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These incidents were reported between 4/21-4/27 with a master key now,” Van said. “Students would have to let us know they wanted a locker and open it for them.”

Van remembers that five years ago they had to close down the lockers because there was a homeless student renting eight lockers at the same time.

“We didn't want to discriminate anyone but for the campus’ safety, they told us to not rent them anymore,” Van said.

Van has had attempts to make good use of these lockers but, unfortunately, they have failed.

“We tried to work with Amazon to have a dropping box,” Van said. “But they told us we’re not big enough because we are not a four year institution.”

Holly Hagan, a textbook buyer, said that not many students used the lockers while they were in use. Hagan said the cost to fix them may not be worth it, if students do not rent the lockers.

“We probably have to have some kind of contract with them [company],” Hagan said. “ They're going to do the upkeep and then that would be a monthly expense.”

Van is planning to reopen the lockers and administer them with one master key for all lockers.

“Probably, we’re going to advertise it,” Van said. “If students need them, they can come to us and rent $30 per semester.” slopez.roundupnews@gmail.com

Pierce College student Alondra Morales explained why she would not utilize the lockers if they became available again.

“I’m not here often enough to be using them. I could carry my stuff in my backpack,” Morales said.

With the hot California summer coming up, Pierce is looking to cool down the campus with an upgrade in air conditioning.

The Pierce College Council met this Thursday in Conference Room 2171 and discussed new air conditioning improvements, the installation of 96 cameras, and the announcement of the new chair of the Pierce College Council, Brian Gendron.

According to Paul Nieman, the Director of Plant Facilities, Pierce College has now added 700 tons of central capacity to the existing central plant.

“This is important because if for some reason one of our coolers goes down we still have the ability to cool the campus,” said Nieman. “So, it then becomes a money saving issue for us because if we need to bring in outside contractors to work to repair something and if you're working them normal hours, it costs less money.”

Along with updating the air conditioning system, Pierce is now adding several cameras to campus to help with security measures.

Rolf Schleicher the Vice

President of Administrative Services said that the initial phase of the camera installation has begun.

“We have 96 cameras that are operational. We're trying to get to 155 cameras and in total,” Schleicher said. “It's only at phase one of probably five phases.”

Schleicher also touched on what the main purposes

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“It allows us to get more accurate information, so we use it for a lot of intel to help us make better decisions but also debriefing or in some cases maybe in prosecution,” Schleicher said.

“It's really to make sure that our students, which is the majority of people in the campus, are well off, and to also protect the property.”

Assistant Professor of Psychology Brian Gendron was announced the new chair of the Pierce College Council on Thursday.

Gendron talked about what he wants to bring to the table as the new chair.

“I hope to facilitate really efficient meetings and to share decisions as well as making sure that we are effective and making sure every group has their voice heard and that decisions that we make for the college are accurately representing all the people that it’s actually going to effect,” Gendron said.