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Officers look elsewhere for better pay BY RYAN THOMPSON WEB EDITOR
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Some citizens of Glendora are displaying “Keep Our Cops” signs in their yards to bring attention to police officers leaving Glendora in search of better pay, which is causing the community around Citrus College to lose experienced officers. Glendora had 31 police officers employed in 2016. Two officers left the department on Dec. 12, 2017. One officer left in March and another officer will leave at the end of April Glendora Police Officers Association President Josh Price said. When a crime is committed on campus, Campus Safety works with Glendora police to address the problem. “Less officers on duty, if it ever came to that, would have an impact on response time to our campus,” Ben Macias, Campus Safety supervisor, said. Less local officers could mean longer response times in the event of an emergency on campus. “Keeping experienced officers that know the campus is important,” mathematics professor Paul Swatzel said. Transparent California’s website reports the salaries of public employees. The website reports that Glendora police officers made $87,004.00 on average in 2016. However, in surrounding cities such as Azusa, pay varies from $90,386.40 to $94,925.31. Glendora used to pay close to the median salary of the area, typically sitting at sixth highest out of 13 nearby departments. “Now we are second to last among surveyed cities,” Price said. A political action committee is being formed to support Glendora assembly candidates that would be supportive of raises to Glendora police officer salaries. Assembly members can affect changes in the city and change policies that affect public workers. “We are not asking to be the highest paid agency by any means,” Price said. “We are asking for our pay to be competitive with the surrounding agencies. Competitive compensation can help retain seasoned officers, while attracting the best possible candidates.” Negotiations are still ongoing.
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The S2 parking lot at Citrus College re-imagined with solar panels. Citrus College has plans on installing solar panels, which have been delayed.
Solar plans eclipsed Contractors come and go, with no bids for solar power submitted BY DANIEL BARDONNER NEWS EDITOR
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No bids were submitted for a solar panel project by the April 12 deadline. Twelve contractors came to a job walk for solar panels March 20 at Citrus College, Claudette Dain, vice president of finance and administrative services, said the same day as a Board of Trustees meeting. At the time, Dain was hopeful that the school would receive good bids, she said, which were expected back April 12. The project included potentially installing solar panels both on the hill south of the football field and in one of the parking lots, as well as possibly adding an electric vehicle charging station and batteries to store extra power produced by the solar panels.
“We’ve had a project that’s been in process for a little over a year,” said Fred Diamond, director of facilities and construction. However, April 12 came and went and no bids were submitted, which means a delay in the project for solar power at Citrus College. “There were no bids that were turned in,” Diamond said. “From all of the people who were at the bid walk, nobody turned in a bid.” Diamond said he did not know why no bids were submitted. “One of the things that occurs, especially with public works jobs, is that they have to be, who ever it is, all the contractors have to be bonded which is basically, that’s like their insurance policy,” Diamond said. A bond, in relation to construction projects, protects the investor, in this case Citrus College, from any financial loss or interruptions caused by a
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failure, on the part of a construction company, to meet any contractual obligations. It is also known as a surety bond. It is similar to a line of credit, in that a company can only be bonded for so much work at a time, Diamond said. When a company has too many projects going on at one time they
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are unable to receive a bond to cover an additional project. The school’s administrators have the same energy engineer who helped the school put together a plan for the project researching to figure out why no bids were submitted. Diamond would not identify the engineer. Right now, the administration is trying to figure out whether to change the plans. “So, we have to rethink everything,” Diamond said. “It doesn’t occur overnight.” The contractors need to be surveyed and the plans may need to be rethought. Other schools in the area are also looking into solar, and in Glendora they have already installed panels throughout the school district. S E E S OLAR • PAGE 3
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MARCH 31 – 8:57 a.m. Case#: 2018-032 Location: Baseball Field Disposition: Closed
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English Society hosts poetry contest BY MICHAEL QUINTERO PHOTO EDITOR
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Students will have the opportunity to share their voice through poetry in the third annual poetry contest held by the English Society club. The contest is welcome to students and will be held at 4 p.m. on May 10 at the Campus Center Mall. Cash prizes will be given to the top three contestants. First place will get $100, second place $50 and third place receives a gift basket. The topic is self portrait, and the only guideline is the poem must be 25 lines or fewer and in 12 point font. The English Society held a poetry workshop led by Kevin Riel, who is the Assistant Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at Claremont Graduate Universityon April 12 in the library and is editor-in-chief at Foothill Journal. “This is a great opportunity to be creative and to think about who your are,” Riel said. The workshop gave participants ideas on how to form and structure their poems. There is no specific structure for this contest, which gives the student full freedom on the topic. Some key ideas that came out of the workshop were the writer does not have to write in first person, write about how others see you, go vulnerable and say something memorable. “It is important for you to surprise your audience and say something that is going to stick in their memory,” Riel said.
