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Remembering Kennedy

AB540 conference coming to campus

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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on Nov. 22, 1963. On page 8-9 we take a look at the impact of this event in history.

Shutdown showdown: not over yet

By Jessica Soto

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he federal government may be back up and running, but the country is not out of the woods yet.

Looming ahead is the next set of deadlines.

The next possible shutdown date is Jan. 15 and by Feb. 7 the Treasury will once again have to ask Congress to raise the debt ceiling and the next phase of the sequester will begin.

When the 2013 fiscal year ended on Sept. 30, the government temporarily shutdown for 16 days, resulting in 800,000 government workers being furloughed as well as a delay in payment to military veterans among other repercussions.

During the 16-day partial federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1, Republican tea party members in the House of Representatives remained committed to defunding the Affordable Care Act. The House passed bills to repeal or defund Obamacare, which the Democratic-controlled Senate refused to consider.

Struggles over government spending and the deadline to raise the debt ceiling unnerved the global community.

Due to the lack of a bipartisan resolution the end result was a partial government shutdown.

By Oct. 16, Congress was faced with the decision to raise the national debt ceiling and end the government shutdown or default on national debt.

On Oct. 17 President Obama signed a bill, passed by Con-

gress the night before, raising the debt ceiling and reopening the federal government. However, the shutdown cost the country $24 billion.

If the government spends more money than it receives in tax revenues for the fiscal year, the U.S. accumulates a deficit.

The government must borrow money in order to pay interest and principle. Borrowing money to pay back what Congress has already spent then leads to an increase in debt.

Government deficit is at its lowest since 2008 at less than $1 trillion. The deficit reduction has resulted from the expiration of stimulus measures, tax increases on high income households and across-the-board budget cuts, known as the sequester.

“Enacting a temporary solution instead of resolving the

debt ceiling issue causes great uncertainty for the economy as a whole,” Christina Styles, Citrus College professor of economics said. “Businesses realize that the government could undergo a second or a third sequester, which would mean another round of furloughed government workers, government contractors not being paid and national parks and museums shutdown.”

“The goal of the sequester was to reduce government spending over the next 10 years in exchange for raising the debt ceiling,” Dennis Bent, Citrus College professor of economics said.

“Because our government is running deficits, there is a tradeoff between incurring debt today in order to spend money on - See Shutdown, pg. 3

elping Find Opportunities in the Pursuit of Education, or H.O.P.E, is hosting the first ever conference for undocumented students at Citrus College on Nov. 23.

Members will discuss resources for AB540 students providing attendees a chance to meet other undocumented students and leaders from other clubs.

Workshops on the California DREAM Act, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and legislation affecting the undocumented community are planned.

H.O.P.E will also be working with clubs from other campuses such as Improving, Dreams, Equality, Access and Success (I.D.E.A.S) from Mt. San Antonio College and Dream Team from Fullerton College. “[We are] a support group,” Jessica Pardio, president of H.O.P.E. said. “We look for resources that will help our members and other undocumented students in their education and lives in general.”

Attorney Russell Jauregui will host a workshop on the legalities of DACA. Other workshops will focus on updates on immigration reform on the state and national level.

UndocuQueer are expected to discuss being undocumented students and members of the LGBT community.

“This is a great conference to gain awareness of one of the great issues in politics today, which is immigration reform,” said Ruben Rodriguez, sociology major and H.O.P.E. member.

Jorge Acosta, H.O.P.E. adviser is proud of the conference organized. “[This] is an amazing opportunity to find out valuable information and resources about this special student population,” Acosta said.

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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

-John F. Kennedy

Announcements ASCC Applications Deadline

The deadline to turn in applications for Spring 2014 Student Government is tomorrow, Nov. 21.

“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”

A close look at the eternal damnation of the Bible’s most notorious sinner. Mature subject matter. In the Little Theater Nov. 23 at 8 p.m.

Tickets: students $12/seniors $10

ASCC Candidates’ Forum

An ASCC Candidates’ Forum will be held on Nov. 26. Located in the Campus Center Mall at 10 a.m.

Campus Community Forum

Learn about the Citrus College self-evaluation and team visit. Held Nov. 26. Located in CI-159 at 2:45 p.m.

Holiday Stress: Coping with Family and Putting Joy Back into the Holidays

Discuss methods for time saving techniques and learn practical ideas of dealing with family issues for a less stressful holiday season. Held on Wed., Nov. 27.

Located in LL 113 from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

GenerationNext TEAM Up competition

Pitch a proposal for a compelling, accurate and nondiscriminatory story or multimedia piece related to mental health issues. The winner will receive $4,000 while the finalists will receive $500.

To enter and for more information, visit: www.eiconline.org/teamup/gen-next/ journalism-competition/

Ceramics Sale:

Citrus College ceramic students and staff will be having a ceramics sale on Dec. 3. and Dec. 4. Located in the Art Center, AC 117. Faculty and staff: drop by the sale and pick up a free handmade punch cup.

Owls Football Team

The 2013 California Community College Athletic Association Bowl Games have been announced. The Citrus College Football team will be headed South to take on Saddleback College in the 2013 Beach Bowl at 5 p.m.

