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Lockdown drill results in 973 potential victims Bre Payton Features Editor

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Student arrested on suspicion of sexual battery Natalie Miranda Editor in Chief

A Citrus College student was recently charged with three counts of sexual battery, said Detective Jason Tibbets of the Glendora Police Department.

According to Campus Safety supervisor Tony Giannone, Jose Villatoro, 32, is a homeless student who was arrested on Sept. 13 by the GPD on suspicion of inappropriately touching three women on Sept. 13 and one possible victim on Sept. 12.

The Sept. 13 incidents allegedly took place on the north and east sides outside of the Student Services Building and one took place in front of the Informational Services computer lab, Giannone said.

Ronald Deushaun Collins, who witnessed the incident outside of the IS building, was coming out of sociology class on his way to the computer lab when he said that he saw Villatoro attempt to “either cup her privates or lift her dress.”

Collins said it appeared the female victim was caught off guard and that Villatoro mumbled something “or was drunk.”

Collins said that he went into the computer lab and told the lab supervisor on duty to call Campus Safety.

“I tried to calm the girl down and waited for Campus Safety,” Collins said. “He seemed to be harassing another girl at the cafeteria.”

Giannone commended Collins for being observant of the situation and coming forward.

“My hat’s off to that man,” Giannone said.

“He [Villatoro] tried to flee,

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A 20-minute lockdown drill enacting a potential shooter scenario was staged on Sept. 22 that focused on five Citrus College buildings.

Campus Safety officers from Citrus College and Azusa Pacific University along with law enforcement personnel from the cities of Glendora and Azusa participated in the drill.

The participants broke into nine groups and inspected the Professional Center, Educational Development Center, Liberal Arts / Business Building, the Performing Arts Center and the Student Services Building during the drill to ensure that staff and students followed proper lockdown procedure.

Students and staff that subscribe to the Citrus Alert system were notified of the “Active Shooter” practice drill via email, text message and automated phone call.

The proper procedure for staff is to lock the doors from the outside and to not allow anyone to exit or enter until the Citrus Alert system announces that the drill is over.

The police personnel also advise not to open the door to anyone who

wants to get in. The officials had have the keys to every building and they went to tell classes they could leave.

The objective is so students won’t accidentally let the shooter in if they are pretending to be an officer or an injured student.

The Campus Safety officers who were checking the buildings took note of each classroom that did not follow protocol. The people in the unsecured classrooms were counted as ‘potential victims’ in the case of an actual emergency.

The final tally was 973 potential victims.

The PC and LB buildings accounted for more than 700 of the potential victims.

“If you were to base the numbers from today on a real incident, it would be a tragedy,” said Martha McDonald, dean of students.

Be advised that if you are in a classroom and the door is locked but the shooter can still see you through the windows you are still at risk of being a potential victim.

Pam Sewell, administrative assistant in the Student Services Building was hiding under her desk even though the doors to the building and the office were locked.

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Campus Safety officer Jared Ward checks classroom 204 of the Liberal Arts/Business building on Sept. 22 to test student and teacher’s knowledge of lockdown protocol.

Glendora Police Corporal Mike Henderson said that because of the drill, they have been able to identify the PC and LB buildings as needing

areas of future improvement.

“When the real emergency hits,

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Incumbents, challengers face off in forum Daniel Hernandez News Editor

Four candidates for two open seats on the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees presented their credentials and shared their vision in a candidates forum that was open to the public.

The forum that was organized by the fulltime faculty union (Citrus College faculty) took place on Sept. 15 in the Center for Innovation Community Room.

There are three open seats for the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees in the Nov. 8 elections. However Patricia Rasmussen, Ph.D, who represents District 4, including Glendora and parts of San Dimas and Azusa, is running unopposed.

Incumbent Susan M. Keith is competing with adjunct faculty member Tracy Rickman for the District 2 seat representing Claremont, and parts of La Verne, Azusa, and Pomona.

Incumbent Joanne Montgomery is being challenged by Bruce A. Carter for District 5 representing Monrovia, Bradbury and Duarte.

Full-time faculty president Kenneth Guttman, Ph.D, moderated the forum, which he opened by introducing Geraldine M. Perri, Ph.D, superintendent/president of Citrus College to a lively crowd of applauses.

The candidates forum followed a timed format. Each candidate made a three-minute opening statement, responded to four questions developed by the Faculty Association, addressed one-minute questions from the audience and gave a two-minute closing statement.

In his opening statement, Carter emphasized his career as an educator. Now retired, he said that he had worked since 1971 at Pasadena

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Team work, collaboration, cooperation, is what I’ve been about for the past 30 years.

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City College as a faculty member, department chair and division dean.

Carter, a Monrovia resident since 1979 served on the Monrovia Unified School District Board of Education 12 years, including three years as board president.

“My life has been devoted to education,” Carter said.” When I retired a few years ago, I decided that I really wanted to continue working in education. I feel that I have considerable visions.”

Montgomery, a resident of Monrovia, who has served on the board at Citrus College for over 12 years, (three presidencies), emphasized her many years of involvement.

“I’m constantly out in the communities in both Monrovia and Duarte advocating for Citrus College, forming partnerships, and developing all kinds of avenues of communications,” Montgomery said.

Montgomery has served on the Board of Directors for the Monrovia Boys and Girls Club, Monrovia Chamber of Commerce and as Director of the Duarte Chamber of Commerce.

Rickman, a Claremont resident is a full-time faculty member at Rio Hondo College and coordinator of the fire technology program. He has taught at Cerritos College, Glendale College, Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Long Beach.

Rickman is also currently teaching emergency medical services career prep part-time at Citrus.

His mantra, he said, is jobs and getting more people trained for careers.

“I'm really about career technical education.

I'm about jobs, and about what we can do to do better in what we're doing now,” Rickman said.

Rickman also said he hopes to work with veterans at Citrus as he is an Air Force veteran and his son is also a disabled veteran.

Keith, a Claremont resident has been on the board at Citrus since 1999. She is also a board member of the Citrus College Foundation and has served as president of the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education.

Also, she has extensive professional experience in educational public relations and has held positions at the Claremont Graduate University, Pitzer College and California Sate Polytechnic University, Pomona.

“As an advocate for public education and a product of a community college, I hope that I could continue to use my skills at Citrus College,” Keith said. “I see all of this as an opportunity to represent Citrus, and I strive to do so with the energy and enthusiasm that you and our colleagues deserve.”

Montgomery cited her long-time volunteer experience in both Monrovia and Duarte. She

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NEWS Quote of the Day “It is a mistake to look too far ahead.

Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”

—Winston Churchill

Announcements Book fair The Child Development Center will hold a Book Fair from Monday, Oct. 31, to Friday, Nov. 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Child Development Center.

Power shutdown A campus-wide power shutdown is scheduled from Oct. 2 at 6 p.m. to Oct. 3 at 5 a.m.

The district has received notice from SCE that the mandated shutdown is necessary in order to repair cabling that requires immediate attention.

The shutdown will affect the campus’ central plant, EMS and technology.

CDA accepting applications The Orfalea Family Children’s Center at Citrus College is accepting child care applications from parents and guardians of children ages 2.5 to 5 years of age. This state licensed and nationally accredited program operates Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ASCC Meeting ASCC’s next two meetings will be on Oct. 4 and Oct. 11 at 2:45 p.m. in the ASCC executive board room in the Campus Center.

Board of Trustees Meeting The next Board of Trustees meeting will be held on Oct. 4 at 4:15 p.m. in CI 159.

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News Briefs LOCAL Woman escapes attempted kidnapping at Citrus College A woman escaped from five men attempting to kidnap her after an Azusa Pacific University football game on Saturday, Sept. 24 Police said that the woman was walking through a parking lot south of the stadium when five men in a newer-model silver four-door Infinity Sedan approached her. One of the men got out of the car and when he caught up with her, he grabbed her around the waist and buttocks and told her she should come with them. The woman was able to escape. The man was described as black, 6 feet tall, 200 pounds with an athletic build. An APU student reported a similar incident after a warning was sent out to nearby police departments and colleges.

Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call Glendora detectives at 626-914-8290.

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

In 1991, legendary jazz trumpet player Miles Davis died in a California hospital at the age of 65.

Two men rob Baldwin Park In-N-Out using toy gun Two men fled with an undisclosed amount of money after robbing a Baldwin Park In-N-Out Saturday, Sept. 24 with toy guns, police said. The men wore black hooded sweatshirts and were armed with what appeared to be a rifle, Baldwin Park police Lt. David Reynoso said. They fled on foot from the restaurant located at 13850 Francisquito Ave. at about 7 p.m. and discarded the rifle as they left. Officers discovered it was an Airsoft gun when it was recovered. No one was injured and there was no description of the robbers available.

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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Study: Californians had summer of clean beaches

According to an annual study released Sept. 27, California beachgoers enjoyed another summer of clean water. The 447 beaches along the state’s coast were tested for bacterial pollution from Memorial Day through Labor Day and an estimated 92 percent appeared clean, according to Heal the Bay. The environmental organization studied levels of bacteria found in water samples taken by local agencies from Humboldt County on the north coast to the Mexico border. Legislators approved a bill that would replace funding for water testing that was cut in 2008 due to the budget crisis. The bill is awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature. It would funnel permit fees collected by the state water board to fund beach water quality monitoring.

Source: Associated Press

Gov. Brown signs bill to boost L.A. stadium plan

A law that will help developers avoid lengthy court fights to proceed with the $1.2 billion plan to build a football stadium in downtown Los Angeles got a boost on Sept. 27. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill at a Los Angeles Convention Center ceremony with executives from AEG. The group is proposing to build a 72,000seat stadium next to the convention center. Brown said the stadium plan would create 12,000 construction jobs and 11,000 permanent jobs. The bill would expedite resolution of any legal challenges to AEG's project, sending lawsuits over its environmental impact directly to the California Court of Appeal and bypassing the Superior Court.

