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or science, technology, engineering and math majors at Citrus College, finding an opportunity to gain experience and earn a stipend may be only an application away. Project director Marianne Smith, Ph.D., provides STEM students with research opportunities in a real-world work environment through the Summer Research Experience program. “We developed this program so we could help get [STEM students] out into the world and really have intense experiences to learn a lot about themselves as a STEM majors,” Smith said. In summer 2014, Smith with the help of Alejandra Gonzalez, STEM coordinator, matched 50 students with organizations, programs and lab mentors that matched their long-term career goals.
Deadline for student elections draws near BY DENNIS CAMARGO II STAFF WRITER
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The deadline to return applications for the Associated Students of Citrus College executive board for 2016 is Nov. 19, 2015. As of the press time, there have been five candidates to apply for various spots on the board. The candidates include Sean Cazares, Ian Rodrigues, Paul and Vanessa Salinas running for the position of senator and Rene Gutierrez running for vice president. “I would like to speak up on behalf of my fellow students,” said Salinas in her application. All the candidates in their applications expressed a similar sentiment. A candidate’s forum will be held on Nov. 23 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Mall. The elections will be held Dec. 2 & 3 in the Campus Center West Wing from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Though it is not considered an internship, STEM students participating receive a stipend of $5,000 throughout the duration of the eight to 10 week programs. Three grants support the program: one a collaborative grant held by California State University Fullerton in a partnership with Citrus, and a grant at Chapman on which Citrus is the primary partner. Since its beginning in 2011, the number of students participating in the SRE program has grown. Smith and Alejandra Gonzalez, STEM coordinator, place students in labs that are conducting research related to the students’ interest. They offer labs in computer science, biology, chemistry, engineering, botany, mathematics, earth and space science, physics and environmental science. To qualify to participate, students must have successfully completed two STEM courses and also sign up for the STEM academy on the Citrus website. S E E S T EM • PAGE 5
STUDYING ON AN EMPTY STOMACH
Food insecurity is a scary reality for some higher education students BY MEGAN BENDER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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The stigma surrounding food insecurity often makes it difficult to discover how many students are paying the price of choosing education over having enough money to eat. According to Feeding America, a non-profit organization of a nationwide network of food banks, an estimated that 49.3 percent of its clients in college must choose between educa-
tional expenses and food annually and 21 percent of these did so for a full year. For one Citrus College journalism student Dennis Camargo II, this is a reality. Camargo had to make this tough decision when he decided to apply for classes for spring 2015. “I had make to the decision whether or not to struggle with buying food for a semester so I could potentially get a job with my education, or make sure I have enough food to eat but lose out on education,” he said. There are resources like food banks in the Citrus community available to help those who cannot afford to eat. The Foothill Unity Center,
“I think food security for students is an issue that is becoming more noticeable”
-Raina Martinez
Foothill Unity Center director of development and donor relations based out of Monrovia and Pasadena, is a non-profit community support organization that distributes food and provides services to very low-income families and individuals. FUC services 11 cities in the area including Azusa, Baldwin Park, Monrovia and Duarte. FUC provides service to any one who lives in their service area and meets the income S E E F OOD • PAGE 5
nfl player speaks to students Brian Banks kicks off the inaugural “Speaker Series” in the Haugh Performing Arts Center. PG. 7
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Cal State Long Beach honors student, a Paris terror attack victim Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, was one of the victims in the terrorist attack in Paris on Nov. 13. Gonzalez was a Cal State Long Beach student majoring in design. Gonzalez was a part of the study abroad program and she was at La Belle Equipe with friends when gunmen opened fire. Gonzalez was wounded and died later at the hospital due to injuries. Gonzalez was one of the 19 people that were killed at La Belle Equipe. “The students at Cal State Long Beach stand with all of our students studying abroad trying to mourn this terrible tragedy,” student body President Jose Salazar, Vice President Miriam Hernandez and Treasurer Wendy Lewis said in a statement. Source: Los Angeles Times
McKenna College dean steps down after student protests Mary Spellman, dean of Students at Claremont McKenna College, resigned Nov. 12 after students protested about the way the university treats students of color. Protests began rising on Halloween when the junior class president posed with two other women wearing sombreros and ponchos. Two students claimed they would go on a hunger strike until Spellman resigned. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a controversy that has divided the student body and disrupted the mission of this fine institution. Most important, I hope this will help enable a truly thoughtful, civil and productive discussion about the very real issues of diversity and inclusion facing Claremont McKenna, higher education and other institutions across our society,” Spellman said. Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
USC pledges steps to increase multicultural understanding USC announced Nov. 16 the new funds, discussion forums and appoint several key staff members in efforts to increase campus understanding of diversity and multiculturalism. Provost and Senior Vice President Michael W. Quick said “Equality is not a given.” Every generation must recommit to awareness and action.”
