Daniel JohnsonNews Editor

Faculty and administration leaders have agreed to hire 35 full-time faculty members by September 2015, resolving a dispute between the two groups about the school’s personnel needs.

Academic Senate President Eduardo Cairó and Interim President Robert Miller compromised on the new hires during the meeting of the Council on Academic and Professional Matters (CAPM) Tuesday.

“I am very pleased with this outcome which greatly benefits students and the communities our college serves,” said Miller in a statement. “The hiring of these faculty is indicative of the growth the college has experienced over the last two years and the anticipated growth in the next few years.”

Cairó said he agreed with Miller’s state-ment.

Miller had previously estimated that the state full-time faculty obligation number (FFON) would mandate 11 to 24 new hires, which Cairó said was focusing only on mini-mum requirements rather than school needs.

Cairó previously told the Senate that he wanted 53 new hires, later reducing his request to 41.

A source familiar with the process said that the agreed upon figure would put the full-time faculty number well above the current FFON.

Matthew KiewietStaff Writer

An updated position profile and timeline for the ongoing presidential search was presented by a recently hired headhunting firm and was approved by a 4-2 vote during Monday night’s Board of Trustees’ meeting.

The presentation from Stan Arterber-

ry and Dr. Nicki Harrington of Ralph Andersen and Associates followed two open forums that the campus commu-nity and public were invited to attend on Nov. 14 and Nov. 17.

“The position profile and official announcement of the position open-ing are going out ASAP,” said Trustee Ross Selvidge. “I don’t expect there to be any material changes to the profile.

Nevertheless, both are subject to future revision by the Board if it sees fit.”

The profile or “brochure” is the cri-teria of academic achievements, values, and goals that the college will be looking for in its next superintendent president.

“We need someone who actually knows how lead the transformation of the curriculum to serve the students we

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The Board of Trustees voted to terminate PCC police chief Don Yoder “with cause” Monday night, after Yoder had been on paid administrative leave since July.

Details as to why Yoder was

fired have yet to be released.“The reasons for the decision

are confidential,” Board Presi-dent Anthony Fellow wrote in an email Tuesday. “The District respects the right of privacy of its employees and former employees and will not comment further on this matter.”

The Board’s vote was 4-2,

with Trustees Linda Wah and John Martin voting against firing Yoder. Both Trustees declined to comment citing Board policy. Wah said that the Board had been “asked to respect Yoder’s privacy.”

Yoder did not return calls re-questing comment on this story.

Steven Matchan will remain acting director of Police and

Safety Services in the interim until a replacement can be found, according to officials.

“I just want to serve the district, staff, students, guests, and community in any capacity,” Matchan said when asked if he would like to be considered for the position.

Academic Senate President

Eduardo Cairo praised Yoder for his time at PCC, saying that his dealings with him had always been good.

“I found him to be professional and honest and an individual with integrity,” Cairo said. “We were in the process of working together

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Campus club continues to make perfect chemistry Kristen LunaStaff Writer

The American Chemical Society (ACS) recently recognized the PCC chemistry club for its diligent work during the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 academic year and received awards for out-standing achievement and green chemistry.

The chemistry club was initiated at PCC in 2011 and was officially chartered and recognized through the Pasadena City Col-lege Inter-Club Council Associate Student Body in Fall of 2012. The club is also a chartered student organization associated with the ACS, which is a society of chem-istry professionals, undergraduate and graduate students.

The dean of natural sciences, David Douglass, as well as the club advisors and natural sciences instructors Veronica Jaramillo and Peter Castro were the first to be notified by the ACS of the awards earned by the PCC chemistry club.

“I am very proud of the PCC Chemistry Club’s dedication to promoting Green Chemistry and environmental sustainability and receiving the well-deserved outstanding award by the ACS,” Jaramillo said. “This designation is important to the club in reward-ing their efforts and inspiring them to continue in this path, and last year’s hard work.”