Source: Associated Press

NATIONAL

Students who can pay get first look at some colleges According to a survey by Inside Higher Ed, more than half of the admissions officers at public research universities and more than a third of officers at four-year universities reported that they had been purposely working at recruiting students who do not need financial aid and can pay full tuition. The survey consisted of 462 admissions directors and enrollment managers from August to early September. Of the admissions officials surveyed from four-year universities, 22 percent reported that the economic downturn was the force that caused them to choose applicants by their ability to pay. Ten percent of admissions directors at four-year universities and about 20 percent of the directors at private liberal arts colleges said that students who were admitted based on ability to pay had lower test scores and grades than other applicants. Recruiting more out-of-state- and international students is a top strategy, according to admissions directors at many public universities from the survey.

Source: The New York Times

Students pressure college officials not to sign apparel deal Students and professors from Ohio State University are pressuring university administrators to not sign a proposed multi-million dollar deal with Silver Star Merchandising, a merchandising branch from the Dallas Cowboys. President of the United Students Against Sweatshops chapter at Ohio State, Natalie Yoon, said the reason for the push against the deal is due to the company’s history of having products manufactured in factories that break sweatshop violations. Silver Star stated they have used factories that have had problems but they said they are working on improving the conditions.

Source: The New York Times

INTERNATIONAL GUATEMALA: 83 died in U.S. syphilis experiments, report finds

In 1542, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay while in search for the Straight of Anian, which was a mythical all-water route believed to go across North America.

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Eighty-three people in Guatemala died due to an unethical series of experiments conducted by U.S. doctors beginning in the 1940s in which more than a thousand subjects were purposefully infected with sexually transmitted diseases without their consent or knowledge. Between 1946 and 1948, the agency then known as the U.S. Public Health Service infected about 1,300 Guatemalan sex workers, prison inmates, soldiers and mental health patients with the sexually transmitted diseases syphilis, gonorrhea or chancroid. The experiments, led by Dr. John Cutler, were to test penicillin’s effect on these diseases.

Source: Los Angeles Times

YEMEN: President returns to his troubled land Four months after President Ali Abdullah Saleh was severely wounded in an assassination attempt, he has made a surprise return to Yemen in hopes to assert control over a nation convulsed in protests. Saleh returned to Yemen after months of recuperating in Saudi Arabia from serious burns suffered in June during a rocket attack on his compound. His reappearance in the capital, Sanaa, where more than 70 people died during protests this week, most of them anti-Saleh protesters, inflamed passions of those for and against him.

Gunfire rattled and fireworks exploded as Saleh’s supporters poured into the streets waving his pictures and his detractors vowed to force his resignation.

Source: Los Angeles Times

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Forum: two members up for reelection [Continued from pg. 1] was an elementary school teacher for 32 years and was also on the Citrus College Foundation for four years.

Rickman said he has facilitated the hiring of about 290 students who, after taking a one semester course through the fire technology program, which he helped develop at Rio Hondo, have started working in the U.S. Forest Service for jobs paying about $13 to $17 an hour.

“Team work, collaboration and cooperation is what I’ve been about for the past 30 years,” Rickman said.

“Being dedicated to the mission outcomes, things get done, people get hired and people want to be part of a successful program.”

Carter said he has served on the Monrovia Unified School District board, and on the board of directors of the California School Board Association representing all districts in the San Gabriel Valley.

Carter said that a board member comes to an organization in order to

set policies and oversee the budget and make budget priorities.

“We need to function in the current financial situation that we are dealing with,” Carter said. “We need to find ways to innovate so that we can better serve our students.”

Keith said she plans to support the implementation of the Citrus College strategic plan and lobby the state for financial circumstances.

Montgomery agreed, saying that she would like to see students move through their educational plans as quickly as possible.

“My goal is to maximize our limited sources, but still maintain the high level instructional program,” Montgomery said.

Rickman suggested a review of existing vocational programs such as auto technology, cosmetology, and nursing for an expansion based on data regarding which courses will help students find jobs right away.

All four candidates agreed on the importance of a mutual respect between the Board of Trustees and the superintendent/president.

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Board of Trustees candidates Joanne Montgomery, Sue Keith, Bruce Carter and Tracy Rickman answered questions from the Citrus College Faculty Association at the candidate’s forum on Sept. 15.

“The key to a productive relationship is mutual respect, no surprises, keeping the information flowing and conversations between board members and the superintendent,” Carter said.

Montgomery said she thinks of herself as an independent thinker

Arrest: student under arrest for sexual battery on campus [Continued from pg. 1] but our officers restrained him,” he said. “We met up with the suspect at the café and the witness was able to identify him.”

The victims from the Sept. 13 incidents were able to identify the suspect, but the victim from the Sept. 12 incident was not able to identify him, Giannone said.

Giannone noted that the victims talked with a crisis management counselor on Tuesday after the arrest.

Villatoro was suspended from campus for 10 days from the day of the incident, according to Giannone.

When students are arrested on campus, the college will take disciplinary action “as recommended by the student discipline committee and

approved by the superintendent,” said Martha McDonald, dean of students.

“Disciplinary options include probation, suspension and expulsion,” she said.

Campus Safety is looking at other incidents that took place around the Azusa Pacific University and Citrus campuses in January to ascertain if Villatoro may have been involved in any of those incidents, Giannone said.

Collins encourages students to be observant of their surroundings and the area they are in.

“Students need to be observant, specifically the high schoolers. You’re around adults and some people are sick in the mind,” he said.

Students who have any information regarding the incidents are asked to call Campus Safety at 626-914-8611 or GPD at 626-914-8290.

Drill: campus participates in drill [Continued from pg. 1] scenario. the time to plan is not then,” Henderson said. “We need to prepare now.”

Citrus College has staged two previous lockdown drills. However, both took place during times when very few students and staff members were on campus.

McDonald said that the purpose of previous drills was primarily to familiarize officers from the GPD with the campus.

Citrus College is an open campus with 52 buildings on 104 acres and shares a border with Azusa Pacific University.

This is the first shooter scenario drill Citrus has conducted during a regular class day with a large number of students on campus.

“This is like taking a snapshot,” McDonald said. “It gives us a benchmark for how to improve. In the future, our goal is to reduce the number of potential victims.

“I’d like to include the fire department,” said Henderson. Since they would be involved in an actual

Tony Giannone, Citrus College Campus Safety supervisor said that students outside the buildings did not respond properly to the drill.

“They need to stop, look and listen, whether on or off campus,” Giannone said. “Students who are unarmed only have one good thing– common sense. They need to make sure they get inside and are out of the way of the shooter.”

“Make this place a ghost town,” Henderson said because a shooter is more likely to go where they see more people.

But instead a lot of students just stood there and by the time they actually did try to go to a building they were all locked.

“Next drill the students need to take it seriously,” McDonald said.

Rich Ostrea, Azusa Pacific University Campus Safety Lieutenant said that the drill went well and that good cooperation between Citrus College and APU is important for the safety of both campuses due to their close proximity.

Business professor Robert

Smolin was teaching on the second floor of the LB building when the lockdown went into effect.

“I immediately locked the door and told no one to leave,” he said.

“The students were cooperative with it… It’s a step in the right direction. Locking the doors is extremely important in a real shooter scenario.”

During the drill, 19-year-old Andrew Driscoll was attending a history class on the third floor on the LB building.

“Everyone’s phones went off at the same time… An officer came by and shut the door because the teacher didn’t close it all the way.”

“We want to identify our weaknesses and make sure everyone is following protocol,” McDonald said. “Keeping a safe learning environment is everyone’s responsibility.

But in order to get prepared you actually need to know when there is a drill or an actual event happening.

You can subscribe to the Citrus Alert through Wingspan at wingspan.citruscollege.edu.

and bases her decisions on what is best for the college.

Both she and Keith said that they love Citrus College and attending celebrations of students’ success.

The forum was followed by a vote of the Citrus College Faculty Association in which the union de-

cided to endorse the two incumbents.

The deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 8 elections is 15 days before.

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‘Banned Books Week’ celebrates right to read Bre Payton Features Editor

The staff of the Hayden Memorial Library at Citrus College is celebrating Banned Books Week from September 26-30 with a display of books that have been previously banned or challenged.

The display, at the entrance to the library, also lists the most common reasons why these books have been banned or challenged.

Reasons for a community to ban a book may include: racial issues, damaging lifestyles, blasphemous dialogue and sexual content.

According to the American Library Association, 348 challenges were reported in 2010 to the Office of Intellectual Freedom and many more instances may have been unreported.

The books most frequently banned include: “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” both the Twilight and Harry Potter series, “Catcher in the Rye,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Grapes of Wrath,” “To Kill a

Mockingbird,” “The Color Purple” and “The Lord of the Flies.”

Today is also Banned Websites Awareness Day, an effort to focus on online censorship taking place in public schools and libraries.

Social media sites, including MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Blogger, are among the most popularly banned sites.

Student Anthony Kirklin, 21, business major says that censorship is ineffective because “People are still going to find out what it is… It’s just hiding something that’s already there.”

The Learning Resourse Center website has setup a separate page dedicated to Banned Books Week which features virtual read-outs of banned books. The site can be found at citruscollege.edu.

The site also features a list of books and websites that have been previously banned or challenged.

Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and First Amendment rights during the last week of September.

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Aaron Alexander, 30, accounting major, takes a look at one of the challenged books on the banned books display on Monday, Sept. 26 in the Learning Resource Center during Banned Books Week.

Protecting the unpopular or unorthodox views and informing others about the intellectual dangers of censorship are emphasized during Banned Books Week by encouraging students to read books that have been previously banned and chal-

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The Foster & Kinship Education Department held their 22nd annual birth to possible disabilities seminar in partner­ ship with Parent’s Place on Sept. 24.

