Budget decrease

$65 million

The college’s budget has dropped from $8 million to $1 million causing administration to analyze prior money spending decisions.

According to Vice President of Administrative Services Rolf Schleicher, the last few years there has been so much stimuli in the economy, and it’s been relatively good, but it’s getting more negative again.

“Our costs are going up, but enrollment, which is our revenue generation, isn’t changing much,” Schleicher said.

Student body growth is necessary to obtain new revenue. If the number of students enrolling at Pierce is not rising, neither is the capital, according to Schleicher.

“We do get paid additional money for growth, but when we can’t grow, it means that everything is static in terms of new revenue. However, our costs continue to go up because people get raises, our utility bills go up and services go up,” Schleicher said.

US Constitution on the Pierce Mall, seeking to recruit students for Young Americans for Liberty, a political organization with chapters on college campuses across the US.

“It was during the election that we had Republicans and Democrats saying nasty things to each other, fighting and being disrespectful,” Shaw said.

According to Schleicher, contributing factors for why the $8 million reserve dwindled down to $1 million could be that some of the school’s equipment had to be replaced and staff needs to get paid.

“All the electric cars that run around the school were getting old and really decrepit, so they went through and replaced a lot of them. We are talking about a lot of money,” District Academic Senate Representative Joe Perret said. “With things like that, it began to eat up the budget.”

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He also said that the budget is impacted by the amount of new hired staff.

“The main thing that, in my opinion, we haven’t paid close enough attention to is the recurring expenses.

“My main intention with starting the club was to show there was a middle ground.” Shaw was told that he could not distribute literature outside of the Free Speech Area, and to distribute within the area, he would have to fill out a permit.

“We are paying for access to the

You can buy many cars for one year, and that is your budget for that year, but when you hire people, you now have them forever because we are mostly a labor organization,” Perret said. “That will impact the budget for this year and the next and so on.”

According to the Pierce College Historical Perspective Chart, during the 2015-2016 school year, there was about $65 million spent just on staff and about $9 million on equipment, supplies and electricity.

“Of the amount of money that we pay, most of it is for teachers and people who process admissions and financial aid and all those things,” Associate Vice President Bruce Rosky said.

The new budget doesn’t go into effect until July 2017, but there are already plans being made to stay above that required 5 percent.

“We are trying to market better. We are trying to make the classes more relevant to draw more students in, and on the expense side, we are looking at what areas we can save money on,” Schleicher said.

Although this is a concern, it was clarified by Perret that the future of Peirce is not at risk.

“The future is not at risk at all,” Perret said. “It’s just a bump along the road. We’ll get through it.” kruiz.roundupnews@gmail.com school. I thought the free speech zone was for outside people, non-students,” Shaw said. “You see people there with bibles, people handing out movie tickets. I didn't think students were also required to apply for a permit.”

The Free Speech Area is a 616 square foot area located on the Mall. According to FIRE, the area makes up

“If Pierce College were the size of a tennis court, the area where students are allowed to exercise their constitutional rights would be smaller than a standard iPhone,” FIRE stated in a press release.

Arthur I. Willner, of Leader & Berkon, LLP, is part of a network of outside attorneys in the US who work with FIRE for cases in Southern California. He has worked with FIRE for the last ten years.

“Once they described what the issues were in the case, I was in disbelief that the same issue is coming up yet again,” Willner said. “You would think at this point schools would understand that these rules are unconstitutional, and they need to change them.”

According to Willner, as a public institution, Pierce College is legally obligated to uphold the First Amendment rights of its students, and it is not.

Brynne Madway is an associate attorney for FIRE and began working on freedom of speech cases with the Stand Up For Speech Litigation Project.

“The Supreme Court has made it very clear that the First Amendment applies on college campuses,” Madway said.

“By restricting students to these really tiny spots on campus, students aren’t able to really speak with their peers. All of the outside areas should be open to free speech just like a public park.”

Students wanting to graduate and walk across the stage in June will need to submit petitions on or before Friday, April 14, to the Graduation Office.

Tech talks

Professionals from Google, JPL, and the Aerospace Corporation will be here on Thursday April 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Great Hall. Students interested engineering, technology, or computer science are encouraged to attend.

English Scholarship deadline

Applicants for the English scholarship must submit their work to Professor M. Kraemer’s faculty mailbox (#630) by Friday, May 26, 2017. Students interested in applying must follow these requirements to be considered. Students should include a cover page with your name, identification number and email address along with an English essay from a class within the past academic year.

Free LA HI-TECH workshop

No alcohol on campus.

