The Collegian -- Published Sept. 28, 2018

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Issue 2 • Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 •

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CANDIDATES VIE FOR TRUSTEE SEATS BY MIKAEL HONZELL Staff Writer

This coming November, voters will have a chance to decide who can best lead San Joaquin Delta College amid concerns that include declining enrollment and determining how best to serve the student population. Six candidates in three districts are vying for seats on the board. Most are Delta College insiders, with experience on the board or as college employees.

AREA 3

Three people are competing for Area 3 seat, which represents North Stockton: Eddie Brown, Janet Rivera and Richard Vasquez. Eddie Brown, a retired Stockton police sergeant and relative newcomer to Delta politics, graduated from Edison High School in 1968 and graduated from San Francisco State University with a vocational education degree.

Brown was a Stockton police officer for 28 years before becoming part of the Civil Service Commission for the City of Stockton. After attending some board meetings at Delta, Brown feels that one of the campus’ problems is accreditation. “They’re in the process of getting prepared for accreditation,” Brown said. “And they were short in a couple of areas in regards to the trustees doing their part, in regards to the accreditation.

Club Rush takes over Delta quad

Each trustee was assigned a particular issue to follow up on and to complete, and it appears that those things weren’t coming together the way they should be.” Brown didn’t specify any further what work he believed the trustees fell short on. Brown also said that Delta is not doing well in terms of enrollment and

See ELECTION, page 7

Police vehicles are parked in front of the San Joaquin Delta College police headquarters. PHOTO BY TYRA GREEN

Sexual battery takes place on Delta campus BY VICTORIA FRANCO Editor in Chief

San Joaquin Delta College students turned out Thursday on the quad for Club Rush. The annual event is an opportunity for students to learn about active clubs. PHOTO BY JASMINE GONZALEZ

A female eating lunch in the staff lounge in Danner Hall was a victim of sexual battery on Sept. 14, according to Delta Police Sgt. Jim Bock. While she was eating her lunch a male popped his head into the lounge and asked her if he could also eat lunch in there, according to Bock. The victim then proceeded to explain that it was a staff only lounge, but the male entered anyways. Shortly after explaining to the man that the lounge is for staff only he asked the female if she would read off his phone and when she looked at his phone screen she saw a crude message. The female attempted to get up and leave the scene when he stepped in front of her and began to reach around her and grabbed her buttocks while grinding his pelvic region on her. The female was able to get free and scream for help, which soon after campus police stepped in and was able to apprehend the suspect with the description the female gave. A suspect, Salvador Martinez, 22, of French Camp, was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery the same day, according to a Delta Police TipSoft alert. See SAFE, page 7

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