The California Colleges Board of Governors unanimously plans to develops a new model for accrediting the system’s colleges on Nov. 16. Details will be reported back March 2016. According to a statement, “The board approved a resolution citing the need to raise the professionalism of accreditation in California, stating that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) has lost credibility with its peers and no longer meets the current and anticipated needs of California colleges.” They also announced plans of strengthening pathways for transfer, such as Associate Degree for Transfer programs. Source: CCC Chancellor’s Office
NATIONAL Supreme Court hears Texas abortion trial The Supreme Court accepted a challenge to Texas abortion clinic law on Nov. 13. The law would reduce the number of more than 40 clinics in the state to just 10. According to the New York Times, the Supreme Court has not heard a major abortion case since 2007. Source: The New York Times
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Former federal civil rights attorney named interim president at University of Missouri The board of chancellors at the University of Missouri named Michael Middleton the interim president on Nov. 12. Middleton is not looking for a permanent position as president of the system’s four universities and has promised to work with black campus activists to confront racial inequality issues at the Columbia campus. President Tim Wolfe and the campus chancellor resigned on Nov. 9. Source: Los Angeles Times
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Shamu makes final splash at SeaWorld SeaWorld San Diego announced on Nov. 9 the phasing out of the famous Shamu killer whale performance. A documentary, “Blackfish,” released in 2013, criticized the way the park treats orcas in captivity. “Blackfish” has affected the number of guests that enter the park. Representative Adam Schiff, Democrat of California, introduced a bill in Congress that would ban breeding, wild capture and import or export of the whales. “The fact still remains that as long as SeaWorld holds orcas in captivity, the physical and psychological problems associated with their captivity will persist,” Schiff said. President and executive of SeaWorld Joel Manby said that the guests less stunts and want more natural experience simulating how the orcas behave in the wild. Source: The New York Times
Cal State University faculty goes on strike for raises Faculty members throughout the state went on strike on Nov. 17 at the Cal State University Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach demanding a 5 percent salary raise for 2015-2016. The protest happened at the same time when the Board of Trustees had its meeting in Long Beach. There were signs posted saying “2 percent 2 low” and “2 percent blows.” Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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Cries of Paris heard around the world The night of Nov. 13, there were multiple terrorists attacks throughout Paris. Francois Molins, Paris prosecutor, said at least 129 people died and 352 were wounded. One of the attack sites was at the Bataclan concert hall where at least 89 people were killed. Molina said that three men with assault rifles entered the venue and started shooting people and held hostages. Two of the attackers later committed suicide by detonating their suicide belts and the third attacker was killed by police gunfire and his belt. There were three suicide bombers at another location outside of the sports stadium in Saint-Denis that died. President Francois Hollande was at the stadium and
was safely evacuated after the explosions were heard. All three terrorists detonated their suicide belts and killed themselves, and passerby. More gunmen arrived at Paris’ 10 district on the corner of Rue Alibert and Rue Bichat where two restaurants, Le Carillon and Le Petit Cambodge, were targeted. Fifteen people were killed and 1o0 were seriously wounded. The attackers were also involved at Cafe Bonne Biere where five people were killed. A few minutes later, 19 more people were killed at La Belle Equipe on Rue de Charonne. Source: CNN
More than 30 dead in Nigeria explosion The Nigerian city of Yola was hit by a bomb on Nov. 17 where more than 30 people were killed, as a market area was closing up for the day. This was the second time Yola was hit with a bomb attack this year. Source: BBC
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Everything you need to know about current events in the campus community. If there is something you want us to cover, email us: contact@ccclarion.com • NOV. 18 - STRESS MANAGEMENT - COLLEGE SUCCESS WORKSHOP Learn how to reduce stress by coming by SS 281 at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. • NOV. 19 - MOVIE NIGHT - PSYCHOLOGY CLUB FUNDRAISER Psychology Club is hosting a movie fundraiser where “Night of the Living Dead” will be playing at the Campus Center East Wing at 7 p.m. to 9:35 p.m. For $5, you will get chips, water or soda, and candy while supplies last. • NOV. 19 - SPEAKER SERIES - JACKIE CRUZ FROM “ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK “ The Faculty Learning Institue’s(FLI) next guest speaker is Jackie Cruz, known as “Flaca” from “Orange is the New Black.” Cruz will be speaking at noon at the Haugh Performing Arts Center. This is a free event, so please RSVP at the Box Office Tuesday to Saturday between 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and you can also call (626) 963-9411. For more information, please contact Caroline Tippins at ctippins@citruscollege.edu. • NOV. 20 - CAMPUS TOUR - CAL STATE SAN BERNADINO Planning to transfer? Come and reserve a spot for a campus tour at Cal State San Bernadino. This is an opportunity to see what the school has to offer. Free transportation is provided by Citrus College. Students can sign up in-person at the Transfer Center, call (626) 914- 8639 or email Heather Hendrickson at hhendrickson@citruscollege.edu with your student I.D., name and cellphone number. • NOV. 23 - TEST TAKING - COLLEGE SUCCESS WORKSHOP Learn new techniques to take tests with confidence at SS 281 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. • NOV. 26-29 - THANKSGIVING BREAK No classes will be held.
