News April, 19 2010 by Michelle Wiebach

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MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010 • VOLUME 87, ISSUE 9

Lopez wins election by close margin Election proves to be a success with music, food, candidate interaction and increased voter participation. By Michelle Wiebach el Don News Editor After two days of votASG ELECTION 2010 ing, and five hours of More students participattallying votes after polls ed in this year’s election closed, Nadia Lopez was •At the end of the first elecelected new Associated tion day over 340 votes had Student Government been cast. president. • The free hotdogs and beverLopez received 339 ages ran out within the first votes Friday, beating opafternoon voting slot. ponent Juan Lopez, who had 266 votes. • Over 600 ballots were cast, increasing votes for a conASG officials tallied up secutive year. to 614 ballots. For the third year in a row, participation was up. This year’s turnout was up 44 percent from last year’s. Past elections had afternoon and evening voting times. The elections were held at the quad, where a voting

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Campus: Participants must now complete a list of prerequisites before being added to waitlist. By Monica Ortiz el Don Staff Writer A requirement for potential nursing majors to meet new standards is causing some students to look elsewhere. Beginning last June, Santa Ana College’s nursing program stopped accepting additions to their waitlist for first-semester students. The freeze is a result of new requirements that students must meet prior to admission, said Associate Dean of Health Sciences and Director of Nursing Becky Miller. Under the new standards, it is not enough to maintain a high grade point average. Becky Miller “We have to look for life Director of Nursing experience,” said Miller “The California Community College Chancellor’s office added these ‘multi-criteria’ requirements separate from good grades.” The new standards include working in the med-

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COMMUNITY PROFILE

Spring into health on campus

Wellness center offers various services for students By Felipa Penaloza el Don Staff Writer The $17 students pay every semester helps fund the Health and Wellness Center, which offers students medical, nursing and psychological services. But first you have to find it. “Students don’t know we’re here because we’re tucked away in a corner,” Dawn Williams said, an office clerk at the Center, which is located in U-120 of the Johnson Center. “I only know about the Health Center because I use the restroom there, because no one uses that restroom,” student Jonathan Pulido said. Still, Williams says, a fair number of students find their way. Affordable or free services help students make healthy lifestyle choices. With prices ranging from $1 to $60, services include free consultations, physicals, hearing and vision tests, birth control, emergency first aid, and cryosurgery for warts. Pelvic and breast exams as well as Pap smears are available for women. A registered nurse is available during the open hours . Condoms are available at the Center half a dozen for one dollar, and on Wednesday, April 21, as part of the Get Yourself Talking, Get

Yourself Tested campaign, students can get a free test for sexually transmitted diseases, also free condoms to encourage safe sex. In addition, the Health & Wellness Center will sponsor SAC’s second annual health fair called “Spring Into Health,” which takes place Wednesday, April 28, in the campus quad between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. “Most college students don’t have health insurance,” Luz Hernandez said, health educator and coordinator for the Health Fair. “This is a great opportunity for them because there are a lot of resources.” More than 25 community agency volunteers will attend to provide information on dental hygiene, diabetes, sex education, breast cancer, smoking cessation, and disability rights, along with offering free screenings for diabetes and high blood pressure. “It’s pretty diverse information,” said Hernandez, who noted that the health fair is a good fit for this young population. The Health & Wellness Center is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information about the Health Center and its services visit www.sac.edu or call 714-564-6216.

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Real Curvey A screening of the film Real Women Have Curves, starring America Ferrera, will take place Wednesday, April 21, in room D-106. The film is a comingof-age story about Ana Garcia who has to battle between her family’s traditional values and her dream of attending Columbia University. It begins at 4:15 p.m. with a panel discussion afterwards. The panel will include Women’s studies experts Mary Castellanos, Leticia Lopez-Jaurequi and Angelina Veyna. -Felipa Penaloza

