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Volume 129 - Issue 6
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he Vaqueros were unable to corral the Brahmas on Saturday night as football defeated Santa Barbara City College in their first conference matchup of the season. The Brahmas’ defense stood out in the win with eight sacks, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and only allowing a late score on a short field. Marqi Morgan led the way with four sacks while Mylic McCurdy had two. David Williams also made a big impact on defense with a forced fumble that he recovered and an interception. Head Coach Carlos Woods said he was very happy with the way his defense played. “We knew were capable of doing something great,” Woods said. “We just had to play well for four quarters.” The Brahmas kicked off to open the game and they forced a fumble on Santa Barbara’s first possession. The fumble was forced and recovered by Dante Witcher Jr.
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David Williams tries to rip the ball from a Santa Barbara City College player as he holds on to the ball at Pierce College's Shepard Stadium during a game against Santa Barbara City College on Oct. 13, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.
Top Girls: Who's coming to dinner?
First play of the new season looks at female identity
In society today, women often feel as if they are forced to choose between a career and motherhood. Top Girls may resonate with audiences facing those same struggles. The 1982 play by Caryl Churchill opens the season for the Performing Arts department. Performances begin Friday and run through Oct. 28. Top Girls follows the story of Marlene, a woman in the 1980s struggling to find an identity that is separate from her role as a mother. An all-female cast gives a new perspective to the Pierce College
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A field goal from kicker Erik Castro gave the Brahmas a 3-0 lead. On their next possession, Pierce lined up to kick a field goal on fourth-andsix, but ended up running a trick play. They faked the field goal and Corey Horvath threw a 24-yard touchdown to Marcus Johnson, giving the Brahmas a 10-0 lead. The second quarter was an offensive struggle for both teams, and the Brahmas took a 10-0 lead into halftime. The third quarter started out with both offenses struggling. Williams forced a fumble and recovered it to give the Brahmas the ball, only to see the offense give it back with a fumble. The defense stopped the Vaqueros once again and the offense rewarded them. Quarterback Jonathan Saavedra found wide reciever Christian Graves for a 55-yard completion to put the Brahmas in the red zone. “It was kind of a broken play,” Saavedra said. “I was rolling out of the pocket and saw him one-on-one. We have that chemistry where I’ll take him one-on-one any day.” [see FOOTBALL on pg. 7]
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Performing Arts Department by reflecting the themes prevalent in society. Director Shaheen Vaaz said having an all female cast has helped the team bond in a way that has translated on stage. Sarah Zhuk, who plays Jeanine and a waitress, said being surrounded by a group of females empowers her. “I was so excited to know that it was an all-girl cast because I knew that every single one of us was going to get so close,” Zhuk said. “It's exactly what happened. We're really connected and honestly these ladies mean so much to me.” Churchill displays the strife women go through when choosing between following their career aspirations and building a family.
“We get to see what is lost and what is gained,” Vaaz said. “How it is virtually impossible to create a female utopia of any kind, how they still live in a very male world and how with every gain there is a sacrifice.” The first act of the play centers around Marlene, a recently promoted managing director at Top Girls Employment Agency, is accompanied by five dinner guests throughout history. All of the different women at the dinner table gathered together to share their stories of their ex-lovers over dinner. Vaaz also explained that she believes the play touches on incredibly relevant topics happening in the world today.
Students have access to an academic highway that allows them to to get to their educational goals faster. Pierce College has taken the initiative to go forward with implementing the first phase of Guided Pathways this upcoming February. Guided Pathways has expanded its district-wide grassroots project to Pierce’s website under the faculty and staff page. The Pathways movement aims to identify its four essential pillars of academic achievement. The goals are to clarify the path for students, help students choose and enter the pathway, stay on the path and ensure students are learning. Soon, the Program Pathways Mapper pilot, which is an interface that will help students construct a visual map to reach their academic goals, will be released. Angela Belden, the general education guided pathways coordinator, said the program mapper is guaranteed to help students achieve their goals. “The pilot program looks great,” Belden said. “The mapper is beautiful and it’s so clear for students.” [see GUIDED on pg. 3]
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Former Pierce President Rocky Young and Interim President Larry Buckley “It was a chance to talk about some things that the college hasn't done in a long time. As you go through various incarnations of leadership and things change, some of that historical memory is lost. We had an aging faculty when he was president. People were kind of at the end of their career and they've all retired since he retired, so we have a lot of younger faculty so there are these things that the college did back in the day that nobody remembers except people like Rocky."
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Alexa Maris portrays a concubine to the Emperor of Japan in the 13th Century alongside Justine "J.C." Brandy's character during dress rehearsal for "Top Girls" on Oct. 15, 2018, in Woodland Hills, Calif.
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