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English Society advisor, Lisa Telesca, preparing students for their literary careers. The poetry contest is a remebrance of self expression and its value in the academic community.
The contestants’ poems will be judged by the English faculty and this will be a blind judging. English professor and English Society advisor Lisa Telesca said, “We each read them separately then get together and rank them
and then we get the top 10.” The top 10 will be notified after the judging, however every student is encouraged to read their poems. “For most this is their first time reading out loud and it is really exciting,” Telesca said.
Although, if students are too shy to read aloud, they can still have their poems read by members of the English Society. “Fifty-five poems were submitted last year, and the year before 35,” Telesca said. “We hope to add
more this year given the contest is becoming more traditional.” Poems must be submitted to Cathy Day at cday@citruscollege.edu before noon on April 25.
Club hosts second annual powwow Club renews cultural awareness
BY BRIANNA SEWELL STAFF REPORTER
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The Indigenous Student Association is having its second annual powwow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 19 in the hatchet throw field by the stadium. Grand entry is at noon and food will be provided. During grand entry, everyone is asked to stand as the flags are brought into the arena. The flags carried generally include the U.S. flag, Tribal flags, the POW flag, and Eagle Staffs of various Native Na-
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“All ten of our schools, our high school, our two middle schools, our continuation high school and our six elementary schools, they all have solar installations,” said George Carney, energy manager at Glendora Unified School District. Glendora schools have had a solar system for about a year. “As far as the solar portion is concerned, there’s two locations that we’re looking at,” said Diamond. “One of them is in a parking lot, and then one of them is on the south facing side of the stadium, where you have the slope that goes up to the grandstands. Which is a perfect location because it’s got the perfect angle and it’s facing the south side; that’s where you want to hit because it gives you the optimum efficiency.”
tions present. A powwow is a North American Native ceremony involving feasting, singing, and dancing. Isabella Reyes, child development major and ISA president, said “It’s more of a reconnection with family and a reconnection with your ancestors.” Dancers, drummers, and vendors will make it feel like a festival, Reyes said. “It’s mostly cultural awareness and bringing this culture to Citrus College campus,” Reyes said. “I think it’s something that this community and this area really need.” Rita Rivera, the business major and ISA Inter-Club Council representative, went to the pow wow last year. “It’s something really beautiful to
bring back to our community,” Rivera said. Crystal Flores, Sociology major and ISA vice president, also went to the first pow wow. “I felt like an outsider before I went to the Powwow,” Flores said. “But when I went to that Powwow, it was so welcoming.” During April 10, 11 and 12 the ISA sold bracelets and dream catchers in the Campus Center Mall. They raised $200 that went towards club shirts, events and socials. The ISA is also collecting water and canned food to help local indigenous families. Anyone who wants to donate can drop off items in the Honor’s Lounge ED 129 Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until May 24.
Pitzer College student Sarita McGowan, Head Woman at the first powwow held at Citrus College, poses for a photo May 20, 2017.
