Students in the Media Arts department were awarded for their classwork and contributions to the department’s publications at Maggiano’s on Friday, Dec. 6.

The end-of-semester banquet, which celebrated student work in The Bull Magazine, the Roundup newspaper, KPCRadio and Media Arts classes overall, hosted around 50 students, faculty, staff and friends of the department.

More than 70 awards were handed out, including:

MAGAZINE AWARDS 

MAGAZINE WRITING

1^st     Cameron Kern                       Hundo and JustBeatz

2^nd     Nicole Benda                         Rock N Rage

3^RD     Meilani Welbeck                    The Show Must Go On

HM    Sergio Torres                        The Now So Secret Life of a Stripper

MAGAZINE PHOTO

HM    Kevin Lendio                         Stefanie Smith

HM    Maja Losinska                       Stripper looking in mirror

3^RD    Katya Castillo                        Frank N Furter

2^nd    Bleu Briggs                           Hundo (back cover)

1^st     Bleu Briggs                           Hundo and JustBeatz

MAGAZINE PHOTO ESSAY

HM    Chris Torres                          Burn Club

3^RD    Kevin Lendio                         Rock Identity

2^nd    Kevin Lendio                         Dance to the Heart

1^st     Katya Castillo                        Rocky Horror

VIDEO AWARDS

STOP MOTION VIDEO

HM    Victor Coria                           Setting the Table

3^RD    Mckennah Landers              Don’t Drink and Swing

2^nd    Atena Naghi                          Cocoon

1^st      Jimi Ibarra                              Happy Spring

PSA/COMMERCIAL     

3^rd    Trenton Bouie, Ross Ramos, Sina Yar                    Confidence in a Bottle

2^nd    Nik Wilcox, Cynthia Hernandez, Atena Naghi      The Slillow

1^st      Lizi Escobar, Jimi Ibarra                                          Pierce College – Let the Brahma be your mamma

Video Documentary 

HM    Nik Wilcox                                                        Sound Healing

HM    Lizi Escobar                                                     Trans Death

3^rd      Mckennah Landers, Jose Ruiz                       Little Miss Golf

 2^nd     Jimi Ibarra                                                       The Homeless

2^nd    Elizabeth Doctors                                            Attention

1^st      Trenton Bouie, Ross Ramos, Sina Yar            The Trainer

1^st      Atena Naghi, Cynthia Hernandez                   Disneyland

NEWSPAPER AWARDS

NEWSWRITING 

HM    Samantha Neff             Faculty concerned amid cuts

HM    Peter Villafane             Online professors need “consistent student interaction”

HM    Arielle Zolezzi              Not making cents

4^th    Jackson Hayano          ASO President impeached

3^rd    Maja Losinska              Budget wounds: Health Center wants to increase fee

2^nd    Katya Castillo               Money makes the meeting go round

1^st     Arielle Zolezzi               Pierce football coach under internal investigation

NEWS PHOTO

HM    Cecilia Parada                        ASO president impeached

2^nd    Cecilia Parada                      Saddleridge fire prompts campus closure

1^st     Kevin Lendio                         Pierce student dies in car accident

HEADLINE WRITING           

HM    Chelsea Westman                                             Voices of the unheard hung high

3^rd     Felipe Gamino                                               The Pit’s conditions? The pits!

2^nd    Blake Williams                                                A more stable environment

1^st     Chris Torres                                                    Spur of the moment

FEATURE WRITING

HM    Katya Castillo                        From lecturing to schooling the web

3^rd    Samantha Neff                      Playing with numbers and finding the music in math

2^nd    Chris Torres                          Impact through involvement

1^st     Peter Villafane                       A Prince with the heart of a King

FEATURE PHOTO                          

HM    Katya Castillo                        Yee haven’t seen anything like her (photo 1)

HM    Chris Torres                          Impact through involvement (photo 1)

3^rd    Angelica Lopez                      A professor with an AGENDa for Pierce (photo 2) 

