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Break-ins put Campus Safety on high alert
BY CHRISTOPHER AMURAO WEB EDITOR
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& JOHN MICHAELIDES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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Two Citrus College students had their cars broken into in the S4 parking lot on two separate occasions, the Department of Campus Safety said in a warning to all
students. The first incident occurred between 3:30 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. May 12 and the second took place between 3:40 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. May 15. The incident on May 12 showed no signs of a forced entry into the vehicle, but the student reported items were missing from the car. The passenger window was
shattered in the second incident May 15, with items stolen from inside the vehicle, according to the warning. Student Andrea Cisneros received a text message from Campus Safety telling her that they were concerned about her car. “I thought it wasn’t gonna be that bad but I saw my passenger side window shattered into pieces
Success RATES HIGH DESPITE decrease College completion rate drops 2.4 percent but remains above state average reported last year BY JESSICA SOSA STAFF REPORTER
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The recently released Student Success Scorecard revealed that the first-time Citrus College students in 2010-2011 had an overall completion rate of 50.5 percent. The rate decreased from the 2009-2010 first-time students’ overall completion rate of 52.9 percent. According to Lan Hao, director of institutional research, planning and effectiveness, a completion rate is a percentage of first-time freshman “who have demonstrated intention.” To show intention, the first-time student would have needed
to enrolled in at least six units and passed a math class within the first three years of enrollment. “Not everyone on campus is included. Someone who comes to take a yoga class will not be included in the (scorecard data),” Hao said. “Intent is not the goal, it’s the enrollment behavior.” Once a student has displayed intention, their completion will be measured by one of the following: earn an A.A/A.S. degree or certificate transfer or achieve transfer prepared status, which would be to complete 60 units of UC/CSU transferable units with a 2.0 or higher. “When I looked at the averages, for this year that was reported, 2017, we’re above our own average of looking back over the prior five years,” said Arvid Spor vice president of academic affairs. “It’s not so much that the students didn’t do as well in this last go around, it’s just that the year before that there were some pretty strong numbers that were recorded.” Although the rate for Citrus College went down from the previous year, it was still higher than the statewide overall completion rate of 48 percent for the 2010-2011 cohort. The Student Success Scorecard is a structure with a sole purpose is to measure the various rates of success for all 113 California Community Colleges in six-year increments. S E E S C OR E • PAGE 5
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EDITORIAL
Sleep is for the strong With the new Campus Center underway, the Campus Facility Committee should seriously consider designating a resting section. The unofficial nap areas on campus can sometimes be taken by those who are actually studying or are in too public an area to get quality shut eye. A siesta nook on campus would relieve busy students from the daily stresses of juggling college life, work and family. Students who work night shifts, who return to chaotic homes or who simply do not get enough sleep need a place to rest and relax. A nap area would benefit students and reduce the amount of class time any professor uses to stop lecture to wake up the kid on the third row far right side of the classroom because they started snoring. Sleep is not just a source of energy, though. A nap of 60 minutes improves alertness for up to 10 hours. A designated section for quiet and z’s is a great solution to more problems than one might think. It would boost student academic success, since only “a 45-minute nap improves learning and memory” a Harvard study reported. These areas would help students with stress. In a 2008 British study, it was suggested that just knowing a nap was coming was enough to lower blood pressure.
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It is a natural part of human biology. In western society we have pushed all our necessary sleep into
one long nightly period; our bodies work at a higher capacity if all that sleep was broken into two parts of
the day. This is the reason why some people experience an onset of midday
drowsiness after lunch, which is usually confused with the food coma blues, but it is actually just the body responding to the afternoon quiescent phase in its physiology. Wake Forest University, James Madison University, Savannah College of Art and Design and other college campuses have turned to nap sections as solutions for sleepdeprived students. Campuses have set guidelines, like 30 to 45 minute sleep restrictions for a constant rotation of student nappers, keeping the space a techfree zone and setting up lockers and charging stations for personal items. To keep a sanitary sleep environment, University of Michigan uses vinyl cots and disposable pillowcases for each passing student. A student worker appointed by administration can maintain and monitor the nap section to restrict dubious behavior. Creating an online uniformed sleep schedule for students to reserve a spot allows for the same sleep and rise times. No alarms going off for individual nappers and no awkward stranger waking a student from a well-deserved nap. Naps are good for the body and brain. The option to snooze before class instead of in class would allow students to sleep responsibly and achieve greater academic success.