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Movie lovers and aspiring filmmakers get the opportunity to mingle with celebrities and filmmakers at the Newport Beach film festival starting Thursday, April 22 through April 29. The NBFF will showcase over 350 films from 47 countries and host nightly events, a treat for fun for any film major or moviegoer. For more information about the festival visit: www.newportbeachfilmfest.com. -Michelle Wiebach

Reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases by participating in the Get Yourself Talking, Get Yourself Tested Day campaign. Students can go to the Santa Ana College Health and Wellness Center, April 21 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and get tested for free. All information is confidential. By age 25, one in two sexually active young people will contract an STD, so be safe and get yourself tested. -Michelle Wiebach

The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program, MESA, is sponsoring a poster contest with a $100 award. First prize goes to the best poster depicting women who have made an impact in science, engineering or math. Sign up in the MESA Study Center by April 22 to get materials and submit the finished product by April 26. For more information contact Suzi Lohmann in room S-107 or call 714556-9644. -Dawn McDougall

Summer Jobs If you’re hoping to land a summer job, now is the time to apply. Skip the big search engines and visit www.snagajob. com, which specializes in full or part-time hourly positions. Employers like Disney and AMC Theaters, plus local and national retailers, post entry level opportunities. Job seekers can browse by zip code or by industry. A search in 92706, SAC’s zip code, yielded over 700 results — jobs within a short commute from campus. -Meg Faulkner

Twihard Rumble Have your pros and cons ready for the first ever Team Edward vs. Team Jacob debate, Sunday, April 25, at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers across from the Santa Ana Main Place mall. The debate starts at noon, right after the read-along. There will be a surprise twist during the debate, but you won’t know what it is unless you go. Winners of the debate are treated to a free lunch, so get your Twilight facts and game face ready to debate. -Maria Gonzalez

Theatre Arts Showcase

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Students will perform scenes from various plays showcasing their talents and acting abilities in Phillips Hall Theatre, Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 25, at 2:30 p.m. -Michelle Wiebach

Jamba Juice is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Buy any drink from the Jamba menu and get one free. Log on to www. jambajuice.com to print a coupon. The offer ends April 25. -Maria Gonzalez

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Illegal residents face hardships in education Brought here at a young age, AB 540 students face hurdles in higher education

In 2007-2008, AB 540 students at UC received an estimated $26 million “value”with their tuition waivers. That added up to Eight years after California’s five-tenths of a percent of UC’s Legislature adopted a tuition “core”state-funded budget of $5.4 break to help undocumented billion, said Ricardo Vasquez, immigrants afford college, these students account for 1 percent or UC spokesman. At CSU’s 23 campuses, 3,634 less of all students at the state’s students are receiving AB 540 three higher education systems. waivers in the current school The data come as both Republican candidates for governor are year — less than 1 percent of all 440,000 students. calling for the practice to end, The numbers have increased saying the cash-strapped state since the law passed in 2001, can’t afford to let illegal immiwhen CSU officials told the Leggrants attend state-supported islature they expected about 500 colleges at resident rates. students to take advantage. The most recent data from the At the California Community University of California, California State University and the com- College system in the 2008-09 school year, 34,016 students were munity college system show: at granted AB 540 waivers — 1 perUC’s 10-campus system, undoccent of all 2.89 million students. umented students were no more CSU and community colleges than three tenths of a percent of records do not identify the status 220,000 students in 2007-2008. of AB 540 students, but adminisMore than 68 percent of the trators believe the undocument1,941 University of Califored make up a larger percentage nia students who received the there than at UC’s. waiver of out-of-state tuition With support of some Repubrates were actually U.S. citizens licans, lawmakers approved AB or “documented” immigrants who qualified under the terms of 540 in 2001. The California Chamber of Assembly Bill 540. U.S. citizens Commerce called AB 540 good and documented students have for the state’s economy and work consistently been the greatest number of UC’s AB 540 students, force quality. Supporters also said tens of thousands of illegal as they are called, since waivers students didn’t come here by began in 2002.

