Trio of professors vie for new chapter presidency Faculty members give their reasons for di erent approaches to their candidacy

Three faculty members at Pierce College have begun their campaigns toward becoming the newly elected Pierce College chapter president for the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 1521 this spring.

Mitra Hoshiar, associate professor of sociology, Fernando Oleas, chair of the modern languages department, and Joseph Perret, professor of computer applications and office technologies, are the candidates competing for the twoyear term.

The Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, AFT Local 1521 is a union that represents full-time and adjunct faculty members of the nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District according to their website.

For this election, each candidate is required to pay for the materials