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Library opens new lactation station
Spraying Nostalgia
BY GISELLE VARGAS STAFF REPORTER
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Hayden Memorial Library installs a lactation station at LI-128. The station is in a private and secure room that can be locked from the inside. The room also contains a first aid kit and water bottles, in case of emergency. “Any time the library is open, the lactation station is available,” Librarian Sarah Bosler said. Everybody can access the lactation station by asking the checkout desk; any librarian will lead the way to the room. Prior the installment of the lactation station, the only places on campus available for students to breastfeed was in the health center by sharing the area with medical appointments and the CalWORKS offices for students in the program. The California Assembly Bill 2785 states that every community college should have reasonable accommodation for breastfeeding students no later than Jan. 1, 2020. “Maryann Tolano-Leveque (Dean of Students) called me and said there has been legislation pass and that had to be lactation station provided for breastfeeding or pumping mothers and that they were trying to make them across campus,” Lari Kirby, library services supervisor said.
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A jolly wizard resides on the underbelly of the Christ of the Expiration Bridge in Seville, Spain on March 15. After almost missing the graffiti that is painted on the edifice under the bridge, it seemed as if the wizard was mischievously happy after finding him.
new tax affects students Glendora passes new law adding a 0.75% sales tax on all items sold within the city BY RUBY MUNOZ
Campus Center renovation to end BY ANDRE LOPEZ STAFF REPORTER
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The seemingly never-ending construction of the Campus Center will end soon. The renovation project started just over a year ago. It began in October 2017 and will now be finished in the coming months. The $4.51 million project includes many new features that will help students. In an email interview with Fred Diamond, the facilities and construction director, “The entire interior of the Campus Center has been redone. All walls, floors, ceilings, rooms, technology, lighting, SEE C A MP U S C E N T E R • PA GE 5
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In a considerably close 53 to 43 percent, the residents of Glendora voted to pass Measure E through a series of special elections that were held on March 5. Measure E is a municipal law that will enact a 0.75 percent sales tax to all items sold within the city of Glendora. This extra tax will raise $5 million that will be used to fund more programs and community events in local parks and the Glendora Public Library. Along with funding designated for the Parks and Recreation department, part of the $5 million will also go to public services. This part of the fund will be used to repair street lights and
potholes that are found in Glendora. For many business owners this tax was hard hitting, it drove customers away from Glendora and into other cities taking their money with them. “People don’t want to shop in Glendora anymore because of the sales tax that was added,” said Cathy Jarvis, owner of The Wishing Well, a gift shop located in downtown Glendora. Jarvis also explained that many other business owners have taken to a Facebook group for business owners to explain
their frustrations on the new business tax. “People are concerned,” she said. But this doesn’t just affect residents in the city. Since Citrus College is found within the Glendora borders, the extra sales tax will apply to the Owl Bookstore and the Art and Coffee Bar, affecting students who eat and buy on campus. For many students this is a necessity, so they are left without many other options on where else they can get what they need. Buying scantrons and blue books are a requirement for many courses on campus and often times buying them on campus is the only way to get them. “I feel like I would still buy, I don’t know where else to get scantrons,” said Leslie
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Mascorro, an administration of justice major. For others, it was only a matter of convenience and accessibility. “I buy what I need to buy because it on campus,” business administration student Michelle Mesa said. She also explained that going off campus would be a hassle for her due to parking and walking times to the nearest businesses located almost a block away on Alosta Avenue. “It will cost students more. The difficult thing is, is that, when one city adds such a high tax then a lot of people would rather go somewhere else or out of the area,” Eric Magallon, the enterprise service manager for Citrus College. Magallon also said that he expects students to buy less products from the campus retail services. They will be forced to leave campus and go take their money somewhere else.
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