It’s the second straight season that the Owls have qualified for a post-season bowl, and their fourth in the last eight years. Citrus finished the regular season 7-3 yesterday evening with a 47-15 win over Los Angeles Harbor College. Citrus was also ranked #6 in the final regular season National Division Coaches Poll.

Courtesy of Andrew Wheeler Correction: An article published in issue six of the Clarion stated that Board of Trustee member Barbara Dickerson would be taking her seat in January. She will be taking her seat Dec. 3. Also the seals of the armed forces excluded the Coast Guard. And the names of three staff writers were spelled incorrectly, Michelle Parias, Melissa Brooks and Careesa Cambell.

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Research shows students who cheat often want government jobs Researchers from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania found that in a study of hundreds of students in Bangalore, India, college students who cheated were more likely to want government jobs. “If people have the view that jobs in the government are corrupt, people who are honest might not want to get into that system,” Rema Hanna, an associate professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard said. Researchers conducted an experiment with more than 600 students in India.

In the first task the students had to roll a die and record their number. The higher the number the more the student would be paid. The researchers would be unable to determine which student exactly lied but they would be able to tell if the reported numbers contained a suspiciously high number of 5’s and 6’s. According to the research, students who cheated were 6.3 percent more likely to say they wanted to work in government. The same test

was given to a smaller group of government nurses. The study showed that those who cheated with the dice were more likely to skip work. A second test was ran to gauge character.

Students were told they could anonymously write a letter to another player, either telling them honestly how to earn more money, or dishonestly sway them to a worse decision. The third test asked students to divide rupees among themselves and a charity.

For each rupee they chose to donate, the amount given to the charity would double. In the charity test, the students who kept more rupees for themselves were the government worker wannabes. Hanna said she was curious as to whether or not the same results would occur in other countries where government workers get higher wages and corruption is less prominent.

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NASA sends MAVEN to the Red Planet

A rocket carrying NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Nov. 18, on a mission to discover Mars’ planetary evolution.

The rover will sample gas isotopes, catch solar particles and probe magnetic fields in the upper atmosphere in an attempt to discover how long the Red Planet was able to protect liquid water and possibly support life. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission will use an array of tools to test the Sun’s effect on the thin remains of Mars’ upper atmosphere. The MAVEN mission is really just to investigate the upper atmosphere of Mars and attempting to understand how life-friendly Mars could have been at some point in the past.

Source: Los Angeles Times

State

State can’t keep track of hazardous waste

For years, loads of sewage sludge and contaminated dirt were dumped at a soil- recycling plant in Mecca, Calif.

The deliveries were recorded in a state database, if this had been checked anyone would have noticed that the plant had no permits to receive hazardous waste. The dumping continued for seven years, either because regulators did not look at their own records or did not act on the information. The waste rose 40 feet about the Coachella Valley floor and the stench worsened.

The odors travelled to Saul Martinez Elementary School, more than a mile away, where children began to vomit from the stench. California’s rules on the handling of hazardous waste are the strictest in the nation. Businesses that generate waste must report every

Source: Los Angeles Times

load they ship out. From there disposal and treatment facilities must record the waste’s arrival, then the state Department of Toxic Substances Control is required to track every ton to make sure the material isn’t dumped illegally. The department is unable to account for 174,000 tons of hazardous material shipped for disposal in the last five years, a Los Angeles Times analyst found out. Top regulators acknowledge that there are flaws in the tracking system but insist that the public health is not in jeopardy.

Generators are legally responsible for ensuring that their waste in disposed of properly and alerting the agency when they think it hasn’t been.

An Air Quality Management District official detected the scent of chili and garlic powder emanating from the Sriracha hot sauce factory.

Huy Fong Foods, Inc. was not notified at first.

Huy Fong Foods is working to develop a more powerful roof filtration system at its 600,000 square-foot facility on North Azusa Canyon Road. The city submitted 13 complaints from residents stating the smells interrupt their lives from being unable to spend time outside to having to sleep with their windows closed.

Source: Los Angeles Times

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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Sriracha factory stinks up city

THE 1000 BLOCK

INCIDENT REPORTS Former student views pornography in library

On Oct. 22 a Campus Safety officer responded to reports of an individual watching pornography on a computer on the second floor of the library. The officer approached the suspect. The suspect was asked to step away from the computer to ensure he would not shut the computer down. The suspect was then asked to exit the library and while be escorted outside the library by one officer who was retrieving his information, another officer was obtaining the pictures from the suspects computer. The suspect’s flash drive was removed from the computer and its contents were copied to a DVD disc. During the investigation it was discovered that the suspect was no longer a Citrus College student. The suspect was asked to leave the campus for the remainder of the day.

Assault with a deadly weapon

On Oct. 27 a Campus Safety officer responded to a call regarding a “big fight” occurring in the S6 parking lot. Glendora Police Department had already been notified but upon arrival the officer spoke with the victim. The victim stated the argument was in regards to money. The three suspects involved become confrontational and after subject two punched and unidentified male, a larger fight broke out. The victim then stated that subject one repeatedly hit him with a “pipe wrench,” and when officers arrived subject one fled the scene.

Witnesses to the event confirmed that subject one had hit the victim multiple times with the “pipe wrench.” Pictures included in the incident report depicted injuries to the victim’s left leg and back. The victim stated that he did not want to receive any medical attention. No further information was made available at this time.

