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Drama investigates duality of drug life
Repair station provides aid
Season five of ‘Breaking Bad’ keeps viewers on the edge of their seats
Addition to college encourages alternative transportation
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2013 ACCENTADVOCATE.COM
THE STUDENT VOICE OF CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, SAN PABLO, CALIF.
ASU plans funding allocation
SHOWING COMPASSION
$5 activity fee put into place, raises large sum By Brian Boyle STAFF WRITER
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With an ambitious plan to benefit students of all sorts, the Associated Students Union looks to improve campus life with the student activity fee. Every semester, a $5 student activity fee is collected from each student. At the beginning of each semester students can waive the fee. To do so, one needs to go to the ASU Office located in AA-109, and fill out a waiver form. That form must then be delivered to the Cashier’s Office. The final chance to waive Condori the fee was on Aug. 27, but next semester students wishing to waive the fee need to repeat the process during the first two weeks of the term. Failure to pay or waive this fee will prevent students from registering for classes. Last year, the ASU was left with a $35,000 surplus from the fee. This year the ASU has multiple programs in place to use the majority of their funding generated by the student activity fee. “We want to have a surplus every semester,” Q SEE FUNDS: Page 3
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A sign of respect — Kathy Ramos (right), Joey Camacho’s grandmother, thanks a friend for support during the fundraiser for Joey Camacho at the Moose Lodge in San Pablo on Saturday.
Supporting family Family, friends show comfort, love, respect
By Rodney Woodson ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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SAN PABLO — On June 21 the 3-year-old son of Student Life Coordinator Kelly Ramos and former ASU President Joseph Camacho was diagnosed with leukemia — a cancer of the body’s blood-forming tissues. To help pay for little Joey Camacho’s hospital expenses that are not covered by the parents’ medical insurance, a fundraiser was held at the Moose Lodge in San Pablo on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. “I had just finished my doctorate program and the family was about to go on vacation to (Cabo San Lucas),” grandfather of Camacho, administration of justice department Chairperson Rick
Ramos said fighting tears. “I came home and my wife was distraught — she then told me that Joey had leukemia.” Ramos, and other family members attest to getting ready for the international trip when it was discovered that the 3-year-old middle child of Joseph Camacho and Kelly Ramos had a fever and a stomachache. Two faces were missing at the beginning of the event — Kelly Ramos and Joseph Camacho — who were at home with their son who could not attend because of a low white-blood cell count due to his chemotherapy treatments. After about an hour, Camacho made it to the event. “Something was wrong but (Joey) couldn’t verbalize exactly what it was,” Camacho said
InSite mail system to be updated By Jared Amdahl OPINION EDITOR
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in brief X Family,
friends and supporters showed support at the Moose Lodge in San Pablo. X The
fundraiser was in support of Joey Camacho who has leukemia.
Students, staff and faculty at Contra Costa College are in the midst of a district-wide email system change. The switch is in hopes of making InSite mail, offered to every student and staffer through the InSite Portal, more user-friendly. “In general all the college’s email is hosted through Microsoft,” Technology Systems Manager James Eyestone said. “We’re just moving from one Microsoft product to another.” The college is currently switching from Microsoft Live@edu to Microsoft Office 365. The new software will make InSite mail faster and should be easier for faculty and students to understand, Eyestone said. “Microsoft has had several different email
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Q SEE INSITE: Page 3
Tour emphasizes student success
PHOTO EDITOR
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Paying for a child’s education can be a common stressor among parents, but the United Negro College Fund’s Empower Me Tour held in the Gymnasium on Saturday argues a different point. “What we’re trying to commu-
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nicate is that as difficult as it may seem, there is information out there that will help you fund and pursue your education,” Paulette Jackson, UNCF vice president of development, said. “We help to bring them into a position where they can do just that,” Jackson said. Sponsored primarily by Wells Fargo, the Empower Me Tour hopes to provide fiscal awareness, personal responsibility and academic readiness for higher education to young audiences and parents alike. Contra Costa College served as CHRISTIAN URRUTIA / THE ADVOCATE the first location for the nationwide Enlightenment — Author Tawan Perry lends his advice to high school and college students tour now in its sixth year. during the United Negro College Fund’s Empower Me Tour in the Gymnasium on Saturday. Q SEE TOUR: Page 3 Perry gave his consulting expertise on what is neccessary to complete after the SAT’s.
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