“I’m thrilled!” added Kayla Ste-panian, club vice-president. “I’m extremely proud of the dynamics of our board and the activities that we organize. This club works so hard to please its members and I hope we thrive to be even more outstanding.”

The chemistry club concen-trates on increasing awareness throughout campus and the local community grade schools about the importance of chemistry and science in general.

“This is barely our second year

and we received three awards,” said Natalie Martinez, club president from fall 2012 to spring 2014. “Words can’t explain how proud I am for our dedicated members because it wouldn’t be possible without them. It’s unbe-lievable and I’m very proud.”

Without Martinez, the chemis-try club would not be the club it is today. When Castro and Jara-millo had the vision of creating a chemistry club, they recruited Martinez along with a few other science students to help develop

it. However, within the first few meetings, they found almost all students backing out, leaving Martinez with all the work.

The club started mid-semester in fall of 2012, which made it difficult to recruit students since they started after club week and students were already looking toward to finishing the semester. By second semester, spring 2013, Martinez said “we were dedicated and determined.”

They were successful in recruit-ing more students by engaging at club week, creating a Facebook

page, talking to fellow classmates and approaching students in all science classes with the goal of informing them that there was a chemistry club on campus.

Even though the club had a rough start their first semester, they were able to do enough work second semester to be recognized and awarded for honorable men-tion by ACS.

“We were surprised that we got one because starting off as a new club, our first semester was brutal not having any members and just trying to keep the club up with less than 10 members, maybe three really dedicated mem-bers. So for us to get honorable mention, we were shocked,” said Martinez.

At the end of every spring, the club holds elections for new board members that will start their newly elected positions in the fall. Now that Martinez is no longer an active member, Patrick Dorabedian, newly elected pres-ident and Kevin Tsang, elected co-president are the ones left with the responsibility helping the club thrive.

“For me myself, it feels really good [for the club to be awarded] but it also puts a great amount of responsibility on my shoulders because honestly, those were the achievements of my predeces-sors,” Dorabedian said. “The two presidents from last year set the bar for me. It lets me know what I have to live up to.”

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to have faculty and the police department work together for emergency training.”

When Yoder was put on leave in July, PCC’s General Counsel Gail Cooper said that the school couldn’t comment.

“Other than confirming that Chief Yoder is on paid adminis-trative leave, I cannot comment on personnel matters,” said Gail Cooper, PCC General Counsel. “We must respect the laws that provide for confidentiality and privacy of such matters.”

Yoder is the fourth police chief that PCC has had since 2011.

He replaced Stanton Perez as

Chief of Police in January 2013 after Perez resigned due to issues about the eligibility of his pen-sion from his former job with the California Highway Patrol.

Before that, Frank Scialdone served as interim chief while the school searched for a new chief after Peter Michaels mysteriously went on leave and then retired.

Associated Students President Jordyn Orozco said that the Board had to look more closely at candidates for certain posi-tions moving forward.

“I think the school is so used to rushing someone into the po-sition,” Orozco said. “We have some really good people who can hold the fort down, while we prolong the hiring and screening process.”

have today,” emphasized Trust-ee Jeanette Mann.

The motion did not pass unanimously because of complaints that the updated brochure had not been given to each Board member in a timely enough fashion, as the second open forum had just ended prior to the Board meeting. Trustee Linda Wah and Student Trustee Marshall Lewis each voted “no” because of this.

However, as Mann point-ed out, people who would be considered for the position tend to look for these types of positions during the month of

January. She stressed that if we did not move forward, and stick to the proposed timeline, we could miss out on possible candidates.

After the retirement of for-mer president Mark Rocha on Aug. 31, Former Vice President Robert Miller was appointed interim superintendent presi-dent in the early hours of Sept. 4. Dr. Miller has expressed interest in applying for the open position.

If all goes according to plan, a contract offer will be extended to the next superin-tendent-president candidate in April or May of 2015, and their first day in office will be July 1, 2015.