Reports are provided courtesy of the Citrus College Campus Safety Department.

Confrontation outside Veterans Center

On Oct. 1 officer Caldwell responded to the Veterans Center regarding a report of a verbal altercation taking place. The officer spoke with the suspect who stated that while speaking with fellow students the victim approached and interrupted the conversation. The victim said that she could hear the suspect telling the other students that the victim was the reason he had been kicked out of his history class.

The victim proceeded to tell the suspect that if he had anything to say he should say it to her face. The victim told the officer that the suspect was calling her obsene names and a witness to the incident confirmed that this was true. The officer told both the victim and the suspect that they were to have no further verbal contact with each other. The suspect continued to be rude and the officer again advised the suspect of the consequences if he persisted. The suspect complied with the officer but continued to have an attitude.

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Shutdown leaves U.S. hanging

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programs that the current government deems worthy, versus obligating future governments to pay back that debt,” Bent said.

Sequestration is a part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, known as the debt ceiling compromise. The possible threat of a sequester was meant to push the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (aka, the “super committee”) to create a “grand bargain” that would cut $1.2 trillion over 10 years.

If the committee had reached a deal and Congress had passed it

by Dec. 23, 2011, then sequestration would have been avoided.

“The idea had been that acrossthe-board cuts were supposed to be so terrible that it would be an incentive for this super committee to make the actual cuts through their negotiations,” Congresswoman Judy Chu said.

“Well, you know what? This super committee failed.”

Budget sequestration limits the size of the federal budget therefore placing a cap on government spending.

The 2011 sequester was put into effect March 1, 2013 and

the result was $85 billion in automatic reductions.

“It’s like taking a hatchet rather than a scalpel. You know, with a scalpel you look for the bad things and you cut them out,” Chu said. “But with a hatchet you are just cutting like crazy even if that’s the most important program.”

Across-the-board budget cuts have had a large impact on academic research and scientific advancements. The reduction in federal grants has cause delays for research projects.

When the sequester first went into effect in March 2013, $3 billion was cut from federal education funds. This was felt by school districts across the U.S. Services provided by schools that aid students living in poverty will begin to suffer due to a lack in funding. College students will experience the effects of the sequester cuts with federal loans and Pell Grants. “[Grants and loans are] what has made college affordable,” Chu said.

The decrease in funding will limit the availability for low income students to receive higher education.

A bipartisan budget committee made up of members of both the Senate and the House are planning to reconvene with the intention of reaching a settlement that will end the sequester.

Congress has until Jan. 15 to reach an agreement.

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What needs to be known about the HIV/AIDS virus

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By Caitlin Mercer

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n Dec. 1, the 25th annual World AIDS Day, we recognize that the global AIDS crisis continues to affect millions while awareness in the U.S. wanes. This year’s theme is “Shared Responsibility: Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation.”

“No one talks about AIDS anymore,” Stasha Phillips, 23, cosmetology major said. “I remember AIDS being a topic on late night family shows.”

In 2012, 35.3 million people worldwide were living with HIV, up from 29.4 million in 2001, according to United Nations Programme on HIV and UNAIDS. Deaths have declined globally due to antiretroviral treatments, but HIV continues to be the leading cause of death in Africa.

Heightened awareness remains important because “HIV/AIDS is still prevalent, and education is prevention,” Amanda Gerrard, biology professor said.

Though testing capacity has increased worldwide, approximately 50 percent of infected individuals do not know their

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status, due to limited access to testing sites as well as disinterest and the fear of being tested, according to UNAIDS. “There’s less of a stigma around people who become infected, however I have noticed that the attitude toward catching the virus is very cavalier,” Sarah Acevedo, 25, sociology major said.

“I have had to go out of my way to educate myself,” Phillips said.

Kaiser Family Foundation reports that new HIV infections have declined worldwide by 33 percent since 2001, but 2.3 million new infections were report-

ed in 2012.

“Just because we have slowed the epidemic does not mean we get to ignore it,” Drew Walleck, 22, political science major said.

U.S. young gay and bisexual men, especially African-American and Latino men, experience higher infection rates, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

“Having honest conversations with people in intimate settings really helps with education. A poster and a speaker at a seminar only go so far,” Acevedo said.

To help the global fight against AIDS visit www.red.org and www.aidshealth.org.

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Getting to know your superintendent/president

By Jessica Soto

Managing Editor • jsoto@ccclarion.com

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he superintendent/president of Citrus College prides herself on her competitive nature.

“I’m driven,” Geraldine M. Perri, Ph. D., said. “[I’m] always wanting to outdo my last success.”

Perri has worked in community college education for 32 years.

The Board of Trustees hired her in 2008 to serve as the first woman and seventh superintendent/ president in the 98-year history of Citrus College.

At the fourth annual Divercities Awards Ceremony on July 27, Congresswoman Judy Chu recognized Perri as 2013 Educator of the Year.

“When we looked at what she has been able to accomplish at Citrus College it was clear that she should be the one to get this award because she has shaped Citrus College to be outstanding in so many different arenas,” Chu said.

Perri was born and raised in the Bronx. Her father was a taxi driver, and her mother was a homemaker until she returned to school and became a dental hygienist.

