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The Viking student newspaper serves the students and employees of Long Beach City College.

14/02/2025

Women’s Beach Volley loses second game of the season to Santa Barbara college 3-2.

✍️: Isabel Murty
📷: Bella Schultz

The Long Beach City College’s beach volleyball team lost their second game of the season 3-2 to Santa Barbara college on Friday. “We can have more of a sense of urgency. I think everyone wants to w…

10/12/2024

Opinion: Colleges should require a personal finance course for graduation

General education courses shape students to become more well-rounded educationally and assist them in their future careers.

✍️: Natalia Martucci
📸: Natalia Martucci

General education courses shape students to become more well-rounded educationally and assist them in their future careers, but an extremely important class is missing from the general education re…

09/12/2024

Vikings football wraps up an overall successful season with a 6-5 record, an improvement from last year.

✍️: Bella Schultz
📸: Bella Schultz

The Vikings ended their season on Nov. 27 with a close 39-33 loss in the Beach Bowl against Ventura College but finished with a 6-5 winning record. “I’m incredibly proud of their resilience to keep…

09/12/2024

With help from U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Barragan, LBCC has received $1 million in federnal funding to build an affordable student housing complex in North Long Beach.

A small celebration was held on Dec. 2, with Barragan and members of LBCC's Board of Trustees in attendance.

✍️: Ryenne Jolliff
📸: Ryenne Jolliff

U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Barragan and members of LBCC’s Board of Trustees celebrated the school receiving $1 million in federal funding to build housing for low income students in North Long Beac…

06/12/2024

LBCC's in person and virtual dual enrollment workshops give middle and high school students the opportunity to enroll in spring 2025 courses.

✍️: Bella Schultz
📸: Alex Toledo

LBCC’s Early College Initiatives program is offering dual enrollment workshops, giving middle and high school students a chance to enroll in classes for the upcoming spring semester. The Earl…

28/11/2024

Nadia Aguilar, a DACA student at LBCC, expressed concerns about her and her family facing the impact of Donald Trump’s re-election.

“We are people who work until our bones hurt.”

✍️: Destiny Garcia
📸: Destiny Garcia

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election, an undocumented student and her family face anxiety over the Trump administration holding power. Comments made…

28/11/2024

Revisit the Viking’s top 10 biggest stories from 2024.

✍️: Emma Lloyd
📸: Cain Carbajal

As the fall semester comes to a close, students and staff should take a moment to review the most impactful events that happened this year. Here were the Viking’s biggest stories for 2024. ARRESTED…

26/11/2024

LBCC quietly divested from BlackRock in June, failing to inform its student and staff of the decision.

The divestment has nothing to do with recent calls from pro-Palestinian student activists.

✍️: Cain Carbajal
📸: Sam Villa

Long Beach City College divested from BlackRock in June of this year, but students and staff were unaware of the school’s decision for the majority of the fall semester. Despite recent …

26/11/2024

A car crash occurred today on East Carson Street going westbound between the A quad and Viking Express.

There were no serious injuries.

✍️: Sam Villa and Gilberto Roman
📸: Sam Villa

A car crash occurred today on East Carson Street going westbound between the A quad and Viking Express. A Ford Expedition swerved and hit another car before taking down the fence that splits Carson…

25/11/2024

Opinion: Using a printer on campus is now more inconvenient

Long Beach City College has now made the process of printing entirely cashless, when it should be inclusive to students who carry cash, not just those who have a credit or debit card.

✍️& 📸: Destiny Garcia

Long Beach City College has now made the process of printing entirely cashless, when it should be inclusive to students who carry cash, not just those who have a credit or debit card. T…

25/11/2024

Opinion: We’ve read the articles about mental health, why hasn’t it changed?

If there was ever a time for students to care more about their mental health it would be now, with the aftermath of an election, finals upcoming, and the familial stress associated with holidays, that mental health should be at a higher priority for students.

✍️& 📸: Sam Villa

If there was ever a time for students to care more about their mental health it would be now, with the aftermath of an election, finals upcoming, and the familial stress associated with holidays, t…

21/11/2024

Opinion: LBCC desperately needs to modernize its online resources

LBCC needs to prioritize funding to modernize its online resources, just as it has with its classrooms and buildings.

✍️& 📸: Ryenne Jolliff

LBCC’s recent on-campus projects, including the construction of a new performing arts center and the remodeling of the E Building, reflect a clear investment in improving the educational experience…

14/11/2024

Opinion: LBCC does not seem to have a vested interest in the success of its journalism department. In fact it seems to despise it.

A student reporter trying to do a routine story on how the school is helping students manage finals stress was turned away and given a handout that redirected him to contact the college’s communications department to request a formal interview.

This little handout represents the college doubling down on their refusal to abide by student press rights.

✍️& 📸: Cain Carbajal

A student reporter trying to do a routine story on how the school is helping students manage finals stress was turned away by secretary Dawn Truesdelle, who declined to give her name and said she c…

10/11/2024

Two out of town hip hop artists Kolby Cordell & Nikko “Najih” Bey performed live at TTC 75th anniversary.

“I love Long Beach, it’s a melting pot for many diverse cultures of collective comradery.”

✍️: Tenoa stewart
📸: Tenoa Stewart

Iconic record store V.I.P. Records, known for being the location of Snoop Dogg’s “Who Am I?” music video and a piece of Long Beach history, made an appearance at LBCC, bringing with it two guest st…

08/11/2024

Members of Long Beach's Republican and Democratic parties saw the results of the 2024 presidential election come in during watch parties held on Tuesday evening.

✍️: Cain Carbajal
📸: Sam Villa

LA’s GOP and Long Beach Area Republicans hosted an election night watch party at Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in Downtown Long Beach on Tuesday. Only a few minutes away, the Long Beach Young Democr…

08/11/2024

LBCC offered an election therapy workshop on Wednesday, offering students a mental break from election-related stress.

"Everyone is on edge because it’s the election... it’s nice to have these things to kind of distract.”

✍️: Isabel Murty and Ryenne Jolliff
📸: Ryenne Jolliff

LBCC students decorated miniature pumpkins and colored pictures of flowers as part of an election therapy workshop held inside the Student Union section of the B Building on Wednesday. The workshop…

04/11/2024

An LBS Financial ATM machine at the Liberal Arts Campus has been repaired after being out of service for 2 weeks.

✍️: Tenoa Stewart
📸: Tenoa Stewart

LBS Financial Credit Union fixed a broken ATM near the Cafe Pavillion on the Liberal Arts Campus, giving student and staff access to faster, easier and cheaper banking solutions. The ATM next…

04/11/2024

One of LBCC’s political science professors breaks down which propositions on the 2024 election ballot could have the biggest impact on college students.

✍️: Ryenne Jolliff
📸: Ryenne Jolliff

With the 2024 general election right around the corner, it is important for LBCC students to understand which propositions on the ballot could affect them the most. Propositions allow citizens to …

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