However, faculty will be able to enjoy beer and wine at this year’s awards dinner on May 12.

“The faculty awards dinner has been awarded a permit that will allow beer and wine to be served,” said Angela Belden treasurer for the Academic Senate.

Director of the Student Health Center Beth Benne said there was agreement among the committee that serving alcohol would commemorate the culmination of another term.

“Some people on the committee thought it would be a nice way to celebrate the end of the semester,” Benne said.

To receive an alcohol permit by the Board of Trustees from LACCD, the Faculty Senate Association had to adhere to specific guidelines, according to Events and Recognitions Committee Chair Jennifer Moses.

She specified that this was not a college or district-sponsored event.

“This event is of the Faculty Senate Association, which is a separate entity, with its own charter and bylaws,” Moses said. “Additionally, the event is not open or advertised to the public.”

She compared this event to those run by the Art and Architecture Department which serve alcohol. Those events are sponsored by an outside entity.

Moses said the committee received written approval from the chancellor to serve beer and wine.

No district employees are permitted to be involved in the sale, transfer or dispensing of alcoholic beverages.

“Two non-Pierce employee volunteers will be purchasing, transporting and serving the beer and wine,” Moses said.

In addition, the Faculty Senate Association was required to purchase $5 million worth of insurance for the event.

Benne said that there was some apprehension about having alcohol at such an occasion.

“We had some mixed feelings in the meeting,” Benne said. “There was uneasiness that people might overimbibe, and we didn’t know how to approach that.” dnovaski.roundupnews@gmail.com

Students interested in careers in arts and entertainment, media arts, graphic design and multimedia can learn how to market and gain skills and also develop an online portfolio. The workshop starts on Wednesday, April 12, from 3 to 6 p.m. through May 17.

Discover Pierce

On Friday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. the campus will be open to the community and high schools in the area to explore Pierce. Events and food will be provided while prospective students learn about the Los Angeles College Promise.

Taxes

The last day to file the 2016 taxes is on Thursday, April 14.

Without looking, what's your LACCD student email address?

Hint: It's written in all caps, has a random portion of your last name followed by your first initial, and has a seemingly random string of numbers attached.

In 2013, LACCD decided to revamp the student email communication service. Every student within the district is assigned an email through Microsoft Outlook, the purpose being to provide a secure and singular network in which sensitive information such as financial aid, counseling and campus news could be easily shared.

But most students don't know their LACCD email. And why should they? Canvas, and moodle before it, have almost completely replaced the need for email communication between instructors and students.

Instead of forcing it as an outdated system of correspondence, teachers should inform students of the other benefits that this email domain provides.

The black market for .edu emails is significant. According to Gizmodo, Harvard student emails can fetch up to $400 on Taobao, China’s largest online marketplace.

Sure, your LACCD student email address won't fetch such a pretty penny, but there are a variety benefits that can be acquired by signing up with a .edu email address. By using the district-provided .edu email address, discounts, freebies and perks become available from certain businesses. An email that would otherwise remain unused, or used begrudgingly, would suddenly have value.

Furthermore, students have

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Volume 126, Issue 4: their personal email and their spam-designated email that they created and have been using for years. Spaceboi93@fakenews. com will probably be easier to remember than an LACCD email, because a personal email address was possibly created with sentimental value.

Page 1: Andrew Fromer and Jeanette Deutsch’s names were misspelled. The next Fake News vs. Real News workshop is on May 3, not March 3.

Page 3: Karissa Preciado’s Twitter handle is @karissapreciado.

Page 5: "Bad Jews" was at the Performing Arts Mainstage at 2:00 p.m. on March 26, not LAPC Theatre at 8:00 p.m.

Page 6: Additional reporting on the Photo Essay was gathered by Taylor Arthur.

Remembering the LACCD email address isn't necessary because students can access their email by clicking a link in the Student Information System or by logging in to Microsoft Office 365 using their student ID. And who even checks their LACCD student email?

At the beginning of every semester instructors will ask, “Who received my email?” And a handful of overachieving students with the class textbook already on their desks will raise their hands, the few, the proud. The instructor will then stand on their soapbox and instruct the class to forward their student email to their personal email. (“It only takes five minutes!”)

And though most won’t, they probably should.

Perhaps the most useful perk is the discounted Amazon Prime services. By subscribing and verifying the account with a .edu email, a student will get the first six months free and will pay half the subscription price ($55/ year) thereafter through Amazon Student. Students have access to free two-day shipping and access to Amazon’s music and TV and movie streaming service as well as the cloud storage.

