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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Vol. 65 Issue 3
Lockdown drill results in 973 potential victims Bre Payton Features Editor
Courtesy Glendora Police Department
Student arrested on suspicion of sexual battery Natalie Miranda Editor in Chief
A Citrus College student was recently charged with three counts of sexual battery, said Detective Jason Tibbets of the Glendora Police Department. According to Campus Safety supervisor Tony Giannone, Jose Villatoro, 32, is a homeless student who was arrested on Sept. 13 by the GPD on suspicion of inappropriately touching three women on Sept. 13 and one possible victim on Sept. 12. The Sept. 13 incidents allegedly took place on the north and east sides outside of the Student Services Building and one took place in front of the Informational Services computer lab, Giannone said. Ronald Deushaun Collins, who witnessed the incident outside of the IS building, was coming out of sociology class on his way to the computer lab when he said that he saw Villatoro attempt to “either cup her privates or lift her dress.” Collins said it appeared the female victim was caught off guard and that Villatoro mumbled something “or was drunk.” Collins said that he went into the computer lab and told the lab supervisor on duty to call Campus Safety. “I tried to calm the girl down and waited for Campus Safety,” Collins said. “He seemed to be harassing another girl at the cafeteria.” Giannone commended Collins for being observant of the situation and coming forward. “My hat’s off to that man,” Giannone said. “He [Villatoro] tried to flee,
[ARREST pg. 3]
A 20-minute lockdown drill enacting a potential shooter scenario was staged on Sept. 22 that focused on five Citrus College buildings. Campus Safety officers from Citrus College and Azusa Pacific University along with law enforcement personnel from the cities of Glendora and Azusa participated in the drill. The participants broke into nine groups and inspected the Professional Center, Educational Development Center, Liberal Arts / Business Building, the Performing Arts Center and the Student Services Building during the drill to ensure that staff and students followed proper lockdown procedure. Students and staff that subscribe to the Citrus Alert system were notified of the “Active Shooter” practice drill via email, text message and automated phone call. The proper procedure for staff is to lock the doors from the outside and to not allow anyone to exit or enter until the Citrus Alert system announces that the drill is over. The police personnel also advise not to open the door to anyone who
wants to get in. The officials had have the keys to every building and they went to tell classes they could leave. The objective is so students won’t accidentally let the shooter in if they are pretending to be an officer or an injured student. The Campus Safety officers who were checking the buildings took note of each classroom that did not follow protocol. The people in the unsecured classrooms were counted as ‘potential victims’ in the case of an actual emergency. The final tally was 973 potential victims. The PC and LB buildings accounted for more than 700 of the potential victims. “If you were to base the numbers from today on a real incident, it would be a tragedy,” said Martha McDonald, dean of students. Be advised that if you are in a classroom and the door is locked but the shooter can still see you through the windows you are still at risk of being a potential victim. Pam Sewell, administrative assistant in the Student Services Building was hiding under her desk even though the doors to the building and the office were locked.
Bre Payton Citrus College Clarion
Campus Safety officer Jared Ward checks classroom 204 of the Liberal Arts/Business building on Sept. 22 to test student and teacher’s knowledge of lockdown protocol.
Glendora Police Corporal Mike Henderson said that because of the drill, they have been able to identify the PC and LB buildings as needing
areas of future improvement. “When the real emergency hits,
[DRILL pg. 3]
Incumbents, challengers face off in forum Daniel Hernandez News Editor
Four candidates for two open seats on the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees presented their credentials and shared their vision in a candidates forum that was open to the public. The forum that was organized by the fulltime faculty union (Citrus College faculty) took place on Sept. 15 in the Center for Innovation Community Room. There are three open seats for the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees in the Nov. 8 elections. However Patricia Rasmussen, Ph.D, who represents District 4, including Glendora and parts of San Dimas and Azusa, is running unopposed. Incumbent Susan M. Keith is competing with adjunct faculty member Tracy Rickman for the District 2 seat representing Claremont, and parts of La Verne, Azusa, and Pomona. Incumbent Joanne Montgomery is being challenged by Bruce A. Carter for District 5 representing Monrovia, Bradbury and Duarte. Full-time faculty president Kenneth Guttman, Ph.D, moderated the forum, which he opened by introducing Geraldine M. Perri, Ph.D, superintendent/president of Citrus College to a lively crowd of applauses. The candidates forum followed a timed format. Each candidate made a three-minute opening statement, responded to four questions developed by the Faculty Association, addressed one-minute questions from the audience and gave a two-minute closing statement. In his opening statement, Carter emphasized his career as an educator. Now retired, he said that he had worked since 1971 at Pasadena
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Team work, collaboration, cooperation, is what I’ve been about for the past 30 years. TRACY RICKMAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES CANDIDATE
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City College as a faculty member, department chair and division dean. Carter, a Monrovia resident since 1979 served on the Monrovia Unified School District Board of Education 12 years, including three years as board president. “My life has been devoted to education,” Carter said.” When I retired a few years ago, I decided that I really wanted to continue working in education. I feel that I have considerable visions.” Montgomery, a resident of Monrovia, who has served on the board at Citrus College for over 12 years, (three presidencies), emphasized her many years of involvement. “I’m constantly out in the communities in both Monrovia and Duarte advocating for Citrus College, forming partnerships, and developing all kinds of avenues of communications,” Montgomery said. Montgomery has served on the Board of Directors for the Monrovia Boys and Girls Club, Monrovia Chamber of Commerce and as Director of the Duarte Chamber of Commerce.
Rickman, a Claremont resident is a full-time faculty member at Rio Hondo College and coordinator of the fire technology program. He has taught at Cerritos College, Glendale College, Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Long Beach. Rickman is also currently teaching emergency medical services career prep part-time at Citrus. His mantra, he said, is jobs and getting more people trained for careers. “I'm really about career technical education. I'm about jobs, and about what we can do to do better in what we're doing now,” Rickman said. Rickman also said he hopes to work with veterans at Citrus as he is an Air Force veteran and his son is also a disabled veteran. Keith, a Claremont resident has been on the board at Citrus since 1999. She is also a board member of the Citrus College Foundation and has served as president of the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education. Also, she has extensive professional experience in educational public relations and has held positions at the Claremont Graduate University, Pitzer College and California Sate Polytechnic University, Pomona. “As an advocate for public education and a product of a community college, I hope that I could continue to use my skills at Citrus College,” Keith said. “I see all of this as an opportunity to represent Citrus, and I strive to do so with the energy and enthusiasm that you and our colleagues deserve.” Montgomery cited her long-time volunteer experience in both Monrovia and Duarte. She
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