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Dec 8, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Darla Perez
A Kink Fest in Long Beach was filled with spanking, wrestling and howling on Nov. 23. A crowd of pups, fetishists, and many others gathered in downtown Long Beach to celebrate the kink community. Several attendees at the event identify themselves as pups which is part of a subculture where people engage in pup-play where the individual identifies as a dog and can even include having a handler.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Ryenne Jolliff
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 by Trump suggest mass deportations and a closed border could go into effect once he takes office, which could potentially affect an undocumented student or someone in their household.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Samantha Hernández Navarro
ASB hosted their third ASB After Dark event on Nov.19 on the Liberal Arts Campus to connect students with late classes to their community at LBCC. The event was also at the Trades Tech Community Learning Campus from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in between building DD and GG on Wednesday. Calvin Lewis, the representative of evening and online students, was one of several ASB members who helped organize the event.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Sam Villa
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. The change was recently implemented in August of this year and is one of the only methods to print on campus. In several locations such as the Math Success Center and the library, printing requires manual card entry or funds accessed by the WEPA app.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Kiomi Valdez
The TTC campus hosted a Halloween carnival that included events such as a film showcase of Coco, costume contest and games set up by several campus clubs. Due to a homecoming event that was held on campus a week prior, the school was prompted to move their Halloween event to the following Friday despite it being the day after Halloween, giving families an extra day of spooky festivities.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Kameron Hendricks
A Long Beach Marathon legacy runner dedicated his 40th marathon completion to his daughter who died during 9/11. Runner Tom “Frosty” Frost has been running in the Long Beach marathon since 1984 and has no plans on stopping. He dedicated this race to his daughter who was in the second plane during the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers. Frost and fellow participants wore t-shirts honoring his daughter Lisa Frost who died at 22. “23 years later we are still honoring her memory,” Frost said.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Cain Carbajal |Destiny Garcia
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 Democrats (LBYD) hosted a similar event inside the historic Hamburger Mary’s. The electricity in the air could be felt in the audience at Roscoe’s as more states tallied their votes and results were announced.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Samantha Hernández Navarro
Long Beach City College hosted a Halloween Carnival filled with free food, a DJ set and a costume contest for students and staff on Oct. 31 at LAC. Students and faculty came in a variety of whimsical and spooky costumes and others were part of an ensemble costume. The costume contest gave the opportunity for students to show off their costumes whether it be a store bought or homemade.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Nick Eismann |Destiny Garcia
Bustling with early voters looking to cast their votes for the upcoming election, LBCC’s early voting center opened Saturday in the T building on the Liberal Arts Campus. The voting center is accessible to both students and community members who wish to cast their ballots in the 2024 election. The center features electronic voting booths with options for people to cast their ballot in a different language, allowing those who do not speak English as their primary language to vote.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Jose Rivera |Destiny Garcia
The memory of activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes was honored at an LBCC fundraiser for the “Helping Homeless Students” initiative on Thursday. Hughes had previously spoken at LBCC in 2019, initially only at a two hour event but her trip grew to three days of several more talks. Money was raised through participants’ purchase of raffle tickets where a variety of prizes were available.