Spotify and Apple Music are $10 for a premium monthly subscription, but with an LACCD email address, the fee goes down to about $5 a month. Additionally, Apple offers a student discount on their hardware.

Students with an .edu email address can also download

DANIELA TORRES Opinions Editor @DT_1129

Students who start college off with an undecided major can explore a variety of opportunities without the pressure of making an informed decision.

Your first year of college should be used to build a strong GPA by getting all of your general education courses out of the way. During this first year of college, students can learn about multiple majors and research several career options.

Starting off with a strong curriculum of core classes allows students to explore a lot of academic areas, and they may eventually choose a major from their required general education courses. It is best to wait and give yourself time before jumping into things. Even if you are certain about what you want to major in, you should still wait because you will more than likely change your mind. In college, you are exposed to an endless amount of courses and you will want to look into them.

Also, it is not required to declare a major at the start of college. So, why rush? A lot of advisors suggest you wait until your sophomore year in college to decide on a specific subject.

The amount of options and offerings are overwhelming. There is no need to pressure yourself into choosing a concentration from the get go.

Students who hold off on

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declaring a major might eventually become inspired by their professors and other faculty members, and they may guide them into the right path. Faculty can provide an abundance of ideas and become mentors for their students.

College is supposed to encourage you to explore and look into what is offered. That is what the college environment is all about - to find yourself within all the resources provided. You shouldn’t have to rush through college. It should be an experience and a chance to have fun and discover your options. Take your time, this is not a competition.

A lot of times, students who start off with a decided major end up changing it or disliking it. Don’t choose a career path because you heard it “pays well,” choose something because it falls along your interests.

I started off as an undecided major. I was taking all the basic classes (math, english and science) and during that time, I also took a journalism class to fulfill a requirement. I ended up really enjoying it, and decided to concentrate in that area.

Keeping an open mind comes a long way. There are hundreds of areas and subjects to choose from, and you will find your calling when the time is right.

Throughout your time in college, you will come to know what your strengths and weaknesses are, and you will learn what is suitable for you and what isn’t.

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KAYLA BERENSON Reporter @kayla_berenson

Although college is a perfect time for students to explore their interests by taking various general education classes, going into college with an undeclared major can hold students back.

When students start college, they should have a vague idea of what career they want to pursue or an idea of what interests them. The great thing about the first few years of college is that students are not bound to their major, and they can change it upon developing new interests.

Coming into college with a declared major can help students realize what their strengths and weaknesses are and guide them to other classes that will help them discover their passions. If students enter undeclared, they may mindlessly take tons of classes before truly realizing what they are interested in, which would not be helpful.

For example, a student who enters college as a psychology major may realize that he or she does not want to pursue psychology, but that class can still help them in the future and would count toward elective or general education credits.

Additionally, there are plenty of resources for students to take advantage of before starting college to get an idea of what they might be good at. Career

Cartoonist: counselors and websites can provide insight to students so they don’t feel completely unprepared when they enter college, and therefore can declare a major as soon as possible. kberenson.roundupnews@gmail.com

If students enter college with a declared major, they can also begin to network and make connections in advance with professors in their field. They can build their resumes sooner, because they will have the necessary classes to prepare them for jobs and internships for their career. Even if they choose to change it, they can have key skills under their belts that can help in other jobs or internships.

When I started college, I was certain that I wanted to major in nutrition. After realizing that it wasn’t what I had expected it to be, I had enough time to change it so that I wasn’t wasting my time. If a student starts college with an undeclared major, they may declare a major too late and realize that it isn’t what they actually want to pursue.

Each student learns at his or her pace, but most want to get out of college as soon as possible so that they can be finished with school and enter the workforce.

Declaring a major upon starting college will speed up the process and have them graduating as soon as possible.

Students will get the most out of their college experience if they enter college with a major already in mind. They won’t waste their time or their money.

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In November last year, Pierce students and faculty staged a rally on the Mall around the Bull statue to show opposition to the ideas and statements made by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Sheriff’s deputies and Pierce administration, including Burke, were on standby at the Mall. Shaw said that the Trump rally, which was outside the Free Speech Area, was in violation of BOT rules, yet it was not stopped.

“I don't think it's fair to have our political views confined to a small area,” Shaw said.

According to Shaw, the free speech policies are arbitrarily enforced by administration.

Shaw was put in touch with FIRE through Young Americans for Liberty. Shaw said that he hadn't intended to pursue legal action until much later.

“I had no idea what to do. I just knew that I wanted to make a change,” Shaw said.