OPINION
man down: surviving after war BY MALCOLM CASTELLI STAFF REPORTER
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My grandfather was just 18 when he enlisted into the Army during the Vietnam War. He was a young black man from Los Angeles who had just graduated high school and followed his best friend, who joined the Air Force. While my grandfather survived the war, around 90,220 of the men who went to Vietnam did not--many of them his own brothersin-arms and many of them drafted against their will. Memorial Day is a tribute to such fallen soldiers and those who have risked their lives fighting far from home. In their sacrifice, they highlight the trials of their surviving compatriots who face deeper, more personal fights when they come back home. However, we often do little to help them when they are back on familiar shores. The crucible of war is often damaging to our brave soldiers who come back from the strife of battle, and they are often in need of a lot of support to help heal the ills, both mental and physical, of warfare. In Vietnam, my grandfather did two tours as a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division of the Army. He served his country, by personal choice during a draft, that overwhelmingly discriminated against him merely for the color of his skin and bend of his hair. Back then, segregation still hung on to the country in labored rasps of breath facing the march for social justice that had swept the culture of the ’60s. After he was done with his two tours, my grandfather came back
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and married my grandmother. Soon after they were jettisoned off to civil rights era Fayetteville, North Carolina, to be stationed on the local base. In the South, my grandfather and grandmother faced prejudice due to their black skin, a stark yet despairingly unsurprising contrast in relation to his past military service, a task that is often idolized in totality in these areas of our country. They were often denied service at
dining establishments, pulled over for their skin or being warned in a threatening manner that this was not Los Angeles by law enforcement. That’s not to mention the general horrid reception all vets faced coming back from Vietnam. My grandfather had to face this prejudice from all sides. However, he would also come to find himself assaulted by his experience overseas in the war.
In the late ’60s and early ’70s, mental health awareness was terribly short because less was known on the subject at the time. After Vietnam, my grandfather overcompensated for the years he missed with vices that eventually led him to alcoholism. The aftermath of Vietnam that claimed so many soldiers almost destroyed him at home, causing him to walk away from being a husband and father. I often wonder what my life would
be like had a destabilizing circumstance not afflicted both my grandfather and father. Would I have had a father figure growing up if my own dad had not experienced the same longing? My grandmother tells me about the times she would awaken to my grandfather caught in waking nightmares, abetted by his PTSD as if his very being could not possibly forget the terror he faced in the umbrage of the jungles in Vietnam. Eventually my grandfather overcame the many shadows that clung to his back as a veteran, and though he has been sober for years, to this day he retains his habit of smoking and has an unsurprising need to always know where an exit may be out in public. His struggles have wide reaching ramifications that still echo and influence his life, and I’m sure many families with loved ones in the armed forces can relate. The consequence of war is intrinsic to anyone who lost someone to the perils of warfare or have braved them and come back in need of our support as they have supported us. The trials and hardships one man has faced over his life pales in comparison to the untold grief and suffering many of our vets go through. As a nation, if we insist on being involved overseas in combat zones, if we insist on keeping our soldiers involved in others strife, for better or worse, if we insist on giving less and less avenues of prosperity for young people who find no choice but to join the military, then we must better understand what our veterans who have fallen in war. In doing so, we can better realize what those who have survived go through to help heal the distress of the families affected in our country.
