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March 23, 2011
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Volume 64 Issue 11
Student Rep Fee: On ballot again
Japanese students initiate relief effort
Natalie Miranda Editor in Chief
Rhiannon Conrado Sports Editor Japanese students at Citrus College are working with the organization, Students for Japan, to help those affected by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan. Kento Hara, 22, from the city of Chugoku, is leading the effort to raise money for the relief effort. Motivated by the triple disaster in their home country, Hara and other Japanese students will be walking around campus with donation tins accepting any contributions people are willing and able to give. Every person who donates will receive a handemade origami crane. According to Japanese culture, if a person folds 1,000 paper cranes, the gods will make that person’s wish come true. On March 18, their first day of fundraising, they
tacted their families and they are all alive and safe. According to Hamilton, one student lost their home and all of their belongings. Unfortunately, that student was unable to comment on the issue. But the disaster is still very prevalent on everyone’s minds. Since the March 11 disaster, television news from Japan is on continually in the International Students Center and many students have
A “Student Representation Fee” is the sole issue on the ballot in an Associate Students of Citrus College special election scheduled for April 12 and 13. This is the fourth attempt by the student government executive board to pass the Rep Fee, said Adrienne Thompson, student activities supervisor. The Rep Fee would serve a different purpose from the $14 student services fee that is already in place, Karlyn Bradley, 22, treasurer of ASCC said. According to facts provided by ASCC, the Rep Fee is a $1 fee that would be collected when students register for classes. The fee would go directly into an account that would be used to pay for ASCC to lobby government and protest against budget cuts, fee increases, and rising textbook costs. “I hope students will look at this as a donation and investment and that they are investing in themselves,” Bradley said.
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NATALIE MIRANDA Citrus College Clarion Japanese students from the Citrus Internationl Student Center fold origami cranes to give to those who donate to the Japan relief effort, which was initiated by Kento Hara. Their goal is to fold and give out 1,000 cranes.
raised more than $1,200, including an anonymous $200 donation from a concerned Citrus student. “We hope many people donate, and I hope I can work with many people, but we don’t need to make a lot of money,” Hara said. “As long as people know what’s going on in Japan, that is what is most important.” If students would like to donate, they may stop by the International Students Center, Hara said. Kana Yamato, 20, from the city of Nagano, said she
does not have any family in northern Japan, but she does know someone who lives there. “I have one friend, but I have not talked to him in a long time,” Yamato said. “My other friend told me he was OK though.” According to Jeanne Hamilton, Ph.D., vice president of student services, out of approximately 142 Japanese international students there are at least three students who have family in Northern Japan. These students have con-
Spring semester brings increase in class sections Kristin Lacuesta Managing Editor Despite the governor’s proposed $400 million budget reduction for community colleges next year, Citrus added 186 sections for the spring 2011 semester. In spring 2010, a total of 917 sections were offered. This semester 1,103 sections were included in the schedule of classes. “The [added sections] for the spring semester result in a schedule that is 20 percent larger,” said Geraldine M. Perri, Ph.D., superintendent/president of Citrus. “Headcount is up 19 percent, and contact hours are up 23 percent.” According to dean of lan-
guage arts and enrollment manager Sam Lee Ed.D., the increase is the result of no longer wanting to cut the spring semester. “Every year we have midyear cuts and we take a big hit from these mid-year cuts,” Lee said. “So we strategized to use more of our apportionment in fall and spring instead of winter and summer,” he said. “We got tired of cutting the spring semester when we had to take a cut, so we decided to have a smaller fall and a bigger spring, so if there are mid-year cuts, we can reduce spring without there being that big of an impact.” Lee provided charts showing that classes for the spring semester were full a month before the semester began.
“By January we were already full,” Lee said. “But this has been the norm for the last year to two years.” In spring 2011 there are 5,098 full-time equivalent students—up 636 from last spring’s total of 4,462 FTES. “Enrollment numbers reflect that classes are full, at 99.6 percent of capacity, and the number is expected to increase slightly,” said Irene Malmgren Ed.D., vice president of instruction. “It wasn’t that difficult a task to register for classes,” said criminal justice major Joey Sandoval. “However, I couldn’t get into the English 101 class that I needed. But other than that, it was a smooth process.” Classes that filled the fastest in spring 2011 included English 100, English 103, math 20,
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math 29, math 130, reading 40 and reading 99. Lee confirmed that in spite of the state budget crisis, summer and winter semesters are being planned at Citrus.
However, in fall 2011 Lee said it is likely that 80 to 90 sections will be cut. Summer registration is said to begin close to May 23.