COLLEGE TO REVIVE RODEO.Byline: Bill Schlotter Daily News Staff Writer A San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. tradition is riding the trail back from oblivion. The Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. Intercollegiate in·ter·col·le·giate adj. Involving or representing two or more colleges. Adj. 1. intercollegiate - used of competition between colleges or universities; "intercollegiate basketball" Rodeo rodeo (rō`dēō, rōdā`ō), public exhibition of the skill of cowboys in various activities. Events include riding broncos, riding steers, "bulldogging" steers, roping and tying steers and calves, the use of the lasso, and , which once drew thousands to the Woodland Hills campus each spring, is being resurrected by the school's students and staff after a year's hiatus hiatus /hi·a·tus/ (hi-a´tus) [L.] an opening, gap, or cleft.hia´tal aortic hiatus the opening in the diaphragm through which the aorta and thoracic duct pass. . ``The history of the rodeo is that it was the most successful intercollegiate rodeo in the country,'' said Associated Students Organization President Nicole Land. ``It's just unfortunate that in the last few years the weather kind of wrecked it.'' After years of supporting itself with revenues generated by annual attendance of around 15,000 spectators, the rodeo took hard financial falls in 1994 and 1995 when uncharacteristic un·char·ac·ter·is·tic adj. Unusual or atypical: an uncharacteristic display of anger. un spring rain kept crowds away. In 1996, a heat wave had a similar effect. ``It hurt us pretty bad,'' said animal science professor Ron Wechsler, who has been involved with the rodeo as either a student or staff member for 30 years. So bad, in fact, that last spring there simply was not enough money left to put the rodeo on. But thanks to the efforts of Land and the Associated Students Organization, the rodeo will make a comeback this spring, with a May 1-2 return. Land said she was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a project the ASO ASO arteriosclerosis obliterans. ASO 1 Administrative services organization, see there 2 Allele-specific–oligonucleotide hybridization 3 Anti-streptolysin O, see there could tackle to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Pierce's founding in 1947. ``I wanted to do something traditional, and the rodeo has been very traditional on this campus,'' Land said. ``This will be the 41st.'' Competition will feature men's and women's teams from 10 or more western colleges and universities, Wechsler said. Events will be held in the college football stadium. Land hopes to also schedule a night of comedy and a country music concert featuring top-notch recording artists in conjunction with the rodeo. Negotiations are in progress. The ASO will put up $11,000 to help get the event on its feet, Land said. About $6,000 remains in the rodeo account. Land hopes to fund the rest of the event's $43,000 budget by soliciting corporate and private sponsorships in the college's West Valley neighborhood. It is Land's hope that, weather permitting, a good turnout next spring will make the rodeo self-supporting once more. Before its demise, the rodeo not only held its own but generated a profit that went into supporting the college agriculture unit. Rodeo proceeds built the school's horse program - corrals, arenas and other facilities valued at about $30,000, Wechsler said. |
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