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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014 VOL LXXXVI ISSUE 4
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Police account details in teen’s death BY KATIE JOLGREN STAFF WRITER
KJOLGREN@CCCLARION.COM
Careesa Campbell Clarion
Demolition of the old Art Center began on Sept. 29. Construction of the new Fine Arts Building will begin in the coming months.
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW Demolition of the old Art Center marks the first step towards the Fine Arts Building becoming a reality
BY VANESSA MALDONADO STAFF WRITER
VMALDONADO@CCCLARION.COM
Onlookers witnessing the demolition of the Art Center that began Sept. 29 watched the 50year old building transition into Citrus College history. Demolition was originally set to begin in July 2014 but was postponed due to lack of funding within the district. After months of anticipation, the art complex is finally an active construction site. Doors are expected to open for students in summer 2016. Fred Diamond, director of facilities and construction, is managing the project from beginning to end.
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atching it get torn down,I have a little bit of mixed feelings.”
-Scott Pangburn
Lab tech assistant for the ceramics department
In the first phase the contractor, Pinner Construction, conducted a thorough sweep of the building to ensure nothing on site can harm students and workers. This included checking for active wires, the presence of asbestos and lead as well ensuring a safe space between the moving trucks and passersby in parking structure S1. “The original one was built in the 1960s, so you have to go through and make sure all the hazardous equipment is gone and old air conditioners have to be bled out, “ Diamond said. The 37,000 square feet three-story building is to be built in a V- shape with the opening facing towards the Haugh Performing Arts Center. However, Diamond said construction will be preceded by a lot of earth-work. SE E FI NE A RT S • PAGE 5
Following an application from the Pasadena Police Officers’ Association, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has blocked the release of an independent report detailing the shooting by Pasadena police of Azusa High School graduate Kendrec McDade, 19, on March 24, 2012. McDade was enrolled at Citrus College during fall 2011, having redshirted for the Citrus football team Kendrec McDade via Twitter in his time here. It remains unclear whether McDade was enrolled in classes at Citrus at the time of his death. McDade, who was not armed, was fatally shot following a hectic chase and confrontation with two Pasadena city police officers. An officer seated in a patrol car shot McDade at point-blank range. They were less than a foot away from each other, according to the autopsy report. Officers Jeffrey Newlen and Mathew Griffin made statements about the night of the shooting in depositions for a civil rights and wrongful death case that had been filed by McDade’s parents shortly after his death, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. In their depositions, the officers stated they chased McDade in a police car following a report of an armed robbery. Newlen eventually exited the patrol car to chase McDade on foot through northwest Pasadena. S E E M C D AD E • PAGE 5
THE CITRUS MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA AND CONCERT CHOIR ARE PUTTING ON THEIR ANNUAL FILM MUSIC SHOW ON OCT. 17 AND 18.
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