This is due to the angle of the Earth in relation to the sun. In the summer, when the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, sunlight hits from almost directly overhead, but in the winter, when the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, sunlight hits at an angle from the south, making solar panels angled to the south optimal. “When we put our solar system in, it didn’t cost the district a cent, because we did what’s called a power purchase agreement,” said Carney. “A power purchase agreement works like this, the solar company, in our case it was PFMG of Huntington Beach, they install, finance, maintain, they do everything without any charge to us. In return, we agree to buy our solar output from these facilities, from them, for 25 years at a fixed contractual rate, which works out to about 55 per cent of what Edison’s rates were at the time of the agreement.” Rather than participating in
a power purchase agreement, which, basically, is when a company leases solar panels and reaps the benefits of various government incentives, Diamond said that Citrus intends to pay for their own panels. “One of the big reasons why it takes so long is because you have to have, it’s called an interconnection agreement with the utility and in our cases the utility is Southern California Edison,” Diamond said. When schools in the area install solar panels, they are tying into the grid with the utility company and the energy produced by the solar panels can cause issues with the utility. In response, utility companies have begun using a time of use rate plans, in which rates for power change throughout the day based on usage. Costs increase during peak usage hours and go down in the middle of the night. “We are just finishing our first full year of solar activity and it’s looking like or overall saving for this
first year is about $150,000,”Carney said. Adding, that he’d have more exact data in about a month or so. Because of the time of use rates, one option the school’s administration is considering is battery storage. Battery storage would benefit the school by allowing any extra power produced by the solar panels to be stored, rather than that power going into the power grid. Glendora schools do not have battery storage, however, it is something that administrators in the district are looking into for the future, Carney said. “At the time, two or three years ago, when we committed to the solar thing the battery technology was not worth it at that point.” Southern California Edison uses time-of-use rates, or rates that vary based on the time of day that power is consumed. Currently, Edison pays those who produce more power than they use, however, the rate may not cover any costs incurred outside of
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solar generated power. For example, if Citrus installed solar panels without battery storage, Edison could pay the school for any power that is put into the grid by the solar panels. But solar power can only be generated during the day, so Citrus would still need to purchase power from Edison. If the rate that Edison pays Citrus for the solar power they generate during the day is less than the rate Edison charges for the power it needs to operate at night, then Citrus would only be making a fraction of what it pays. Storing extra power in a battery would help prevent this, because, ideally, the battery would store power produced during the day when rates are lower and then release the stored power when rates are higher. There is also the possibility of one or more electric vehicle charging stations. Although it could reduce the amount of parking by a few spaces, it could put Citrus ahead of other local com-
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REVIEW
#Metoo panel serves small crowd
BY EMILY CRISTLER-HERMOSILLO EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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The #MeToo panel discussion and the documentary “The Hunting Ground” were insightful and appropriate for Sexual Assault Awareness month, but few students attended the events. Too few people attended the #MeToo panel discussion held on April 10 in the lecture room in the Visual Arts building, missing out on a discussion with an open and interactive atmosphere with professionals. While the room can hold over 100 students, only about 20 people came to the two-hour event. Most of the attendees were in some capacity involved in student government. The panelists, Brenda Fink, Title IX coordinator; Jennifer Spalding; water polo coach, Jose Hatem, representative from Project Sister Family Services in Pomona; and Jackie Boxley, the assistant athletics director were open and casual with students while remaining professional. They covered a wide range of topics relating to the #MeToo movement, including sexual assault, social media’s impact, society’s taboo against sex and sexual discrimination in the workplace. Fink began by mentioning how the #MeToo movement had really started in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke. Burke’s biography, https://
www.biography.com/people/tarana-burke, says she coined the phrase when she was involved in the nonprofit Just Be Inc. The phrase “Me Too” received a surge of attention again in 2017 when actress Alyssa Milano used it on Twitter. Milano urged women who had been assaulted to respond “Me Too” to her tweet to speak out in solidarity with women allegedly assaulted by Harvey Weinstein. The response became its own hashtag. With the expansion of social media, the hashtag was able to reach more people instantly, causing the current #MeToo movement to reach a larger audience with more interaction than ever before. “People are coming forward more because they can hide behind their phones in a way… which I think is amazing,” Spalding said. Over the course of the discussion the panelists gave this advice to students: educate yourself, respect yourself and don’t blame yourself. Panelists repeatedly urged the audience to be educated on what sexual assault is, however, they did not explain it during the discussion, which would have been the most appropriate time to do so. They did occasionally give examples of hypothetical situations, but the speakers could have prepared definitions for things like “sexual assault,” “sexual dis-
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Brenda Fink, Title IX coordinator, left, speaks at the #MeToo panel discussion with Jose Hatem, representing Project Sister, on April 10 in VA 130 at Citrus College.