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In July UCLA was flooded when more than 20 million gallons of water gushed from a 90-year-old city water line and last month the Sunset Strip was temporarily closed when 9,600 gallons of water per minute came spewing out of yet another broken pipe. With pipes losing so much water amid one of the worst droughts in California, it’s time to finally update L.A.’s ancient water system.

One hundred years ago, the United States water system was thought to be the best and safest system in the world. Today, however, the pipes are so old

that waterlines lose 1 out of 7 gallons of drinking water. And in L.A., more than 40 percent of pipes are a grade C or lower. That’s more than 118,000 pipes that belong to the city’s 275,000 pipeline system.

It’s sufficient to say that L.A.’s water system has problems, especially since the average life expectancy for water pipes is 58 years and nearly two-thirds of pipes that are reported to have leaks were installed before the 1950s.

But don’t worry, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has a solution and it involves replacing L.A.’s current water system in a 300-year cycle. Sound too long? The recent passing of Proposition 1, a bond

measure that will ensure that money gets funneled into water projects, will allow for the worst pipes to get repaired. However, this alone won’t solve the city’s outdated infrastructure.

One solution, besides the DWP’s frankly ridiculous water replacement plan, is to replace the water lines in a 100-year cycle. However, it would require $4 billion and that means a 4 per-cent water rate increase for tax-payers every year. Rate hikes are an unpopular choice for many residents and a solution that poli-ticians are loath to discuss.

Nobody wants to pay more for their water, but residents just might have to. Already the city of L.A. and the DWP has proven they don’t have enough money

and time to replace the antiquat-ed system. Breaks in water pipes don’t just waste water, they also flood roads, cause traffic, and create property damage, as seen when UCLA received more than it’s fair share of water back in July.

People don’t think about where their water comes from until they need to. And they desperately need to. The 300-year water replacement plan means residents don’t have to worry about it, nor do their children or their children’s children, but somewhere down the line this is going to be someone’s problem and chances are its going to be future generations to come that are going to be stuck footing the bill.

Today’s news that the admin-istration and Academic Senate have reached an agreement on full-time faculty hiring is a posi-tive sign that collegial discussion may be beginning to mitigate the bitter division at PCC.

With accreditation on the horizon, it is imperative that academic and

administrative bodies alike con-tinue to work together to reach equitable solutions that both sides are comfortable with.

Before reaching this agree-ment, Academic Senate Pres-ident Eduardo Cairó and Interim President Robert Miller demonstrated their respective willingness to put the needs of the school ahead of hyperbolic posturing by meeting privately

to discuss their differences. Each reported that the discussion was cordial and productive.

These two leaders deserve credit for choosing to take pro-active steps toward healing the fissures left by the conduct of the former president.

Mark Rocha’s true legacy can be found in the respective default postures that faculty and administration have taken towards each other in virtually all matters.

A sizable portion of faculty has been entrenched in reaction-ary paranoia, crying wolf at the smallest whiff of controversy while claiming to be looking out for the best interest of the stu-dent body. Their hyper-vigilance has undermined any real effort to monitor the administration’s

actions by creating a cacophony of accusations and vitriol.

On the other side, the admin-istration has displayed a dis-turbing penchant for dismissing outside concerns and seeking to govern without the consent of the governed. Time and again, the desires of students, staff, and faculty have been met with a pat on the head and patronizing promises.

This dynamic is cyclical: facul-ty yells, administration dismisses, faculty yells louder, administra-tion dismisses, etc.

This new agreement on faculty hiring suggests that Miller and Cairó’s earlier sit-down was not an isolated occurrence, but rath-er an indication that our culture of antagonism may be receding and this cycle may finally break.

As long as they remain willing to continue their dialogue, whether publically or privately, and as long as the promises made in those discussions are kept, they should be given the benefit of the doubt that their interests lie in trying to heal the traumas that recent events have visited on the entire PCC community.

