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Dec 9, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Isabel Murty
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 pushing back,” said Head Coach BrettPeabody. After a rough start, going 0-2 against Riverside and Bakersfield, they had a five-game winning streak. “Instead of putting our heads down, we battled through and became a family,” starting quarterback Jett Peddy said.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Isabel Murty |Kameron Hendricks
Sophomore and opposite hitter Enaya Vaielua scored the game winning point to shut out Cerritos 25-19, 25-20, 25-23 as the Vikings women’s volleyball team celebrated sophomore night on Wednesday. “It was amazing. I think that was even better is the fans that were here and the families. I think this is a huge testament to go with what they have been doing. They were the sophomores that were with us when we were 3-16.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Isabel Murty |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 allowed students to process their emotions following the results of the 2024 presidential election“Coloring helps because it takes your mind off of things.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Isabel Murty |Kameron Hendricks
The Vikings extended their winning streak to five games as they won the homecoming game against conference team Orange Coast 42-17 on Saturday. “It’s the first win at the house, so it’s a really big accomplishment for the team,” linebacker Jalen Johnson said. The Vikings started the game with a 91-yard kickoff return to score a touchdown by wide Receiver Troy TW Crozier. The defense for the Vikings shut out Orange Coast in the first quarter and third quarter.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Cain Carbajal |Isabel Murty
Distinguished civil rights scholar and actor in the “The Matrix” series Cornel West is currently running as an independent candidate for the 2024 presidential election with the help of his wife, LBCC professor Annahita Mahdavi-West. Mahdavi-West has been a professor at LBCC since 2015 and married West in 2021. Photo courtesy of Annahita Mahdavi-West. West announced his presidential run as a People’s Party candidate on June 5, 2023 but switched to run to be the Green Party’s presidential nominee.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Isabel Murty |Brianna Apodaca
Middle Blocker Hadassah Odeyale scored the game-winning point as the Vikings shut out L.A. City 3-0 on Friday. “I love my team, I love this program. Just doing something to help them is really great,” Odeyale said. In the game, Odeyale had 7 points, 7 kills, and 1 attack error as she played all three sets for the Vikings. “Our strategy was to focus on ourselves, try to limit our errors, and just prepare for state and postseason,” Odeyale said.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Cain Carbajal |Isabel Murty
Thousands gathered in Downtown LA’s Pershing Square on Oct. 5 for a rally held as part of an “International Day of Action”, only two days before the one year anniversary of the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Groups such as the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) worked with other local organizations across different cities both nationally and internationally to set up a series of rallies for this day.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Isabel Murty
Every year, students are told not to come to class on days marked as flex days which are student free days because faculty has to complete training hours. Flex day is a day devoted to professors to complete some of the 18 hours of faculty development training ordered by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office per academic year. Instructors are given this time to personally develop their skills in the classroom and are offered seminars on proper sleep, wellness, and fitness.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Bella Schultz |Isabel Murty
A new performing arts building is coming to the LBCC Liberal Arts Campus (LAC), located near the corner of Clark Avenue and Harvey Way. The new G Building has been in progress for multiple years and will be ready for move-in next year with the hope of classes starting in the spring of 2026. The G Building is going to have new dance studios, practice rooms for instrumental students, recording studios and a pilates room. “It’s all very exciting.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
lbccviking.com | Destiny Garcia |Nick Eismann |Isabel Murty
LBCC has implemented a safety initiative called the Campus Safety Escort Program in which campus security is made available to walk students from their classes to their cars after their evening classes. A report on campus safety made during a Board of Trustees meeting in September showed that crime rates have been on a downward trend since 2019, and a majority of the crimes reported were against LBCC property.