Disabilities seminar held on campus Daniel Hernandez News Editor

A seminar with the focus on children with special needs and how to best care for them, was conducted for parents, professionals and students.

The Foster and Kinship Care Education Program, in partnership with the Parents' Place Family Resource & Empowerment Center and Department of Developmental Services of San Gabriel/Pomona hosted their 22nd annual Birth to Three Disabilities/Possibilities seminar with this years theme, “Building Blocks for Play and Communication” on Sept.

24 in the Campus Center.

“This year is a lot better, we have a bigger turn out,” said Lil Sass, Foster and Kinship Care Education Program Coordinator. “The students here are taking the information.”

Sass said that Citrus has the second largest Foster and Kinship Care Education Program in the state of California among within the community colleges that serve the west end of San Bernardino and the east end of San Gabriel Valley.

The seminar consisted of twoguest speakers along with a tabling of vendors and organizations such as Small Talk, Racing Ahead, and Mission Los Ninos De California.

Julie M. Miller, the first session presenter, gave an understanding on

how a child's sensory system supports his or her participation and attention during daily activities.

The objective of the speaker was to give parents knowledge on creating relationships through play, to learn activities to support development and to learn how to make accommodations for children with special needs.

The second session presenter, Ballad Sweeney, covered the communication aspect to relationships and learning. He gave a discussion of early communication development and practical strategies to discovering a child's style and to encourage their development.

“The seminar is for parents and family members who are raising children that are at risk of developmental disabilities or have a developmental disability,” said Karen Nutt, director of Parents' Place Family Resource & Empowerment Center and Department of Developmental Services. “We have been providing this seminar really focusing in giving parents as much information so they can use it.”

The program provides quality education and supports services to foster and kinship families through training topics, which include fetal alcohol syndrome, child development, bonding through play and discipline.

Nutt said Parents' Place has

teamed up with Foster and Kinship for about 15 years in having the event at Citrus.

“I love that it is on campus because it is very convenient for the students,” said Susan Pecoraro, Child Development instructor. “This is connected to the actual working with children and what their career is going to be.”

The Citrus Psychology Club volunteered in helping with the event.

Around eight club members helped with the set up and tear down of the event.

“I feel like we're doing something that is meaningful, something that's helping out parents with their children,” said Gladys Morales, psychology club member.

Some of the programs that are offered through the Foster and Kinship Care Education to foster and kinship parents and care providers at Citrus include D-Rate Pre-Service Training (emotional & behavioral challenges), F-Rate Pre-Service Training (medically fragile) and Permanency and Safety – Model Approach to Partnership in Parenting.

“Education is not just taking a class, it's working at all the other resources that are out there,” Pecoraro said. “When you are seeking resources for your students and for your children, then that's going to help you be more effective.”

lenged books aloud. Challenged books are books that have withstood an attempted banning.

Since the American Library Association inhibited Banned Books Week in 1982, there have been more than 11,000 challenged books in the U.S.

“Education is showing all points of view, and being able to decide what we think for ourselves,” Sarah Bosler, Public Services Librarian at the Hayden Memorial Library said.

“As Americans it is our responsibility to respect disagreeable points of view.”

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Meet your ASCC Board Members What do you hope to accomplish this semester?

“I want to help the students. I want to make a difference and I want to make a visible change on the ASCC. The students will see that by the end of the semester and hopefully see a bigger change by my second semester.”

“I hope to increase student awareness of ASCC, add more books to the library, have students attend events like the ‘March in March’ and other advocacy events along with ASCC.”

Donald Linneman

Megan Bruins

President

Vice President

Brian Martinez

Olivia Wagner

Horacio Hernandez

Nohemi Camacho

Treasurer “Successful implementation in the use of the Student Representation Fee.”

Secretary “As a board member I hope to accomplish a huge increase on student awareness and participation on the student’s behalf.”

Legislative Liason “I hope to let students be aware of the legislations being presented and give input on where legislation is and how it will directly affect the community colleges.”

Student Trustee “I hope to serve students’ needs such as identifying and working on issues such as textbooks.

Also, make students become aware of our great student government.”

Rachel Britt

Art Corral

Walter Galvez

Athanasios Kloutsiniotis

Senator “I hope to be able to represent ASCC and to improve the school by listening to the request of students, professors, and deans. ”

Senator “I am currently working with deans to provide important information to students. I would like to help ensure that the students are aware of the resources the campus provides to ensure success.”

Senator “I hope to accomplish new ways of informing the student body and working alongside with the rest of the board to give the students more resources to get the best education.”

Senator “My goals will always be synonymous with the goals of the students. Further than that, I hope to grow as a person and learn more about how to help those around me.”

Michelle Mockler

Kyle Garza

Brandi Mendez

Commissioner of Public Relations “I hope to be the voice for our student body and to continue on providing a safe and functional campus for our students to succeed.”

Commissioner­at­Large “What I hope to accomplish this semester as a board member is to be able to make a difference.”

Commissioner­at­Large “My goal to accomplish is to provide more knowledge and awareness to the student body of what ASCC is and what we do.”

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Preparing athletes for life after softball is one of the main objectives of the Citrus College softball coaches.

“Winning at Life,” a course that softball players are required to take during fall and spring seasons, is designed to “shape championship caliber athletes into world class people.”

Leadership, self-discovery, networking, self-marketing, interviewing techniques and developing a career vision are some of the values head coach Jackie Boxley and assistant coach Ed Andersen are teaching the Citrus women.

“Girls who play softball have certain characteristics, like competitiveness, perseverance, and determination,” Andersen said. “We want to take these qualities and use them to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.”

Andersen said he uses a corporate training model to teach students interviewing skills and how to develop themselves into a “brand” for the corporate world.

“We try to give them a sense of perspective,” he explained. “What their relationship is to the outside world and what impact they can make if they discover who they are.”

“A lot of girls want families,” Boxley said.

“Three of our coaches have been married for over 30 years and can teach the girls the qualities they need to have a family.”

Sophomore Lauren Vargas, 19, who aspires to become a landscape architect, said she uses the practical skills from the “Winning at Life” program every day.

“I learned how to present myself properly, and how to maintain proper etiquette,” Vargas said. “[Andersen] taught us that, even when

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The women’s softball team is required to participate in “Winning at Life” workshops held on campus to mold them into “world class people.”

we have a bad day or a bad game, there’s always going to be a better day with better opportunities.”

Vargas said she was chosen to escort Board of Trustees member Edward Ortell, to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Student Services Building.

“The [Board of Trustees members] asked me a lot of questions,” Vargas said. “I felt comfortable answering them and got a lot of good feedback from them.”

“We take academics seriously,” Andersen said. “Half of our players last year were Scholar Ballers. We teach them that life is easier with better grades.”

Andersen said each member of the team

filled out a card listing something they would remember from the season along with several things they want to accomplish before the year 2015 and buried them all together in a time capsule last season.

The team plans to return to the site after the athletes have graduated from universities.

“They have all promised to continue their education after Citrus and get a bachelor’s degree,” Andersen said.

Boxley said “Winning at Life” is also about teaching the athletes to work as a cohesive unit.

“I tell them that you’ve got to love each other while we’re here,” Boxley said. ‘It will bring us an extra 10 wins.”

The team has only two returning sophomore players and a red shirt from last season.

The rest of the players are freshman, Boxley said. “‘Winning at Life’ helps them to read each other and teaches them about the ‘what ifs’ of the game,” she said. “We’ve put our expectations higher so the girls will meet those expectations.”

Their schedule includes field practice on Mondays and Wednesdays and conditioning Tuesdays and Thursdays; “Winning at Life” is a mandatory one-hour course that meets once a week.

Their next home game is a double header on Oct.15, at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

The silent heroes: the mind of support, understanding Daniel Hernandez News Editor

Kenneth Guttman, professor of psychology, Ph.D., shares with students a common interest: the pursuit of achieving success.

I have taken his human sexuality course, been involved in the Sexploration Club for which he was the adviser, and shared lunch with him and a group of students several times. I found his leadership to be that of a great mentor.

Born in the Bronx, New York, Guttman comes from a disadvantaged economic background. His father worked at a post office and his mother worked part time as a waitress to make ends meet.

When he was in junior high, his family moved to Alhambra, where he continued his education attending local schools.

Guttman said he had his mind set on attending college after high school. His first goal was to major in biology to become a veterinarian.

A first-generation college student, he enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. Guttman worked hard at his studies maintaining a consistent grade point average of 3.8 until a tragedy struck.

After two years of college, Guttman was diagnosed with encephalitis, a viral infection carried by a mosquito, which causes irritation and swelling of the brain.

Guttman was in a coma for about a week.

He returned to UCLA in the fall of his junior year thinking the infection was gone, but he soon discovered the impact was beyond recovering from a coma.

Guttman loved playing baseball, but now he missed every ball. He began to have difficulties remembering conversations and class lectures. His grades plunged and he was put

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Kenneth Guttman taught a group of students in Salamanca, Spain, in spring 2010 through the study abroad program at Citrus.

on academic probation.

“I wasn't able to focus, comprehend or remember,” Guttman said. “You are literally in a different world, and you think it's all over.”

The turning point in his decline came when he met professor Arnold B. Scheibel, Ph.D., and director of the Brain Research Institute at UCLA from 1987-1995.

Scheibel became his mentor and gave Guttman his support and understanding.

Scheibel described how the brain recuperates, Guttman said. He urged him to not give up and hang in there. Guttman said there were several other professors who were also comforting and supportive when he was at his lowest point.

Guttman said that he then realized that he wanted to do the same and to be comforting and supportive. So he changed his goal from becoming a veterinarian and focused instead on psychology.