Mark Rocha left our school in August. It remains to be seen whether our school can leave Mark Rocha. Will we continue to exist as islands of self-interest, or can we lower our weapons long enough to begin to rebuild the ties that bind us together as an academic community?

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On November 15, this year’s 37th Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade entertained locals in East Pasadena. It began in 1978 as a more re-laxed answer to Pasadena’s other famous parade on New Year’s Day and features creative and unique entries such as the Movable Feast, the Los Angeles Parrot Head Team, Drunk in the Garage and the World’s Fastest Hot Tub.

Local band Drunk In The Garage performs their song “More Beer” as they walk down the parade route.

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Queen Narayana of the 37th Occasional Doo Dah Parade waves to the crowd while being carried by staff members through the parade route.

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On November 15, this year’s 37th Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade entertained locals in East Pasadena. It began in 1978 as a more re-laxed answer to Pasadena’s other famous parade on New Year’s Day and features creative and unique entries such as the Movable Feast, the Los Angeles Parrot Head Team, Drunk in the Garage and the World’s Fastest Hot Tub.

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Phillip Weicker and friends park their 1969 Cadillac DeVille for parade attendees to get a closer look at The World’s Fastest Hot Tub - a car filled entirely with water.

Daniel Vega-Warholy/CourierCharles Valle once again dresses as Uncle Fester in his holiday costume as he balances his smoking beverage while holding light bulbs in his mouth at the parade.

Left:Saul Villegas/Courier Easy Acres Chicken Sitting members wave and play music for the crowd.

Daniel Vega-Warholy/CourierThe Bearded Lady Brigade, an entry in the 37th Occasional Doo Dah Parade, presents their banner to the crowd.

Monique LeBleuLifestyle Editor

Well known and well loved by locals in the East Pasadena area, bartender Johnny Jerejian of the Colorado Bar–who simply likes to be known as “Johnny the Bartender”–was chosen as Grand Marshal for this year’s 37th Occa-sional Doo Dah Parade.

Riding atop a hot red Lincoln convertible, Johnny’s trek began at The Colorado Bar location,

making him both a convenient and obvious choice for the honor.

Jerejian began his working years at age 16 in Lebanon in various jobs, the hardest, most dangerous being on a sulfuric acid shipping tanker.

It was soon thereafter at the age 24 that he came to the U.S. in order to join his brothers, Nelson and Joe Jerejian, who were establishing their gas station businesses.

In 1989 Johnny began bartend-

ing at The Colorado at the plea of the then-owners after honing his chops at various bars in the Pasadena area. The Colorado was then run by a man in his 80s who Johnny described as popular with a following—oddly prophetic of the now septuagenarian Johnny whose own charisma, charm and warmly cantankerous nature brings patrons back for more.

The Manadio family, who owned the Colorado, made the business available for sale about five years ago and the Jerejian brothers stepped up. With funds earned from their businesses, the brothers bought the bar, with Johnny managing and bartending exactly the way he has for more than 30 years.

“Every day you learn some-thing, when you make a mistake,” Johnny said. “I don’t know what kind a mistake I am going to make tonight, or any other day, but I won’t say I know everything.”

Recently the bar has been well attended by folks from PCC and other local schools, like Cal Tech, and many from generations who are fascinated by old school drinks.

“A lot kids order the Hum-phrey Bogart drink, the Old Fashioned,” said Johnny. “These kids hadn’t been born at that time. I say ‘You’re not old enough to know this drink.’ And they order an old drink like a Grass-hopper. Where did you guys hear this from? But in my time, that was famous drink.”

Much of the décor is original

to the bar, including the parlor red damask wallpaper. Three vintage guitars hang above an antique and operable original jukebox, one of which was owned by a notable musician whose donation was asked to be anonymous. The jukebox’s revolving music selection is a feature that draws customers as well. However, two selections are consistently maintained as they are Johnny’s favorites.

“One I play as a joke, the other one is the one by Amy Winehouse [You Know I’m No Good],” said Johnny. “Joe Cocker stays there forever because Nelson likes Joe Cocker. And Santana.”

