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Volume LXXIII Issue1
CAMPUS NEW POLICIES
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Adopted Budget Forum
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The 2019-2020 Adopted Budget Forum will be presented from 2:45-3:45 p.m. Aug. 29in the Center for Innovation. The forum will discuss a financial summary from the 2018-19 school year, the state budget, Citrus’ budget priorities, the proposed budget, and long-term fiscal considerations.
The Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare Hospital will conduct a Suicide Prevention Workshop from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Campus Center. A Citrus College Student Affairs memo said participants will learn how to recognize suicidal tendencies or symptoms of distress. The memo said the workshop teaches questions to ask, how to ask them, and interventions to keep those contemplating suicide safe. Training is open to all college employees, but limited to 30 participants. If interested, the memo says to RSVP to Rosario Garcia at regarcia@citruscollege. edu.
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Campus Safety Recruits Campus Safety emailed a pamphlet campus-wide saying they are “committed to provide us with high-quality safety and security services that work in partnership with the community through dedicated efforts and innovative programs.” Campus Safety recently hired three new employees with safety, military, or police backgrounds. Campus Safety said their vision is to create trusting and interactive relationships within the community. As described in the pamphlet, Campus Safety intends to keep Citrus’ image as a “safe, desirable and vibrant community.”
Mobile Food Pantry Returns Citrus College will host a mobile food pantry event twice a month on campus at the Campus Center Mall. Basic Needs Coordinator Dunia Valladares said The Campus Center Mall was chosen based on its closeness to the bus stop. The Mobile Food Pantry needs 10-15 volunteers for every event. Students can help by contacting basic needs coordinator, Dunia Valladares. Her email is dvalladares@citruscollege.edu The pantry meets as follows: 9-11 a.m. Sept 10, 1-3 p.m. Sept 30, 9-11 a.m. Oct 10, 1-3 p.m. Oct 21, 9-11 a.m. Nov 13, 1-3 p.m. Nov 26, 9-11 a.m. Dec 4. Citrus College held its District Academic Senate Council on August 23. There were another meeting discussed six year curriculum review due dates for courses. The senate says it was created to participate in the development of educational and professional policy.
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By: Skye Jensen Ashley Economou contributed to this article Smoking, vaping and all other tobacco products were recently banned from campus on Aug. 19. Campus Safety Supervisor Ben Macias described the repercussions of being caught smoking on campus in an email. Macias referred to the new campus policy regulating tobacco products, AP 3570. “Students reported to Campus Safety as well as students observed by Campus Safety shall be issued the following: First Offense: Verbal Warning, Second Offense: Written Warning,Third Offense: Referral to the Dean of Students for disciplinary action,” Macias said. Dean of Students Maryann Tolano-Leveque will decide the consequences for those who are caught. “There will not be fines, but there will be disciplinary actions,” Tolano-Laveque said. Tolano-Laveque said designated smoking areas have been removed from campus. Smoking is permitted on city sidewalks around the perimeter of campus. “I think it’s a positive thing; it’s a health issue,” Tolano-Laveque said. “I think it is encouraging people to quit.” Despite the ban’s recent enforcement,Tolano-
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Laveque said it is “very rare” to see people smoking. She said students and faculty have been “very respectful” of the ban. One student criticised the rule. “We’re all adults here,” said freshman Britney Milligan. “I think we should do what we want.” Another student, Tatiana Olavarria welcomed the new policy. “I think it’s good,” Olavarria said. “It’s kinda gross smelling all that smoke everywhere.” Olavarria said she had still “seen someone vaping” during the first week of the fall session. The policy has already taken a noticeable effect -- cigarette butts no longer litter the grounds except on some campus sidewalks. Some people were still smoking around the outskirts of campus, near the math building, in parking lots and around the mechanic shops. In the Campus Center Mall, where a majority of students spend their time, smoking has noticeably declined. The Citrus student government passed a resolution in 2016 recommending a ban. Last spring campus governance committees including the Academic Senate, ASCC and the Board of Trustees approved the tobacco ban.
Campus Resources expand with new food pantry Several campus food pantries offer resources to those in need By Bianca Nuñez Students suffering from food insecurity have a new resource in the heart of campus. A new food pantry opened over the summer is in the Campus Center. Dean of Students Maryann Tolano-Leveque and Student Life supervisor Rosario Garcia helped secure donations and space for the pantry in the Campus Center. In 2016, Tolano-Leveque and her team surveyed students. Her team found many Citrus students needed support. “I pulled a group of people together and we decided we were gonna figure out what we need to do to help our students.” Tolano-Leveque said. To access the as much food as needed, ask a Campus Center host to unlock the door and scan a student ID card. Students may visit the new food pantry up to once a week, so budgeting for the week may be required. Food in the pantry currently includes yogurt, oatmeal, cup of noodles, instant meals, frozen meals, and canned goods. Supplies may vary by donation. All the food is donated and regularly restocked. Students can stop by the pantry anytime the Campus Center is open. Mobile food pantries that visit the campus bi-weekly, serve students in need of bigger food quantities. Students may receive up to 30 pounds of food. The trucks can serve up to 250 people. The next mobile food pantry will open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 10 in the Campus Center Mall. Rachel student worker who has been working at the Campus Center for 3 years now, spoke to me about how important the food pantry can be. “It’s really important to have READ MORE AT since this on campus, especially CCCLARION.COM we’re a community college, most people’s income isn’t that high,” Student food insecurity is
CAMPUS TRANSITIONS TO PAID PRINTING By Vicman Thome and Bianca Nuñez Incoming ASCC President Lilia Alvarez noticed the new printing stations have several drawbacks, but still welcomed the transition to the Wepa system campuswide on June 24. Alvarez said librarians visited the ASCC last spring to demonstrate how much paper was being used by students. “It was a problem, students were printing multiple things, school and non-school related... Printers were getting jammed constantly,” Alvarez said. “It just got to the point, basically, where
it didn’t benefit the school, especially if it’s not being used wisely for all of us.” Over the summer, Citrus College adopted a printing system Wepa which allows students to print from several printers across campus. The Citrus Board of Trustees approved an invoice to Wepa for $100,000 in July. Students now must pay to print documents, unless campus groups they join subsidize the cost. Alvarez said ASCC will still be able to print for free as will EOP&S, CalWorks, Honors Programs, Care, the Veterans Center, Stem Trio and the honors
program. The Wepa system has not delivered ease of use to students familiarizing themselves with the new method. “”I’ve used the printers myself and it’s difficult sometimes,” Alvarez said. “There are some computers, I’ve personally experienced in Student Services, that it won’t pop up a code. So, without the code, you cannot use the Wepa printer to print, so it’s kind of a hassle there.” Campus WEPA printers allow students to print from smartphones or laptops. Before the WEPA system was installed on June 24, students had to log in
to a Citrus network computer then request a print to a campus printer. Students are still learning how to use the new system. “If students are using their cell phones, they’ve come to me with that it’s not uploading on there,” Alvarez said. “I know in the campus center, there are little posters with instructions and things like that, but I feel like there should be more around, especially in the Student Services.” Printing costs 12 cents for a READblack MORE and AT white single-sided
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