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October 21, 2021
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Eight-week Late Start Classes Began Oct. 18 The final day to add classes is Oct. 27. The final day to drop with a “W” is Nov. 2 and the final day to drop without “W” is Nov. 4. The final day to drop with a refund is Oct. 24. UC Application Workshop Oct. 26 5-6 p.m. UC questions and answers Zoom link: https//bit.ly/ UCAppWk UC application link: https://admission. universityofcalifornia.edu/ apply-now.html Application Deadlines The UC Fall 2022 application deadline is Nov. 30. Some CSU campuses have extended their priority application period past Nov. 30. For extended deadlines check the Priority Deadline Application page at www. calstate.edu/apply/transfer 2022-2023 FAFSA The FAFSA application window opened Oct. 1 and will close June 30, 2023. For more information visit studentaid.gov/h/apply-foraid/fafsa. LGBTQIA2+ Virtual Town Hall Oct. 25 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. RSVP for Zoom via tinyurl.com/10252021. LGBTQIA2+ Community Meet and Greet Oct. 27 from 3-4 p.m. over Zoom (ID: 947 0327 2209) and from 4-5 p.m. at the Nursing Outdoor Garden. All of these dates are subject to change due to possible regulations to come involving the containment of the coronavirus. To stay up to date on upcoming campus events, v i s i t t h e Vi e w p o i n t s calendar listed at viewpointsonline.org. If you have events happening on campus that you want featured on the calendar, send information about the event to viewpoints. news@gmail.com.
DANIEL HERNANDEZ | VIEWPOINTS
“The Tiger Times” issues from 1964 exhibit news about homecoming Oct. 19.
history of viewpoints
‘The Tiger Times’ era DANIEL HERNANDEZ MANAGING EDITOR
Under the new “Tiger Times” banner came an era in which the biweekly paper as well as the other student publications at Riverside City College flourished once more. A college that once had a dying newspaper and yearbook the decade prior now had six different publications rich with information for the students to read. The six publications were called Tiger Tales, Tequesquite, Tiger Times, Expressions, Nightimes and Tiger Talk. Robert Patton advised Tequesquite, the student-run yearbook, until 1956 when Art Knopf took the reins. During this time, it earned numerous honors and was considered to have high quality designs and imagery. Tiger Times had a similar repertoire but was also considered highly influential and controversial due to its activist editors at the helm. An activist Tiger Times editor named Mel Guantz was a standout character for his involvement
in successfully advocating for changes at RCC. Guantz was on the RCC Associated Student Body cabinet in addition to being an editor at the paper and he was considered to be more influential than the ASB president. He successfully pushed for the creation of RCC’s Alma Mater and led the campaign that changed the college’s name from Riverside College to Riverside City College in 1957. After Guantz lobbied for an Alma Mater, the composition’s creation was then handed to another Tiger Times editor named Vince Lawton and music instructor Don Stone. They publicly presented the musical piece for the first time on May 24, 1971. Not everything that Tiger Times editors did on campus was highly revered. The paper was also considered controversial. Outside and on-campus groups often showed their disdain for the paper’s editorials and columns. “A 65 Year History,” a book that breaks down RCC’s history, described how multiple on-campus groups stormed the
student-run newspaper’s office and lobbied for the administration to intervene. An off-campus group appealed to the Board of Education to terminate the adviser’s contract and for more control of the publication. These events caused multiple editors to resign but ironically the paper was notified that it won an award for being one of the top four publications in the state a week later. Along with the growth of many new student-run publications, the Journalism curriculum at RCC also underwent considerable changes. Journalism was separated from the English curriculum into its own branch and implemented an introduction into Journalism class and a news writing class to the college. Beginning photography and publication photography were also added to the Journalism curriculum. Knopf, who also took over the leadership of the Journalism curriculum, created an internship program with the local press that gave students employment opportunities.
recommends the contract to the Board of Trustees,” Agah said. “The goal here is that once we receive requests for statements of qualification we will review them extensively and analyze the financial metrics, the total cost of ownership, return on investment and bring the successful contract that meets or exceeds the RFP requirement and achieve the mission for this project.” He added that the financial analysis presented to the Board on Feb. 2 by Rod Oathout, Global Energy Services Leader from the DLR Group, were numbers based on assumptions and estimates. The district is set to present accurate, larger numbers in the near future. “We’re in the business (of) understanding what potential costs are,” Oathout said. “For rooftops arrays, for arrays that are part of car ports, for standalone canopies that might be on your parking structures, ground mounts and battery storage.” He said monetary assumptions were made based on potential costs for those factors, including operation and maintenance costs for solar battery equipment all based on kilowatt or watt basis. Oathout presented a map of possible locations for solar panels on each RCCD campus. Ground mounts and carports are mapped out to be used at the Moreno Valley campus and mostly ground mounts at Norco College with few rooftop locations. Riverside City College, however, would have a combination of canopies, ground mounts and carports. The district offices in downtown Riverside along with the Ben Clark Center would each potentially have canopy and rooftop solar panel arrays. Following the findings of the Board of Trustees and final contract agreements, the execution stage of the project is predicted to begin in April 2022 and continue through April 2024.