Perri is the fourth of five children.

“We came from average means,” Perri said. “My mom and dad struggled to provide for five kids.

It wasn’t like we came from a family of money.”

Coming from a working class background contributed to her determination to succeed.

However, attending college and pursuing an academic career wasn’t always Perri’s intention.

Her initial plan was to be a dental hygienist, like her mother.

In fact, Perri enrolled in the same dental hygiene program at Hostos Community College in New York City, just as her mother had.

After graduating from Hostos in 1979, Perri attended New York University, majoring in health education, while also working in an office as a dental assistant.

Perri graduated NYU in 1981 with he master’s degree in health education in schools and colleges and was hired as an adjunct instructor at Hostos teaching dental hygiene. After one year she began teaching full-time.

At this point in her life, Perri was doing what she had initially set out to do. She had also met Angelo Petrulo, the man she was

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“I’m driven . . . [I’m] always wanting to outdo my last success”

-Geraldine m. Perri soon to marry.

The two met while Perri was working at the dental office. Petrulo was one of her patients, when he asked her out on a date the two clicked right away, Perri said.

They married in 1981 after her graduation from NYU, and six years later they had a son, Nicholas James.

In 1996, Perri moved from New York to California. Her first job was in Riverside County as a dean of career education at Mt. San Jacinto College.

Her career path then took her to San Diego, where she worked as vice president of instruction at San Diego Mesa College until 2002. Perri was then hired as president of Cuyamaca College in El Cajon until she was offered the superintendent/president position at Citrus College in 2008.

Her journey from San Diego to Citrus was initiated by former superintendent/president Michael J. Viera, who invited Perri to visit the campus after meeting her on an accreditation team.

“Some years later he reached out to me and told me that he was planning to retire,” Perri said. “[He] was wondering if I had an interest in coming up to look at Citrus College as a possibility as a next job.”

“The campus was so pretty physically and clean, a very aesthetic setting,” Perri said. “At that point I had close to seven years of being a president already, so I thought it would be a smooth transition in terms of the size of Citrus and the responsibilities.”

The transition from president at Cuyamaca College to superintendent/president at Citrus was not without its difficulties. Perri took over her responsibilities during the Great Recession, which began in 2008.

After five years of budget cuts, public education is only recently beginning to recover.

Being a leader, comes with working under a spotlight. In 2012 a long period of controversy began between Perri and the board of trustees.

During their July 17, 2012 meeting, the BOT split, 3-2, on a vote to approve Perri’s compensation

package increasing her salary from $215,000 to $251,000 over four years as long as she receives positive annual evaluations.

The controversy over her compensation has since been resolved. As a result, Perri is expected to receive annual raises until 2016.

LeBaron Woodyard, dean of academic affairs for the California Community College Chancellors Office, said that he has known Perri since she began working at Citrus.

“You have to invest in your people in order for them to do well,” Woodyard said, in acknowledgement of her leadership abilities.

Since Perri has been at Citrus, the college has been recognized as one of the top 50 colleges in the nation by Community College Week magazine’s list of top 100 degree and certificate-producing two year institutions. Citrus is also among five other community colleges in the California Community College system to reach 100 percent of their target numbers for transfer degrees.

“She wants the college to be a go-to college,” Arvid Spor, vice president of student services and interim vice president of academic affairs, said.

With faculty and staff, Perri has pushed Citrus to the forefront of California’s community colleges.

Perri stated that her intention for the college of completion is to give the students the tools they needed to complete, succeed and move on to graduate or transfer.

After receiving a check from the Citrus College Foundation for more than $300,000 to fund the effort to make Citrus the “College of Completion” Citrus is in a better position to achieve this goal.

Perri has since consulted with.

Robert Johnstone, founder and president of the National Center for Inquiry and Improvement, for guidance in establishing the “College of Completiton.”

Johnstone addressed the concerns of the Steering Committee during a Nov. 15 meeting, stating that most institutions are not made aware when their students drop out. A select few organizations on campus that are studentoriented acknowledge when students drop out, but the institutions themselves are not, and this is something that would make a difference for student success.

“My passion right now is the College of Completion initiative . . . [and doing] what we have to do to ensure the success of the students,” Perri said.

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Native American club visits San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

By Jessica Soto

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By Jordon Lowndes Contributing Writer

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s a member of the OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Manuel Ramirez, 31, describes Thanksgiving as more than just a national holiday.

“I can say from within my tribe and our traditions that giving thanks every day is something that is practiced on the hour, every hour,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez is founder and president of the Native American Student Association, which was established in September.

“Our club is about building a community for Native American students and students interested in Native American culture,” Ramirez said.

The club attended a powwow at Cal State San Bernardino on Oct. 12 attended by nearly 800 people.

It was hosted by a Native American tribe known as the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.

While N.A.S.A. attended the powwow for only one day, the full event ran from Oct. 11 to Oct. 13.

A powwow is the gathering of North America’s Native American people.

The word derives from the Narragansett word “powwaw”, meaning “spiritual leader.”

These events honor Native American/First Nations culture through song and dance.

Powwows can vary in length from a few hours to a few days.

According to Ramirez, the powwow was the club’s first major event.