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choice, were graduating high school annually, but remained in limbo. The law allows students who attended California high school for at least three years and graduated here, including citizens, to pay in-state tuition even if they are not legal residents of the state. Undocumented AB 540 students in California are barred from all state, school or federal

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grants or loans. They must also sign an affidavit promising to seek legal status as soon as they can, even though most students have no avenue to obtain that status. Undocumented AB 540 students are figuring large in political rhetoric as the June 8 primary race to select a Repub-

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Turnout: free food, music lures voters to the polls Continued from Page 1 booth was set up. It was open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. This is also the third election since the poll tax, a student fee of $5 that was required of voters in past elections, was cancelled in 2007. Lopez is currently ASG senator of business, interclub council vice president and president pro-tempore, meaning is third in line, behind the president and vice president. She assists the current vice president and president when they are absent from meeting or other duties. “One of my goals is to be proactive, get students more involved with events and bring back school spirit,” Lopez said. After two years as head of ASG, Flores endorsed Lopez, newly elected Vice President Claudia Manzo, Steven Fisher, elected senator of business, and treasurer candidate Kimberly O’Neill, who dropped out of the election. Flores used his campaign experience, and influence as an advantage, by talking to voters before the elections, getting the word out on Facebook, and spreading the slate’s flyers around campus. Manzo, who was part of Associ-

ated Justice felt confident during the elections. “A lot of people were coming up to me and asking me what I would do [as vice president],” Manzo said. Most of the candidates who ran for an ASG position have been in student government before this election, including losing presidential candidate Reyes, who is currently Flores’ vice president. Throughout the two election days, ASG played music, encouraged passing students to vote and offered free hotdogs and sodas to those who voted. Where voter recognition was low among the candidates, the free food was enough. “I voted because I was going to get a hotdog,” EMT major Jessica Rodriguez said. “I only recognized one person on the ballot and that’s who I voted for.” SAC Drill Team President Jasmine Cuevas said she voted because she wants to be a good example for other students on campus and help students get more involved with campus activities. Newly elected officials also include John Ross Carter for treasurer, Steven Fisher for senator of business, Elvis Esquivel and Nghien M. Nguyen for senators of science and math.

The amount of student votes peaked during the first time slot from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

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Nursing: students wait over six months to get on list Continued from Page 1 ical field, internships, a student’s need to work, income status, and knowledge of multiple languages. Most nursing schools in the area follow an application-only process, while SAC has kept the waitlist formula. Only students who meet new requirements will be added to the list when space becomes available. Mike Allen was on the waitlist six months before being accepted into the program. In the meantime he said, “I took other classes that were necessary for the degree, like math, speech, history and other electives.” With one semester behind him, he enjoys the program. “My favorite part is the clinical. Being hands-on in the hospital is fun.” “As of a few weeks ago, there are over a thousand names on the entry list,” said Miller. “We don’t want to wipe the entry list out, we just want to bring the new criteria in. We don’t like turning students away, but there’s really no choice.” For students, this may be bad news but instructors are optimistic. “It’s okay. It’s the logical thing to do,” said teacher Stacey Bass. Bass, who teaches OB/GYN and pediatrics to second semester students. Janette Mendez decided to be a nurse after seeing lack of proper medical attention her father received. “I think there’s a need for well-educated nurses in the

medical field,” said Mendez, “and I want to be one of those nurses.” The 27-year-old would have completed her last nursing pre-requisite, microbiology, and been on the wait list by the end this semester. –That is if she were able to get her name on the waitlist. The program at SAC offers an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN), which prepares students to enter the field as a registered nurse. Students have the option to transfer units and attend a four-year institution to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Now, Mendez is planning on getting her ADN elsewhere and then transferring. Mendez’s plan is exactly what Miller suggests students do: go elsewhere. “Look into other schools, work on getting another degree, or just keep taking general education requirements here if you plan on transferring,” said Miller. Since there is no end to this delay in sight, she said. “It’s the best thing we can offer.” The nursing department is expected to open up its wait list again within the next few years. “I have not given up on my dreams in becoming a nurse,” Mendez said. Students on the first semester wait list must reply to the nursing department’s letter or email by May MONICA ORTIZ el Don 6, or be removed from the list. The nursing program allows students to get hands on experience on life-size mannequins.