Guttman went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in psychology at UCLA, a master’s de-

gree in psychology at California State University, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. at the California School of Professional Psychology.

Prior to coming to Citrus College in 1991, Guttman taught part time at other colleges.

For 19 years he was a private practitioner in psychotherapy in Covina, where he served patients suffering from anxiety, stress and affective disorders. In 1997, he decided to focus on teaching.

He later turned down a research position at the University of Washington.

“I want to teach. I don't want to do research,” Guttmain said. “Being with the students is just phenomenal.”

Guttman's involvement with the Citrus community has impacted many lives.

He was the coordinator of the Citrus College distance education program from 19951999. During his years, the program expanded from one class with 17 students to more than 60 classes with almost 2,000 students.

Guttman was also the head coach of the

women's basketball team from 2001-2006. In 2005, he was selected as Western State Conference Coach of the Year. During the same year, the team won the WSC championship for the first time in its history.

He has been the lead teacher in the study abroad program. In spring 2010, he taught in Spain and in summer 2011 he taught in Italy.

He was the adviser for the former club, Sexploration. As a club member myself, we helped raise awareness on practicing safe sex, participated in the A.I.D.S. Walk and raised money to help breast cancer patients.

“It’s the greatest feeling to know that you can help out everybody,” Guttman said. “It is a passion, therefore it becomes a high. To me, it is the greatest addiction a person could have.”

Guttman said every semester he gets a new group of students, a new audience who comes in with open eyes, and that motivates him to keep on teaching.

“I come here because I'm offering new information, new support, to new people every 16 weeks, so it never gets old,” Guttman said.

Guttman's advice to students is to be the best, strive for the best, and understand that one might have to make adjustments with whatever unforeseen situation arises.

Guttman is serving as president for the Citrus College Faculty Association, the full-time faculty union.

Guttman resides in San Dimas with his wife Marla. He has two daughters, Alexandria and Brianna.

Guttman’s definition of success is being happy with doing what one enjoys doing. He said everyone can become successful in their own passion.

“Citrus is more than a workplace; it’s a family,” Guttman said. “Everything I've done, from clubs to the students to the study abroad program, has one main theme: family.”

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(L to R) Justine Tunque, 21, nursing major, and Elaine Alva, 18, nursing major, study anatomy together Monday, Sept. 26 in the STEM center using the skeletal set.

Success Center provides advantage for students Chris Floch Staff Writer

Let’s face it: for most college students a writing assignment creates panic and pressure. To help alleviate that pain, the College Success Center offers counseling, free workshops and a friendly staff determined to help Citrus students.

So if that essay or lab report is giving you night terrors, visit room 224 in the Educational Development Center.

Formerly known as the Basic Skills Program, the College Success Center features a tutoring program called Supplemental Instruction. The instructors are actually students who have already passed writing courses.

Studies have shown that students who attend SI earn on average one letter grade higher than those who do not.

The center is funded by the CCCA STEM grant. STEM is short for science, technology, engineer-

ing and math. Besides free Supplemental Instruction, students can take field trips to research labs and talk to university transfer coaches about their plans after Citrus.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Citrus a Title V HS1 grant. The “RACE to STEM” grant will expand the STEM program into the STEM Academy. The goal of “RACE to STEM” is to increase the number of Hispanic and low-income students attaining degrees or transferring in the STEM

majors.

Bridges to Success grant funds resources for students to attain their academic goals, including the Writing Café, which opened in summer 2010 and provides tutors who assist students with written assignments.

“We will help in every step of the writing process,” said writing consultant Brittany Cortez.

“Working with their peers makes students feel more confident in their abilities,” said Suzanne Martinez, coordinator of College

Success.

The program can benefit students who may feel like a number.

“I hate having to chase my professors down or stalk them outside their offices,” said Jeanette Squillace.

The café is open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

To make an appointment, scan your student identification card in ED 215 or schedule appointments online. Sessions are limited to two 45minute lessons per week.

The Hoot: What do you hope to accomplish at Citrus?

Sabrina Maya Age: 18 Major: Undecided City of residence: Azusa “Coming to Citrus and participating in school and going to all my classes. I really want to get to a higher degree and try to make the world better and change it through learning.”

Ernesto Castuera Age: 22 Major: Registered Nurse City of residence: Claremont “ I decided to come to Citrus in order to get a better career in order to get a better financial life. I want to be able to buy my own house and have no worries about money.”

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Administrative clerk, Christine Waugh, assists student Rachel Khattar, 19, psychology/art major, with transfer needs on Sept. 27 in the Career and Transfer Center on the second floor of the Student Services Building.

Career and Transfer Center sets students on track James Slater

Correspondent

While some students at Citrus College will complete their educational plans with an associate’s degree, most freshman enroll with the intent of transferring to a four-year university.

Some students have a vague idea of where they might want to transfer, but they often have no idea what classes they need to complete or when they need to apply.

Counselors at the Citrus College Career and Transfer Center help students fill in those blanks.

At the Career and Transfer Center, located in the Student Services Building, counselors help students determine the sequence of classes they need to complete in a major field of study.

Together they research prerequisites required by the university the student may wish to attend.

This sequence of classes is known as a Student Educational Plan.

In addition, counselors calculate a student’s GPA, provide websites and provide fact sheets pertaining to the universities each student may wish to attend. Counselors also refer students to research in-

Tyler Mounts Age: 22 Major: Math/Science City of residence: Glendora “I hope to transfer out and receive a degree and further my knowledge. I’m trying to major in the field of engineering and work doing something with electrical engineering.”

cluding, http://www.csumentor.edu/ and http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html.

“The center benefits students since they are meeting with trained professionals who understand the policies and admission requirements to four-year universities,” transfer counselor Robert Gamboa said. “Students benefit from the Transfer Center as they go from being undecided to having a major, which in turn gives students a more focused direction.”

Brittany Cortez, now a University of La Verne psychology major, noted her own experiences utilizing the Transfer Center.

“They provided me emotional support for my frustration and nerves by giving me encouragement by providing me with information regarding what programs the schools I was interested in offered and whether or not I met the prerequisites,” she said.

Transfer counselors also often direct students into supplemental educational programs such as the University of California’s Transfer Admissions Guarantee program.

TAG guarantees that students who have met certain educational requirements, such as maintaining a 3.2 grade point average, are admitted to one of several cam-

Jamey Jimerson Age: 23 Major: Political Science City of residence: Diamond Bar “To successfully complete my classes in a timely manner and transfer to a university in the hopes of pursing my degree in political science.”

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They provided me with emotional support for my frustration and nerves.

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puses.

UC campuses that offer the TAG program include Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz.

Citrus has also established an agreement with California Baptist University located in Riverside and is finalizing transfer agreements with the University of La Verne and Whittier College.

These agreements may give Citrus college students with certain majors priority registration.

The Transfer Center recently relocated to the second floor of the new Student Services building on the western edge of campus.

Maria DeLuc, educational adviser com-

Jennifer Barajas Age: 22 Major: Sociology City of residence: West Covina “Like most students, I hope to transfer and go to a four year college so I can pursue a masters in sociology.

I’m not sure what I want to do with my major yet.”

mented on how the move has affected students.

“Students are still trying to figure out where the different departments are,” she said.

DeLuc also suggests that new students “visit the building on your own time ahead of appointments to get a sense of where every department is.”

The deadline for students who are planning to apply to Cal State University campuses and University of California campuses is fast approaching.

The registration period for Cal State begins Oct. 1 and ends Nov. 30.

The application period for the UC system begins Nov. 1 and ends Nov. 30.

During the application period, counselors will provide and review transcripts to determine minimum eligibility for each campus.

Students may make appointments for these workshops in person at the Career and Transfer Center.

The Career and Transfer Center is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

Appointments may be made by calling 626-914-8639.

Zach Spidell Age: 19 Major: Undecided City of residence: Arcadia “I hope to actually find out what I want to study and major in because at the moment, I’m clueless. I want to find out what are my interests.”

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Water polo player treads successful path Cynthia Moreno Staff Writer

Water polo teammates sometimes refer to him as a “horse” because he never wants to quit.

Jordan Ziegler, 19, has dedicated much of his life to a team sport. Ziegler’s fascination with swimming in high school made it clear that he enjoyed being in the water.

One day, returning home from a typical day as a Temple City High School freshman, Ziegler received an important phone call that would ultimately change his life. He was offered a position to be on the school’s water polo team. Ziegler agreed to take part and prepped two varsity seasons by his senior year.

He joined the Citrus men’s water polo team in 2010 and appeared in all 28 Citrus games last season, 25 of which he started, and ended the season with 29 goals. The Owls earned second team all Western State Conference honors.

“He’s grown as a leader to our team. He’s a productive team player and will show others what they are doing wrong to better improve their knowledge of the sport,” said team member Eliasar Mejia.

Ziegler is inspired by American Olympic water polo player Tony Azevedo. Azevedo is a three-time Olympian, a USA team captain, and one of the top players in the world today known to score at least one goal per game.

Though Ziegler doesn’t see water polo as his main career choice, he continues to keep his options open while staying motivated. If Ziegler cannot make it to practice with the men’s team, he will join the woman’s water polo team to ensure that he gets practice time.

“He’s a machine even when he’s fatigued; he keeps going and always tries to push himself to the next level,” head coach Brandon Rivas said.

At the Sept. 16 Mt. SAC tournament, Ziegler handed out three assists and scored four times. “It takes a lot of mental thinking

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Jordan Ziegler, 19, trains with the women’s water polo team on Sept. 12 to get more practice.

to be observant on what is really going on.

And I’m pretty good at predicting what’s coming next,” he said.

Ziegler, along with the rest of the men’s

water polo team, has his next home game today, Sept. 28 at the pool at 3 p.m. and will participate in the Citrus Mini Tournament on Oct. 8 starting at 10:15 a.m.

