April 2019 – Page 3

4Apr

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Sports

Aztecs overcome early upset to finish 7th in nation

Aztecs Overcome Early Upset to Finish 7th By MONTY GANTT The Pima Community College Men’s Basketball team traveled to Danville, Illinois as the No. 3 team in the country for the NJCAA Men’s Division II National Championship Tournament. Although falling victim to a first round upset, the Aztecs bounced back to win three straight games and finish 7th in the nation. The following is a quick recap of their tournament run. March 23 vs Ancilla College (W 104-101) The 3rd seeded Pima Community College Men’s Basketball team defeated the 12th seeded Ancilla College (Donaldson, Indiana) Chargers 104-101 to claim 7th place in the NJCAA Men’s Division II National Championship Tournament. In the first half, the Aztecs fell into a 34-28 deficit after a 10-2 run by the Chargers. The Aztecs then u...

4Apr

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Sports

NJCAA Drops the Ball

NJCAA Drops the Ball By MONTY GANTT On March 23, the Pima Community College Women’s Basketball team defeated the Sinclair Community College Tartans 64-57 to finish their season 5th in the final NJCAA rankings. The game was one of the better ones for the Aztecs as it featured aggressive defense, proficient offense and an ideal farwell game for Sophomores who will move on to a different chapter in life. An official representing the NJCAA handed Aztecs Head Coach Todd Holthaus a commemorative souvenir to remember the moment, the basketball used to play that day’s game. It was a nice gesture by the committee to reward the hard working women on a tremendous season and for surviving throughout the week long tournament. Then, as the Aztecs were treated to a celebratory meal by coach Holth...

4Apr

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Features

Pima’s CC geology teacher is the schist

Story and photo by ERIK MEDINA For 16 years, John Reynolds has been teaching geology and geography at Pima Community College. Reynolds came to Tucson because of his wife’s job at Texas Instruments transferred her. This was around the time Reynolds was retiring, so they took advantage of that. Q: Did you always see yourself wanting to teach? A: “I taught when I was a graduate student in astronomy. My real love was being in industry but once I retired, I looked around, I thought ‘I am not the rocking chair type.’ I like to stay busy. I like to stay active and I like doing things that are meaningful. I remember a story back when I worked in Mobil where one of the best petrophysicists in the field retired from Mobil at his retirement party he told everyo...

Pima sprints ahead in second half of season

4Apr

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Pima sprints ahead in second half of season

By ANGEL CANEZ The track and field team continues to improves during the outdoor part of the season. The Aztecs seem to be better as the season continuous. March 30 The track & field team competed at the ACCAC Conference Meet at Mesa Community College on March 29th. As the Aztecs took home four individual conference titles and also tacked on two more national qualifying marks on the day. Katherine Bruno took home two titles one in the 5,000 meter race with a winning time of 18 minutes, 45.12 seconds to also qualify for nationals, she would go one to win the 1,500 meter race as well with a personal-best time of 4 minutes 51 seconds. Bruno has three national qualifying times in three different outdoor events since the outdoor track season begin. “I felt i did good, i'm ge...

4Apr

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Opinion

Letter from the Editor

By AMARIS ENCINAS I would like to dedicate this letter to the editor to all of the young people out in the world but particularly the special demographic known as college students. I think for a really long time I was in this rush to grow up and become an adult, whatever that means. But I realize now how short-sighted I have been in making that decision, it seems to have propelled certain situations out of my control. Which makes me kind of upset because looking back some of the best memories I ever had was due to unplanned adventures and maybe doing things I was not supposed to be doing. For a really long time I was uncertain of the path I was going to choose or what I was going to study and even now when I am supposed to have things figured out, I still find myself wondering about all...

4Apr

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Pima’s Access and Disability Resources

By AMARIS ENCINAS and DRAEDON LEDBETTER Access and Disability Resources is open to students with disabilities at Pima Community College at every campus. ADR offers low, medium and higher forms of technologies. Screen reading and voice recognition software are examples of some forms of higher technology. Digital recorders or smart pens can be considered medium technology. Lower technology includes adjustable desks or ergonomic seating. “ADR offers many access technologies for students depending on what a student might need to have equal access to college activities and programming as well as the provision of training for the use of these access technologies,” said Jonathan Howe, director of ADR. Coaching and Pathways Program Support Services is an academic coaching program that works...

4Apr

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Features

Breaking norms and achieving more

Story and photo by ERIK MEDINA From Feb. 10 through 13, the annual Community College Legislative Summit took place in Washington, D.C. This is a summit that Pima Community College has participated in for several years. This year, Pima attended the summit with two student representatives. Fatuma Salat is a first-generation college student who plans to become a dentist. Matthew Gowan is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and plans to pursue a career with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Alongside Salat and Gowan were Chancellor Lee Lambert, Vice Chancellor Lisa Brosky and several Governing Board members. “Fatima Salat and Matthew Gowan were extraordinary advocates and ambassadors of Pima Community College,” Demion Clinco said. “Their perspectives and generosity in sharing personal s...

What the HLC report means for Pima College

4Apr

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What the HLC report means for Pima College

By AMARIS ENCINAS The Higher Learning Commission is a Chicago based regional accreditation institution that, “accredited degree-granting colleges and universities that are based in a nineteen stage region basis of the United States. The HLC’s mission as a regional accreditor is to, “validate the quality of an institution as a whole and evaluates multiple aspects of an institution, including its academic offerings, governance and administration, mission, finances, and resources. HLC’s institutional accreditation includes all degree levels as well as onsite and online offerings”, according to the HLC website. The HLC works in relativity to the U.S. Department of Education and the process of determining accreditation is based off of a system of peer reviews. Institutions are evaluated up...

4Apr

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Sports

Aztecs striving to find victory on the field

By Kyle McDaniel March 30th (A) Game 1: PCC 13, Chandler-Gilbert CC 4 The Aztecs earned their first ACCAC season sweep, after they swept the Coyotes from Chandler-Gilbert. Heading into the seventh inning Pima was winning 8-4, when they tacked on five more runs to put the game out of reach. A bulk of the offense came from the 1-4 hitters as they scored 10 of the runs on 11 for 18 hitting. Sophomore Devynn Marshall went 5 for 5 at the plate with three RBI singles. Freshman Bianca Castillo got the win after throwing a complete game. She allowed three earned runs on 10 hits while striking out five. Game 2: PCC 14, Chandler-Gilbert CC 0 F/6 Pima got their seventh mercy rule victory of the season after pummeling the Coyotes 14-0, wit...

New free educational services for our veterans

4Apr

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New free educational services for our veterans

Story and photo by KYLE MCDANIEL If you’re in the military and are looking to continue your education after your service, there’s the Veterans Upward Bound Program. It’s a program that helps you continue your education after and sometimes during your service. This is the second year of the five-year grant, and the program recently was awarded an $11,217 increase to continue offering educational resources to veterans. This goes along with the $250,000 to $300,000 that’s already received each year. This program needs more exposure, especially for those who are looking for help. “I think a program such as this may help some people but I don’t know much about it,” said Justin Terpstra, an Iraq/Afghanistan war veteran. “Everyone has different passions and dreams, and some of those inv...