crimination,” “Title IX” and other phrases that were being used that the audience may have heard before but were unable to define. Or they could have supplied resources for students to do the research on their own. The discussion kept coming back to society’s taboos about sex and gender roles. The panelists seemed to agree that many male victims of sexual assault are silent because of society’s expectations of men to be strong. Boxley made a point that students can still come to college facADVERTISEMENT
ulty for aid even if an assault did not happen on campus. “If you have things going on off campus, by all means come talk to us,” Boxley said. Boxley is a softball coach and teaches a self-defense course at Citrus College that she encourages people to take. Boxley strongly recommended students watch “The Hunting Ground”, a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses. The documentary was shown on April 11 in the Student Center, ED 170. The documentary was more
specific and factual than the panel discussion, mainly because of the research presented and personal stories from college age women and men that experienced sexual assault on their college campuses. “The Hunting Ground” is available on Netflix. Most students cannot attend all of the Sex 101 events due to classes, but showing “The Hunting Ground” directly before the #MeToo panel would have given the audience a better understanding of Title IX and sexual assault for the discussion.
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Community celebrates Earth Day Glendora holds its annual Eco-friendly festival at the library and city hall BY ERIK ADAMS STAFF REPORTER
EADAMS@CCCLARION.COM
Upbeat music from the DJ’s booth filled the air as hundreds of families poured into Glendora City Hall’s courtyard on April 21. The city’s 14th annual Earth Day activities entertained children and adults alike throughout the morning. An “Eco-Tour” hosted by Rebecca Rudd, a recreation aide, guided guests through Glendora’s various ecological locations via shuttle. The shuttle stopped at points, such as the drought-tolerant garden in front of City Hall, the city water tower adjacent to Goddard Middle School and West Oaks Grove. West Oaks Grove is an area in Finkbiner Park where 70 native Coast Live Oak trees shade the lawn and walkways in the area. Rudd said some of the trees are up to 100 years old. “I think the purpose of (the EcoTour) is to point out to the community all the different ways the city is making efforts to be a greener community,” Rudd said. “There’s so many things that our city has to offer that (I) feel like people haven’t heard about.” Along with the Eco-Tour, an additional shuttle drove guests to Dalton Canyon to get out and explore the area. The U.S. Forest Service mascot,
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Children pedal on energy-saving bicycles to blend a smoothie on April 21 at the Glendora Public Library for the city’s Earth Day festivities.
Smokey Bear, made his appearance at the event to meet guests and take photos with members of
the community. Booths hosted by representatives from city organizations and ADVERTISEMENT
various eco-centric businesses surrounded the center of the upper square behind the City Hall.