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Incident Reports REPORTS ARE PROVIDED COURTESY OF THE CITRUS COLLEGE CAMPUS SAFETY DEPARTMENT. A REPORT IS NOT A STATEMENT OF GUILT. Standards of Conduct
Drug Law Violation
LOCATION: Tennis Court REPORTED: 4/25/17 CASE #: 2017-041 DISPOSITION: Closed
LOCATION: S4 Parking Lot REPORTED: 4/25/17 CASE #: 2017-042 DISPOSITION: Closed
Standards of Conduct
Injury to Student
LOCATION: Recording Arts REPORTED: 4/27/17 CASE #: 2017-043 DISPOSITION: Closed
LOCATION: Campus Center Mall
Standards of Conduct
Injury to Student
LOCATION: S2 Parking Lot REPORTED: 5/8/17 CASE #: 2017-045 DISPOSITION: Closed
LOCATION: LB Building REPORTED: 5/10/17 CASE #: 2017-046 DISPOSITION: Closed
Petty Theft
Petty Theft
LOCATION: Library REPORTED: 5/10/17 CASE #: 2017-047 DISPOSITION: Closed
LOCATION: Lecture Hall REPORTED: 5/11/17 CASE #: 2017-048 DISPOSITION: Closed
Drug Possession/
Owling w/ Laughter
A COMIC STRIP BY ANDREW ORTEGA
REPORTED: 5/4/17 CASE #: 2017-044 DISPOSITION: Closed
Burglary
Petty Theft
LOCATION: Owl Bookstore REPORTED: 5/15/17 CASE #: 2017-051 DISPOSITION: Open
LOCATION: Bike Rack REPORTED: 5/15/17 CASE #: 2017-052 DISPOSITION: Closed
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Vehicle Burglary LOCATION: S4 Parking Lot REPORTED: 5/12/17 CASE #: 2017-050 DISPOSITION: Closed
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Missapropriating Lost Property
LOCATION: PA Building REPORTED: 5/12/17 CASE #: 2017-049 DISPOSITION: Closed
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The success is measured across gender, age and ethnicity. The report is conducted and issued by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. While Citrus College is above the statewide average overall completion rate, Pasadena City College still surpassed Citrus with a rate of 54.4 percent. The rate for Mt. San Antonio College is equal to the statewide rate. In the fall of 2012, Citrus’ Phi Theta Kappa honors society approached the administration about making Citrus “A College of Completion.” “The students came forward with the idea of having completion as a primary goal tied to Barack Obama’s of students completing college,” Spor said. The Student Success and Support Program was funded in spring 2014 and the I Will Complete College program was created fall 2015. There won’t be any concrete data to see overall progress until 2022, Hao said. Out of Citrus’ total student population of 20,002, American Indian/Alaskan Natives make up 0.2 percent and have an overall completion rate of 25 percent. Out of the statewide total student population 2,355,825, American
NEWS Indian/Alaskan Natives make up 0.4 percent and have an overall completion rate of 38.4 percent. Pacific Islanders at Citrus make up 0.2 percent and have an overall completion rate of 37.5 percent. Statewide, Pacific Islanders make up 0.4 percent and have an overall completion rate of 42.6 percent. Students 40 and older make up 5.6 percent and have an overall completion rate of 32.1 percent. Statewide, students 40 and over make up 15.6 percent and have an overall completion rate of 32.2 percent. “Sometimes you cannot compare data from one snapshot to another snapshot. It’s better to examine data from a historical longitudinal perspective,” Hao said. Hao explained that the trends of the past four cohorts average out to 47.5 percent, making the 2017 scorecard overall completion rate an improvement. Hao said the scorecard reports don’t give the specific number of students in each demographic of a certain cohort. While the report showed the seemingly low completion rates of the American Indian/Alaskan Native, Pacific Islander and 40 years and over demographics, it did not mention the even lower number of students in each. In the 2010-2011 cohort, there were less than 10 American Indian/Alaskan Native students, making them too
small of a group to report accurately. It was the same situation for Pacific Islander students. But for the students 40 years and older, there were 28, which was also too miniscule to be significant. “That’s what you’ll see a lot of effort that we do with our student equity,” said Jim Lancaster, Ed.D., dean of curriculum, career, technical and con-
effort of Campus Safety, Glendora police and the Citrus students to watch over and report any suspicious activity in the parking lots. “For security reasons, we can’t say, but we have strategies to watch over the parking lots,” Macias said. “This hasn’t happened in around three years, so two in a week is pretty big.” In the past two weeks, Azusa Police Department map data shows that there have been seven thefts from vehicles reported in Azusa. Three have been along Alosta Avenue near Azusa Pacific University, and two occurred near the Gold Line station on Azusa Avenue. Car incidents have not occurred as frequently at other community colleges around the area. According to the 2015 Clery Report, only one car theft had been reported the three prior years at Citrus, as opposed to other col-
leges in the area, such as at Cerritos College, where 36 car thefts occurred during the time period. Seven occurred at Chaffey College, six at Pasadena City College and 21 at Mt. San Antonio College. Being a rare occurrence at Citrus, Campus Safety reminded students ways to reduce the possibility of a burglary or theft of their vehicle. Campus Safety encouraged students to make sure to close and lock all doors, to keep valuable items out of sight, to be aware of surroundings, to park in well-lit areas and to be accompanied by a friend when walking through the parking lot. Campus Safety also encouraged students to contact the department at 626-914-8611 or the Glendora Police Department at 626-9148250 for any suspicious activities on campus.
