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ccclarion.com Volume LXXVI • Issue 7 Thursday, February 23, 2023
Cosmetology test confusion Changes to cosmetology class and class rules force instructors to adapt, leaving students divided and wanting questions answered
ROBERT DAVIS - STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Changes to the state licensing test for cosmetology have the practical demonstration portion of the exam will be replaced with a written test.
BY ROBERT DAVIS
SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
RDAVIS@CCCLARION.COM
Changes to the laws of the California Board of Cosmetology and Barbering have recently come into effect. These changes divided Citrus cosmetology students on whether they were positive or negative and forced instructors to adapt. For a student to become a professional cosmetologist in California, students must pass a licensing test written by the California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. This test verifies that they are ready to work professionally or begin apprenticeships. Senate Bill 803 made several changes to the board’s laws. One of those was the elimination of a practical portion of the licensing tests where students would demonstrate different haircuts and styles on practice dolls. For cosmetology student Riley Hunter, who passed the exam in January, the change was just one less thing to be stressed about. Although the test was still 110 questions, Hunter said she felt the test was easier because she just had to focus on one thing. “You didn’t have to bring multiple models and do timed tests like perms and haircutting,” Hunter said.
“To be licensed, I really think you should show why you have a license by being able to physically show your skills.”
Courtney Schoen
Cosmetology Student For other students like Courtney Schoen, the changes to the tests were not as welcomed. Schoen said that to be a licensed cosmetologist, students should have to do handson work, instead of passing a written test. “To be licensed, I really think you should show why you have a license by being able to physically show your skills,” Schoen said. Another change required by Senate Bill 803 was a reduction of required hours for cosmetology students from 1,600 hours to 1,000 hours. The bill requires students who began the 1,600-hour program to finish the 1,600-hour program and prohibits students like Schoen from being able to switch into a 1,000hour program to finish sooner. Despite having to do 600 hours more than some of her classmates,
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L.A. County pushes drug safety education
L.A. County’s substance abuse prevention control department visits Citrus to educate community on drug safety BY GWEN RYAN
STAFF REPORTER
GRYAN@CCCLARION.COM
L.A. County’s Substance Abuse and Prevention Control department educates students, staff and faculty about drug safety at the student health center on Feb. 8. The hour-long presentation discussed the ways people could heighten their chances of an overdose, how to lower these risks, how to recognize and respond to others’ overdoses, and how to administer help to victims of overdoses. Representative Xochilt Godinez presented information and demonstrations of drug safety and usage. Fentanyl can be made out of anything and taken in multiple different ways. This makes it easier to be secretly used in uncommon
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places, Godinez said. Naloxone, an overdose-blocking medication, was specifically a highlight of the hour. While college campuses are required to carry this life-saving drug, lower education levels are not. In California, elementary, middle and high schools are not legally obligated to educate or provide drug awareness to their staff, students and faculty. Citrus College Nurse Shauna Bigby said she doesn’t want students at Citrus to be uneducated about drug abuse. “We (L.A. County’s Substance Abuse and Prevention Control) are doing all of this so that the students, staff and faculty have the opportunity to learn this,” Bigby said. Bigby added to this topic, mentioning the requirements for college campuses.
A look back at Citrus College’s history through the pages of the Clarion
“There’s a mandate that on college campuses that we are required to carry naloxone now,” Bigby said. Representative Lien Kho was in favor of this new requirement and wanted the requirement expanded to lower education levels. “That’s what we are pushing for in each of the schools,” Kho said. “I think it’s important that kids are educated at a very young age to know the danger and the impact they will have. I think if you start it early then you have them learn what is the right choice to make and if they chose or if they do get exposed to using then they know to prevent overdose.” Godinez backed this statement with her experience. “I know that since fentanyl is very easily accessible now it not only can be found in parties, we also have
To commemorate the Clarion’s final semester in print, stories from the archive have been selected to highlight an everchanging but always current community news source. The Clarion highlighted 28 stenography graduates on its front cover, Feb. 5, 1965. The Clarion archive said the class was only offered to women and ran for six months, six days a week and five hours a day. Classes taught by Citrus’ business
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found it in schools.” She said the ways that uneducated children could fall victim, discussing how there are
department included shorthand, typing, business English, business math, filing, business psychology and office practice. Women were given an allowance for taking the course. In 2023, students of any gender can get a degree in digital court reporting, but sadly the course no longer comes with an allowance. Follow https://www. ccclarion.com for more Blast from the Past stories.
multiple ways fentanyl can be administered, thus making it dangerously easier for children to consume.