A long line of attendees formed to meet with representatives of Glendora’s water division who were distributing information and handing out free water-saving products. “We just have information on our water conservation program,” Steve Patton, the manager of the city’s water division, said. “Usually we’re the most popular booth here. ... It will be like that until almost the end.” The Glendora Trail Council displayed an array of native insects and small, taxidermied mammals from local trails. Lyndzee McNeil, a community service coordinator for Glendora, said the event is “pretty much the same every year… promoting the health of the planet.” However, McNeil said there were “more kid activities this year.” Amanda Lin, a Glendora resident, attended the event with her 3-year-old daughter, Iris. “I really wanted to show my daughter what community is about,” Lin said. Lin added that the current generation “doesn’t seem to appreciate what the community does.” “I just want to show (Iris) that part and make sure she’s involved in community,” Lin said. For those interested in similar Glendora community events, visit http://www.glendoracitynews.com to view a calendar with more information.
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Professor’s comics bring history to life BY ROSALYNN JUNQUERIA STAFF REPORTER
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Often figuring out ways to get students more involved in class can be a challenge for educators, but history professor Bruce Solheim found a way through comic books. He uses comics instead of plain Powerpoint presentations or textbooks while also integrating different life experiences into his lectures. Some life experiences even include those experienced by his parents in their youth. “My parents lived under Nazi occupation during World War II, so I grew up with those stories,” Solheim said. “When I’m teaching history and I talk about World War II, I have that personal connection and share that with the students, which makes it much more real to them.” Solheim said that all of the personal experiences work into the classroom and connect the students to the material, giving them a better understanding of the different concepts he teaches. Solheim tried different professions ranging from engineering to being a prison guard, but in the end, he learned that he’s a historian, a storyteller, a writer and a playwright. “I figured out I’m an artistic builder of stories. History is all about stories — personal connections,” Solheim said. “So my job is to empower students through stories in whatever way I can.” Solheim’s preferred way of teaching became the use of a custom-made textbook. The idea to integrate comic pag-
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Professor Bruce Solheim poses for a photo in his office.
es in his textbook “Making History: A Personal Approach to Modern American History”, was inspired by the comic book “American Splendor” created by Harvey Pekar. “I decided to write my own textbook,” Solheim said. “I got a comic book artist to do comic book pages for each chapter of the personal history section.” He uses the comic book pages illustrated by artist Gary Dumm to lead group discussions and has students do three things: react to it, relate to it and then reflect on it. Solheim said he wants to see how students feel about the comic and what way it relates to their personal lives. When the discussion is over, he has the group present their ideas and reflect on what they’ve discovered. “The comics keep us more interested in learning about history and the fact that he ties it into himself,”
one of Solheim’s current students, Amber Beaird, a sociology major, said. “I think it’s pretty cool how he relates the history to himself.” In these discussions, students share their findings and perspective of the issue while learning of what others believe. “They’re connecting to the comic book, which connects to the personal story, which connects to the chapter, which connects to the whole course,” Solheim said. Solheim said he believes that the comic book pages bring the stories to life and help keep the students’ interest. Blending the personal stories into the lectures make history more real for them and that’s why they’re able to connect with it. “I think the comics give the textbook a more personal feel,” student Hunter Hanson, a communications major, said. “Being able to relate to real-life events help you understand the context of what we’re learning about a lot more.” Solheim explained that teaching is an ongoing process and as a professor it’s important to realize how engaged he is in class and how that is affecting the students. He said he understands that one must show excitement for teaching and be willing to learn just as much as the students. To start the process, in the beginning of the semester Solheim asks his students some existential questions that most don’t think about: “Who are you? Why are you here?” “I’m not looking for, ‘My name is Joe and I’m looking to take this class for credit,’” Solheim said. “As long as we’re here together, let’s find our ADVERTISEMENT
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A comic from Professor Bruce Solheim’s book covers lesson about intolerance. His book, “Making History: A Personal Approach to Modern American History,” tells a visual story of history that he uses to facilitate discussions in his classes.
purpose. Let’s see if history can help us discover who we really are.” “I personally never liked history, but when I read his book it actually keeps more interested and wanting to learn what history and his life are about,” Beaird said.