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tinuing education. “It’s really to help make a difference in helping the underrepresented minorities and close the achievement gap.” Lancaster said the six-year cohort data released with the student scorecard is sometimes a little too outdated for the college to really act on it. He said it’s beneficial to interpret inhouse data.
“Some of the best data we have is some of the data that comes out of the Institutional Research office,” Lancaster said. “We’re looking at more three-year data... so we can really determine if we’re making the right changes institutionally to change the trajectory of student success measures like persistence and completion and those kinds of things.”
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on the floor and on the seat and I just felt devastated,” Cisneros said. “My first car and my first year of college and it’s already broken into? One of my bags was stolen which had my clothes, makeup and glasses. That night, it was hard to sleep because who knows when it’ll happen again and where.” She later found her bag left on campus, but it was missing her glasses and wallet. As of May 23, Campus Safety has no suspects or information on the burglars. However, Campus Safety has moved to heighten watch over the parking lots. Campus Safety supervisor Ben Macias said it is a collaborative
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Cogs in the machine: BY ROSI DI STEFANO SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER RDISTEFANO@CCCLARION.COM
Dave Brown strives to give the opportunities the automotive industry has given him, back to his students. He and the other professors in the Citrus College Automotive Technology program provide a thorough and rigorous program to help students succeed. “When I was coming as a student in the automotive program I was very poor.” Brown said. “Three years after I graduated here, I was a homeowner.” Instructor Gregory Lipp had worked 30 years in the industry of automotives when he accepted a parttime position at Citrus. When a full-time position was vacant he decided not to apply for it. “I declined the position because it is a big loss in pay to go from being a mechanic to an educator,” Lipp said. However, when another position opened up later, he accepted it because he realized enjoyed his teaching experience at Citrus. “I had already put 30 years in the industry,” Lipp said. “It gave me a lot, it provided for my family and
now just like the other instructors here, we are giving back to our industry, making it a better program for incoming students.” The program hosts open houses around four times throughout the year to attract prospective students. Shop tours, demonstrations and foundational requirements to enter the program are available at the open houses. A resume, letters of recommendation and a submission of the driving records are the requirements for entering the program, Brown said. Students wanting to join the program do not need to have any knowledge or training to get in. “We start from scratch to technician level,” Brown said. Erica Perez was already attending Citrus to complete her general education when she heard about the automotive program. After taking the tour, she decided to join. After taking Auto 101, the introductory class for the program, Perez knew this is what she wanted to do. “When I first got into Auto 101, I did not know anything about cars. Nothing except this is what it makes it go and this is what makes
it stop,” Perez said. “I have learned a lot. I like putting the knowledge I have gained into what I do.’” Perez said being in a program that is male-dominated, including the instruc-
tors, makes her feel like she must work harder to prove herself. Perez said she sees everyone as a competition since they are all pursuing the same career. “I don’t know if it is an
ego thing or what it is, but the young men sometimes are reluctant to ask questions, because there is a fear on their part,” Brown said. “And this is my suspicion, that they are already
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supposed to know the answer and our female students don’t seem to suffer from that.” Brown said. Brown said he notices that the automotive program’s female students are
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as successful if not even more than the males students. However, he knows that his students share a strong worth ethic, like Juan Melendez.
