Admins buy

Kawasaki

Vehicle purchased with fund meant for business expenses

SAL FARIAZ Assistant Sports Editor @S_Fariaz

Pierce College administrators purchased a Kawasaki side-by-side using a fund meant for business expenses expected to show a return on investment.

According to Associate Vice President Larry Kraus, it was purchased “many months” ago with the Enterprise Fund. The Kawasaki website lists the 2015 MULE PROFXT model’s price as up to $15,899.

“It is used for putting up parking signs, electric signs and anything that has to do with mobility on campus,” Kraus said.

The vehicle was seen last week towing traffic signs.

“It deals with the college at large,” Kraus said. “With anything that requires mobility

During the summer recess Anderson and Navarrete took to the campuses of community colleges throughout LACCD. For his second campaign run Anderson focused on “connecting with students on their level.” the board of the Student Affairs Committee and had met both candidates during their campaigns. He said he admires the candidates for their “enthusiasm and willingness to fight for the students,” and praised Anderson’s readiness to take on new challenges.

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10/7—Student argument

Anderson said his first act will be to encourage communication between all LACCD campuses and change student advocacy.

“One of the most important things I want to accomplish in this semester is changing the culture and the attitude district wide about student representation,” Anderson said. “I want to bring the students’ concerns to the board in a manner in which they will be heard.”

Gabriel Cabrera, president of the L.A. Harbor College Associated Students Organization, sits on and assistance in support of our missions on campus to support the needs of the college.”

The space on the permits for “reason” had choices for assessment, job placement and other. The “other” box was checked and listed “foundation,” and the permit was signed by administrative analyst Brian Silk.

Denise Robb, chair of the foundation, said no one was in the office to approve a parking permit on the date it was issued.

“No one was at the foundation but a temporary bookkeeper,” she said. “We would not have signed for a parking permit.”

Floriya Borzenkova is the only full-time employee at the foundation and was out of the country the week the permits were issued.

“I did not approve a parking permit for the foundation but I will find out what happened,” she said.

Silk declined to comment on the permits, the vehicle and the fund used to purchase it.

“I wish that was our car,” Athletic Director Bob Lofrano said. “Sometimes our batteries die in our cars and it takes a while to get them fixed. So sometimes we buy a new battery ourselves to get it done. Ours are over nine years old.”

“What sets Milo apart is that he’s a go-getter,” Cabrera said. “He knows that whoever won the election would be behind and Milo is ready to put his feet to the ground running.”

The first election was held in April and had a much higher turnout, with 3,757 valid ballots counted in May. Navarrete won with 1,880 votes to Anderson’s 1,877, a three vote difference and margin of .07 percent. Anderson contested the results by filing three complaints with the district. The complaints alleged the votes were miscounted, that students enrolled at multiple colleges had cast multiple ballots and that the hours of the Pierce College polling station did not allow night students to vote. The district chose to void the results and hold the special election which just concluded.

Cabrera was present for the first ballot count in May and said he knew that the second election would be just as tense.

“The count came down so close and I knew the same thing was going to happen this time,” Cabrera said. “Both candidates ran a tight race.”

Anderson will take over for interim student trustee Gerson Liahut-Sanchez of East L.A. College when he is sworn in on Nov. 4.

“It was definitely an experience,” Liahut-Sanchez said. “Now that Mr. Anderson will be taking over the position it will be interesting to see what he does and how the committee changes.”

Anderson called community college “a stepping stone to bigger, better, brighter lives.”

“I want it so that when all of us eventually leave community college we can say ‘we did something here,’” Anderson said. “‘That we actually existed and left our mark in a positive way.’”

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The Sheriff’s station responded to an argument between a female student and her ex-boyfriend at the Great Hall on Wednesday at about 6:30 p.m.

10/7—Ill student

At about 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, a student at the North Gym swimming pool reported feeling ill. Paramedics were called to assist.

10/5—Ill student

A student in VLGE 8401 reported feeling ill at about 3:30 p.m. Monday. Paramedics arrived and helped the female student walk to a waiting ambulance, which transported her from campus.

10/5—Disturbance

An incident on the baseball field was reported at about 2 p.m. Monday. The person or people who caused the disturbance were warned and advised by campus enforcement.

Pierce College Sheriff’s Station General Information: (818) 719-6450 Emergency: (818) 710 - 4311

“I have to be cognizant of the fact that the senate has entrusted me to sit on that advisory committee representing the senate, but my other agenda is going to be [figuring out] how we can expand medical and mental health services for [the students], that’s the bottom line,” Benne said. Due to her current position as director of the health center, Benne is aware of what the health center is lacking.

“SSSB is paying for half of our mental health program now... they are taking [our] interns and making it a paid position, which means a bigger pool to pull from, a more motivated pool and they have enabled us to double our mental health program,” said Benne.

Benne has pushed for a number of changes to the current views on the importance of mental health.

“I think our mental health needs for our students are way under-addressed, we need a fulltime psychologist...until the health fees go up that will never happen,” Benne said.

Izzy Goodman, adjunct professor of Chemistry and member of the Academic Senate’s information technology task force spoke on the current state of campuswide connectivity issues.

“The task force hasn’t met so we haven’t gotten any feedback on the progress. Apparently things are working right now,” Goodman said.

Goodman also explained the fluctuating nature of Pierce College’s internet connectivity.

“However, when I last asked about whether that means the systems have been fixed I was told that the system is very unstable, and [a network crash] could happen tomorrow or the next day,” Goodman said.

The next Academic Senate will take place on Monday Oct. 26, in the Great Hall at 2:15 p.m.

When the sun sets, the mood on campus shifts. The atmosphere is more relaxed compared to the hustle and bustle of the day—but still is alive and vibrant. Stars glimmer over the Brahma statue and lights sparkle along the Mall, leading the late night crowd through the campus. Those who attend night classes are often committed to work or child rearing during the day, so they attend college classes after dark.

Students are guided by the beacon of the Library / Learning Crossroads clock to the building’s well-lit steps where they congregate and converse. The sundial near Victory Parking Lot 7 transforms from a timetelling device into a sculpture silhouetted against the ambient light of the Mall. In the later hours of the night, the remaining students begin to filter off campus, and taillights can be seen trailing out of the lots. Another night comes to a close at Pierce College.