A FIRST AMENDMENT PUBLICATION Woodland Hills, California Volume 135 - Issue 7
Thursday, November 4, 2021
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Get a shot and grab some dough BY WALTER ORELLANA Reporter
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ierce College is handing out $150 gift cards on the spot to students who get their COVID-19 vaccination at the school’s new weekly mobile clinic. The vaccination mobile unit will be located on campus in Parking Lot 1 every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until Dec. 1 in front of the Student Services building, according to Pierce COVID-19 safety officer Paul Nieman. The Los Angeles Fire Department and pharmacists from University of Southern California will be working in the unit and administering Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna for free. The campus vaccine mobile unit is in compliance with the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. Both students and faculty will be asked to show proof of ID for an initial dose, and both ID and vaccination card for a booster shot. “I suggest going to the LA County Department of Public Health to check on anything that might be required in addition to ID,” Nieman said. The Los Angeles Community College District passed a COVID-19 policy effective on Oct. 18, requiring all faculty and students to register with Cleared4, a monitoring service to show proof of vaccination or a negative test result in order to be on campus. Student Health Center assistant Loralyn Frederick said that there is no central link to
Photo by Pauline Gener Pierce Associate Vice President of the Business Office Ron Paquette gets his booster shot at the Mobile Vaccination Clinic at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2021.
access the service, but that all students, staff and faculty have their own unique link that can be found within their LACCD email. “If you are not getting your daily reminder with a link
to perform your coming-tocampus pre-screening or to schedule your baseline COVID test for those not vaccinated, please inform our COVID-19 Safety Officer, Paul Nieman,” Frederick said.
Student Madeline Pammit said that having only a check-in survey didn’t feel reliable. “I would feel safer if we had mandated vaccines because anyone can lie on the survey questions. There's no one to
verify it’s a trust-base system,” Pammit said. Student Kimberly Valadez said that she felt getting the vaccine was necessary. “My reason for getting vaccinated was so I can protect
myself and those around me,” Valadez said.
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Sporting costumes on Halloween
Brahmas bring back spooky festivities with annual October game BY FELIPE GAMINO Sports editor
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Photo by Raquel Frohlich Adam Yamashita plays in costume during the annual Halloween baseball game at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2021.
he Pierce College baseball and soccer teams held practice a little differently by dressing up in costumes and participating in backwards baseball. Head baseball coach Bill Picketts said this is a way to build better comradery between the players. “It’s always nice to see them have fun,” Picketts said. “I know for all of them it is tough since they are trying to make the team. This event brings them together.” Some dressed as tacos, wore costumes from their jobs and decided to get creative. Jackson Briscoe dressed as a fairy. He said it was a last minute decision. “It was 10:30 a.m. and we had to be here at 12,” Briscoe said. “I went through some
Armenian folk song performance [see CAMPUS LIFE on pg. 6]
old costume bins, saw the wings and I was like this will do. Never been a fairy before.” Briscoe said playing backwards baseball is fun because they’re able to take a break from the normal practice routines. Ian DePalma dressed up as the mascot from Marco’s Pizza. “I asked my boss to see if I could borrow the costume, and he was cool with it,” DePalma said. “I’m pretty much promoting [the company].” Picketts said he might end up going to eat at DePalma’s job and said it was good advertising. But baseball was not the only team to partake in some Halloween fun. The soccer team also decided to dress up. The costumes included Julianna Euyoque dressing up as a dinosaur and Joanna Cerda, Halle Manalili and
Nirmolakpreet Kaur dressing up as head soccer coach Adolfo Perez. Other costumes included an inflatable baby, SpiderMan, Waldo and a Starbucks worker. Perez said it is something different and is a tradition that they want to create. “They understand that it is the day before a game and we did our normal practice and we are getting ready for the upcoming games,” Perez said. “We are finishing off with some offense and defense drills, and it gets them out of their comfort zone.” Perez said he is happy that a sense of normalcy is back. Last year, no programs were allowed on campus because of the pandemic. “It is phenomenal,” Perez said. “I’m happy and blessed to do this. This is icing on the cake." fgamino.roundupnews@gmail.com
Opinions.......................2 News..............................3 Photo Essay .................4-5 Campus Life.................6 Features.........................7 Sports............................8