Citrus Home Games Football

Oct. 1 San Bernardino Valley 1 p.m.

Oct. 8 Riverside 1 p.m.

Women’s Soccer Oct. 7 LA Valley 2 p.m.

Women’s Water Polo Sept. 28 Ventura 4:15 p.m.

Men’s Water Polo Sept. 28 Ventura 3 p.m.

Oct. 8 Citrus Mini Tournament 10:15 a.m.

Volleyball Sept. 28 Ventura 6 p.m.

Oct. 5 Canyons 7 p.m.

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Modern fashion takes a U-turn Cynthia Moreno Staff Writer

Fashion fads have spiraled into a time warp of the past.

More individuals are saying out with the new and in with the old, with time frames ranging from 1950s to the early 1990s.

This vintage chic look has influenced college students’ personal style.

English major Lauren Griffith, 20, refers to herself as a “free spirit” and enjoys dressing diversely. Her outfit consisted of an Aztec-inspired fringe cut tee, skinny leg jeans and brown cowboy boots. Griffith accessorized her ’80s look with feather earrings and round oversized sunglasses.

Griffith’s inspiration for fashion is through observation. Griffith’s retail job in women’s apparel has her constantly up to date on latest trends through ideas from co-workers, customers and in-store mannequins.

There’s no chance Griffith’s inspirational switch will be turned off. One day she will look completely different from the day before. Griffith’s favorite places to shop are ones with quality and sophistication, such as Nordstrom and Foreign Exchange.

Fire Science major Alex Lorenzana, 21, has taken a strong liking toward the ’50s era. His greased up pompadour, classic white tee under a flannel button-up made it difficult not to think of an encounter with the past. He wore cuffed Levi’s and Chuck Taylor Converse to close the deal.

“Music is my inspiration,” Lorenzana said. “I listen to

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(L to R) Kendra Mode, marketing major, lets her faux hawk stand tall, with low­top Chuck Taylor’s, jean shorts, a floral printed blouse and open vest to match.

Garrett Parham, Civil Engineering major, 20, dresses comfortably with cuffed Levi’s, Wallabee­inspired shoes, graphic tee, and messenger bag. Ivvet Perez, 19, keeps her outfit simple with a denim crop top, black skinny jeans and oxford ankle boots. Alex Lorenzana, fire science major, replicates a modern day Fonzie wearing cuffed Levi’s, Converse, flannel button­up and a greased up pompadour.

many genres ranging from classic rock, rockabilly to rap.”

Lorenzana declined to state where he liked to shop, saying it wasn’t about the fashion, it was about the music.

Student Ivvet Perez, 19, is a simple but elegant kind of gal.

She keeps her look classic and simple while still maintaining a good fashion sense. Perez wore a denim ’80s crop top, black skinny jeans and oxford ankle boots. If an outfit intrigues Perez, she will attempt to replicate it herself with her own per-

sonal touch. Perez’s favorite stores to shop on an a low budget are at H&M and Forever 21.

Marketing major Kendra Mode, 20, is a queen of investigative research. Her faux hawk alone was enough to catch my attention from across campus.

Mode layered a strapless abstract floral top with a sleeveless open vest, jean shorts, and low top converse. Mode studies internet blogging sites such as lookbook.nu and enjoys seeking fashion ideas from people all

over the world. Her favorite places to shop are thrift stores and flea markets to keep her look one of a kind and original.

Civil engineering major, Garrett Parham, 20, has a indie relaxed feel to his everyday look.

Parham’s Buddy Holly inspired glasses and “Dexter” shirt fits freely with his Levi’s and ’70s inspired Wallabee shoes. His Fossil messenger bag gives his look all the more vintage feel.

Parham’s inspirational motives are a mixture of personal preference, music and ideas from

magazines.

“I like to wear whatever catches my eye, and goes well together,” said Parham. Wasteland, Urban Outfitters and local thrift stores are his favorite places to shop.

Today’s vintage glamour branches off numerous ideas, music genres and inspiration.

It’s safe to say students imitate according to personal preference. As long as seasons keep changing, so will the fashion scene, music and people.

For the love of food: dont abuse it Natalie Miranda Editor in Chief

Eating to the point where it’s hard to breathe is something most people avoid.

If I don’t eat like that, I feel like I have to go eat more.

This is something that’s been normal for me for a while now and I never saw anything wrong with it. That was until I went to the doctor and the scale was tipping into regions that were foreign to me.

If you’ve read my first two columns I’m sure you know that my enjoyment of food is somewhat an obsession.

After the doctor’s appointment, my doctor told me I had to get

control of my eating, so I was doing good for a while.

I started to slip back into my old eating habits and even started to convince myself that it didn’t matter because I’ve already gained 20 pounds.

A friend of mine joked that I had an eating disorder.

Recently I’ve become so disappointed with myself and my inability to control my eating habits.

I started researching eating disorders and was shocked when I found that I fit many of the characteristics of binge eating.

According to eatingdisordersonline.com, some of the characteristics I related to were: eating what most people would consider to be a large amount of food, eating to the point of feeling uncomfortable and eating large amounts of food even when I’m not hungry.

After digesting all of this information I came to realize that too

much of a good thing isn’t good for you.

I’m not a doctor or someone certified to offer treatments, but just in my own thought process I know that I need to find a balance so that I don’t become an abuser of the thing I love.

Changing my mindset is bound to be a difficult feat, but looking toward the goal of being healthy and thinking beyond the now has to be prominent.

In a time where looking like a twig is sexy, it’s hard to not get frustrated when I slip up or over eat, but then I remember all good things come with a sacrifice.

If you struggle with an eating disorder, I encourage you to get help. Seek professional help and come up with a support system to help and encourage you through a time of recovery.

Food is a beautiful thing that will only harm us if we abuse it.

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Buffet offers value, range of tastes Brandi Mendez Correspondent

Eating at buffets is a guaranteed way to get more variety of food choices for a reasonable amount of money when you dine out.

Monrovia’s Zen Buffet specializes in Asian-inspired cuisine, ranging from live shrimp and sushi, to barbecue pork and miso soup.

The environment when first entering the restaurant is inviting with a host/hostess to greet you at the door. The demographic of customers varies from young teenagers coming to share a meal with their parents, to senior citizens.

The setting is casual, and the seating arrangements vary from either family style tables to booths.

The Philadelphia roll and the spicy tuna roll both were fresh and crisp.

The Philadelphia roll featured a cream cheese center, wrapped with salmon, seaweed and rice that made me slow down every bite.

The spicy tuna roll was delectable.

The savory flavor of the tuna to (spicy sauce) that tops the sushi roll, had a mild kick with just enough bite to highlight the fish.

For those who are not sushi fans, there are more than 20 other items on the buffet menu to choose from.

The barbecue pork, for example, is tender and moist and has a sensational sweet barbecue glaze bordering around the outside of the pork.

The orange chicken and beef and broccoli dishes are among the favorites of the buffet.

Then there is dessert. Zen Buffet offers a choice of strawberry, tart or a strawberry/tart swirl frozen yogurt, as well as baked goods such as chocolate

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Offering a mouth­watering array of cuisine, Zen Buffet will give you more bang for your buck.

drizzled cream puffs and tiramisu, just to name a few.

Though the sweets are not Asian-inspired, they are delicious. Weekday lunch is the best value.

However, dinner at the buffet

features a full sushi bar, fresh crab legs and a chocolate fountain in the dessert section.

Monday through Friday, lunch for an adult is $9.49 plus tax. Children are charged 85 cents per year of their age. Din-

Shannon Vigil

beth constantly borders on the line between love and hate as the two young adults conflict with their pride and the feelings of affection slowly growing between them.

Meanwhile the plague claims more victims, as Elizabeth fights to keep her family safe.

The witty and well-worded conversations between characters keep the reader mildly entertained throughout this reformed classical novel.

With minor twists the plot is somewhat predictable and lacks the true gory zombie-like violence that zombie fans crave.

Out of the 317 pages the novel contains, very few hold scenes of gore and martial arts action.

While Grahame-Smith tries his best to add energy to this old classic, he simply cannot hold a candle to Austen’s elegant writing and clever dialogue.

Overall it is more of a classic tale than one of the undead; GrahameSmith’s revised version is deficient of the “bone crunching zombiemayhem” advertised on the back of the book.

Although the book is in the ‘young adult’ section and is aimed toward a young audience, it may be too mature for teenagers to find an interest in it.

But with the book currently in production to be made into a feature

ner Monday through Thursday will cost an adult $15.99, and $1.25 per year for children.

The weekend prices are $17.99 for adults and $1.45 per year for children, all day.

Located at 925 W. Huntington Drive in Monrovia, Zen Buffet is a definite 8.5 out of 10 on the ratings scales for buffets.

Make sure to visit www.thezenbuffet.com for a coupon that is valid when you purchase one adult lunch or dinner buffet, and get the second 50% off.

Zen Buffet offers a wide range of delicious cuisine for a moderate price and the service is great.

They are open Sunday-Thursday from 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m., and Friday-Saturday 11a.m.-10 p.m.

Zen Buffet is located about 10 miles from campus, the 15 minute drive is worth the experience you have at the restaurant.

Zombies not worth slaying Staff Writer

‘ “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is a novel of romance and heartbreak teamed with the twisted horror and repulsion of flesh-eating zombies.

Quirk Books Publishing and Seth Grahame-Smith take Jane Austen’s well known novel and expand it by turning it into something much more sinister.

Grahame-Smith adds a new twist to this classic tale where a plague rages mercilessly throughout England, bringing the dead from the ground to feast on living flesh.

This altered version begins with Mr. and Mrs. Bennet in a tug of war, trying to decide which is more important for their five daughters; keeping them safe from the macabre creatures that haunt the town of Meryton or keeping to 19th century standards of finding each a husband.

