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celebrating a century Citrus College celebrates 100 years. PG. 9
SPRING ELECTION 2015
A push for student involvement As the ASCC elections kick off the executive board nominees stress the importance of voting
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OUTTA’ HERE A closer look at students who fall into academic probation and how faculty and students work to get them out of it
BY CHRISTINA VU LE STAFF WRITER
CLE@CCCLARION.COM
It is up to you to vote for your new student government and new revisions of the Associated Students of Citrus College constitution. Here is what you need to know… For the spring 2015 elections, the constitution revision will focus on grammatical changes and a removal of a section on appointed legislative liaisons that were approved in fall 2014. The fall 2014 elections included a revision of the constitution. The revisions included ASCC eligibility requirements and vice president candidacy limitations. Only 113 students voted on the revision. Pat Cordova-Goff, student trustee, and Cameron Wisdom, candidate for ASCC president, worked on the liaison revisions. “We did not want the president or vice president to have the ability to appoint student liaisons,” Cordova-Goff said. “It is an elected official position and it should be Christina Vu Le Clarion elected by the students.” ASCC senator candidate The legislative liaison is Katie Johnson speaks during the candidates a representative for Citrus forum on May 26. College at Region 8, Student Senate meetings. Despite the change approvals from ASCC, the student body needs to vote on the constitution revisions for them to take effect. This election will come down to student involveChristina Vu Le Clarion ment, however in the past ASCC vice presidential the student voter turnout candidate Ruben has been very low. Romero speaks during the candidates forum on There are about 18,000 May 26. students on campus SEE E LE CTIO N S • PA GE 5
BY MEGAN BENDER STAFF WRITER
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t least 482 fulltime students are subject to dismissal if they have not improved their GPAs by the conclusion of spring 2015. According to Lucinda Over, Ed.D., dean of counseling at Citrus College, in February 2015, 482 students received an e-memo informing them that they are in danger of dismissal, placing them on academic probation. Counseling has also notified 1,537 enrolled students currently on academic probation, that they are in danger of being dismissed if there are no signs of improvement. An additional 89 students
were placed on progress probation after they withdrew from more than 50 percent of their classes. Most years there is around 800 students who receive a dismissal notice around spring. Progress probation and academic probation are two different forms of student probation. Students will be placed on academic probation if they have attempted a minimum of 12 semester units of work and have a cumulative grade point average of less than a “C” (2.0), according to the college’s Administrative Procedure (AP) 4250
Photo Illustration: Evan Solano
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The newly formed Metal Alliance rock the Campus Center with a metal showcase for fans. PG. 6
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