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AUGUST 25, 2016
Public calls for Board member’s resignation LAURA M. TAPIA @LMTreporter
The Vice President of the Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees received demands for his resignation Aug. 16 during a Board of Trustees meeting. Nathan Miller is under criticism for tweeting out an image of a hangman with the words “I’m Ready for Hillary” from the official Twitter account of Riverside’s Republican Party, as previously reported Aug. 4 on Viewpoints online. He sent two tweets with the image, the tweets were in response to another user who asked where she could find “Republicans for Hillary” signs. The second tweet included the caption “sorry they never arrived but this is pretty popular,” according to the Press Enterprise. During the public comments portion of the Aug. 16 meeting, the first Board of Trustees meeting since the incident, several members of the public spoke out against Miller’s actions. Shari Yates, Early Childhood Associate professor, asked “What kind of political rhetoric is the most impactful?” before answering “Fear and loathing.” Yates continued by telling a story of when she first met Miller in a Board of Trustees meeting at the Moreno Valley Campus, before asking him to resign saying “RCCD deserves a Trustee that we trust will make good and appropriate decisions.”
See BOARD on Page 2
STACY SORIANO | VIEWPOINTS
Aarefah Mosavi gives a speech in front of the new Charles A. Kane Student Services Building on Aug. 16 as Riverside City College student Jose Venegas holds a hand written sign accusing Lorraine Jones of mishandling Mosavi’s sexual assault case at Mt. San Antonio College.
Students denied access CRYSTAL OLMEDO @Crystal__Olmedo
Several students stood silently outside the Charles A. Kane building at Riverside City College after being denied entrance to a retreat hosted by Riverside Community College District student government. Viewpoints reporters were also not permitted admittance to the meeting as a direct order from RCC administrators, according to Deborah Hall, Student
Activities Coordinator. Hall said that had there been arrangements made beforehand that reporters may have been admitted into the meeting. Although, the Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act requires that a legislative body of a student body organization conduct its business in public meetings. The students were there in opposition to District Compliance Officer Lorraine Jones’ presenting training on sexual harassment and assault to members of student government
and their advisers. The retreat was held for the student government of the three RCCD campuses to receive information and participate in workshops and be made aware of resources available related to emergency preparedness, sexual assault and how to compassionately assist other students in such situations according to ASRCC Interclub Council Representative Grace Peterson.
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Study Abroad Director Jan Schall dies MARY VALTERRIA @RCCviewpoints
IMAGE COURTESY OF RCCD
Jan Schall, retired Riverside City College personnel and Director of RCC’s Study Abroad Program, has died. Schall was 75 years old when she died July 2. Schall was a driving force in the schools Study Abroad program and played a major role in the success of many RCC
students over the course of her tenure, which spanned over forty years. According to an email sent out from RCC Media Technician Armando Castro, Schall’s ties with RCC began in the late 1950’s when she was Janice O’Dell - a student at the college. Schall retired in 2011 after being a professor at RCC for over forty years. She was the twelfth professor to achieve this feat.
Although retired, Schall continued to contribute to RCC endeavors by coordinating the “Study Abroad” program. Schall’s passion for helping students from all walks of life experiences and education came to fruition in May of 2012, when the “Jan Schall Legacy Scholarship for Study Abroad” was established. The program survived and thrived under Schall’s direction.
In a 2015 Viewpoints article, Schall was quoted saying, “Less than two percent of community colleges in California don’t have their study abroad programs and we’re very fortunate that our Board of Trustees, college presidents and administrators have supported this program for over 25 years.” A Celebration of Life for Jan Schall is scheduled to take place in the fall at RCC.