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Final battle Daniel Ramos, 18, won at the Super Smash Bros. Tournament. Ramos is a computer science major and an engineering major. Ramos won both days in the tournament. First day he played as Lucina from “Fire Emblem: Awakening.”
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The Computer Science Club hosted a “Super Smash Bros” tournament Nov. 16 & 17 in PC 317 to recruit members, fundraise and have fun. Those who came at 3 p.m. played freestyle while names were added to the bracket designed by the club’s president, Lankinda Abeysinghe.
Throughout the matches there were cheers, handshakes and laughs. The two finalists on the first day were Valerie Serio, a nursing major and Daniel Ramos, a computer science and engineering major. They both played as characters from the “Fire Emblem” series, and Ramos, playing as Lucina, sent Serio’s character flying. “He is really good at keeping
you at the edge of the screen,” Serio said. “I do horrible in tournaments,” Ramos said, “I get super tense.” Despite his nerves Ramos also won the next day of the tournament after an intensely close game. Overall the tournament was a great example of friendly competition that the club hopes to continue in the spring.
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Smith said there are research experience programs at four-year universities that do not serve the same number of STEM students and community colleges will occasionally provide experience for a small number of students. “It sets us apart,” she said. “[Our SRE program] is unique among community colleges, and colleges and universities in general.” Gonzalez who also comes from a STEM background, participated in an unpaid research program when
NEWS she was in college at a private fouryear institution. “I have experience and understanding,” she said. “I know sometimes it’s hard to go and meet a professional who is looking at your application and says ‘You don’t know anything about science, you’ve never gone through it.’” During her SRE she did have support from her professors and program, she said, but came to Citrus only to realize students at the community college level don’t have the same opportunities that she did in a private school environment. “There aren’t research projects going on at the community college level,” she said. “So when [STEM students] transfer as juniors and seniors, they’re going in without having had the opportunity to
have research experience, and they sometimes feel it’s too late when in reality it’s not.” Biology professor, Barbara Juncosa, Ph.D., who helps to prepare selected students, said Smith works hard to ensure that the student is matched up with an appropriate off campus lab that will supplement their career goals. Last summer for the first time, Juncosa and biology professor Christine Goedhart, Ph.D., who also works with the SRE program, sponsored two students helpers at Citrus. Juncosa and physics professor Lucia Riderer, Ed.D., who also assists the SRE program, will occasionally serve as virtual mentors for students during their off campus research experiences.
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Juncosa and Riderer also host workshops to prepare students to read scientific literature. “I try to provide them with some context to what the experience might be like, “ Juncosa said. STEM students often end up transferring and switching to other majors because of the number of required units to graduate and the amount of work. The program focuses on increasing the number of students interested in and graduating with STEM majors to find gainful employment in the United States. “These kinds of experiences are what help cement your career goals,” Juncosa said. “When you get the hands-on experience of what science is really like, which is different from sitting in a lecture class, I
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think that’s what really pushes students to continue down the STEM pathway.” Juncosa considers paid research experience programs to be critical to the future of STEM students. Watching the transformation process of STEM students to professionals is the best part of the SRE program, Smith said. “What we know SRE does for a student is build their science identity, build their confidence, build their analytic skills and it builds what we call ‘habits of mind,’” Smith said. “They’re thinking about science, it sets them up to transfer and really hit the ground running.” Applications for the 2016 summer research experience program will be available in December.
