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The dedication ceremony for the new Visual Arts building, which opened to students this week, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sept. 6.
Photo: Mikayla Bittner
Construction continues for Gold Line station access BY MEGAN BENDER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Construction crews work on the Citrus Avenue extension across from the Citrus College S1 parking lot. The extension will allow patrons of the Gold Line to get to the APU/Citrus station directly from Citrus Avenue.
wingspan crash rolls out students prior to semester BY JANELLE PARIS STAFF WRITER
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A few hundred students were accidentally rolled out of their classes on July 24 due to an update to WingSpan. The update was implemented in response to a state mandate requiring students using the California Board of Governors Waiver to have a 2.0 GPA or higher. Vice President of Academic Affairs Arvid Spor A couple said in an email the new process “would block hundred students using BOG fee students were waivers from enrolling into classes if they have affected...I been on two consecutive believe out of semesters of probation.” To fix the issue, Adthose hundred, missions and Technolone student ogy and Computer Services worked together to had get the system running complications properly again by 6 p.m. but it was July 27. “A couple hundred resolved easily.” students were affected and I believe out of those -JERRY CAPWELL Administrative Assistant hundred, one student had complications but was resolved easily,” said Spor’s Administrative Assistant Jerry Capwell. Vice President of Academic Affairs Arvid Spor said in an email to professors the informed the affected students of the issue and that they had been re-enrolled in their preferred classes. Spor also asked professors to accept students in classes that were at full capacity to make up for the unintentional roll-out. “The problem was well fixed and nobody was totally pushed out,” Capwell said. There has been no response from students on whether or not they were affected by this roll-out.
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The completion of construction to extend Citrus Avenue to the Azusa Pacific University/ Citrus College Gold Line stop is projected for Sept. 12. Rosedale Land Partners II Superintendent David Guthery said paving for the street was completed Aug. 22 and sidewalk work began Aug. 23 and will continue through Aug. 29. “I’m still waiting on a date from our subcontractor for the asphalt grind and overlay out on the existing Foothill Boulevard and Citrus Avenue,” Guthery said. “Once that is complete then I can schedule the new striping and signage for the new intersection,
which is a two day process, and then I can open the street.” All dates may vary due to factors such as subcontractors, workloads and inspections but Guthery said he hopes to have the street done sooner. He said he would also like to remind students that “Citrus Avenue is still closed at this time during construction for safety reasons from Foothill Boulevard to the Metro parking structure.” Free shuttles leave from Foothill Transit stop 494 on Foothill Boulevard every 15 minutes from 6 a.m. till 10 p.m. every day to take passengers to the parking structure. The Azusa Pacific University/ Citrus College Gold Line stop in the last out of six in the extension that opened in March.
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