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Volume 125 - Issue 5
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
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Iron Man still going strong Props,
Pierce volleyball instructor peppers life with passion for sports MONICA VIGIL Reporter @Monica̲a̲vigil
Day of Politics explores social reform
H
e jumps to set a volleyball in the North Gym while wearing a neon pink windbreaker and black running shorts. Only now, he’s a teacher instead of a student. Eldin Onsgard comes back to where he was 44 years ago. Onsgard works part-time as the volleyball instructor at Pierce College, which he attended from 1970-1972. As a student, he was involved in swimming, volleyball, springboard diving, water polo, cheerleading, dance, theater and music. As a teacher, he has coached men’s swimming, diving and water polo. He was also inducted into the Pierce College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2014. Onsgard is a full-time kinesiology teacher at East Los Angeles College, but teaches volleyball Monday nights at Pierce. “It actually costs me money to teach here, because to come over for one night means I can’t teach two classes at East [L.A. College], which means I’m losing a class to pick up this one,” Onsgard said. Onsgard has applied for a fulltime position at Pierce multiple times throughout the years, but never received an interview, which he says is “heartbreaking.” “Pierce is my origin, and I think about that all the time,” Onsgard said. “It would’ve been nice if I ended my career here, but it doesn’t look like I will, but that doesn’t mean I don’t support the place.” Besides teaching, Onsgard is still an active participator in various sports and activities. This past year, he competed in the USLA National Lifeguard Championships. He entered all nine events and placed first in his age category for each one. Some of the events he competed in were the surf boat race, the American and national ironman, and the run-swim-run event.
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Eldin Onsgard, professor of kinesiology, serves a volleyball near the Victory Trail Head in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Oct. 8, 2016. Onsgard has been teaching here for more than 30 years after attending Pierce in the early 1970s. “I’ve been doing this a pretty long time and I think I have a leg up over my competition because I love to train,” Onsgard said. “I trained hard this year. Some of the things I do for strength are rowing, surfing, ski, paddle boarding. I thrive on it. I get into a rhythm and into a piece of
mind. I’ve been blessed to be able to do as long as I have.” Tom Ouimet, assistant coach for the volleyball class, thinks Eldin is a strong role model for students and faculty. “The fact that he is out here still doing this stuff is just remarkable,”
Ouimet said. “Eldin is amazing. He’s still doing the races, he’s winning. He’s still a lifeguard at Santa Monica. He comes here [to Pierce]. He’s at East [L.A. College] teaching 700 hours a day and then he still goes fishing.” Onsgard said he is grateful to have attended Pierce when he did, because
the school was at its peak in both the athletic department and community involvement. [For the full story visit theroundupnews.com] Mvigil.roundupnews@gmail.com
Extra, extra: Old news is no news Marquee on the Mall displays 2015 info SALVADOR FARIAZ Editor in Chief @S̲fariaz
The marquee in front of the Great Hall has been providing information on events from the fall 2015 semester. Currently on display are reminders for an October Club Rush and the Student Trustee elections, both from more than a year ago. This particular electronic sign is operated by the Associated Students Organization to promote on-campus events. Barbara Lombrano, the president of the ASO, said that she is aware of the problem but neither her or her advisers are able to update the information at this time. “We are aware,” Lombrano said. “We do not own that marquee. However, in the past our ASO adviser had access to put information on it.” Curtis Smith is a Student Services Specialist and a former ASO adviser. He has worked with the marquee in the past and is familiar with how the system works. “This is my understanding of how it works,” Smith said. “There is a
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computer over in student engagement or ASO area. That computer has Venus Software and that software sets up a remote session with a computer that’s located in north of mall that has stopped working.” According the Smith, the Computer has a Venus Software that sets up a remote session with a computer located in north of the mall which has stopped working. “That computer is connected to the controller inside the sign with fiber that runs underneath the pavers of the main mall into the sign. So you would update on the software and then the software would contact that computer and the computer would contact the sign and update the sign.” The marquee on the mall is not able to be updated due to ineffective computers in the North of Mall. Associate Vice President, Larry Kraus said that it might be a problem accessing it due to construction. “I know that it is not working,” Kraus said. “It is related to the construction, so until the construction is finished, they can’t get into certain areas.” The marquee was turned off from
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As of Oct. 11, 2016 The marquee on the Mall displays a veteran's orientation that took place on Sept. 22, 2015. For a year, the marquee has been providing out-of-date information about events on campus. a power breaker for most of last semester but was turned on at the start of this semester. “They [Plant facilities and Information Technology] were able to find out that the breaker is in the electrical room in the old library [which is] connected up to IT,” Smith said.
“Once we figured that out, we went in and shut it down and it was off for quite a while,” Smith said. “But at some point, someone turned it back on. I don’t know why it was turned back on and it wasn’t working, why it wasn’t turned back off.” Lombrano would like to see the
screen updated or at least turned off so that wrong information isn’t posted to mislead students and faculty. “I would personally like to see the campus IT or whoever put some sort of covering over it until it is going to be fixed,” Lombrano said. [See Marquee, pg. 3]
In the last eight years, less than 30% of young, eligible voters, voted during elections. With 2016 becoming an important election year cycle, the Day of Politics aims to change that by getting more students involved in the political process. The annual Day of Politics is on Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the Great Hall. It encourages young adults to be more involved in the political process by focusing on issues and local propositions that affect their futures. “A lot of our students are apathetic because they don't really feel like they're connected to government, they don't feel like it represents them,” said Denise Robb, professor of political science and one of the organizers of Day of Politics. “There's no better proof for how important government is than the propositions because there are seventeen of them.” One of the propositions on the ballot that affects students is Proposition 55. This would extend the personal income tax on taxpayers with incomes of $250,000 or more for an additional 12 years, to fund education and healthcare, according to an LA Times article. “Prop 55 is going to be an interesting one,” said Lynette Quintero, president of the PoliSci Society at Pierce. “Everyone at school is there for education so hearing the opposing side will definitely be interesting.” Day of Politics is sponsored by the PoliSci Society, the ASO, the Campus Vote Project, Alpha Gamma Sigma and the Vegan Society. “We partnered up with Denise Robb and our role is to support the students that are going to be involved in the debates and discussions between the senators during the Q&A session,” Quintero said. “We want to incorporate all forms of politics and involve all the ballot initiatives during the November election.” Another proposition that will affect students is Prop 51, which allows the state to issue $9 billion in bonds to fund K-12 schools and community colleges, according to Yeson51.com, a website that supports the initiative. Though these two propositions will be in dispute at the Day of Politics, other issues will be debated on during the event that will benefit students’ interest, such as reducing sentences for nonviolent criminals, ending the death penalty and the legalization of marijuana. “A lot of times, people tend to vote for the presidency and overlook the rest of it because it's hard to find unbiased information,” Quintero said. “By doing this, we hear both sides and provide unbiased information so students can use it as references to do more research.” Between 2008 and 2012, 38 percent of voters ages between 18 and 24, while almost 70 percent of voters are between the ages 65 and older, according to a study by the U.S. Census Bureau. Though the study does not indicate the reason why voter turnout for young adults is low compared to older adults, disenchantment with the voting process could be a cause, a sentiment shared by 20-year-old Pierce College student, Jake Anthony. [See Politics, pg. 3]