With the use of life experiences, his parents involvement in World War II and love for comic books, Solheim said he hopes not only to educate his students in a unique way but also to help them find a personal connection to history.
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Daniel Renteria’s “La Mesa” is on display in front of Mikaela Kozelchik’s “Untitled” photographs on April 23 at the LUSA Art Showcase.
Art Gallery gives voice for self-identity BY RYAN THOMPSON WEB EDITOR
RTHOMPSON@CCCLARION.COM
The second annual Latinos Unidos Student Association alterNATIVE Art Showcase reception took place April 23 in the Hayden Memorial Library. Students, faculty and professors were welcome to submit their artwork for display. The gallery features 20 different works of art from varied artists. Submissions include any form of visual expression the artist feels represents their identity. Poems, photographs and other forms of expression were eligible to be submitted. “I think the gallery can open up new little windows of perception of even your classmate. Maybe you didn’t know that they kinda express themselves that way,” Johanna Medina, LUSA communication liaison said. The word “native” was inserted into the title to hint that the theme of the artwork is native to the artist, but the interpretation of the word has been left open by LUSA. “We want the whole campus to express their diversity. Whatever is native to that student, we want them to express it,” Fernando Flores, LUSA vice president said. Last year’s gallery featured a photography submission where the artist took inspiration from the mobile phone application game “Fruit Ninja.” This game features animated fruit cut into pieces by the player, while the fruit is tossed mid-air. This year’s gallery features artwork in several different mediums. Photographs, paintings, drawings, poems and cut-out images
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Daisy Velasco’s, “What’s In Your Mind,” is on display at the LUSA Art Showcase.
all have their place in this gallery. From a painting of a warrior engaging in combat with a reptilian creature to a compilation of cutout images with eyeballs pasted onto them emerging from a human skull. Variety is not missing from this collection. LUSA president Rebecca Blan-
co sees this showcase as a great opportunity for those interested in “having a voice on campus and showing what they are capable of, not just in an art aspect but in what we identify with,” Blanco said. The gallery runs until May 18. Questions regarding the event can be sent to: lusadecc@gmail. com.
Fernando Flores’s “BC/BC-Before Christ/Before Columbus” is on display at the LUSA Art Showcase.
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Water polo captain prepares for next step in career BY JESSE ELROD STAFF REPORTER
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The Citrus College women’s water polo team cannot be talked about without mentioning Hunter Oliver. She has been the fire that has ignited the team every time it played. Oliver started playing water polo at age 8 and has loved it ever since. Playing on varsity in high school all four years is a tough accomplishment, especially in the freshman and sophomore years in high school. Her two years at Citrus are coming to a close and she’s looking forward to transferring to continue her water polo career at the University of Redlands in the fall. Oliver will graduate this spring with a degree in kinesiology. “I just got accepted to the University of Redlands, but since it’s a D3 they can’t give me scholarship money for a sport, but I am applying for a scholarship for academics, but I would definitely play there,” Oliver said. The University of Redlands is next to her hometown of La Quinta. Oliver has always wanted to play somewhere for water polo, but she never knew where. When she applied to the University of Redlands, she automatically knew that it was the perfect place for her to transfer to. Its proximity to home means her parents can watch her play. “These past two years have really made me know who I am and what I want to do, and who I want to be as a person and who I want to surround myself with,” Oliver said. During her years at Citrus
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Citrus women’s water polo captain, Hunter Oliver, poses for a portrait on March 28 in the Aquatic Center at Citrus College. Oliver plans on continuing her educational and athletic career at the University of Redlands in the fall.
College, she got appointed the captain position on the women’s water polo team in her freshman year. This is hard to do, especially as a freshman, because typically student-athletes are still getting the hang of things as a freshman. “This is my second year as being captain,” Oliver said. “Last year there would be co-captains and then the head captain would be the main person to seek advice or to lead a
drill. Last year I was a co-captain, but this year I was the main captain and I thought that was really cool.” Since being a captain on the team for two consecutive years, Oliver grew with her young team from last year to this year. “Over the course of the season you want to get better as a team of course and I felt like we really did that this year. We went deeper in the playoffs than last year and made more history,” Oliver said.
