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A FIRST AMENDMENT PUBLICATION Woodland Hills, California Volume 130 - Issue 10
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Terrorist End of the road for athletic director Athletic Director will not be returning to fulfill the position arrested FELIPE GAMINO Sports Editor @fgamino13 The search for a new athletic director begins as Moriah Van Norman will not reapply for the position at the end of the semester. Van Norman became AD in July 2017, when Bob Lofrano decided to retire after being told to reapply for the job he had since 2007. At first, Jawell Samilton was appointed by Vice President of Student Services Earic Dixon-Peters, but turned down the job after less than a week, which led to Van Norman getting the position. She said that her time being athletic director was a great experience because of what was accomplished. “We did a lot of things that were student centered. We have a student tutoring center that helps our athletes in their classes and prepares them to transfer which is the number one priority,” Van Norman said. Van Norman is currently working on her doctorate degree in mental health from the University of Southern California and said this will be beneficial to her in the long run. “The work that I’m doing there will help me better serve our students,” Van Norman said. Van Norman informed
File Photo by Randi Love / Roundup Moriah Van Norman poses near a field at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2017. Van Norman is the new athletic director.
Dixon-Peters and met with the athletics staff to notify them she will be stepping down as AD. Doxon-Peters said Van Norman was doing a good job and said it would be a huge loss for athletics. “She brought forward so many good initiatives and has shifted the culture of the athletic program with bringing four
new coaches and is a wonderful human being a student-centered professional,” Dixon-Peters said. Dixon-Peters said that Van Norman has identified some gaps which one of them include having full-time coaches. He said that not only she brought it up, but Lofrano as well. Dixon-Peters said that Genice Sarcedo-Magruder,
dean of athletics, is finalizing the job description with human resources and he should see it this week. He would send it to Interim President Lawrence Buckley for his approval. When approved, it will be open internally for anyone on campus to apply. If there are no applicants after three weeks, Dixon-Peters will open
the position district wide. There are several traits that Dixon-Peters wants to see with the potential candidate. “For me by far the most important quality is integrity in terms of a student-centered perspective. In a way of helping our students succeed in helping them pursue their educational goals and helping our coaches be successful,” Dixon-Peters said. He said the athletic director that steps in must be able to form a relationship with the community and have compassion for the students. “They are not only athletes, they are also pupils. They have jobs, are competing at the highest level, taking 12 units and some of them are parents,” Dixon-Peters said. Dixon-Peters said that Sarcedo-Magruder will focus on the transition plan for when the name is chosen. He will have an exit interview with Van Norman to get her experience and to get suggestions on what can be improved. Sarcedo-Magruder, said she was devastated that Van Norman was stepping down. “With her transitioning back into the classroom of course it is devastating for us, but I think it is a great opportunity for her as an instructor,” Sarcedo-Magruder said. [For the full story visit theroundupnews.com]
Sophomore Day ends it their way
Players celebrate their last game as Brahmas before transferring ABDUL ALI & GINA WONG Reporters @abdulal20224210 @ginabwong99 Brahmas baseball played their last game of the season on Friday, April 26, and while the score didn’t go their way, it was still a positive experience for the players. The game was called “sophomore day” and every sophomore made an appearance, even if it meant doing something different than normal, according to Head Coach Bill Picketts. “When the game doesn’t mean a whole lot as far as us getting into the playoffs, I try to put them out in situations where you can kind of honor them a little bit and have some fun with them,” Picketts said. “I played some guys that normally don’t play because it’s their last game. The players took it in stride and everybody got a chance to play and had a good time.” Pitcher Barrett Vonderau talked about how it felt to play out of position at second base for the first time since middle school and what it meant to be
Blake Williams / Roundup Jackson Briscoe (22) and more teammates embrace Johnathan Lavallee (32) as he comes off the field in his final game for the Brahmas at Joe Kelly Field at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on April 26, 2019.
able to play in sophomore day. “I was out there and I looked lost but I battled through and batted second highest on the team,” said Vonderau. “Overall it was a fun environment, a lot of us worked hard for two years, grinded it out and It's been a long season, but we stuck through it,
tried our best and it kind of a rewarding type feel to it and it was fun. This is baseball.” Vonderau alluded to the emotion behind playing his final game for the Brahmas. “It was kind of emotional. I'm going to miss this coach and the bonds we made here as
a team and knowing this is the last time we'll play on the same field with this group of guys,” Vonderau said. “And it's kind of sad, but at the same time we know we're all moving onto a better place and we're going to continue our baseball career.” Johnathan Kennedy a
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sophomore pitcher, enjoyed the idea of sophomore day. “All the sophomores basically got to play today in no matter what their position was, if they were a pitcher they were going to hit today,” said Kennedy. “It was def initely a f un and ever yone was a relaxed instead of, locked in like a regular season or playoff game.” Kennedy was also pleased with how pierce has helped him grow and is now excited for the f ut ure. “It's def initely great because I got a lot better here and I progressed here and it's just another step in the right direction,” said Kennedy. For pitcher Johnathan Lavallee, sophomore day was about having f un and letting lose for the last time with his teammates more than it was about competing at the highest possible level. “I didn't really care what happened that much, I just thought to myself that I'm just going to swing no matter what,”said Lavallee. “And I was able to hit a home run so that was funny.” [see JUMP on pg. 10]
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NATALIE MIRANDA Eitor-In-Chief @natalierosemir Mark Steven Domingo, 26, was arrested for plotting to detonate improvised explosive devices (IED). He faces federal charges for planning a terrorist attack. Public Relations Manager Doreen Clay said that school records indicate that a student by the name of Mark S. Domingo took classes at Pierce College from summer 2013 through spring 2014, according to a Press-Telegram article. Domingo was a former U.S. Army infantryman with combat experience in Afghanistan. He attempted to purchase and build an explosive device. Domingo was charged with providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday by federal prosecutors and unsealed on Sunday. Since early March, Domingo “planned and took steps to manufacture and use a weapon of mass destruction in order to commit mass murder,” according to a 30-page affidavit in support of the complaint, United States Attorney Nick Hanna said Domingo’s plan was fortunately unsuccessful, according to the press release from the United States Attorney’s Office. “This investigation successfully disrupted a very real threat posed by a trained combat soldier who repeatedly stated he wanted to cause the maximum number of casualties,” Hanna said. “Protecting Americans from terror attacks is the number one priority of the Justice Department, and anyone who plots to use a weapon of mass destruction will be held to account.” Domingo considered targeting Jewish communities, churches, and police officers, as well as doing a drive-by shooting with a modified AK-47-style rifle he owned, but ultimately decided to detonate an IED at a suspected white nationalist rally at Bluff Park in Long Beach. The affidavit states Domingo purchased several hundred nails to be used as shrapnel inside the IED last week. “Domingo said he specifically bought three-inch nails because they would be long enough to penetrate the human body and puncture internal organs,” according to the affidavit. nmiranda.roundupnews@gmail.com
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