t a starter, but there was more I more consistent.” could have done.”
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Funding from Proposition 30 will be used to open 100 to 125 sections at Pierce College this year, though restrictions on allocation are still unclear. Administration expects to open a minimal number of the added sections during Spring 2013, and the bulk of new sections will be opened during an expansive 8-week Summer 2013 intercession, Pierce College President Kathleen Burke-Kelly said at an Academic Senate meeting on Monday. “We will probably have a beefed up summer,” BurkeKelly said. “It means added sections. There will be more options for students,” Academic Senate President Tom Rosdahl said. It has not been decided which sections will be added, said Beth Abels of the Scheduling Advisement Committee. “It’s probably a guess at this point,” Rosdahl said of the new course offerings. The college is waiting for confirmation from the Los Angeles Community College District before it
makes final decisions on spending, Rosdahl said. As mandated in the proposition, money cannot be spent on administrators or administration, and it’s use on other resources, like instructional supplies, is still unclear, Burke-Kelly said. After allocation restrictions become more clear, a budgeting committee will decide how the remaining funds are spent, Burke-Kelly said. “Rather than unilaterally deciding, I would like to take it to the budget committee,” BurkeKelly said. John Zayac of Physics and Planetary Science is part of the budgeting committee. “The classes are going to come out of the schedule advisement committee,” Zayac said. “And the monies will be done by the budget committee who recommend where the money should go.” Burke-Kelly would like to use the remaining funds to reestablish tutoring services and increase the budget for instructional supplies, Burke-Kelly said. “Some of it is going to have to fall under the
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category of how we audit it or account for it,” BurkeKelly said. For faculty, the added sections may mean an eventual hiring increase of full-time faculty, Rosdahl said. “It’s more than likely that there will be reasonable hiring next year,” Rosdahl said. “At some point in the near future, we will know how many people.” The Faculty Position Priority Committee presented the list before the senate earlier in the month regarding the department hires and who would have priority. It was unanimously approved by the senate. Cinema is ranked first, due to an automatic rehire as per senate policy when professor Karin Stellwagen left the department at the end of the spring 2012 semester. There is also a reading specialist position at the Center for Academic Successes as per senate policy to replace Lori Nelson. Other departments ranking high on the list are microbiology which ranks 4th and horticulture which ranks 7th.
The senate also unanimously agreed to lower the number of students required to keep advance courses from closing on the first day of class. An advance course or a third level course is defined as a course which requires two CSU or UC transferable prerequisites at both Pierce College and the transfer institution, according to the advance course policy to be approved by the senate. In the pass 15 students were required to be enrolled in the course to continue, it has now been changed to require only eight.
Kathleen Burke-Kelly
Final decisions on spending, course offerings and faculty hiring will be made in December, Rosdahl said.
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