Co-captain and freshman Delaney Gappart looked up to Oliver. “She really pushed everybody to work harder and not slack off and made sure everyone was on task,” Gappart said. “I looked up to Hunter throughout the whole year, so she definitely will be missed next year.” When an athlete gets as good at a sport as captain, Oliver is at water polo, the only direction is up. She has been practicing five to six
times a week and even in the offseason. She is on the swim team to stay in shape all year long. Oliver is in the running at Citrus College for female athlete of the year. The women’s water polo team went 17-10 and 7-2 in conference play. She’s led her team during the season in both assists and steals with 52 assists and 82 steals.
Owls look to close out regular season strong STAFF REPORT
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Citrus freshman left-handed pitcher Evan Tontini throws a pitch on March 23 at Citrus College. The Owls’ pitchers have a combined 4.80 ERA, fourth best in the Western State Conference.
The Citrus College baseball team enters its final series of the season two games back of second place in the Western State Conference East with three games left to play. The final series against Glendale College will determine whether the Owls make a playoff appearance for the first time since the 2011 season. Citrus is coming off a three-game sweep of Barstow College and outscored the Vikings 41-11 in the series. The series came after the Owls suffered a three-game sweep themselves at the hands of College of the Canyons. The Owls have an overall record of 22-15 and are 11-6 in conference play through 37 games. ADVERTISEMENT
The offense has improved during conference play, with increases in team batting average (.334) and onbase percentage (.416). Pitching has also improved in conference games, with a team earnedrun average dropping from 4.80 to 4.59. Owls’ sophomore right-handed pitcher Sir Jordan Gomez has been the main catalyst for the pitching success of the team. He’s posting a 3.27 ERA and 10-2 record in 16 starts. Gomez has struck out 84 batters and allowed three home runs. Sophomore infielder Alexis Paz has been effective at the plate for the Owls, with a .403 batting average, 31 RBIs and a team-high five home runs. Citrus will travel to face Glendale
SEASON STATS 22-15 record, 11-6 in WSC (3rd Place in WSC East) 275 Runs (4th in WSC) 413 Hits (2nd in WSC) 30 HRs (T-3rd in WSC) 4.80 ERA (4th in WSC) at 2:30 p.m. April 26 before heading back home when the teams square off at 2:30 p.m. April 27.
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EDITORIAL
Can social media empower victims to speak Out? Social media has become more than just images of pets and friends. For some, social media has opened the doors of activism and today serves as a powerful platform from which victims of sexual assault can connect with fellow victims and encourage one another in their fight for long overdue justice. This new awakening deserves special attention this month, as April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, a month dedicated to raising awareness and empowering victims to speak out about assault. On Oct. 15, 2017, actress and activist Alyssa Milano encouraged women on Twitter to post #MeToo if they have been sexually harassed or assaulted. This movement was founded by civil rights activist Tarana Burke in 2016 to help shed light on people suffering from sexual abuse. The movement has quickly taken on a life of its own as people across the globe join hands. #MeToo blazed through social media feeds to create awareness of people and cultures that had enabled sexual predators to abuse positions of power and trust to take advantage of their victims. In 2017, some of the brave women and men who were at forefront of the #MeToo movement were recognized as Time’s Person of the Year. The magazine cover honored them as “The Silence Breakers.” Female celebrities including Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd and Taylor Swift demanded enough is enough and helped show how alleged predators like Harvey Weinstein needed to be brought to justice for their egregious abuse of power. People of all professions and backgrounds began to join the movement and post #MeToo to create awareness and lend strength to victims who may still feel haunted or intimidated by their abusers.