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criteria. “I think food security for students is an issue that is becoming more noticeable,” said Raina Martinez, director of development and donor relations at the Monrovia FUC office. “For example, students from out of the area don’t always anticipate how much expenses are going to be.” A federal program assisting those in need is the CalFresh Program, which provides benefits like food stamps to households that live at 130 percent of the federal poverty level. However, being a student can
make you ineligible for food stamps. “In order to have financial aide at school I need to be a full time student,” Camargo said. “But in order to get food stamps I can’t be a full time student.” Citrus College does have some resources available on campus. The Student Health Center located in the Student Services building offers support for students and information on local food banks, pantries and shelters. The Associated Students of Citrus College executive board hosts an annual food drive that donates food to two small pantries locat-
“In order to have financial aide at school I need to be a full time student,but in order to get food stamps I can’t be a full time student.”
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ed on campus and to the Foothill Unity Center. Philomena O’Shea, food services supervisor, will sometimes distribute extra food at the end of the day to those in need, as a first hand witness to students who cannot always afford to eat. She also maintains efforts to keep the prices of food at the Owl Café affordable. “I cannot let the kids go hungry, it’s not right,” O’Shea said. “I have to feed them.” According to Lil E. Sass, the Foster/Kinship program coordinator, they provide light food such as sandwiches, oatmeal, bagels and
coffee for the Foster/Kinship students. Although the stigma behind this subject keeps most students from coming forward, there are local resources and staff and faculty at Citrus College that do what they can. “There are a lot of [students] who are at risk of going hungry,” Camargo said. “We do what we can to help.” Students can find a list of some food banks on the Citrus website, visit lafoodbank.org for other local food banks or talk to the Student Health Center for more information.
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Despite loosing at the Nov. 4 elections for governing member of the Glendora School Board, the president of the Citrus College Adjunct Faculty Federation is still an extremely active member in her community. There were only two positions open and four candidates running for Glendora School Board position, but astronomy professor Linda Chan was the only candidate to be endorsed by the Glendora Teacher’s Association. “My job at Citrus and the position on the Glendora School board were a natural connection,” Chan said. While teaching part time at Citrus, Pasadena City College and Mt. San Antonio College, Chan also holds five educational leadership positions. She is the elected California state representative to the
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Adjunct astronomy professor, Linda Chan,left, discusses the experiences as adjunct faculty with adjunct speech professor Erika Kennelley, at the start of Campus Equity Week on Oct. 26 at the Campus Center Mall at Citrus College. Courtesy of Linda Chan
Citrus College Adjunct Faculty Federation President, Linda Chan.
California Teachers Association, chair of the Safety School Management Committee at CTA, vice president for the California Federation of Teachers statewide, and the president of CCAFF. Adjunct history professor Bill Zeman described Chan as passionate, determined and a good advocate for school and students. Zeman said Chan often spoke out on the behalf of teachers in the Glendora Unified School District.
“She puts in a lot of her own time and works very hard to improve the lives of the teachers of Citrus,” he said. Adjunct anthropology professor Laura Wills described Chan as a tireless “mover and shaker” who is very involved with the community. “‘She is able to handle a lot of different types of organizations and networking,” Wills said. “I have never seen anybody with that much energy.” Chan said she is involved with the CCAFF and ensuring things are right for student education. “She is able to juggle many things because that is what her ADVERTISEMENT
life as a part-timer has been,” Zeman said. “We have seen her hold jobs at more than three colleges, advocating for adjunct faculty and unions on statewide and nationwide levels.” When she was a student, Chan did a lot of tutoring and her many instructors always told her that she would be a great teacher. Teaching was never something Chan thought she was capable of. “I did not chose teaching, teaching chose me,” she said. Chan has been teaching mathematics, physics and astronomy for over 30 years. She received her bachelor’s
degree in astronomy and physics from San Diego State University and continued at SDSU to earn her master’s degree in physics in 1991. She earned another bachelor’s degree in mathematics specializing in statistics in 2008. Chan said she is constantly inspired by her students. “You learn so much from the students,” Chan said. “Every person I met I believe I have something I need to learn from them.” Chan moved to Glendora five years ago and she has been educationally supporting the community ever since. “When I moved to Glendora I felt this was the place that I had
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Falsely accused athlete chooses success BY BATOOL JAFFER STAFF WRITER