2^nd    Kevin Lendio                         Moe dancing leads to Moe joy in life (photo 1)

1^st     Katya Castillo                        Cornerstone of Pierce’s vet tech (photo 1)

CAMPUS LIFE                              

3^rd    Aaron Estrada                       A glimpse of France

2^nd    Maja Losinska                       Nothing beets locally grown

1^st     Maja Losinska                       Visualizing film through sound

CAMPUS LIFE PHOTO                   

HM    Angelica Lopez                      Students in the spotlight

3^rd    Chelsea Westman                  Staying alive on day of the dead

2^nd    Kevin Lendio                         A shop built for scares

1^st     Katya Castillo                        A whole latte conversation

SPORTSWRITING (GAME)           

3^rd    Katya Castillo                        Reunion of generations

2^nd    Aaron Estrada                       Monarchs get bragging rights

1^st     Peter Villafane                       Brahmas ground Seawhawks

SPORTS FEATURE                        

HM    Peter Villafane                       The Pit’s conditions? The pits!

3^rd    Felipe Gamino                        Winning mentality for the program

2^nd    Joey Farriola                          Giving players hope and strength

1^st     Arielle Zolezzi                        Sports teams short players

SPORTS PHOTO                        

3^rd    Benjamin Hanson                  Multitasking in two sports and majors

2^nd    Cecilia Parada                        Brahmas win nail-biter

1^st     Cecilia Parada                        Golden opportunity missed for soccer

OPINION WRITING                 

3^rd    Maja Losinska                        Con: Pass me the books

2^nd    Paola Castillo                         Pro: Cancel classes late 

1^st     Alejandra Aguilera                 Pro: Pay student athletes

EDITORIAL WRITING         

HM    Chelsea Westman                 ‘Come and see me in my online office’

3^rd    Katya Castillo                       A way to be mindful on campus

2^nd    Blake Williams                     A major in teaching, a minor in counseling

1^st     BlakeWilliams                       Bachelor’s degree at a two-year community college

NEWSPAPER DESIGN                 

3^rd    Felipe Gamino                      Issue 4, page 7

2^nd    Angelica Lopez                    Issue 7, page 2

1^st     Chris Torres                          Issue 6, front page

PHOTO ESSAY                                       

HM    Benjamin Hanson & Cecilia Parada  #SquadGhouls

HM    Chris Torres                                     EOP&S Anniversary

3^rd    Katya Castillo                                   Vintage Market 

2^nd    Katya Castillo & Kevin Lendio        Road trip nation

1^st     Katya Castillo & Kevin Lendio         Meet your major

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION             

3^rd    Blake Williams                       Pet the puppies

2^nd    Kevin Lendio                         We fight for our lives

1^st     Jesse Bartel                           A major in teaching, a minor in counseling

CARTOON

1^st     Jesse Bertel                          A major in teaching, a minor in counseling

RADIO AWARDS

BEST RADIO DOCUMENTARY 

HM    Victor Bretado                       Negative Impacts of Social Media

3^RD     Felipe Gamino                       Pierce College Soccer Team

2^nd     Maja  Losinska                       Culture Shock

1^st     Shawn Tiberio                       Veteran Post Traumatic Stress

BEST PODCASTS                         

HM     Paola Castillo                         Students Against Student Hunger (S.T.A.S.H.)

2^nd    Juliet Allahverdi                     Fitness Club

1^st     Shawn Tiberio                       Veterans Club

BEST RADIO LIVE SHOW             

3^RD     Paola Castillo

2^nd    Maja Losinska

1^st     Shawn Tiberio

SPECIAL AWARDS

Friend of the Department           Alexis Montevirgen, Pierce College President

Pierce Marconi Award                Michael Benavides 

Best Cub Reporter                       Peter Villafane

Best Cub Photographer              Kevin Lendio and Cecilia Parada

Most Dedicated                             Blake Williams

Scheibel Award                             Cameron Kern

Top Gun                                         Katya Castillo