Rampage Fresno City College
Volume CXVIII, Edition 6
Since 1949
Fountain ban modified
December 2, 2009
FCC Plans Ahead: WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD EXPECT By Annette De Dios Rampage Contributor
By Mark Smith Rampage Reporter The restriction on club activities around the fountains at Fresno City College will continue through this semester but will be lifted in the spring of 2010. ASG president, Sergey Saluschev, announced the decision on Monday after a meeting between representatives of the student government,
the college administration and the SCCCD police. “Students’ voices have been heard and taken into account. We’re no longer looking at a complete ban of any activities there,” said President Saluschev. “We found a common consensus that it is important to promote participation in extracurricular activities, however, at the same
Photo Illustration by Jeremiah Henry time remaining mindful of safety more selective regarding events issues.” taking place there, but overall, the Saluschev also said the access to the fountain area will student representatives expressed be maintained for students,” he their concerns about the restric- said. Others who participated in tions, and the administration and the meeting about the Oct. 1 decicampus police explained their sion to restrict club activities near reasons. “We kind of found a the main fountain area include compromise that perhaps we need legislative vice president of the to limit the number of canopies See “Administration” on used in area [the fountain] and be page 11
Carrying the weight of history Carlotta Walls Lanier of the Little Rock 9 wows FCC audience By Hector Ruelas Rampage Reporter
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Imagine being 14 years and carrying the weight of history on your back. That is exactly what Carlotta Walls Lanier did in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. Lanier and eight other African American teenagers (known as the Little Rock Nine) made history when they became the first Blacks to attend Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. The Little Rock Nine challenged prevailing attitudes and helped pave the way toward school integration in America.
Carlotta Walls Lanier, who spoke to a packed house at Fresno City College on Friday Nov. 13, wrote in her new memoir, A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School, with Lisa Frazier Page, an editor and award-winning reporter at the Washington Post, that the event changed her life tremendously. Lanier’s story took place in the 1950s, in the deeply segregated Jim Crow South, when blacks and whites could not drink from the same water fountains, and blacks could not be served publically in a restaurant. It was also just a few years after the Supreme Court
Half the Man He Used to Be:
Ernie Garcia shares his inspirational 200+ lb weight loss. See page 4
ruled that black children were LaNier, who was 14 at the time, entitled to the same education as writes. “They were, after all, there whites. to protect us and keep out the According to Lanier ’s troublemakers, I thought. But not memoir, on that day, she and eight one of them budged. ... Ernie, the other black students were greeted only senior among us, spoke up: by an angry white mob that waved ‘You’re not going to let us in? Is Confederate flags, jeering and that what you’re telling us?’, The screaming, “nigger, nigger, nig- officer repeated his order for us to ger.’’ When the Little Rock Nine leave. His men stood resolutely finally reached the school door, in formation, still blocking us the Arkansas National Guard, out, their rifles slung across their under orders from Orval Faubus, chest. Our group stood there for governor of Arkansas at the time, a moment, not quite sure what to blocked them. do. And then the ministers turned “I was certain that when and led us silently away,’’ said they saw us, they would step Lanier. aside and allow us through,’’ See ‘A Journey’ page 5
Fresno City College is planning ahead. President Cynthia Azari, president of FCC, presided over an open forum to discuss the merits of the proposed 15year Educational Master Plan on Wednesday Nov. 19 in the FCC Theater. The 92-page Educational Master plan addresses accommodating the college’s annual growth over a span of 15 years. The writers of the plan explained the “concept of using a student-based model to generate all future planning efforts is essential with today’s everchanging economic environment and the competition for students.” The overall goal of the plan is “to assist the college in projecting the educational programs and support services that will be needed through the year 25.” In order to determine the future needs of FCC, plan developers conducted both internal and external environmental scans which outlined the projected See “Growth” on page 2
Centennial Celebrations Begin By Victor Rizo Rampage Reporter
Fresno City College is turning 100, and the college is planning huge celebrations to mark its centennial. According to the College’s Public Information office, the first scheduled celebration is the Centennial Ball on Dec. 31, 2009 at the Valdez Hall of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center. Events will continue throughout the year to highlight FCC’s programs, alumni, and employees. These include the centennial history night, Centree walk, centennial convocation, Progressive library tour, FCC’s spring formal and culminating in a formal academic See “Honorees” on page 9
Beyond the Veil:
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Muslim women explain their perspective and love of their hijab.
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