John Mannen, regular patron and frontman of the bar band Drunk in the Garage, reflected

on how the things used to be prior to the Jerejian brother’s takeover, especially on the preva-lence of smoking at the time.

“Before they owned it was like ‘Ugh!’, get me out of here, because I’m not a smoker,” said Mannen. “And it kind of had a nasty reputation...things happen-ing in here that weren’t supposed to. It didn’t have as good a rep-utation as it does now. But they came in, cleaned up the place and said ‘Get out of here!’ to the riff-raff, basically.”

On bad behavior in general, Johnny keeps it simple.

“You see a bad apple. In a nice way, we try to get rid of them be-

cause we don’t want no trouble,’” he said.

The bar now has had a dress code policy in place in an effort to keep the atmosphere respect-ful and nice for people to feel comfortable. It goes a bit farther than “no shirt, no shoes, no ser-vice” and there have been some challenges. And Johnny’s no-non-sense approach to maintaining that atmosphere is famous, if not infamous to some.

“You walk to the bar in the summertime. You walk in with a tank top,” Johnny sneers. “You go like that [lifting an arm] you’re going to kill the people sitting next to you!,” he laughs.

The bar is popular with young-er generations who like the nostalgia and atmosphere it evokes.

“Lots of folks from PCC, when they turn 21, they want to come in here. I don’t know why,” Johnny said. “Maybe because we joke with them a lot. I try to be friendly. I’m friendly with everybody.”

But basically, don’t mess around in Johnny’s bar.

“Most of the time we don’t have any problem,” said Johnny. “You don’t have the right to go to someone at a table and do something stupid. The way you want to be respected, you’ve got to respect other people the same way. That’s it!”

Monique LeBleuLifestyle Editor

Sporting lederhosen, beer gog-gles, and waist-length dreadlocks, the 6-foot-6 Josh Mannen, musi-cian, front man, and profession-al...drinker...makes for a charis-matic character and promoter for his band Drunk in the Garage.

A beer-centric band with songs like “Bud Light,” “Professional [“drinker”],” and “More Beer,”

the band is a regular feature and performer in the Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah parade. This year marks the band’s fourth year as a participant in the parade and they’ll follow up with a gig at the local Colorado Bar for an immediate after party (not that the party ever stopped).

The band’s name solidified six years ago with its recent lineup after Mannen attended Doo Dah with his friend, prop master

Tom Waisanen, while nursing a hangover.

“He said trust me...and he sort of drug [sic] me down to the parade,” Mannen said. “So as I’m watching it, he said, “Drunk in the garage! Next year!’.”

The band creatively decorates itself in beer attire and beer “décor,” including Mannen’s own signature “Beer” goggles. It’s various entries have included a constructed garage, the Bud Light Knight, and a “Cascading Beer-A-Mid” that was later dis-played at the Pasadena Museum of History for a Doo Dah Parade exhibit.

Through the years, they have been known to give free closed-container beer as gifts to parade goers. Then later, root beer. But with mess issues and food regulation, the giveaways have gone away. When the parade moved from Old Pasadena to East Pasadena, the band ap-proached the Colorado Bar for a post-party gig, and the rest is history.

“I know the band for three years,” said Johnny Jerejian, who co-runs the Colorado Bar. “They come in, they have a few drinks—two guys that come of-ten. They are they nicest guys.”

With a background in theater and post production film as well, Mannen’s own fascination with the process of making beer—specifically that of cask-con-ditioned ale making—fuels a passion for the brew that goes a bit beyond the highs of actual-ly drinking. Being a Ciserone

Certified Beer Server—a somme-lier for beer—Mannen formerly worked with MacLeod’s Ale Brewing Co. that specializes in small-batch craft brews.

The very first incarnation of the band and catalyst to the initial band formation was when Mannen was a community college theater arts camp counselor. It was there the idea for a band that sings most exclusively and loving-ly about alcohol was born.