Melendez who has been a student of the program for a year and a half has to wake up at 5 a.m. to commute from his house in Hesperia to Citrus. Along with the automo-
tive program, he is working at a Toyota dealership. Melendez wants to achieve a certification through Toyota and get his ASC certification, that would allow him to not only work at Toyota, but also in other car brands. “Right now, I work in the lube, doing oil changes and rotation simple stuff. After completing the program, I would have a better foundation,” Melendez said. “I plan to be a line technician.” As a line technician, Melendez would be looking for a promotion to be an actual mechanic, working on the engines, doing recalls, transmission, engine work, and breaks. Instructor Jeremy Clark not only teaches classes in the program, but he also oversees the work experience course in which students work in a dealership aside from their classes to gain more experience in the field. Clarks said work experience is required to finish. “When they take it, is up to the student but in order for them to get a certified from us, they would need to be working in the industry,” Clarks said. “We are focused on getting students what they need and getting
them a job. As opposed to just giving them a class, the goal is to get someone to be successful.” Melendez said what he likes about the automotive program at Citrus is the instructors really show interest for students to learn. He said he likes that the program supplies students with up-to-date, good quality tools that students are able to grab and use when they need to. “They work with you, they push you but they don’t advance you to the next class until they see you are ready,” Melendez said. “We have a unique chemistry where the full-time instructors in our program, we all get along like clockwork and each of us has something we bring that the others don’t,” Brown said. “We each have something that we each do better than the others do. There is a unique teamwork component here that I don’t you would find elsewhere.” Brown said the program instructors share a common goal and a very similar philosophy of what aspects make it likely for a student to succeed. “We have managed to have a very engaged industry partnership,” Brown said.
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Record-breaking tax increases pass in California BY MICHAEL QUINTERO STAFF WRITER
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On April 1, taxes on cigarettes tripled and on April 28, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill No. 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, raising tax on gas by 12 cents per gallon. This jump in tax is the highest in state history. California drivers will also pay a new registration fee, from $25 to $175, depending on the vehicle. Electric vehicles will also pay a $100 fee starting in July 2020. This tax will raise California to second on the list of highest tax on gas. The cigarette tax puts California ninth. Tax on gas has not increased in over 23 years and has not increased in 18 years for cigarettes. Increases on gas tax will begin on Nov. 1. The bill took Brown 10 days to pass. On Nov. 1, gas taxes will be raised 12 cents per gallon, and diesel taxes will increase by 20 cents per gallon. This money will go toward fixing infrastructure. The bill is planned to reach $52 billion over the next 10 years. A base tax is now 18 cents per gallon, plus a sales tax between 9 and 10 cents, depending on price of gas. California is one in six states to add a sales tax on gas. An 18.4-cent tax is also being added on for the federal tax per gallon. On Nov. 1, base tax will be 30 cents a gallon plus a 2-cent tax will be added for the underground storage tanks, and a 9 to 10-cent sales tax. This will leave gas around 59 to 60
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cents, depending on gas prices. Bernard Raymundo, nursing major, said, he does not think this tax will affect his driving routine. He thinks this will encourage him to making more money, but not changing his life drastically. But the inflation over the next few years will impact prices. The California Board of Equalization states on July 1, 2019 base tax will be 47.3 cents per gallon, plus fed-
eral tax, sales tax and underground ground storage fee. California will hit a total of 76.7 cents per gallon. This leaves California one cent behind Pennsylvania for highest tax on gas. “I believe it is a bit excessive for gas to be raised this much,” chemistry major Miguel Martinez said. “We already use gas on a daily basis, and our state is well populated, so I think this tax too high.” ADVERTISEMENT
On April 1, cigarettes went up from 87 cents per pack to $2.87. Also, a $1.01 federal tax is added to the total. Electric cigarettes, chewing tobacco and other tobacco products are also being taxed 27.20 percent of wholesale cost of product. “I don’t think this is the right method to stop people from smoking,” Victoria Gonzalez, psychology major, said. “Habits kill, people are still going to smoke regardless of the
price”. On average, cigarette tax is $1.69 per pack in the United States. Oregon, Nevada and Arizona are a $2 tax or under per pack. Martinez said he thinks more people will eventually travel and stock up on their cigarettes, and this will take away revenue from California. This tax is aiming for $1.4 billion during 2017-2018. 82 percent will go toward Medi-Cal services. “I’m on the fence, one side I believe it is a good way for people to quit, but on the other side people are already addicted, and the price won’t make a difference,” business major Nick Dodds said. Dodds said he hopes they use this money for tobacco prevention programs and healthcare. The bill says by the end of 2027 at least 98 percent of highway and local roads will be in good or fair condition. “I do think it is a good idea to raise taxes on gas,” Raymundo said. “Our roads do need a lot of work.” The bill is estimated to create 13,000 jobs for each billion spent. Although jobs will be created, a problem with pollution may rise. Pollution could increase over these next years. The Los Angeles Times wrote an article stating owners of big rig trucks no longer have to fix their vehicles until they reach 13 years of use or 800,000 miles. The article said some truck owners would be able to operate their rigs for up to 18 years. Gas will see a huge increase over these next 10 years and cigarettes will no longer be a cheap habit.