It is not long before two wealthy suitors move in down the way where arrogant and cocky Fitzwilliam Darcy is introduced to the main character, Elizabeth Bennet.

Although all five Bennet sisters are skilled in weaponry and martial arts, Elizabeth stands out, taking on an intense passion for the art of killing.

Throughout the novel the relationship between Darcy and Eliza-

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film, it may spark an interest in younger audiences.

Those who are on a budget may want to wait and see the movie instead.

I believe the movie will make the novel much more intriguing and it may be cheaper than purchasing the book at local book stores, such as Barnes and Noble, in paperback for $12.95.

If you do decide to buy it, keep in mind it is mostly Austen’s novel with grotesque and descriptive inserts of mindless zombies claiming the lives of innocent characters.

If a completely gruesome zombie-filled story is what you are looking for, I would suggest looking for another novel to indulge in.

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Watercolor exhibit debuts in library gallery Daniel Hernandez News Editor

An art show featuring watercolors of Ireland painted by 23 Citrus College artists opened Sept. 17 in the gallery of the Hayden Memorial Library.

A full house of painters, friends and colleagues gathered for the celebration.

Under the direction of Chris Van Winkle, who teaches Continuing Education art courses at Citrus College, the student artists traveled on Sept. 1, 2010, to Dublin, the capital of Ireland, where they stayed for two weeks.

Van Winkle said the group took advantage of the trip by visiting museums and art galleries, exploring Irish history, and enjoying the culture and food.

“That was the best trip we've ever taken,” Van Winkle said.

“We painted what we saw there.

It was not studio painting.”

The Citrus artists had the opportunity to see a collection of watercolors from the National Gallery of Dublin which are usually shown only during the month of January, but an excep-

tion was made for them.

“You get inspired when you see something entirely different,” Van Winkle said. “In Ireland, everything we saw there was different.”

Michi Ikeda of San Dimas is displaying several of her paintings in the Hayden Memorial Library.

A painting titled “Irish Flowers” was inspired by the colorful wild flowers of Ireland while the wind was blowing on them, Ikeda said.

This was Ikeda's first trip to Ireland.

She said she was pleased by the courteous citizens and the beautiful scenery, which allowed her to loosen up as an artist.

“It was so beautiful over there,” Ikeda said. “The colors are so different from California.”

Mary Gilman, another Citrus artist, is showing paintings titled “Ruins of Ferns Castle,” “Ruins of Irish Famine Cottage,” and “Cliffs of Moher.”

In “Cliffs of Moher,” Gilman said she wanted to show the strength of the cliffs by painting

them with strong bold colors and distinct lights and shadows.

“The people were delightful, and there was fabulous scenery,” Gilman said. “It makes one want to paint.”

Van Winkle plans out trips with his students, some who have been taking his classes for several years.

The group has traveled to Russia, Canada, Spain and Holland in the past.

A watercolor workshop for beginning or intermediate artist is scheduled for the 2012 winter session with instructor Van Winkle.

“It's a friendly little place, Citrus College. They seem to like what we do,” Van Winklesaid. “This is just the right place for us.”

More than 40 paintings are on display, including scenes of the Medieval town of Kilkenny and the old heritage farm Tomsallagh.

The exhibit is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hayden Memorial Library Art Gallery until Oct. 21.

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Citrus artist exhibit their watercolor paintings in the Hayden Memorial Li­ brary Art Gallery until Oct. 21. Top painting, “Dingle” was painted by Fred Browand. Bottom painting, “Dingle, Ireland” was painted by Michi Ikeda.

Aspiring screenwriters to stage work Sydney Presley A&E Editor

Scripts written by five student screenwriters and one faculty member will be brought to the Haugh Performing Arts Center stage this fall.

With the Little Theatre temporarily closing its doors for repairs, professor Cherie Brown teamed up with several colleagues Dan Volante, Neil Weiss, Dr. Bruce Solheim, Linda Graves, Ben Lambert and Academy Award winner Cecilia Hall, to produce student-written scripts.

Former students of professor Weiss were asked to pen scripts based on their personal stories.

From the class, five student screenwriters were chosen to be a part of the project.

The students were then paired with the directors, who also doubled as mentors.

Auditions were held for each of the prospective plays on Sept. 8 with approximately 80 actors delivering five-minute monologues in front of each of the directors, writers, and the student production coordinator, Shannon Dickey.

Dickey described the production as a “great big experiment” she first heard about in January when she was brought into the project.

Student plays will be performed from Nov. 8-10 in the Haugh Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m.

Student ticket prices are $20 for all three nights.

“I used to stage manage for Cherie. I started a couple of years ago with “Tommy Humbug and the Christmas Gypsies,” then I did “Durang Durang” last year,” Dickey said. “Since this show is really different, it won’t have a normal rehearsing schedule so a stage manager is needed, but a production coordinator really is.”

The audition process was not only an experience for first-time actors, but also for first-time student writers, including Joseph Alcarez, 22.

“I’m looking forward to the experience,” Alcarez said, “I’ve never done anything like this before so it is new to me.”

The final casting for each of the plays was chosen the week after the auditions and the rehearsals will commence this week.

The performances will take place over three days, one performance each day.

Each of the student-written scripts will be performed each of the three days and one act of Solheim’s “Bronze Star” will be performed each day, as a teaser for the full performance scheduled to take place in Fall 2012.

“Bronze Star,” Solheim’s original screenplay that depicts the struggle of one Vietnam veteran, has had previous readings at Citrus.

Unlike the student writers, however, Solheim has been writing his script for two years.

Out of what seemed to be an unfortunate situation with the closing of the Little Theatre, the drama department was still be able to bring a student-run production to the main stage.

The Little Theatre will be up and running soon, so this pioneer event might be the last.

Still, it is a unique opportunity for Citrus students who, for many, this is the first script that they have ever written.

“I’m most excited about the rehearsal process, to see it actually read and to see how the actors interpret it,” said student screenwriter Desiree Perez, 25. “It’s on such a personal level because every character in this script is a person in real life.”

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OP/ED Get that degree, no matter the cost Emily Rios

Managing Editor

As we are growing up, most students hear how important it is to further our education and how it will make life better and create more job opportunities.

But what many students fail to take into account is how much it is going to cost to get that education.

With college costs rising, most students are forced to take out loans to cover college expenses.

In 2008, 1.4 million students graduated with debt, according to the most recent studies compiled by The Project on Student Debt.

According to the project 62 percent of public university graduates have taken out student loans and 72 percent of students attending private nonprofit colleges/universities have student loans. The sector with the highest student loan rate is private, for-profit universities, where 96 percent of graduates have student loan debt upon completion.

This generation is facing a challenging dilemma. We're graduating college with existing debt and then entering an extremely competitive workforce where there are simply not enough jobs to go around.

The college application process can be daunting enough without looking at the cost, so it all comes down to doing what is best for you and what you feel comfortable with.

I am currently studying online at a private university located in Virginia. While it is more costly than attending a Cal State or UC, the benefits are worth it to me.

Currently in my second year of attendance I have had no problem adding classes. I have been able to enroll in a program that is exactly what I wanted and take courses that will count towards my master’s degree as well as my bachelor’s.

Participating in an online program is a definite challenge. I don’t have the luxury of going to a class and talking face-to-face with my professors or classmates. Another challenge comes when I get my tuition bills.

I have taken out more loans than I wanted to, and even with that, I am still paying some of the cost out of my own pocket.

I work three part-time jobs, including being the Clarion teaching assistant. At times I am stretched too thin, and personal aspects of my life and the occasional assignment do suffer.

But to me the loans and working whatever hours I can get is worth it to get that degree because I’m going to have to work ten times harder without it.

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Do your part: keep campus clean

Stop! Go back and pick up that empty chip bag you just tossed to the ground when you thought no one was looking.

Picking up litter strewn around campus by thoughtless students should not be in the job description of a maintenance worker.

With the recent opening of the 55,000 square foot Student Services Building as well as other large new facilities, like the Center for Innovation, Mathematics/Sciences and Technology/Engineering buildings, the 35 maintenance employees are stretched when it comes to maintaining the campus.

Let’s save them some time and take care to use the garbage bins provided.

The people who keep our campus clean deserve our appreciation; don’t create more work for them by leaving your trash lying on the ground.

We appreciate all the hard work they do to keep our campus clean.

It is shameful for students to drop their fast food and gum wrappers behind in the parking lots and toss cigarette butts into planters.

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More than 11,000 students and staff study and work at Citrus College. If each student dropped just one piece of trash each day, the consequences would be devastating.

Being thoughtful, cleaning up

after yourself and lightening the work load for others can directly impact thousands of other individuals.

If you see someone miss the can, save the maintenance workers time by picking it up for them.

Many of the staff at Citrus College goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Make an effort to say thank you to these men and women who diligently keep our campus free of debris and looking beautiful.

Veggie options on campus need student support Cynthia Moreno Staff Writer

Maintaining a healthy diet is of concern to a l m o s t e v e r y b o d y.

With the media constantly reminding us to stay fit, students can’t help but think twice of what we consume.

So why is our school’s supply and demand system for our cafeteria full of junk, refined sugars, meat, dairy and soda?

Being vegan, I find it a struggle to eat comfortably with billion dollar franchises on every corner advertising cheap, harmful food. I would hope that our college, where we spend much time learning and trying to practice good habits, would want to keep us alive and well.

However, when taking a walk around the campus café, I was surrounded by nothing but loaded calories: vending machines full of saturated fats, candy with high sugar, chips with high fat. Foods with hardly any nutritional value are surrounding school grounds.

Many students spend up to four days a week on campus.

With personal commitments and work, even something as easy as packing lunch can be inconvenient.