“It’s a time when tribes from

across the United States get together for dancing and singing,” Ramirez said. “Each dancer dances in a different category.

Each style has differences between men and women.

They have fancy dance, traditional dance, jungle dress, children and golden age.”

Steven Bluitt Flowers, 28, a club member with Cherokee roots, said that the event was incredibly fun. “We had great support,” Bluitt Flowers said. “A great number of our club members showed up.”

More recently, the club invited Brian Burkhart, Ph.D., a Cal State Northridge American Indian Studies professor, to visit Citrus College as a guest speaker on Nov. 14 in honor of November as Native American Heritage Month.

Burkhart’s family comes from the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, though he was born and raised in the Navajo Nation in Arizona near the city of Winslow.

Burkhart spoke about the history of Native Americans and Thanksgiving as well as the sovereignty of Native American nations.

Burkhart also played the drums and sung alongside other Native Americans as a part of the presentation.

Burkhart said that he started the speech similarly to how he does his Intro to Native American Studies class.

“We have this mythological connection in American history to the story of Thanksgiving,” Burkhart said. “I start with that story just to give people a sense of the contrast between what we think we know...and what is real.”

Specifically, Burkhart started his speech in regards to the horrors of the Pequot War.

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Jordon Lowndes Clarion From left to right: Steven Bluitt Flowers, Manuel Ramirez, Rachel Waters, Heather Nelson, Danial Bartlet, Jordan Nelson and Ron Aswad were among the members of N.A.S.A who attended the powwow at San Manuel Band of Mission Indians on Oct 12.

The war took place from 1634 to 1638 between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of English Colonists accompanied by their Native American allies.

At the end of the war, more than 700 Pequots had been killed or taken into captivity.

The end result was the elimination of the Pequot people.

“That’s like...living in a freaking Freddie Krueger nightmare story in real life,” Burkhart said.

“They had never seen anything like this happen.”

The Inter-Club Council gave Burkhart and the club a standing ovation for the success of the event.

A forum was held after Burkhart spoke and rather than ask questions, those in attendance were sharing personal experiences.

Next on the agenda for N.A.S.A is to attend the 30th annual Indigenous Awareness Month Gathering Powwow on Sept. 30 at Cal State Northridge.

Jordon Lowndes Clarion Dr. Brian Burkhart speaks for students in attendance to his Nov. 14 visit to Citrus College as the guest speaker for N.A.S.A. He came to acknowledge November as Native American Heritage Month and spoke about the history of the Native American people. Burkhart also teaches American Indian Studies at Cal State Northridge.

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Tis the season to be giving

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By Sarah Cha

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his year’s holiday season is greeted with four events happening on campus: Adopt-A-Vet, Adopt An Angel, Toys For Tots and the Holiday Food Drive.

The Holiday Food Drive began on Nov. 4 and will continue until Nov. 22.

The toy drive began on Nov.1 and will continue until Dec. 16.

“The veterans have taken over the toy drive with Toys for Tots.

We are sticking mainly to food for Associated Students of Citrus College and the Inter-Club Council,” said Daniel Celebertti, president of ICC. “We have specific locations (Student Services, Campus Center, Automotives, and Cosmetology buildings) around campus with white boxes that have the “Thanks-for-Giving” posters on them,” ASCC vice president, Alejandra Morales, 21, said. “We want as much enthusiasm, especially during the time of Thanksgiving to help needy families.”

“Our goal is to have 1,000 cans,” Hernandez said. “We will be gathering donated cans by the hundreds in boxes.”

Toys For Tots, an organization run by the Salvation Army, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and ASCC will be working with the Veterans Network to gather toys for children. The boxes are located in most of the buildings and meeting places for clubs.

Baron Cheng, ICC Representative for the Veterans Network feels it is a privilege to be able to give to others.

“Any student should feel good about donating because [the toys and food] will go to children

Sarah Cha Clarion Sean Horace, 23, kinesiology major, stops by the Veterans Center to donate a toy truck set into the Toys for Tots collection bin.

and families who cannot afford to buy their child a toy,” Cheng said. “From serving my country, I learned it’s not owed to me, but to help the community.”

Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (C.A.R.E) is hosting its fourth annual Adopt an Angel on Dec. 5.

Adopt an Angel is an event that C.A.R.E puts on for the children of single parents enrolled at Citrus College.

You can pick an ornament off the tree, which is located in the Student Services building in EOP&S. The ornament will have the child’s information and a wish list.

“It’s a way to help the parents and ensure the children have a good Christmas,” Sara Gonzales, EOP&S, C.A.R.E and CalWORKs director said.

There is a $20 limit to spend on each child.

“This means a lot to me because it gives me faith in humankind that people still care,” Teresa Paraspolo, 32, single mother and student said.

The Veterans Center is hosting its first Adopt-a-Veteran program.

You can go into the Veterans Center and pick an envelope off a Christmas tree that will contain information such as their branch of service, a little bit about themselves and a wish list for either them or their families.

The spending limit is $50. The last day to turn in your gift is Dec. 12.

“I started Adopt-A-Veteran because there’s a three week break in December when they don’t get paid.” Monica Christianson, program director in the Veterans Center said. “There’s no income and a lot of them have families, so I want them to have a decent Christmas.”