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peer-friendship forms global connecTions BY ROSI DI STEFANO SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER RDISTEFANO@CCCLARION.COM
The Peer-Friendship program is an International Student Center and Honors Program collaboration that consists of bringing international students and resident students in the Honor Program to cultivate personal friendships with one another and gain benefits for both sides. “It’s kind of hard for us to build friendships with American students, because there is not a connection,” Angel Cruz, a graduate student intern, said he heard from international students. “We try to build sense of belonging on campus, but we really don’t know how to.” Phi Theta Kappa students must do a “College Project” every year, a service program in association with the college administration. The Peer-Friendship program was created by Beatriz Santos, president of the honor society PTK, and Alex Bazaar, program coordinator. “I know it must be hard to venture to a foreign country,” Bazaar said. “They might feel lonely or homesick, they have to learn the culture and the language. The Peer-Friendship program looks to make it easier for them and at the same time give them a friend to break the ice with, and also, provide resources and information that would help their educational journey.” Both Cruz and Santos explained the benefits for the international student and the resident student, saying that interacting and developing a friendship with somebody from a completely different culture would be a learning experience that not everybody is exposed to. As of right now, there are 13 hon-
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From left to right, Phi Theta Kappa President Beatriz Santos, graduate student intern Angel Cruz and PTK and program coordinator Alex Bazaar are the founders of the Peer-Friendship program. The three created the program to develop relationships between international students and honor society students.
or students working as mentors and each one of them has one mentee. Santos said there is a particular mentor/mentee relationship that she has seen developed as a strong friendship. “Brenda and Dulce, they formed a really cool connection, and that’s kind of the goal of it, if two out of the 10 pairings we make become actual
friends, that is kind of a lot, is hard to find somebody that you can come across and become really good friends with”. Brenda Cuadros, an international student from Peru participating in the program, said the Peer-Friendship program helped her to understand the American lifestyle and college life through her mentor, Dulce
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Alvaro. “I feel very fortunate having Dulce as my mentor; from the first day, she helped me feel welcome,” Cuadros said. “She would always keep me updated with the events, she assists me organizing my schedule and advises me with classes and professors. We always go out and have fun. We went to Universal Studios together
on spring break, for example.” Cuadros said she would recommend the program to other international students. From her experience in the program, she said students can have good times with international students and meet people that could later turn out to be best friends, like her mentor, Dulce.
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Kyla Monroe dances in “Take a Chance” to the song “Another Day of Sun” from the motion picture “La La Land.” Monroe performed in six other dances during Motion! on May 19 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.
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Matthew Salvador dances in “Wrong Side of Town” to the song “Steppin’ to the Bad Side” from the motion picture “Dream Girls.” Salvador performed in five other dances and choreographed one for Motion! on May 19 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.
and performed “Funky Fresh, Full of Flava” with Ayumi Sano. Trujillo and Sano impressed the audience with their hip-hop and break dancing skills. The crowd applauded and cheered loud enough to hear over the music during their performance. Trujillo said he was happy with how the piece he and Sano created turned out. “They loved the piece I choreographed with Ayumi Sano,” Trujillo said. “It was great to collaborate with someone and understand their movement and put that piece together, especially because with the amount of time we had.” However, the favorite of the night was the closing dance dedicated to Prince performed by The Full Company. Purple and gold colored lights flashed in the background while the dancers wore glittered shirts of black, purple and gold. Third-year student and dancer Matthew Salvador, who was in six dances, thought their tribute to Prince was a hit. “I loved the costumes and songs
we danced to for the Prince closer,” Salvador said. “It was a great way to end the show.” They danced to some of Prince’s iconic songs including “Kiss,” “Purple Rain” and ended with “Let’s Go Crazy,” where they freestyled while moving off stage. Prince was an excellent way to end the show, with his memorable tunes and beat that left the audience in a good mood as they cheered for the full company’s performance. Trujillo said the dance department worked on Motion! for three months and it all paid off. “We’ve been working hard since February to put on a great production,” Trujillo said. “I want to thank everyone who came, it’s great to see we had a good audience there supporting us.” The catchy songs and energetic dance moves made the production a fun show to see on a Friday night. The dance department’s next performance will be the Fall Dance Concert during the fall semester. It will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 and 2 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.