“The second track on our CD ‘Bud Light’ was hugely inspired by that. It was kind of like the camp beer of most of the counselors,” said Mannen of the inspiration of a huge parade favorite of the band.

Oddly, actual sponsorship from the beer’s manufacturer has eluded them.

“For the record, we are accept-

ing all endorsements,” laughed Mannen.

“It’s every musicians dream to have a big hit, even if it’s just one,” Mannen added. “We realize our subject matter is a bit contro-versial, so we realize it’s a niche. But we are more than happy to play to our fellow drinkers.”

On the subject of groupies, Mannen was evasive and hysteri-cally direct.

“Let’s put it this way. I don’t think anyone has ever said ‘This damn band is cock-blocking me!,’” he said, laughing. “You know? Or ‘If it wasn’t for this damn band I’d get laid more often!’”

On the band’s upcoming play schedule and continuing partic-ipation in the parade, the future looks bright. The beer goggles help.

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Bartender, a merry Grand Marshal of Doo Dah

Daniel Vega-Warholy/CourierBartender and 37th Occasional Doo Dah Parade Grand Marshal Johnny Jerejian, at his bar The Colorado, hosting an after-party on Saturday.

Beer-centric band brews up bar with parade goers

“The way you want to be respected, you’ve got to respect other people the same way. That’s it!”

Daniel Vega-Warholy/CourierJosh Mannen of Drunk In The Garage performs at the Colorado Bar party after the 37th Occasional Doo Dah Parade on Saturday.

Samantha MolinaA&E Editor

The annual Juried Student Ex-hibition featuring 350 works of art submitted by students opened on Tuesday in the Boone Family Art Gallery.

Bernard Cooper, an art critic, award-winning memoirist, novelist and short story writer, selected 63 of the works to be

displayed.Cooper distributed $1,600

between eight artists featured in the student exhibition, who were announced at the artist reception on Tuesday. The winners includ-ed Oscar Rios, Alex “Wu” Kang, Andre Ghadesmian, Dameon Waggoner, Mchiach Noiti, Tsvetelina Valkov, Gina Fernan-dez, and Bonnie-Blue Delgado.

“It was hard to make a distinct

hierarchy due to the varying styles and mediums of all the works,” Cooper said.

Cooper selected Andre Ghadesmian’s graphite drawing “Diamond Field” because of its “unexpected use of natural imagery and the translucence of the work.”

“The first thing that came in my mind was to find myself and that is what led me to draw and to paint,” Ghadesmian said. “However, this is not all about me rather it is about my work.”

Bonnie-Blue Delgado’s sculp-ture “The Beast” also surprised Cooper.

“I like to be a little puzzled by art but nothing too obscure,” Cooper said. “The ambiguity ex-plains the art itself. It adds to the mystery and brings people closer to the work of art.”

Cooper described Delgado’s sculpture composed of wood, nails, razor blades, and a pink chenille duster as “ brutal yet frilly.”

“It’s sounds cliché but every-thing that [Cooper] described my works as was right,” Delgado added. “I wanted to capture the grotesque but also beauty and a bit of violence.”

With 350 works submitted and 63 works carefully selected by Cooper, the Boone Family Art Gallery thrived with a diverse variety of work for artists and art enthusiasts to view.

“I’m happy to see people here that care about art and the peo-ple that took the risk to submit their art,” Cooper said. “As an artist one has to learn to tolerate disappointment, but from that

you also learn the reward of getting your work into a show or exhibition.”

The Juried Student Exhibition runs until Jan. 30 in the Boone Family Art Gallery.

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Lovers, fairies and mechanicals grace the stageAnthony MartinezAsst. A&E Editor

Surprising new twists and turns will revitalize Shakespeare’s classic “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” for modern audiences in the theater department’s upcom-ing production. Featuring a more recent time period, the cast will recapture the humorous tone of original play in such a way that anyone can follow along with the three storylines.