“This is great, it’s a financial stress reliever, and it lets us know that someone cares,” Garfield White, student veteran and vice president of the Veterans Network club said. “Holidays can be depressing, this program makes you feel like you’re wanted and you belong.”

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“From Dallas, Texas – the flash – apparently official. Pres

Some thi minutes a

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Editor-in-Chief • esolano@ccclarion.com

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hose were the first words spoken by CBS anchor Walter Cronkite, as he began covering one of the most shocking news stories of the early 1960s.

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president, was struck by an assassin’s bullet while he was riding in his motorcade alongside First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Texas Gov. John Connally and his wife in Dealy Plaza in downtown Dallas.

As their vehicle passed the Texas School Book Depository, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly fired three shots from the sixth floor, hitting Kennedy and Connally.

Both Kennedy and Connally were rushed to Parkland Hospital, where President Kennedy would be pronounced dead 30 minutes later. He was 46.

It has been 50 years since the national psyche was shattered; the world stood still and experienced one of the most unfathomable atrocities to hit American soil at the time.

For the generation of Americans born after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the turmoil of World War II, this moment was one of the first traumatic events that compelled the nation to turn on the television to make sense of the chaos as it developed over the next four days.

The media blitz that would follow would become the longest running uninterrupted news coverage in American history until the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Kennedy was not the first president to appear on television, but he was the first to use the developing medium to his advantage. He was a controversial and impactful figure in American politics. With the help of television, he was able to connect with the American public in a new and intimate way. The 1960 presidential campaign that pitted Kennedy against then Vice President Richard Nixon culminated in a close election. But it was Kennedy’s captivating personality and appearance that gave him the upper hand In the first televised presidential debate to the nation Kennedy’s public image as a young, charismatic

politician was amplified to Nixon’s nervous and uncomfortable on-screen appearance.

Considering the short time he was in office, Kennedy’s influence and impact has had a lasting effect on modern politics. His famous inaugural speech called upon a new generation of young voters to “Ask not what you country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”

His policies on civil rights and the emergent space program were instrumental in pushing the United States to the forefront of the modern age.

Kennedy’s presidency coincided with the rise of television broadcast news.

His charisma strengthened by television changed the way presidential campaigns are run. Candidates today rely on public image projected through news media perception as critical to their campaigns and their term in office if elected It was Kennedy’s natural appeal in front of the camera that set the benchmark for decades to come.

Kennedy’s presidency was not without its share of conflict. The Bay of Pigs disaster and the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 put the young president to the test and made him the center focus of nightly news stories on television.

Despite his tenacity in handling crises in foreign affairs, his innovative domestic policies, even the rumors of his martial infidelity, this will forever overshadow Kennedy’s thousand days in office as the one tragic day in Dallas.

Prior to 1963, evening news programs had been limited to 15 hurried minutes, five nights a week.

Only a few months before Kennedy’s fatal trip to Dallas, major networks NBC and CBS had begun scheduling 30-minute newscasts with Walter Cronkite and the news team of Chet Huntley and David Brinkley as leading anchormen.

Nov. 22, 1963 marked not only the death of a president, but the birth of the “breaking news” television phenomenon that now dominates the national media landscape.

This was the first major testing of the resolve and fortitude of our national news broadcast organizations. There were no tweets, no talking heads or pundits offering speculation or misleading theories. The weight of the tragic news left room for opinion, there were only facts.

There was not just a sense of loss, but for many who remember that day, it was a wave of immediate

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The United States would be shaken in 1965 by the killing of civil right activist Malcolm X, and in 1968, the assassinations of both Martin Luther King Jr., and Kennedy’s younger brother and presidential candidate Robert Kennedy.

By the mid-‘70s, after almost a decade of futile U.S. involvement in Vietnam, along with the Watergate scandal involving President Nixon, the public’s distrust in the executive branch was deepened.

There are those historians who argue, that had Kennedy never been assassinated, the U.S. involvement in Vietnam would never have led to a fruitless exhaustion of our armed forces and economy. But regardless, Americans tuned in daily to see the horrible images from overseas.

Long gone were the days when journalists would turn a blind eye to scandal within the government.

The American people demanded the truth and looked to television news to keep the government balanced.

The mystery of the Kennedy assassination, the increasing turmoil in Vietnam along with the resignation of president Nixon as a result of the Watergate scandal, had shifted the American public’s distrust in face value information.

In recent memory, the harrowing images from the Columbine High School massacre and falling of the Twin Towers has proven tragic news has gotten faster, more practiced and daresay more rote with age.

It started with four days in 1963, it the birth of modern news and the death of naivety. It was the weekend America lost its innocence.

YEARS LATER WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE JFK ASSASSINATION?

Dr. David Overly Prof. of Language Arts

There’s the famous Cronkite shot when he takes off his glasses and says that “President Kennedy dies at 1 p.m.

Central Standard Time.”

Dr. Bruce Solheim Prof. of History, Social and Behavioral Sciences

I remember watching the news reports on television and all of the regular shows were cancelled. My brother cut out newspaper clippings and saved them, so I knew it was really important.

Dr. Jack Call

Prof. of Philosophy, Social and Behavioral Sciences

When I first heard about it I didn’t believe it. I remember seeing Jack Ruby shoot Oswald on television. I remember watching the funeral.