So where does change begin?

If our college campus cafeteria were to offer more veggie friendly options in the cafeteria,

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such food choices would cater to those trying to eat healthy, to lactose-intolerant students, provide kosher options and allow big relief to the hunger distressed vegan.

The vegetarian lifestyle is becoming more popular and with every year the compassionate animal-friendly crowd is growing.

Why our local campuses haven’t caught on comes down to us, the students.

The food choice for vegans on

campus is very limited. Typically a salad, bag of nuts or cup of mixed fruit are your everyday options between classes.

In contrast, we have schools such as the University of North Texas who recently devoted one half of their cafeteria to students practicing plant-based diets. Student’s have new food choices ranging from soyrizo, sushi and ice cream. Such change gives students options and a better balanced menu for all.

With not enough students standing up for their beliefs, the campus will continue to overlook the minority. The institutionalization of what once was healthy vs. what actually is healthy must be flipped for our own good. Offering more vegan choices on campus would discourage students from eating junk that results in sugar crashes during class time or feeling heavy and fatigued.

We don’t necessarily have to have our campus cook vegan.

One World Vegetarian Cuisine located in West Covina sells prepackaged meals such as teriyaki wraps, soy “chick-un” burgers, spring rolls and alfredo pasta ready to eat for about $5. These meals are sold then shipped out to places such as the LAX airport and selected grocery stores due to supply and demand.

To better accommodate everybody, students must first un-mute their voice and demand dining officials to offer new and improved options. In order to show support of our efforts, we can petition around campus and collect signatures from others who also want to encourage change. If you want to participate in petitioning around campus, you can email Cynmoreno830@student.citruscollege.edu by Oct. 7 with your name, class schedule and how you would like to help with the campaign.

If the students of Citrus College don’t ask then we cannot receive. It’s up to us to pave a path for ourselves and future generations of this campus to better serve everyone.

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Dream Act should be signed by governor Gov. Jerry Brown, We urge you to sign AB 131, which would allow AB 540 students to become eligible to apply for publicly funded financial aid in the state of California.

You recently signed the first half of the California Dream Act; AB 130 allows illegal immigrant students to apply for scholarships funded by private donors. We applaud that decision.

Although this bill is often criticized as a “free ticket” to education, not all undocumented students will obtain financial aid under AB 131, as there are requirements that they must meet.

AB 131 would only benefit AB 540 students who were children when they were brought to the United States illegally, usually by adult family members.

Undocumented students who qualify for in-state tuition under the state law known as AB 540 must have attended a California high school for three years and graduated.

Also, AB 540 students must not have any criminal records and have to sign an affidavit that states that they will apply for legal residency as soon as pos-

sible.

Although the bill has been criticized as being a reward for the adults who entered the state illegally, these students were brought into the United States through no fault of their own.

For most, this is the only country they know and remember.

Only the federal government can resolve the issue of their illegal status by creating a pathway to citizenship.

Under this law, AB 540 students will become eligible to line up with U.S. citizens and legal residents to receive funds from the $1.3 billion Cal Grant entitlement program.

These students would also qualify to apply for aid from the $127 million fund for Cal Grant competitive awards. The competitive awards are limited. Illegal students may not receive any aid if U.S. citizens and legal residents at the head of the line take up all the funding.

Another type of financial aid is institutional grants, which are funded through student fees and awarded to low-income students on the campus. If AB 131 passes, these AB 540 students could receive such grants be-

cause they are paying into the fund with their student fees.

Lastly, under AB 131, AB 540 students will become eligible for the California Community College’s Board of Governors Fee Waiver.

Community colleges educate the largest number of undocumented students.

According to Admissions and Records, there are around 250 AB 540 students at Citrus College.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, more than 25,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school and want to continue their education but are confronted by the difficulty of attending college resulting from the lack of financial income.

These undocumented students face additional obstacles in that they are not able to work legally and are ineligible for federal grants or loans.

These students are seeking an opportunity to attend college and contribute to society. Most of them consider California their only home.

Most of these young people come from families that, although undocumented, have

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contributed greatly to the local and state economies and are consumers that help produce wealth for California.

We urge you to sign part two

of the California Dream Act to help these students progress.

Their success can help California move forward.

Glamour and growing pains: one flew back to the cuckoo’s nest Sydney Presley A&E Editor

“Don’t lose your morals,” my mother told me the night before I left to live in San Francisco.

With teen angst pumping through my 17-yearold veins, I had decided that I needed to get as far away from Glendora as possible and escape to one of America’s most liberal cities.

I had spent my whole life in the confines of private school and had just graduated from an all-girls Catholic high school.

As my departure neared, I was overcome with anxiety, but my parents assured me that they would al-

ways welcome me back with open arms.

So I made the 400-mile trip and moved into a humble abode across the street from San Francisco State University, which I thought was my “dream school.”

As time progressed, my love for the city that I had visited so often deteriorated.

Furthermore, my high school classmate who had become my college roommate turned into a monster.

The creative writing program, the reason I went to SFSU, was eliminated that fall because of the state budget crisis.

And there is nothing glamorous about carrying soup cans in your pink backpack, trekking through the fog, while you and your roommate sing “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp.”

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As I finished the year, I decided I had had enough of the city of aspiring photographers, DJs and American Apparel models.

Moving back home was not easy either.

Sure, I was now being fed regularly, but I was also reintroduced to curfews, chores and overall parental control.

I missed the freedom of living on my own.

I missed having the choice to go out at 3 a.m. if my heart and stomach suddenly desired a bacon-wrapped hotdog.

I enrolled at Citrus College in Glendora, the city that I had so desperately wanted to flee.

I felt like the Prodigal daughter, returning with a sense of embarrassment and defeat.

Then things turned around.

Out of this situation, more opportunities were presented to me than I had ever imagined.

Coming back to a community college made me more focused and not feel like I was lost in a sea of students.

I was back home.

I felt the confidence of having a “home court advantage.”

Returning home does not have to be an admittance of failure.

These experiences allow some of us to learn about what we do and do not want out of life.

Besides, we get to see another part of the world, if only for a while.

Life does not always go according to plan.

Sometimes it works to go away for college.

Sometimes the timing is just not right.

Flying the coop is always a learning opportunity and I could not be more thankful for having had that experience.

Perhaps in the future I will leave again, but for now I will eat my InN-Out burger in West Covina.

You’ve gotta do what you love Martin Cabrera Correspondent

Salary, job availability and the amount of schooling required are what many students first consider when choosing a major and career path.

While good pay is a key factor in job satisfaction and while finishing school fast and having a job waiting for you is advantageous, they aren’t the only things that factor into job satisfaction and, more importantly, your overall happiness.

Choosing a major and finding the right

career starts with recognizing your passions. Ask yourself what it is you love and enjoy doing. When you consider the typical 9-5 job, you are spending half of your day working. Could you imagine doing something you hate or are not interested in for eight hours a day five days a week? People are now working well into their 60s. If you do the math, you discover you could be trapped doing a job that has no appeal to you for almost half your life.

When you have to work a job you dislike you start to resent it and your job dissatisfaction starts to affect your disposition. Soon enough such frustration starts to spill over into the other parts of your life.

You want your career to add to your

life, not take things away.

If you are coming home frustrated and tired and plant yourself in front of the TV to just zone out from the world, then something is wrong. We are meant to live life to the fullest, but that is not possible if you are spending half your day doing something you resent and the other half frustrated, tired and dreading tomorrow.

Most students don’t know what their passions are or what career paths they might like. Some students might not even recognize their own skills and talents, other key factors in choosing your career path.

The Career/Transfer Center provides plenty of help. There you can take assessment tests to help identify your inter-

est, skills, and personality type to help you identify compatible careers for you.

The Career/Transfer Center is located on the top floor of the new Student Services Building. You must schedule an appointment with a counselor either by walk-in or over the phone. Operation hours are Monday and Thursday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday 8 a.m.-7p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Citrus also offers the course Counseling 145 – Career/Life Planning to help you with your decision making process.

Don’t be afraid to explore what it is you really want to do.

Don’t let yourself be defined by your job title. Rather, your work should be defined by who you are.

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‘Dream Act’ a nightmare for taxpayers Bre Payton Features Editor

Gov. Jerry Brown should shred the California Dream Act, part two, AB 131, which if he signed into law, would allow AB 540 students to take advantage of financial aid funded by state taxpayers.

AB 540 students are defined as illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States by their parents as young children. These high school graduates must have attended a California high school for three or more years, must have no prior criminal history, demonstrate academic merit and are in need of statefunded aid to attend college.

The federal government has gifted California the financial and sociological burden of dealing with AB 540 students because of its neglect to properly secure the national borders and streamline the lengthy naturalization process.

California should not accept this burden created by the federal government nor condone the actions of

AB 540 parents.

The state’s loyalty should reside with legal residents of the state; those who are not legal should not benefit from state tax dollars.

Private individuals should be free to direct their funds as they wish, and through the first part of the California Dream Act, AB 130, which was signed into law July 25, these AB 540 students are now allowed to apply private grants and scholarships toward funding their college education.

However, the state government cannot support illegal activity through tax dollars.

This may seem harsh, especially since the process to obtain legal residency or become a naturalized citizen is difficult to say the least.

On the other hand, obtaining legal citizenship can be done and is not impossible.

I am a first generation American.

My dad was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

During the 1960s, economic instability and socialism plagued Argentina and caused my grandparents to seek refuge in a more stable country.

The transition was difficult. My grandparents were granted residency after they each put up large cash de-

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posits and had a sponsor currently living in the U.S. to ensure that they would not take advantage of state or federal aid.

My family had all their paperwork in order before they came, and my grandparents both worked several low paying jobs to provide for their family without government assistance until they were able to secure higher paying jobs in their desired career field.