The comedy revolves around multiple love interests between citizens of Athens and Fairyland while following a troupe of me-chanicals, or actors, putting on a play within the play.

Directed by Will Ahrens, the cast hopes to present a differ-ent take on the play with a few surprises along the way. In this production, the storyline is set in the 20th century with some anachronisms mixed in. The production will have some mixed media scenes, where a video projector will be used.

Although Ahrens would like to keep all the details tucked away from public before the show, he hinted at a few changes about how some characters are portrayed.

“There are some interesting twists with the mechanicals and the play within the play that are being done a little bit different than normal,” he said. “There’s one really big [difference] which

I can’t really speak of, I want it to be a surprise. Act V is different than any Act V they’ve ever seen before,” which he hopes the audience will enjoy.

With the set, however, he’s keeping everything simple since Shakespeare favored minimal elements in order to let the audi-ence imagine their own scenery. A single, barren tree acts as the central element in Ahrens’ visual-ization of the text.

The cast members are eager to finally present their hard work in front of an audience. For some, they share similarities with the characters they play or the oppo-site, providing a challenge.

Alexis Hartsfield auditioned only for the part of Titania, the Queen of the Fairies. Titania was the only character she saw her-self playing, since the fairy queen holds her ground while interact-ing with other characters.

“I like how she’s very unapol-ogetic in her opinions and she always has a reason for what she does. It’s not one of these ‘excuse me, but,’ reasons, it’s just ‘this is the way it is,’” she said.

While Hartsfield noted how challenging it can be to trans-form Shakespearean for a modern audience, she feels it’s a great experience for any aspir-ing actor to go through. Part of the experience is overcoming these obstacles and meshing as an entity in order to create a strong stage presence with the

entire cast. The key to creating a masterful production is support from within.

“Because this is an ensemble, you kind of need to have each other’s backs and if we didn’t, none of this would have been possible,” she stressed.

Additionally, Hartsfield wants people to come to the show since it deals with relatable themes of love and relationships. One of the major plot points in-clude Titania falling in love with one of the mechanicals, Nick Bottom. Such a relationship is the product of another charac-ter’s mischievous actions.

The character in question

is Puck, a trickster known for playing pranks whenever he finds the opportunity. Some pranks are lighthearted while others are a bit mean spirited, one of the stand-outs being the transformation of Nick Bottom’s head into that of a donkey.

Kelvin Morales recalls watch-ing his cousin play Puck in another production when he was younger. From that moment on, he knew Puck was a character that he had to play at some point in time. Now that he’s in the role of Puck, it’s a dream come true.

Morales describes Puck as a catalyst of sorts since a majority of the play’s events happen due

to Puck’s actions. Since Puck sets off the chains of events, he’s a popular character with audiences and puts pressure on Morales as a result.

“People who love Shakespeare, they’ve seen this show a thou-sand times over, so I guess I’m pretty nervous because Puck is such a loved character,” he said. “I know a bunch of people wanted to play him and I got the honor to take on this character so I just hope I give him justice.”

Opening night for the produc-tion is Friday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Little Theater (CA 135) in the Center for the Arts.

Keely Ernst/CourierAl Herrmann as Oberon doses Titania, Queen of the Fairies, played by Alexis Hartsfield with a love potion while she is in a deep slumber during a rehearsal of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Monday night in the Center for the Arts.

Artistic diversity thrives in juried student exhibition

Nagisa Mihara/Courier Andre Ghadesmian, scholarship winner, stands in front of his piece “Diamond Field” during the opening reception and awards presentation for the Annual Juried Exhibition of PCC Student Art and Design on Tuesday.

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Women’s basketball takes third place

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The PCC women’s soccer team ended their season with sophomore goalkeeper Angeli-que Ulmer’s 13th career shutout, a 0-0 tie to Long Beach, and a lot of “what ifs.”

At the end of September, the Lancers were coming off three straight home victories, includ-ing an impressive win against then-undefeated Mt. San Jacinto and their conference opener against El Camino.