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A night filled with a variety of music from Kendrick Lamar to music from the motion picture “La La Land,” Motion! had the audience cheering for more. The Citrus College Dance Department presented Motion! 2017, a dance concert students and faculty choreographed and designed. The Full Company, also known as student dancers, kicked off the show with the famous James Bond theme song. With the red and white lights flashing above and the dancers dressed in black costumes, The Full Company got the audience cheering and applauding with 18 more songs to go. The show had a wide range of music and types of dance. Olivia Garcia choreographed her own solo dance titled “Conquer the Fear.” She danced to “Hold On To What You Believe” by Mumford and Sons. Second-year student and dancer Kyla Monroe was in seven dances in Motion!, including the opener and closer. One of her performances was “Take a Chance” based on “Another Day of Sun” from “La La Land.” This dance was paired with bright orange and yellow lights and colorful costumes. The “La La Land” re-creation had an upbeat tempo that even people who have not seen the movie could enjoy. Monroe mainly does ballet and her talent shined through, especially during one of the last performances called “Body Politics.” She said it was one of her favorites to perform, but loved each dance because of how unique they were. “I appreciated and loved each dance for different reasons,” Monroe said. “They each showed different emotions that made them special.” Hip-hop was another popular music genre heard throughout the show, with songs by Jason Derulo and Nicki Minaj to Gwen Stefani. Steven Trujillo, a second year student and dancer, co-choreographed
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A renaissance of fashion The Cosmetology Department turns back the clock for the annual spring hair show
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It gives us a chance to expand our portfolio and have people actually come and look at us. This, we have our freedom, we have our skills.”
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A year after exploring the avant garde world of fashion, the Citrus College Cosmetology Department will take this year’s hair show back to the early 1800s. The annual hair show, which also is a contest among cosmetology and esthetician students, will be at 7 p.m. May 30 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center. The show will be set in four different eras, including Renaissance and Victorian, cosmetology major Alyse Dreyer said. Dreyer will participate in the prosthetics makeup contest. Cosmetology major Emily Young, Dreyer’s teammate for the show, said the hair show will be different from years past. “We have three different categories,” Young said, “we have prosthetics makeup, glamour makeup kind of deal, no costume or anything, and then we have the hair, which is the entire look.” Young said another change from last year’s spring show is the omission of nails as part of the contest. Dreyer and Young have both been with the cosmetology program for a year. Young said the program has given many opportunities for students, not
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Cosmetology student Jessica Chavez washes and blow drys Mariah Muñoz’s hair on May 22 at the Citrus Cosmetology Department. The annual spring hair show will take place at 7 p.m. May 30 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.
just in school. “People don’t realize how big these hair shows are for us, ‘cause it puts us in a non-education environment,” Young said. “Where we can do whatever we want. It gives us a
chance to expand our portfolio and have people actually come and look at us. This, we have our freedom, we have our skills.” Dreyer said the hair show is equivalent to when football scouts go to a
football game, with an opportunity to showcase their skills they have learned during the semester. Young said the show gives students an opportunity to get more creative, because the majority of the
program teaches how “to survive in the salon environment.” “It introduces you to a new environment of, like, the runway and the fashion show kind of deal, so you are not just in a salon station,” Young said. “It’s kind of the hecticness of everyone around you working.” Young, who will participate in her first hair show, said she enjoys getting to showcase their work to the ones in attendance. “I like when people who aren’t into hair or into makeup, they see this and they finally realize this is an art form.” Tickets for the show are $15 for adults and $7.50 for children and can be purchased at the box office.