My family has taught me that breaking the law is never an option, no matter what the circumstances might be.

Illegal activity is not acceptable, and those who break the law should not be allowed to receive aid from the state government.

Parents who brought their children to this country illegally weighed the consequences of their actions and chose to come here

knowing that there would be difficulties down the road for their children.

The blame is shared between the parents of AB 540 students for creating this problem and the federal government for allowing it to happen.

AB 540 students can wait in line for private grants, or better yet, fund their own education.

Get ready to enter the real world of work Chia-Chen Hsu Staff Writer

California’s unemployment rate is above 12 percent and holding.

The nationwide unemployment rate is 9.1 percent, yet 3.2 million job openings were reported in July according to a survey by the Department of Labor.

Having a positive attitude and learning as much as possible in school prepares a young person for the work field, which leads to a brighter future.

I quit my job in July because I was dissatisfied that I was not learning anything or moving forward.

I felt like a cog in the machine and it discouraged me from staying in the same job.

Moreover, being stuck motivated me to go back to school for more academic training.

Over the past four years, I have been heard complaints at my workplace.

Employers say that it is harder and harder to find qualified workers, and employees complain about low wages and fast turnover of coworkers.

Due to the economic downturn starting in 2008, employers are cutting down benefits and adjusting the ratio of part-time workers to full-time workers to reduce cost.

Private companies are being thriftier than ever in order to survive in such a harsh economic climate.

They want to pay the least amount they can and still obtain good quality work.

College graduates are taking jobs that used to be taken by students who are seeking part-time employment while still attending college.

Sadly, university graduates are starting at minimum job paying wages.

Some of these workers even hold master’s degrees.

Sometimes, employers hire additional part-time workers or simply prolong the pro-

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bation period to six months or more to reduce salary and insurance costs.

As an assistant to the marketing manager of an ethnic TV station, I helped my supervisor in posting help wanted ads and reviewing applicants’ resumes.

In 2008, we posted hire ads for seven days in a local newspaper.

However, in 2011, we accepted resumes everyday because the turnover rate got faster.

A faster turnover rate results when college graduates or those with graduate school degrees are paid minimum wage.

It also means that people are not satisfied with their current jobs so they search for those possibilities in other industries or in other countries.

Some employers complain that four-year university graduates demand a lot and con-

tribute little.

New workers make many mistakes.

However, in a business, those errors made by part-time workers or new employees are expected to be fixed by experienced workers.

Even still, new employees are viewed as fresh manpower.

They are not welcomed because no one knows how long they will stay to help.

This increases tensions in the workplace resulting in complaints from both sides.

Often new employees have a difficult time adjusting from an academic environment to business circumstances.

Young colleagues express all kinds of complaints about out-dated equipment or the frugality of managers to other employees.

One thing that bothers new people, espe-

cially those who have little or no work experience is the attitude of experienced workers.

These two groups of workers usually think on two levels.

In many organizations, new employees want to do things right and perfect; whereas old employees merely wish to finish their work with minimum effort.

Training new people can release some of their workload, but it can also threaten their position in a company, therefore they may not train you as well as your professors do in college.

Here is some advice: establish a positive attitude before you enter the workforce.

Keep yourself updated on the field that interests you and learn as many as transferrable skills as possible while you are in school.

The most practical advice is to get a job in your field before you become a full-time worker.

If you can, at least do an internship before you graduate from school.

I was born in Taiwan, so I know most Asian parents encourage their children to focus on studying.

Asian parents don’t want their children to get a part-time job before they graduate.

By contrast, Western parents do encourage their children to get a part-time job or internship.

One thing you should keep in mind: Don’t think of yourself a part-time worker in any workplace.

Don’t allow yourself to think “I can quit anytime. I can time out if I have worked four hours today.”

A bad attitude hurts everyone.

When you work in the real world, you get to understand what marketable skills are in demand, such as business writing or Photoshop.

Expecting to learn technical skills on the job is impractical because your co-workers won’t teach you as your teachers do.

Everyone can be successful if he or she is fully prepared before entering the workplace.

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Thanks for passing Measure G In March 2004, voters in the Citrus Community College District approved a $121 million general obligation bond called Measure G. An extra $17.63 per $100,000 assessed value was added to homeowners’ taxes in the Citrus Community College area to make up for the bond received.

The purpose of this bond measure was to help prepare local students for four-year colleges by constructing new facilities, revamping old buildings and equipping classrooms with technological upgrades.

For seven years now, Measure G has helped transform Citrus College, as well given students more resources from which to learn and grow.

The most recent addition to the campus is the $22.7 million, 55,036-square-foot

Student Services Building. Instead of requiring new and returning students to wander from building to building to turn in admissions applications, financial aid paperwork and visit a counselor to set up a student educational plan, they can now resolve all their issues in offices under one roof. This beautiful facility is a gift to the students from the CCCD voters and students appreciate their foresight.

Another recent addition to our campus thanks to Measure G is the $13.6 million Technology and Engineering Building. It’s home to a state-of-the-art automotive center, where training in the latest automobile technology is available to career education students.

Already approved by the Division of the State Architect is the Fine Arts and Commu-

nications Building, which will replace the outdated art building and equip our very talented and artistic student body for careers in the 21st century.

In 2004, when Meausre G was passed, most of today’s community college students were about 12 years old, too young to know about or care about the impact that a general education bond could have on their future.

We cannot stress our gratitude enough for believing in the community college system.

Now we understand your approval of Measure G. These crucial changes and renovations would not have taken place without your help.

The students and staff at Citrus College thank you for approving Measure G and for giving us the best opportunity possible to succeed in our studies and careers.

Censorship, like MySpace, is so 2006 In light of Banned Books Week and the newly designated Banned Websites Awareness Day, Citrus College needs to unblock MySpace from its servers.

Just as the thought that American classics like John Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” were once considered forbidden material is ridiculous, so is the thought that MySpace, the abandoned theme park of social networking, is still restricted on our campus’ network.

The site is outmoded, and so is the banning of books and websites.

On May 8, 2006, the Steering Committee, which includes representatives from all campus constituencies, reached the decision to ban myspace.com from all Citrus College computer labs starting in the spring 2006 semester.

This change was made in hopes of eliminating the supposed non-academic web usage that took up 15 percent of the school’s bandwidth and filled many of the chairs in the computer labs.

Five years have passed and

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users are still unable to reach the site through on-campus computers.

What better time to lift this inane ban than during Banned Books Week, the yearly celebration of the freedoms and the importance of the First Amendment.

This year, the American Association of School Librarians has decided to extend the observance by deeming Wednesday, Sept. 28 Banned Websites Awareness Day. This change shows that online material is progressively becom-

ing an acceptable form of literature, and, as a result, faces the same persecution several books have endured in the past.

Furthermore, during his West Coast tour this week, President Obama is holding a town hall meeting on Monday, which will be hosted by LinkedIn, an up and coming social media site.

If this was 2006, LinkedIn could have been with MySpace on the list of banned websites.

Lest we forget, that Citrus College is, in fact, a college.

Part of education is learning to discriminate useless and false information from worthwhile material.

Many times this lesson is selftaught through personal experience.

The ban robs students of this lesson and also interrupts possible student engagement.

Banning websites like MySpace is not a matter of protecting students from harmful materials. Citrus students are adults who can decipher this for themselves.

If such censorship is felt necessary, then the question is why more currently relevant social networks like Facebook are not subject to the same treatment.

MySpace is an online ghost town, proving Citrus’ ban on it a waste of time.

Citrus College should provide for its students open access to all information, free from harmful censorship.

Lift the ban on websites in the Citrus College network because just like MySpace, censorship should be a thing of the past.

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Art students win beer label competition Luis Preciado Staff Writer

Computer art teacher, Matt Jackson takes his Digital Media Production class to Sacramento’s California Expo every May to participate in the California State Home Brew Label competition.

Jackson said that his interest in the competition was piqued by his brother’s home brewery in Sacramento.

Jackson competed for three years beginning in 1996 and then began teaching digital art.

He then encouraged his students to enter the competition.

This year’s assignment was for students to create a beer label that would draw consumers’ attention to a particular brand of home brew beer.

Jackson said he wanted his students to learn how to approach their work professionally and to be able to compete against professionals.

“Treat this project like your opportunity to impress your boss,” Jackson told his students.

Student graphic designers like Florence Gabriel and Reymond Ortega, researched other company labels and designed their own personal home brew label.

Students from Citrus College have participated for ten years consecutively, taking best of show for eight years. The entries for 2010 entries were the best out of the previous years.

“It was really successful,” Jackson said, “We took all but one award...my intention each year is not to lose a single award.”

They won Best in Show, three Awards of Excellence and three Popular Vote awards.` The only award they did not bring home

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Kings Thirst label, designed by Reymond Ortega, took Best of Show in the National Beer Label Competition. Ortega is in the digital media production class taught by professor Matt Jackson, where Jackson encourages his students to enter the competition every year.

was the Certificate of Recognition.

Ortega was the best in show award winner with his beer label titled ‘Kings Thirst.

The Kings Thirst label is an old parchment background with a regal looking man holding a mug of beer, with a barrel of beer behind him and beside him is a table with a crown on it.

Gabriel also competed but did not receive any awards. She said she was still proud of her label, the ‘Arch Angel Ale.’ The Arch Angel Ale features a plain blue colored background and depicts two angels praying together.

The angels on the beer label are shown in

a mosaic form.

Jackson said that there were a total of four judges.

“Two of them were professors,” Jackson said. “One is a graphic designer, and the other judge was the event organizer.”

Jackson said that the judges were looking for a sophisticated appearance, as well as labels that judges would not have to censor.

“They’re not only doing a beer label design, but they have to learn how to be designers and how to present,” Jacksonsaid. “If they take a little of bit of that away, then I am happy.”

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