TAPPING STUDENT DONORS Chavez Blood Drive comes to campus and gathers student volunteers for a good cause. PG. 11
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Renee Ellender, 26, administration of justice major, donates blood during the Chavez Blood Drive in the Student Center East Wing on March 25-27. (Evan Solano Clarion)
Veterans funding in dire straights BY MEGAN BENDER STAFF WRITER
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Campus Safety officer Brian Harsha patrolling the northwest section of campus. During the lockdown/shelter and place drill on March 19, campus safety utilized siren systems in their vehicles to a direct people towards classrooms as well as contact officials inside classrooms from their dispatch office.
SAFE AND SECURE IN RECORD TIME Campus-wide lockdown hones in on emergency procedures
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safety drill on March 19 marked the second lockdown/shelter and place drill to be simulated on campus. Unlike the 2011 lockdown drill that counted 973 “potential victims” from unsecure classrooms, this drill evaluated how people in BY JACLYN SPENCER classrooms, buildings and outside STAFF WRITER JSPENCER@CCCLARION.COM follow emergency response protocols. “The drill went off very well,” said James Lancaster, Ed. D., dean of curriculum, career, technical and continuing education, who serves as the planning coordinator for the Emergency Operations Centers on campus. “We were able to basically get the campus lockdown and give an all clear within 15 minutes,” Lancaster said. Officials from Citrus College EOC’s planning committee, the office of campus safety and Glendora Police Department led the operation plans of directing and securing safe areas throughout campus.
The Veterans Success Center at Citrus College will be out of funding by June 30 unless efforts now underway to secure a stable funding basis are successful. The center has reached the end of another fiscal year without improvements in securing steady funding from Citrus College. “We’ve been in this crisis the last couple of years,” said Bruce Solheim, Ph.D., the history professor who started the Citrus College Veterans Network. “It has always come down to the end of the fiscal year and the Veterans Center has to be bailed out by private donors,
the Associated Students of Citrus College, by students or by the Foundation,” Solheim said. According to Paula Green, the director of communications, Citrus College is reviewing all programs for annual funding and will be proactively seeking funds to support the Veterans Center for the 20152016 fiscal year. Martha McDonald, the interim dean, and Monica Christianson, director of the Veterans Center, will be attending the meeting of the California State Assembly’s Higher Education Committee with a student veteran alumnus and two current student veterans on April 7. S E E V ET ER AN S • PAGE 5
Forum talks transparency in law enforcement BY MEGAN BENDER
Ben Macias, supervisor of Campus Safety, outlined the efforts made by Campus Safety and emergency information officers that lead to the quick response time. “Our emergency information officers had already locked the doors and we were able to use our keys and get [students] inside and get [students] into a place where they were able to seek shelter and be out of harms way,” Macias said. During the short drill, campus safety utilized siren systems in their vehicles to a direct people towards classrooms as well as contact officials inside classrooms from their dispatch office. “Each area of campus was covered by a team of campus safety personnel and each area was clear in no more than four minutes, said Macias. “Some were even quicker than that.” Hayden Memorial Library recently updated policies in preparation for the drill. “We met together with the staff and we decided which rooms would be good safe rooms for this kind of drill,” librarian Sarah Bosler said. SE E DRI LL • PAGE 5
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Two sides of the law came together on Tuesday in the Police Procedures and Civil Liberties forum. The topic of focus was transparency, regarding how police should behave and what is expected of them. Present at the forum were leaders from both American Civil Liberties Union and Glendora Police Department. Dave Milbrandt, political science professor, organizes these forums every spring semester that informs students of their rights and police procedures. “We want to find out if we have two sides of the same coin, looking at [these] important issues,” Milbrandt said.
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Little Theatre serves up scares in their haunting performance. PG. 12
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Glendora Police Chief Timothy Staab.
Milbrandt directly addressed Peter Bibring, staff attorney at ACLU and Tim Staab, Chief of Glendora Police, on whether or not it is legal to search your cell phone when detained by law enforcement. S E E F OR UM • PA G E 5
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