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This is just the start of a blazing new phenomenon in which women and men are raising awareness and reporting sexual assault by way of social media. By tweeting #MeToo, a crime can be brought to the surface and cowardly predators can be exposed for their actions. Social media was becoming the catalyst for people to break free of the paralyzing grip of fear and allow them to shed light on sexual abuse and harassment
that has long remained hidden the shadows. Whether on a college campus, at work, or on the set of a new TV show, sexual assault can happen to anyone. A movement like #MeToo or #TimesUp can connect victims of sexual abuse to a community of strong people ready to advocate alongside them and help bring all sexual predators to justice. Exposing an accuser on social media can protect the next person
from falling victim to an abuser. Sharing stories will not only serve as activism for a global issue but can save another person’s life. The U.S. Department of Justice highlights a chilling statistic: “one out of every four female undergraduates will be victim to some form of sexual assault before graduation.” Social media can help college students band together against sexual abuse on campus. #TimesUp is a movement found-
ed in January, which caught fire through social media and awakened hundreds of women to report sexual offenses. Timesupnow.com states “the movement is a legal defense for victims of sexual assault, harassment and inequality in the workplace.”
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Goodbye plastic, hello Earth Day! BY TAKINA WALKER STAFF REPORTER
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It’s time for Americans to start becoming accountable for their non-biodegradable trash and the quantity in which they contribute to polluting the oceans with plastics, endangering aquatic animals and their habitats. Plastic is a toxic compound that is found to be harmful to humans and the Earth’s ecosystems. Every bottle dropped on the beach or a park is toxic trash. When using plastic items on college campuses like plastic bottles, straws, spoons and forks, people need to understand the importance of where those items end up. They may seem small and unimportant, but these small, obscure objects are adding to America’s trash crisis. The Los Angeles Times reported the United States is the leading generator of the most trash at 624,700 metric tons per day. To commemorate Earth Day, April 22, help spread awareness of the dangers of plastic trash that is not recycled properly. A report by The Ocean Conservancy in 2017 said plastic bottles, bags, caps and straws were among top 10 items collected on the beach globally. The report shows 1.5
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million plastic bottles and 409,000 straws and stirrers were collected in 2016. California is taking gradual steps to push its communities into greener ecosystems by first banning single-use plastic bags and Gov. Jerry Brown extending cap and trade to regulate pollution. A new bill is on the horizon, introduced by La
Puente’s Democratic Assemblyman Ian Calderon in hopes of starting a conversation about the issue of trash. Assembly Bill 1884 makes it illegal for restaurant servers to provide straws prior to them being requested in Claifornia. Therefore, if a guest does not ask for a straw, there will be no straws provided. The bill is only
extended to sit down restaurants, not bars and fast food restaurants. To some, the idea of passing a bill about straws seems pointless and miniscule. However, this bill is a small step to raise awareness and break Californians of their dependency on plastic. The New York Times provides an opposing view from Scott DeFife,
vice president of government affairs for the Plastic Industry Association, who said in an interview, “We, as a nation, are not alone going to solve our marine debris issues by banning straws in a restaurant.” DeFife said the real issue is inadequate resources for waste management, an opposing argument which fails to see the underlying point of the movement: awareness. It comes as no surprise the plastic industry would kick back on such ideas considering the monetary loss they may incur with such changes. However, using fewer straws is not about money, the change is about cleaning 409,000 straws off of beaches. National Geographic has disturbing images of birds with plastic debris jammed into their small bodies. Videos also exist of a sea turtle with a large straw wedged into its nasal cavity. These animals are suffering because of peoples’ careless use and disposal of plastic trash. People should be aware that plastic is also harmful to humans. The Plastic Pollution Coalition says toxic chemicals leach out of plastic are found in the bloodstream of all of us. Exposure to such toxins is linked to cancers and birth defects. Raise awareness that plastic is killing our earth one sip at a time.