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lican nominee for governor heats up. A new Field Poll found that 58 percent of Republicans consider illegal immigration to be among the most important issues in the governor’s race, compared to 37 percent of all voters who believe that. GOP gubernatorial rivals Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner single out illegal immigrant students as a financial burden and say they want to kill AB 540. “Ban the Admission of Undocumented Students to UC, CSU and California Community Colleges,” Whitman says in her policy agenda pamphlet. “At a time when we’re letting police officers, firefighters and teachers go, then everything has to be on the table,” added Whitman spokesman Hector Barajas. Poizner, in a Los Angeles Times op-ed commentary Saturday, wrote: “One taxpayer-funded benefit for illegal aliens that should be stopped is in-state tuition at our public colleges and universities.” Poizner spokesman Jarrod Agen said Poizner wants to seek savings to help relieve

the current budget crisis, but also wants to send “a clear signal that benefits will not exist anymore.” Poizner also favors blocking undocumented K-12 children from public school, while Whitman has said K-12 children should not “pay for the sins of their parents.” The candidates’ comments sparked a fierce rebuke from Kent Wong, a labor studies professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “I wish they, with all their billions,” Wong said, “would come here and tell my students that they should be kicked out of college — the college they worked so hard all their lives to get into, and that they should instead go wash dishes in the underground economy.” UC attorney Christopher Patti, meanwhile, is defending California’s three college systems against a lawsuit — now before the California Supreme Court — arguing that AB 540 violates the rights of U.S. citizens in other states by allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state fees. Texas and six other states also have AB 540-type tuition breaks aimed at helping illegal immigrant students.

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“I was shocked,” Caterina said. “And also, a little bit glad that I was poor, or fiscally challenged because who ever stole the number wasn’t getting very far with it!” With the new credit card laws in place, students may find it harder to get credit and may rely on their debit cards for electronic transactions. Because of this, students are more susceptible to debit card fraud. SAC student Laura Rodriguez uses her debit card for “everything.” She never carries cash or credit cards. She shudders at the thought of someone stealing her debit card data.“It would be devastating,” Rodriguez said. “It’s so personal. And it’s such a hassle.” Debit card fraud can be riskier than credit card fraud, because thieves have access to real funds, not just credit. They can clear your account, as in Caterina’s case, or slowly drain it with small, less noticeable transactions over time. The U.S. PIRG, a federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, describes the ramifications of debit card fraud on its Web site: “Your debit card usually accesses your checking account. If the thief drains it, you have to fight with the bank to get your own money back. Meanwhile, your other checks could bounce and you could face bounced check fees, bad credit reports, cash flow problems and other hassles.” Furthermore, with debit card fraud, you may have greater liability. In cases

of credit card fraud, federal law limits your liability to $50. With debit cards, you must report the loss or fraud within two days or you could be liable for $500 or more. Policies vary by bank. To protect herself from debit card fraud, Rodriguez keeps organized and aware of her bank balance. “I keep my card with me at all times. She reconciles her account to her monthly statement, and reviews her transactions daily. “If even one dollar is missing, I know where it went.” To reduce risk of fraud, be wary of how and where you use your card. Never give your number over the phone unless you are certain you are speaking with a reputable company. Use particular caution at gas pumps and other unattended, automated transaction points where thieves may install a false reader to capture your card information. And of course, never write your pin down or share it with others. Sometimes, theft is unavoidable. That’s when your choice of financial institution comes into play. Caterina had all her funds back within a week, a feat she attributes to her credit union, Schools First, and her 12-year banking relationship with them. “I wish I could say I’ll never use my card at the pump again, or that I won’t go to that gas station, but I don’t carry cash and always let my tank get low,” Caterina said. “I am very cautious about who is in my perimeter when I’m at the pump and do try to go inside to pay.” Her advice about the issue? “Keep your wits about you at the pump and choose a bank that has your back.”

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