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On the opening day of the speaker series being hosted at Citrus College, Brian Banks, a 30-year-old former NFL player falsely accused of a crime, shared his story at the Haugh Performing Arts Center on Nov. 16. In the summer of 2002, 16-yearold Banks was a highly recruited linebacker out of Long Beach Polytechnic High School, who verbally committed to a full-ride scholarship to play at his dream school, the University of Southern California. On July 2, 2002, Banks was at school for a documentary about the rivalry between his school and De La Salle High School, another powerhouse football program, when he ran into a former classmate from middle school. The two went to an area of the school where people would go to “make out,” Banks said. Banks was arrested later that night and sent to juvenile hall, accused of kidnapping and raping his ex-classmate. “Two (days) turned into three, three turned into eight, eight turned into 14,” Banks said. Banks was in juvenile hall for a year and had developed a sense of hope that things would get better
so he stopped dwelling on the negative. Little did Banks know what was to come. He turned down three plea deals before his lawyer advised him to take a plea deal that would send him to Chino State Prison for 90 days, with the possible outcome of probation, and three to six years in prison. He accepted the pleas deal. “I went from fear, to confusion, to hope,” said Banks. “But it turned back to fear.” Banks said his time in prison gave him time to reassess his life. He thought about the years he was losing and how he was going to respond to that. “I had to make my future the truth,” Banks said. When Banks was released in 2007, after serving at least 85 percent of his time, he was required to wear a GPS ankle device for five years. Banks also had to register as a sex offender. “Parole was even worse,” said Banks. “It’s like you’re in prison, but you’re in a glass cage.” In 2011, Banks was on Facebook when he noticed a friend request from the woman who accused him of rape. Banks was shocked and afraid, because interaction with her would violate his parole. After talking to each other on the phone, Banks agreed to take his risk to meet her at an office at his work as a setup. She admitted to lying about everything and Banks
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Brian Banks, a former NFL player who falsely accused of rape, was the first to share his story for the Citrus College Speaker Series at the Huagh Performing Arts Center on Nov.16.
was able to get the testimony on tape. Banks sent the tape to California Innocence Project, dedicated to freeing innocent people of accused crimes. In May 2012, after a 10 year nightmare, Banks was deemed free. He had worked himself into shape and was ready to take advantage of his last shot at his passion. “I’m given a small window of opportunity,” said Banks. “What am I going to do with it?” Banks got his shot in the NFL with a tryout for the Seattle SeaADVERTISEMENT
hawks in 2012 and again in 2013, when he signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons. Although Banks is not playing in the NFL now, he works for the NFL sharing his inspirational story of perseverance. “I chose success as my revenge,” Banks said. Banks took questions from the audience afterwards. “His outlook on life is so inspiring,” said Kylie Molnar, 21, music major. “I can’t relate to him, but what I can take out is his way of handling it.”
Students were also inspired by his willingness to not give up when everything seemed stacked against him. “His story taught me that no matter how low you are in life, if you have a dream, keep going,” said Karly O’Neill, 21, psychology major. Banks also has a book coming out and a movie is in the works about his life. “Don’t judge me by what I’ve been through,” said Banks. “Judge me by how I dealt with it.”
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Robert Goodman, natural history and biology professor, uses deer antlers and pine cones in his identification classes. He will be one of the professors leading the Winter 2016 study abroad program in Costa Rica.
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Natural history and biology professor Robert Goodman will soon be off to Costa Rica for the Winter 2016 semester study abroad program. Goodman will visit Costa Rica with Citrus’ study abroad program for the second time since his first visit in 2009. Goodman describes it as a lifechanging experience. “You’ve got all the wildlife there: birds, mammals, reptiles, beautiful tropical forests, whether it’s deciduous forests or rain forests or cloud forests,” Goodman said. “There is a lot of volcanism. Geology is amazing there. But you tie that all together with Costa Rican culture and it’s just a fantastic environment to be in.” Students involved in the program will begin their adventure at La Selva Biological Station, and continue on to Tortuguero National Park, Coronado, Arenel Volcano and Monteverde Cloud Forest. Their schedule will include day and night hikes, boat rides through rivers and canals, volunteer work, tree planting in tropical forests and excursions to coffee plantations and volcanoes. Goodman will teach environmental science and will relate the subject to their many excursions. With 25 percent of Costa Rica being protected as national parks and reserves, his classes will look for native animals, plants and insects. “He is an excellent professor,” said Joaquina Hernandez, 22, biology major. “His teaching style is great because he makes the lectures fun with all his stories that are relevant to the topic.” The trip will run from Jan. 11 through Feb. 6.
