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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 VOL LXXXIV ISSUE 2
CCSF faces uphill battle in pending lawsuit BY CAREESA CAMPBELL NEWS EDITOR
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It is business as usual at City College of San Francisco as the fall 2014 semester gets underway. Meanwhile, the struggle over its accreditation status rages on. In 2012, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges said it would revoke the City College of San Francisco’s accreditation, effective July 2014.
ASCC donates funds to veterans BY KATIE JOLGREN STAFF WRITER
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The Veterans Center has received a sizable donation from the Associated Students of Citrus College. In July 2014, the ASCC approved the donation of $25,000 to the Veterans Center with the goal of supplying new equipment and furniture to the center. “Upon touring the facilities, I could see there was a need for better resources and ASCC was able to supply that,” said Farihah Chowdhury, student trustee. The ASCC had previously donated $40,000 for new computers in the Veterans Success Center in February 2014. With this recent donation, the goal was to focus on operating expenses. “[The Veterans Center] bought furniture and support services were funded, like mental health services,” SEE D O NAT I O N • PA G E 5
This threat has sparked uneasiness at community colleges across California, including Citrus. However, after much backlash including a pending lawsuit set to begin Oct. 27 against the 2012 accrediting commission, CCSF still remains accredited pending the outcome of that litigation. The ACCJC could possibly grant CCSF “restoration” status, which could mean a twoyear reprieve for the college to meet accreditation standards. If CCSF’s application for restoration is denied, its accreditation will be stripped without the option to appeal. But at a hearing scheduled for 9 a.m. this morning, the judge could make a final decision based on the evidence provided, said Santiago Mejia, editor-in-chief of The Guardsman, CCSF’s student newspaper. CCSF, which educates approximately 80,000 students, has been struggling to reform itself in the wake of alleged financial and organizational mismanagement. ACCJC, one of three accrediting branches of the SEE ACCRE DITATIO N • PA GE 5
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The Owl Fountain, located at the end of the Campus Center Mall has remained drained out in an effort to conserve water on campus.
Campus Water use reduced BY CAMERON WISDOM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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According to data provided by the utility responsible for monitoring and regulating local water used by Citrus College, the campus has reduced consumption by nearly 20 percent from predrought year levels. Azusa Light and Water detailed the college’s month-to-month usage rates for the previous five years thus facilitating this analysis. California’s infamous
drought, now in its third year, prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in January. The documents provided by the utility recapped the school’s water usage in measurements of CCF’s. 1 CCF is equal to 100 cubic feet of water used, so a meter reading of 3 CCF’s would mean that the user consumed 300 cubic feet of water for that month. Information posted on the utility’s website states that it declared a Phase III water shortage in May.
During a Phase III water shortage, the utility calls for up to 20 percent reduction in water use based on available water supply and demand information. It also mandates that commercial and public agencies, including Citrus College, limit their lawn watering and landscape irrigation to Mondays and Fridays from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. the following morning. Quoting an email written by AL&W director George Morrow, key accounts S E E D R OUG H T • PAGE 5
Celebrating Citrus Administration and faculty prepare to kick of a celebration 100-years in the making. BY MERCEDES DEL REAL STAFF WRITER MDELREAL@CCCLARION.COM
In celebration of its 100th birthday, Citrus College is reaching out to the community to participate in several fall events leading into the homecoming football game on Oct. 11. Founded in 1915 by Dr.
Floyd S. Hayden, Ph. D. Citrus College is the oldest community college in Los Angeles County and the fifth oldest in the state The centennial will be observed through the 2014-2015 academic year. To plan the first three special events, committees of students and staff members have put together
several activities during homecoming day to get students excited and involved in the centennial. The events all start at 2 p.m. and end at 6 p.m. in time for the homecoming game. One of the events that will be taking place is a history exhibit titled
Dr. Floyd Hayden Founder of Citrus College
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NUMBER OF THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS OF CITRUS JUNIOR COLLEGE IN 1915