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In October 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming, a 21-year-old’s life was cut short. However, through theatre, his legacy lives on. Citrus’ Theater Arts Department performed “The Laramie Project” on May 12, 13, 19, 20 and 21 inside the Little Theatre. Directed by Kari Hayter, 13 students covered 92 accounts of interviews from Laramie. Sophomore actor Nathan Cabrera acted the most roles with 12 throughout the play. Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten and tortured and left to die because he was gay. Weeks after the murder, members of the Tectonic Theater Project conducted 200 interviews in a year and a half, led by founder Moises Kaufman. These interviews were directly involved in the case and people from the Laramie community. Kaufman’s vision was to use these interviews and shape them into a theatrical portrayal that would show a small town facing their gruesome reality. As a result, “The Laramie Project” was created and 19 years later, it is still being performed. The production was very emotional, but the ending offered hope that stories like Shepard’s will continue to be shared in order to prevent more hate crimes brought on by sexual orientation. Cabrera’s two notable roles included Philip Dubois, president of the University of Wyoming, and Aaron Kriefels, the student who found Shepard tied to the fence. The Laramie Project begins with interviews of townspeople from Laramie who knew Shepard personally. These interviews described Shepard’s passion in politics and interest in the LGBT student alliance
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Citrus actor Aziza Stewart rehearses a scene in “The Laramie Project” on May 7 in the Little Theatre. The two-week production documented the aftermath of the tragic murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard in 1998.
on campus. These interviews transitioned into sharing the story of those who last saw Shepard the night of his murder. “The Laramie Project” has a unique plot compared to other plays. Unlike many productions that have acts or scene changes, “The Laramie Project” jumps from one interviewee to the next. To help smooth transitions and assure the audience is following along, another cast member will announce who is speaking. On an October night, Shepard went to the Fireside Lounge in Laramie. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson began talking to Shepard and offered him a ride home.
Shepard and the rest of the nation would never be the same. McKinney and Henderson robbed, tortured and beat Shepard until he was unrecognizable. They tied him to a fence post and left him to die alone in the prairies of Wyoming. Kriefels found Shepard 18 hours later in a coma, barely breathing. Shepard was rushed to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. He suffered many injuries including severe brain damage. Shepard died six days later. A murder in the small town of Laramie turned into a nation filled with fear. Media swamped Shepard’s death, pinpointing his sexual orientation as the reason he was murdered.
The Little Theatre provided a perfect intimate setting for such a riveting story. While telling Shepard’s story interview by interview, the stage often moved forward, elongating it enough for all 13 performers to be on stage at the same time. The play did a good job of highlighting sexual discrimination and hate-initiated violence. Ninety-two character portrayals in the play created diverse opinions and perspectives of Shepard’s murder. With the small number of actors playing multiple roles, many had to change their appearance on stage to the next interviewee. Although their costumes were not drastically different from one
character to the next, the roles and personas each actor took on varied immensely. Each of the characters portrayed has a distinct perception of Shepard. One character would have a distinct opinion that would be outrageous to the next. Many of these perspectives were based on homosexuality and how that played not only a role in Shepard’s life, but also his death. Since actors were changing constantly, it was impressive how they brought to life such strong opposing opinions when changing from one personality to the next. The various perspectives throughout the play were opinions based on Shepard’s homosexuality. While some interviewees were neutral or supportive of Shepard’s sexual orientation, many disagreed and even though he brought his violent murder upon himself because he was gay. One persona from the show that clearly stood out for condemning Shepard for being homosexual was Fred Phelps, a minister from Kansas played by Gabriel Olague. Phelps criticized Shepard’s sexual orientation to the point he protested Shepard’s funeral with a megaphone to make sure his message was being heard. Phelps’ biggest concern was how much media attention Shepard’s murder was receiving. He feared people across the nation were creating Shepard to be, “a poster boy for gay lifestyle.” Shepard was the exact opposite. His death brought awareness of hateful violence to not only the rest of the country, but across the globe. To this day, Phelps’ statement remains unfulfilled as colleges and theatre programs across the country are still sharing Shepard’s tale. The Citrus cast performing “The Laramie Project” helps his story live on, nearly two decades later.
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