“When I was in school, not knowing I was going to be a teacher, and wanting to be a wildlife biologist, I made sure that I tried to take as many diverse classes as I possibly could to be as wellrounded as possible.” -Robert Goodman
natural history and biology professor
Now in his 15th year as a fulltime professor, Goodman has taught more than 30 different classes at Citrus College. Goodman received his master’s degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in biological sciences with an emphasis on wildlife and specializes in herpetology, the study of reptiles and amphibians. “When you’re an undergraduate, you have aspirations to do something with your life,” Goodman said. “My aspiration was to become an anesthesiologist, but then I took a few classes that just completely changed my life.” While studying at Cal Poly Pomona, he spent a lot of his time as a teaching assistant, which helped lead him to his career as a science educator. “When I was in school, not knowing I was going to be a teacher, and wanting to be a wildlife biologist, I made sure that I tried to take as many diverse classes as I possibly could to be as well-rounded as possible,” Goodman said. All of those classes came in handy when he arrived at Citrus in 1997. More than 20 natural history classes were being offered and Goodman taught 15 of them. He was also put in charge of the forestry program, which is now called Wild Land Resources and
Forestry. He teaches six of the seven forestry classes: Intro to Forestry, Forest Ecology, Plant Identification, Outdoor Recreation, Wild Land Fire Management and Principles of Wildlife Management and Ecology. In his forestry and other natural history classes, Goodman takes his students on field trips, varying from the high desert and forests to botanical gardens. The field trip locations vary each semester. “I went from wanting to be a doctor to help people to wanting to be a biologist saving the environment and the animals in that environment because a healthy environment means a healthier human society,” Goodman said. There are many influences in Goodman’s life that he credits for helping him succeed and becoming the person he is today. Many of his teachers at Cal Poly Pomona inspired him so much so, that he fashioned his teaching after some of them. Goodman himself has impacted the lives of some of his students with more than just his teachings. Josue M. Blanco, who graduated from Citrus in 2014, has kept in touch with Goodman since he had him as a lab instructor for anatomy. “He is passionate about teaching, right off the back you can tell,” he said. “...We share fishing stories and salsa recipes.” Aside from teaching, he has coached football for the last nine years. Goodman is also a coauthor to the textbook, “Key to Coastal & Chaparral: Flowering Plants of Southern California” which he plans to use in his plant identification class and will hopefully be ready in the spring. He also has 15 other publications. There are no signs of stopping for Goodman, however. “I will continue to grow the Wildland Resources and Forestry program,” he said. “I plan on being at Citrus for as long as possible.”
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Marie Strand, played by Shawn Wagner, pleads with the Nazi officers to let Louis Molter, a Jewish family friend, played by Andrew Napier, go freely. Colonel Richard Streicher, played by Florian Haberland prepares to shoot.
Homeward bound Playwright takes production back to Norway BY JESSICA SOSA STAFF WRITER
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With the fall of the final curtain, playwright and Citrus College history professor, Bruce Solheim, Ph.D. feels like the family created during “The Epiphany” production is breaking up. “There’s this great joy that you get from having done a good job but then there is also a sadness you get from having to go your separate ways,” Solheim said. While the cast and crew prepare for upcoming finals, Solheim plans to take “The Epiphany” home to Norway, his own family’s native country, in the next couple of years. “The play belongs in Norway,” Solheim said. “I think some healing can come out of it for the Norwegian people.” Solheim explained how the Norwegians’ grueling decision of choosing between joining the native resistance or surrendering to the Nazis during their occupation of Norway caused pain and suffering for them and others; yet they still do not discuss this traumatic time to this day. Solheim believes the play will inspire a conversation that will start the healing process. After presenting “The Epiphany” to an audience who most likely did not know anything about the Norwegian resistance or of the Sami, the indigenous people of northern Norway, Solheim said that it has brought up a sense of understanding among the viewers. “It makes me feel connected to everybody that we all go through the same human condition and sometimes we forget and just look at our differences rather than that we are very elemental creatures,” Solheim said. “[The Epiphany] was supposed to have been performed in Norway already, but it got delayed one year,” he said. “The performance at Citrus ended up being the world premiere.”
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Olaf Strand, played by Giovanni Simone, shoots Corporal Maier, played by Antoine Renaut, after pretending to surrender for his wife, Marie.
