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Fake bills surface at City College cafe by Raul Rangel
Thursday, March 28, 1996
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On Feb. 7, a fake $20 bill was successfully used in the cafeteria and the customer received real money in change. No one was arrested in the first two incidents and Hveem, who said he is fed up with the bogus cash scams,triedtopresschargesagainst the last offender. Another bogus $100 bill was used on March 8, and within min-
Staff Wrner With a wave of money fraud scams bitting both San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College campuses, it is no wonder that the U.S. Government is changing $100 bills. City College has become the new victim of a series of counter-
feit money scams '' utes Hveem ~hicb have been put There has been confiscated mto the bands of the the bill and Secret Service. a rash CrimeS called the campus poDavid Hveem, b who has been the rea out lice. manage~ of the St~-lately The ofdent Umon cafetena ' ficersarrived since lastOctoberhas Aaron Pomeroy on the scene seen more than $200 Campus Police to take the offender in in phoney money used to make purchases in the past for questioning, but an hour later two months alone. Hveem was informed that the ofThe flrst of these incidents took fender was released and that the place on Jan. 23 when a fake $100 matter would be turned over to the bill was used to make a small pur- Secret Service. chase. Hveem was also told that he Since then, counterfeit money would not be able to press charges has been surfacing repeatedly at against Nguyen and that the matter the establishment. was no longer his concern. "There has been a rash of these "Counterfeit money crimes are ctlmes breaking out lately," says always turned over to them (The campus police officer Aaron Secret Service)," said Pomeroy, "Not only here but at Pomeroy, "especially now that the Evergreen as well." Govemmentmaychangebills$100 Pomeroy also stated that most and over." of the perpetrators involved in the "Now that theFedsare involved, crimes are friends of students and it's all up to them what will hapare not enrolled at City College pen," said Hveem. themselves. See Counterfeit, Page 8
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A .s.c. commi_ ssioner resigns by Joe Scott Staff Writer
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Ttmothy Robinson resigned as San Jore City College's commissioner ofelections after being asked by the Associated Student Council to step down from his position. He unofficially resigned on Thursday,Marcb21 , withtheASC voting him out on Wednesday, March 27. Robinson was in charge of preparing an election committee to run the election by posting notices and setting up time lines. "He missed a great deal of the meetings to inform us of what be was doing," said Chris Robinson, ASC directoroffmance. "We were worried not knowing what was going on." "I kept getting the run around as to bow to run the elections," said T.
Robinson. "No one cooperated with me." At an ASC meeting on Wednesday, March 20, T. Robinson was asked to resign or else the senate would take a vote to remove him from offlce. He was not removed.One day later, T. Robinson submitted his resignation in writing."I resigned because there was too much conflict," said Robinson. T. Robinson said be plans on running for ASC president, which be couldn't do as commissioner. "The AS is capable of handling the elections without him," said ASC secretary Marie Cbauerson. "We bad given him many different chances. He was never here to help." "They could have talked to me as a whole instead of being
cliquey," said T. Robinson. "They asked me to resign without talking to me." T. Robinson now plans on running for ASC president, an offlce that Marie Chauerson is also running for. "My year as secretary bas taught me leadership skills," said Chauerson on her qualifications, "I know where the boles are. My goal is to have an executive council that works well together." "I can serve the AS government and students better," said T. Robinson on his qualifications. "With my attitude, my values and my sincerity towards people. I would be for all people. I just hope that the students, when they go to the polls to elect the president, will think about it seriously ... what person will best serve them."