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Women’s soccer makes it to playoffs

By Sarah Cha

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he Citrus College women’s soccer team finished their 2013 regular season by dominating the West Los Angeles Wildcats 8-0 at the Nov.15 home game.

With this victory, the Owls were second in the conference as they have won 12 of 15 games this season.

Even though freshman midfielder Alyssa Dunn, 17, has yet to score a goal this season, she still wants to continue playing defense for the Owls.

“I feel fine [about not scoring], partially because I play defense so it’s a little harder to score from back there,” Dunn said.

“As defense, I helped them [my teammates] score the goals, so that’s fine with me.”

There was no mercy shown to the Wildcats as the Owls relentlessly scored goal after goal with no opposition.

Owl’s freshman midfielder Kacie Licata kicked in the first goal with sophomore defender Sheyla Sanchez on the assist.

The Owls scored their fifth goal at the 29 minute-mark with Citrus freshman midfielder Cindy Ramirez assisted by Perez-Negron.

In the second half of the game Sanchez was unstoppable scoring two of the final three goals for the Owls.

Sanchez came in for the final goal of the game with freshman forward Amber Mace on the assist.

This game was a letdown for the Wildcats, as they have only been able to score three goals their entire season, two of which were in conference games.

Amber de Seriere is the Wildcat’s new head coach; this is her first season coaching the Wildcats.

De Seriere is proud of the team overall and views this season as motivation for the team to work harder.

“The main point for us overall was to establish our name and program out there,” de Seriere said. “Our success was not measured by wins but by the progress made throughout the season. In that regard, we are happy with the outcome.”

The Owls close out their regular season 12-5-4 and 10-2-2 in the Western State Conference.

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Ariana Cordero, Owls freshman midfielder races after the ball against Jennifer Franco, Wildcats freshman midfielder to assist in a goal for the Owls Nov. 15.

“We did what we needed to do,” Tim Tracey, Owls head coach said. “Now we need to finish.”

Moving forward, the Owls will continue to their postseason in the first round of the California Community College Athlete Association Southern California playoffs.

The first postseason game will take place at San Diego Miramar, Nov. 23 at 2 p.m.

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Dillon Cooper Clarion

DC: How would you compare high school soccer to soccer at college?

GI: It’s definitely a lot more physical. You need to be a lot stronger and faster.

DC: As a freshman did you feel any added pressure coming into the season?

GI: No. I felt that as a freshman I could just come in and do my thing and show what I could do.

DC: What is your dream college?

GI: USC. DC: What are your career goals?

GI: Marine biology. I’ve always had an interest in sharks; I want to help them.

DC: What has been the best moment of your soccer career?

GI: Scoring four goals in one half against Azusa for my high school team.

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Getting to know your Fighting Owls e asked this Owls’ record holder to take a break from ripping the back of nets and answer some questions.

Freshman Grayson Iwasaki tallied a total of 12 goals for the Owls this season, good enough for the most goals scored in a single season in Owls’ history.

Dillon Cooper: What is your pregame meal?

Grayson Iwasaki: Waba Grill.

DC: Who is your favorite athlete?

GI: Cristiano Ronaldo.

DC: What are your immediate plans after Citrus College?

GI: Transfer to a university and keep on playing soccer.

DC: If you could play any other sport, what would it be?

GI: Basketball or bowling.

DC: How would you describe coach Fred Bruce-Oliver?

GI: Different.

DC: As a child, what did you want your career to be?

GI: I’ve always aspired to be a soccer player.

DC: What was your favorite childhood activity?

GI: Running around with my friends, having a good time.

DC: What do you want to get out of playing soccer here at Citrus College?

GI: A better understanding for the game.

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DC: Who are your heroes?

GI: My parents Greg Iwasaki and Sherri May-Colligan.

DC: Who is someone on the soccer team that you look up to?

GI: Silbestre Valencia.

DC: What is your favorite movie?

GI: “Goal” DC: Who is your favorite musical artist?

GI: The Dirty Heads.

DC: What is your dream car?

GI: Lamborghini.

DC: What musical artist is your guilty pleasure?

GI: Adele.

DC: Battle of the sandwiches: PB&J or cold cuts?

GI: PB&J, you can’t beat that.

DC: If you could pick three people to have lunch with, alive or dead, who would they be?

GI: Heath Ledger, David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson.

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Coffee concoctions and tasty pastries

By Jessica Soto

Managing Editor • jsoto@ccclarion.com

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inally, a paradise you don’t need to buy a plane ticket to reach.

A coffee lover’s paradise, that is.

Your destination: Coffee Klatch, located in San Dimas at 806 West Arrow Hwy. This family business began in Upland 20 years ago before opening its second location.

The aroma of espresso and freshly baked pastries permeate this small coffee shop. Regular customers are a dime a dozen and for a good reason.

The baristas do more than just fill your order.

They could very well be called a welcoming committee for the greeting each customer receives as he or she walks through the doors.

If you can’t decide what you would like, they are more than willing to suggest an array of drinks that might be to your liking.

Every coffee shop has brewed black coffee, a few choice teas and a selection of specialty drinks. But Coffee Klatch doesn’t stop there.