“The play belongs in Norway. I think some healing can come out of it for the Norwegian people” -Bruce Solheim, Ph.D. history professor and playwright
When Solheim makes it back to his motherland, he wishes to stay in his family’s house, the dwelling depicted in “The Epiphany,” to reflect on and appreciate the return to the beginning of it all. With the production of “The Epiphany” started at Citrus, Solheim focused on that instead. “The Epiphany” portrays the Norwegian resistance throughout the Nazi occupation of the country during World War II in 1939, with Solheim’s family history working as the backbone of the story. “The Epiphany” will be translated into Norwegian, changing its name to “Åpenbaringen.” The performers of a community theater in Kongsvinger, Norway, where the play will be performed, will be casted for “The Epiphany.” Åge “Johnny” Nabben Olsen, the narrator of the production performed at Citrus, said he would like to narrate in Norway as well.
But because the play will be performed in Norway, the background information about Norway during World War II and about the Sami, Norwegian natives, he provided by narrating would be unnecessary, Olsen said. Olsen and Solheim were long distance friends who met when Solheim was casting Norwegian veterans for a reading of “The Epiphany” in Seattle in January earlier this year. “We connected well from the very first phone call,” said Olsen. “We call each other ‘brother from another mother.’” Olsen said feedback has been nothing but positivity and praise. “One guy stopped me after a performance and said he had never heard about the Sami but after the show he wants to learn more,” he said. After meeting filmmaker, Martin Hoegberget, through another play in Norway, Olsen became the focal point of Hoegberget’s documentary, “The Epiphany,” about his trip to Seattle, his military background and his life in general. Hoegberget, the filmmaker of the documentary, said that he started off with focusing solely on Olsen but decided to include Solheim in the film when they met. “As I got to know more about Bruce, I realized he also had a very interesting story to tell,” said Hoegberget. “The focus of the film is now about the friendship that formed between [Olsen] and [Solheim].” Solheim mentioned that another important part of the documentary was when he and Olsen talked to his friend, David Wilson, a Vietnam veteran dying from a form of blood cancer caused by his contact from Agent Orange, a herbicide mixture used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Recently, Hoegberget entered the documentary into the “Movies On War” film festival in Hedmark, Norway. Solheim said that he hopes people take the message of the play and pass it on to their friends and anyone they know. “Good people have to work together to make good things happen,” Solheim said.
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Lucky Thirteen Women’s Soccer player Savanna Lujan gives the Owls a leg up this season after a near career-ending injury BY BATOOL JAFFER
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itrus athlete Savanna Lujan felt as though her soccer days were over after suffering from a severe season-ending injury only 30 seconds into the match against San
Diego. Lujan, 20, tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) her inaugural freshmen season in 2013, took a medical red-shirt and played sparingly last season. Lujan, who wears number 13, has been recognized as the leading scorer of the Citrus Owls women’s soccer team, showing consistent performance on the field scoring four goals in 19 games. Lujan’s life consists of mainly school and soccer. Growing up in Claremont, Lujan started playing soccer at the age of four. “My parents were always heavily involved and that’s one of the reason’s why I always wanted to continue,” Lujan said. Later on, she started playing Club Soccer, moved up to playing AYSO and played for the Claremont Stars and La Verne Lazers in high school. Her senior year she attended Claremont High School where she met the head coach of Citrus College, Tim Tracey, who also coached her high school soccer team. Tracey convinced her to come play at Citrus after playing for him her senior year. “She’s a strong competitor,” Tracey said. “She’s one of those consistent players that gives you everything everyday.” It was tough for Tracey to see one of his best players suffer a severe injury, but her drive to get back on the field showed strong character. “It’s tough for any athlete to suffer this kind of injury,” Tracey said. “She showed determination, strength, and the will to get back to it very well. Practically playing soccer her entire life, Lujan’s injury was an obstacle to overcome leaving her in denial after tearing her ACL. “Every time I tried to get up, I fell to the floor,” Lujan said. “I didn’t want to believe it.” Six months after her injury, Lujan started exercising daily and making her way back into shape, but the injury had affected her mentally and had her fearful to play as hard as she wanted to. With the emotional support from her teammates and the help of the physical therapy of the athletic trainers, Lujan was able to rebuild her confidence. “They wanted to watch me succeed so they encouraged me to play better,” Lujan said.
Lujan’s teammate, Madison Hunt, 20, kinesiology major, was by her side while undergoing physical therapy. She saw her motivation to get back into shape and regain her strength. “You were able to see the passion and drive in her eyes,” Hunt said. Lujan needed to take into consideration that she had just suffered a serious injury and that it will take time to get to where she used to be. “I though that it wouldn’t take too much time to progress,” Lujan said. “But taking a long time off, obviously it did.” By her side is her sister Sydney Lujan who is also on the Citrus Owl’s women’s soccer team. “I guess it sounds crazy to want to live with your sister, play soccer with your sister and spend every minute together but I absolutely love it,” Savanna said. Lujan has learned to appreciate the sport that she loves and has given her all every moment she plays on the field knowing that it can suddenly end at any moment. “My injury has motivated me to constantly work hard and do better,” Lujan said. “I feel like I’m trying to make up for a lost time.” Lujan is unsure where she plans to transfer but intends on attending a four-year university and would love to continue soccer. “That injury has helped me realize that I can’t take it for granted.”
