Former CRC athlete in Hall of Fame See Page 6
Construction of parking garage continues See Page 8
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College students ready to march against budget cuts
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Black History Month event honors students
Students reveal their flaws See Page 4
March 1, 2012
Former CRC president passes away
Students to meet up at Capitol in effort to improve college accessibility and affordability By Zachary Hannigan zhannigan.connect@gmail.com California community colleges and universities are coming together on March 5 for the March in March for Higher Education event to protest against public school budget cuts, according to the event’s website. The protest is a student-driven mass event held annually for the last three years. This year’s march will begin at Southside Park at 10 a.m. and end on the steps of the Capitol, where a rally will be held at 11 a.m. Ben Levy | The Connection Bus parking will be held at Raley Field in West Sacramento, according to the event’s CRC GreenForce Director Torence Powell congratulates an honoree at the annual BHM Honors Night on Feb. 23. Students were recogonized for their academic success. website. “The goal is to increase public awareBy Ben Levy ness of the need to improve accessibility blevy.connect@gmail.com and affordability of public higher education in California,” Los Rios College FederStudents of African descent who ation of Teachers President Jason Newman maintained an exceptional GPA during the said in an email. fall 2011 semester were honored at the 13th According to the event’s website, stuannual Black History Month Honors Night dents are marching for lower fees, full-time on Feb. 23. faculty, counselors, affordable textbooks The Recital Hall was packed with honand more classes. orees and their friends and family, who “The students will put an emphasis on laughed and applauded to the words of the millionaires tax which they hope will keynote speaker DeVaughn Jones. Jones, a generate more revenue for California colCosumnes River College alumnus, spoke leges,” Newman said. about his journey from abused child to a Associated Student Government senaUC Davis graduate with honors. He is curtor Petra Duke Maxey said she expects aprently a student at the University of Pacific. proximately 5,000 students to attend the “We wanted to recognize students for rally. their positive achievement,” said Teresa “We’ll come together at the capitol Ben Levy | The Connection Aldredge, the Black History Month chairand we’ll protest the cuts to support services and the tuition increases,” Maxey said. Keynote speaker De Vaughn Jones woman and a CRC counselor. Honorees were given a certificate of reacts to receiving a commemorative “Those are some of our main concerns.” recognition for their achievement. plaque at BHM Honors Night on Feb. 23. See MARCH, Page 2
Dr. Marc Hall
Marc Hall served in time of expansion, helped attain resources and funding By Stephan Starnes sstarnes.connect@gmail.com The longest serving Cosumnes River College President, who served from 1984 to 1995, passed away at the age of 72 on Feb. 17. Dr. Marc Hall had been the executive vice chancellor of the Los Rios Community College District when he became the CRC’s interim president, before the position was made official, according to an email from current CRC President Deborah J. Travis. “President Marc Hall will be remembered by long-time employees as an exceedingly decent and kind man,” philosophy professor Charles Van Patten said in an email to the CRC community. “He loved the college and all the people here, faculty, students and staff.” With Hall as president, the campus grew from about 5,000 students to more than 12,000, according an obituary in the Sacramento Bee. See HALL, Page 2