They were beginning to gel as a unit, and their confidence was infectious.

Unfortunately, what looked to be a promising season quickly went south due to an especial-ly untimely case of the injury bug. The Lancers lost freshman forward Alexandra Bissell,

freshman midfielder Rachel Schroeder, and their phenome-nal sophomore defender Bailey Shaw-Rodriguez, just to name a few, within the span of three games.

“There’s no doubt the injuries had a huge impact on our sea-son,” said Shaw-Rodriguez. “But I think the team did a good job of keeping their heads up and fighting through, and I think we did that to the last whistle.”

Head coach Reggie Rivas fielded a very young squad. There were a total of 15 fresh-men on the roster, all of whom are expected to return, according to Rivas.

However, he wasted no time in “hitting the recruiting track” since he still has important piec-es of the puzzle to replace like Ulmer’s presence in the net to go along with her leadership.

“I would definitely tell an incoming player to work hard every day,” said Ulmer.

“Even if they aren’t a starting player, they can be called up anytime just like a bunch of the girls this season.”

Even though the Lancers women doubled their total num-ber of losses from just a year ago, they remained in good spir-its and glowing with positivity.

“Sticking together is one of the most important things for a

team,” added Shaw-Rodriguez. “Keep your head up and en-

courage your teammates to fight for each other because at the end of the game, no matter what the score is, your teammates are the one thing you have.”

Nagisa Mihara/CourierFreshman forward Iliana Blanc shoots against Taft College at the Hutto-Patterson Gymnasium on Friday. The Lancers won 85-45.

Philip McCormick & Ahmad AkkaouiStaff Writers

Winning two out of three games over the weekend, the women’s basketball team was able to secure 3rd place in the annual Honda of Pasadena Clas-sic tournament.

The Lancers beat the Long Beach City College Vikings on Sunday, bouncing back from their loss against East Los Ange-les College on Saturday to beat the Vikings 58-50.

“There were a few times where I had the open three-point shot,” said point guard Judith Espinoza, who led PCC to victory Sunday night. “Instead of shooting, I just brought the ball back out to run whatever play [head coach Joe Peron] wanted to so we can run out the time.”

Espinoza led all scorers with 18 points and a game-high 9 assists. Freshman forward Regerina Baker added 10 points with 4 steals and freshman guard

Kyrstin Nakamura added 10 points.

“I think today was a totally different game [from the loss against East Los Angeles],” assistant coach Gary Potts said. “The team talked more out on the court, we switched on screens and we made the ad-justments. We had some of the best defense we’ve ever had on closing out on shooters.”

Potts said that lack of defense, missed free throws, and foul trouble had been key factors in the 66-59 loss against the East Los Angeles Warriors on Saturday.

In their first game Friday night, the Lancers blew out Taft College after being up by as many as 43 points, winning 85-45.

“It’s always good to win your first game and see your shooters make their first few shots,” said Peron, who improved his career record to 436-126 over the weekend. “Iliana Blanc and Bak-er are my two most productive forwards and they showed it.”

PCC got banged up in its opening games, having two of its players suffer minor injuries. Blanc went down with a knee injury late in the second half of game three that would be monitored, but she said that she was okay and would be available in the next game.

Thach also suffered a minor back injury late in the first game, having to come out after scoring 14 of her 17 points that night. She returned in the second half, but Peron said that he and his coaching staff would have to keep an eye on her minutes moving forward.

“I was really surprised at how well we meshed this weekend,” Thach said. “We all come from different backgrounds, but we came together as a team and did extremely well in all three games. I think we can carry things we learned this weekend into future games.”

PCC faces Chaffey College on Nov. 21 at 5 p.m. in the Glendale Vaquero Shootout at Glendale City College.

Women’s soccer limps to unfortunate season

E. Hong/CourierLancers goalie Angelique Ulmer with a save against Cerritos College on Friday, Nov. 7 at Robinson Stadium.