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EDITORIAL
College credits will not cover cost of living
Unpaid internships take advantage of students and their contributions
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s the semester ends, students might find themselves applying for internships for the spring and should remember: in an unpaid internship, the company cannot derive profit from your work. Unpaid internships take advantage of students who deserve to be paid for their contributions. They also put low-income students interning at a disadvantage, as they are forced to choose either an unpaid internship and gaining valuable experience in a field they hope to be a part of or working a job that actually pays them so they can afford food, housing and education. More well off students do not have to worry about this, and can afford to not work a paying job and work an unpaid internship Giving affluent students the advantage at internships leads to lack of diversity in the professional field, leaving low-income people out of the professional world or working twice as hard to get there, despite being at the same educational level. Beyond being morally unethical, and physically and mentally disadvantageous, unpaid internships may also be illegal. In 2013, PBS talk show host Charlie Rose paid roughly $110,000 to settle a lawsuit out of court, which
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was brought on by former interns claiming Charlie Rose’s production company was violating labor laws. The third criteria from the United States Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division for Unpaid Interns states: “The intern does not displace regular employees, but works under close supervision of existing staff.” The fourth criteria states that, “The employer that provides the training derives no immediate advantage from the activities of the intern; and on oc-
casions its operations may actually be impeded;” are most often overlooked or abused by internships in order to use students for free labor. If a for-profit company gives you on-the-job training and is providing you with work and responsibilities that they would give a parttime worker or full-time worker and benefits from your work, you deserve to be paid for that work, even if you are being provided with college credit for the internship. Colleges and universities should
also be held responsible, as granting academic credit for unpaid internships allows for profit companies to have a stronger argument that they are providing students with an educational opportunity as opposed to being their employer. If a college or university allows their students to take unpaid internships and receive academic credit, said college or university should provide their students stipends for their work, like University of California Los Angeles.
Citrus College does not have a formal internship program, outside of the STEM internships which are paid. This may also leave our students at a disadvantage, because those students that do take unpaid internships will not even be paid in college credit if they are taken advantage of. A requisite for paid employment should not be unpaid employment, and you should not be treated like a slave.
acts of terrorism on not only paris but lebanon too
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n Friday Nov. 13, CNN reported 129 people were killed and another 352 were wounded during a series of coordinated terrorist attacks from ISIS in Paris. Just the day before, the Guardian informed readers that ISIS also claimed responsibility for twin suicide blasts in Lebanon that killed at least 43 people and injured 239. Regardless, the western media and most people seem to be focusing only on the Paris attacks. If you went onto Facebook this weekend or any social media, you saw that most people had put a filter on their profile pictures supporting Paris or were spreading the hash tag “pray for Paris.” But there were no “pray for Lebanon” hash tags or filters. In fact, I was one of those who had changed their profile picture, but after reading about all of the other tragedies that struck at the same time, I changed it back quickly. It seems that the Paris attacks and the lives lost during the attacks matter more than those lost the day before by the same exact terrorist group. Is it because it
happened in Paris, the city of love, where everyone dreams of going? Or because the situation just hits a little closer to home? The Paris attacks were the first violent act the city has had against them since World War II according to the Huffington Post. The attacks had so much impact that it is even being called Paris’s September 11. The first American confirmed killed from the attacks was 23-yearold, Cal State Long Beach student Nohemi Gonzalez. She was from El Monte, right down the street from us, studying abroad with her school, something that many Citrus students do every year. The attacks that took place happened at a concert, soccer game and a restaurant. The victims were just normal people trying to have fun in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It seems like we have become numb when it comes to hearing about attacks in the Middle East. However, this does not mean that any of the lives lost in Lebanon mean any less.
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We have been hearing about it for most of our lives so much that we think it has become normal. Whether it is Lebanon or France, it still could have been any one of us. The suicide attacks in Lebanon
happened in a mosque and near a bakery. These people were just going about their days as well and were killed by the same terrorist group that attacked those in Paris. Their lives matter too and de-
serve just as much recognition and coverage. So yes, keep praying for Paris or sending them good thoughts, but at least do the same for Lebanon.