THE BIG NUMBER
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CLARION CITRUS COLLEGE
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Wednesday, FEBRUARY 19, 2014
vol lxXV issue 1
Constitutional changes being voted in March By Dillon Cooper Managing Editor • dcooper@ccclarion.com
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he Associated Students of Citrus College will be looking to alter their Constitution in a special election held in March 2014 A change on the ballot will be to increase the required GPA to join ASCC from 2.3 to a 2.5 GPA. “Why are [ASCC] students creating and participating in Sarah Langford events if they can’t maintain Students were evacuated and classes were cancelled on Jan. 16, 2014. Flames engulf the hills behind Citrus College, the Colby Fire their academic responsibiliscorched 1,709 acres in Glendora and Azusa. ties?” Alejandra Morales, vice president of ASCC said. The second change will be the addition of commissioner of the Inter-Club Council position to the ASCC executive board, who will be voted in by provides drinking water for 23 “We should goes toward landscaping, and the students. million people. without watering trees may be This proposed change has By Katie Jolgren definitely be However, following Gov. more susceptible to pests due been met with opposition, Staff Writer •kjolgren@ccclarion.com Brown’s declaration last concerned about to drought stress,” said Condon. month, the State Water Project These record dry conditions a water shortage announced that surface water were apparent last month as n the midst of the driest the Colby Fire burned throughyear on record and fol- allocations would be zero. This due to the low out the Glendora foothills, lowing Gov. Jerry Brown’s essentially slashes the water rain and snow charring nearly 2,000 acres acrecent declaration of a state- supply for California residents, cording to LA County Fire. As wide drought, Citrus College is forcing reliance on groundwa- fall.” an area that had not burned taking steps to cut back on its ter. About 30 percent of Caliwater usage. -Captain Stacy Rios since the 1960’s, the dry conditions were enough to allow the According to data from the fornia’s annual water supply fire to spread rapidly. Department of Public Works, comes from groundwater, but This task may be difficult due Due to the current high temless than 1 percent of the capac- in drought years, this number to no mandatory water rationperatures and dry conditions ity of the 14 dams used to serve jumps to 60 percent, according ing put in place yet. Until Gov. during the months when CaliLos Angeles County is available to the Water Education FounBrown decides that the drought fornia is expected to rehydrate for release. With only 2 inches dation. has reached a severe level, he itself, this summer could fea- By Joe Moreno of rainfall in recent weeks, there This pattern is unsustainable, advises a voluntary cut in water ture several more sudden fires Staff Writer • joemoreno@ccclarion.com is little to alleviate the stress according to the UC Center for usage. as vegetation continues to get placed on dams and reservoirs. Hydrologic Modeling. Both As a state with a vast majorunding for the final dryer, only worsened by the Much of Southern California Glendora and Azusa rely on ity of the land consumed by phase of campus renolack of water available for irrigarelies on the State Water Proj- groundwater for a portion of vations funded through agriculture, it is no surprise that tion. ect for its supply. More than 70 their water supply. Measure G is on the table as the nearly 80 percent of our annual As cities are looking to de- deadline for approval looms. percent of the water provided “We should definitely be conwater use is for landscaping crease water use in residential At their Feb. 4 meeting, the by the project is used for urban cerned about a water shortage Citrus College Board of Trustaccording to Keith Condon, areas, local schools are also ex- ees discussed the issuance of areas, according to SWP’s web- due to the low rain and snowDeputy Forrester at Fire Station Series 2014D Bonds, the fourth pected to assist in the effort. site. This system uses 22 dams fall,” said Captain Stacy Rios of 32 in Azusa. set of bonds issued following and 700 miles of piping to de- Glendora Fire Station 151. “We “A significant amount of - See Drought, pg. 3 the approval of Measure G, liver water from Northern Cali- need to do our best to conserve our water and residential use fornia to Southern California. It whenever we can.”
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especially from current legislative liaison of ASCC, Gabriel Nadales. “If the President or VicePresident have a personal disagreement with the legislative liaison, they have the power to go against the students will and not allow their voice be heard,” Nadales said. The final proposed change to the Constitution will be the lowering of the required amount of credits to join ASCC from seven to six. “Lowering the credit requirement allows for a wider range of potential board members and a diversity of views which can only strengthen ASCC,” Daniel Celebertti, commissioner at large of ASCC. The election will take place at the Campus Center Mall March 5-6. If the proposed changes are passed, they will go into effect starting Fall 2014.
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passed by voters in March 2004. Measure G authorized the sale of $121 million in bonds to upgrade campus safety and security, expand academic facilities, and construct classroom buildings, science labs and student support facilities. Issuance of this set of bonds would raise approximately $29 million, which would be used to finance renovations of the Campus Center, the Educational Development Building and Hayden Hall, as well as the - See Bonds, pg. 3