Forget that old mocha Frappuccino: Switch things up and order an Eskimocha from Coffee Klatch.

This tasty beverage isn’t blended

from a carton of mocha-flavored sauce. Instead, it is a concoction of coffee, chocolate, ice, milk and a vanilla bean base that create a creamy texture. The end result: a drink you wish was endless.

Prices vary from $3.20 for a small to $4.60 for a large.

Granted, these Klatch classics may be a bit pricey. But bold coffee flavors, like their new Single Origin Colombia La Falda espresso and their sweet tasting pastries, from coffee cakes to cinnamon blossoms, the homey atmosphere makes the experience more than worth it.

Rather than ordering a muffin to go with your hot cup of Klatch coffee, pick one of their freshly prepared breakfast sandwiches.

The Lite Bite breakfast sandwich is complete with egg, tomato, red onion and avocado on 9-grain toast. It’s a much healthier option than most other prepackaged breakfast sandwiches and at only $3.79 it’s a steal.

To sweeten the deal, the Klatch card offers incentive to frequent this coffee shop.

Customers can earn one point for each dollar they spend purchasing an espresso drink.

Once customers earn 40 points they receive a free drink of any size.

The clientele ranges from college students to corporate bigwigs—no one gets left out.

Coffee Klatch even hosts live entertainment every other Friday

Jessica Soto Clarion Coffee Klatch displays their fresh baked pastries daily, from muffins to cinnamon twists. Depicted above is one of Klatch’s baristas, Jennifer, preparing a customers deli sandwich.

night to support local artists.

Store hours Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, like Coffee Klatch on Facebook or follow them on Twitter, @klatchroasting, to see upcoming specials and events.

So step out of the corporate coffee craze and give this local coffee shop a chance.

It’s one cup of coffee you won’t forget.

Sushi and good times all rolled into one

By Melissa Brooks

Staff Writer • mbrooks@ccclarion.com

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f you are looking for a local sushi restaurant that, offers exceptional quality sushi in an entertaining atmosphere; look no further than Sushi Show, an inconspicuous restaurant located in the middle of San Dimas Plaza.

When you arrive in San Dimas Plaza on a Friday or Saturday night you will know immediately that you are in the right place because you will see a crowd of people outside waiting for a table or a coveted seat at the sushi bar.

During peak hours on a weekend night the average wait time is anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes.

But once you dine at Sushi Show, you will realize it is well worth the wait.

When you enter the restaurant, you are greeted immediately with a loud simultaneous “Hello” by everyone on the staff and many of the patrons as well.

Once the customer is seated, the service is almost instantaneous.

The 2-for-1 beer or hot saki special is available every day.

The all-you–can-eat deal is $18.95 per person for lunch, and $23.95 for dinner. Just about ev-

erything on the menu is available, and you can order three rounds of whatever you want and share with other all-you-can-eaters in your party.

Local specialties like the “Jessica Alba Roll,” which was named after the movie star because she has been rumored to dine at Sushi Show, and the “White House Roll” are house favorites.

The ingredients of every roll and photos of most are included on the menu and when your food arrives you will find it looking exactly like the picture and tasting just as good as you expected.

All cut rolls are available on the all-you-can-eat menu, or you can order them for $9 to $13 each.

Any roll is available as a hand roll for $8 to $12 each.

The complimentary green tea ice cream at the end of your meal is a great way to top off an awesome sushi experience. Or you can go for the decadent tempura ice cream dish which is a huge scoop of ice cream, flash fried in crispy tempura goodness and smothered in chocolate sauce and whipped cream.

Sushi Show is a great place for a fun night out with friends or your sweetheart. Just don’t expect to have a quiet romantic dinner.

The restaurant is crowded, loud

Melissa Brooks Clarion The Jessica Alba Roll is a house favorite, named after the actress who grew up nearby.

and buzzing with energy.

The lunchtime atmosphere is definitely more mellow. The weekday lunch crowd includes those on lunch breaks as well as families and friends meeting for a mid-day all you can eat treat.

Several owners have tried and failed to attain success with a sushi restaurant in this very location over the past few years. But owner, Mike J. who established Sushi Show in 2012 has dialed up the winning recipe.

People are literally lining up to get into this unique and fresh place.

Sushi Show is located at 957 W. Arrow Highway in San Dimas.

It is open Monday through Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Reservations are recommended.

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‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’

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S Judas Iscariot, traitor to the son of God worthy of salvation?

“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” performed Nov. 15 in the Little Theatre, tells the story of one of the most hated characters in Christianity and his chance for redemption.

In “Last Days...” Judas, played

by Nicholas Murphy is represented in Purgatory’s courthouse by his attorney Cunningham, played by Ana Mateo.

The play flashbacks to Judas’ childhood features testimonials of Mother Teresa, Sigmund Freud and Satan to determine if Judas is worthy of redemption.

The Little Theatre did an excellent job of taking these divine and historical figures making them into characters that you’ll never forget.

To have Satan, played by Jonathan Hall, summoned in

court to testify was amazing and the execution did not disappoint.

The dialogue between Cunningham and Yusef El-Fayoumey the opposing lawyer played by Travis Croushore was a riot.

Saint Monica, played by Megan McMillan had an incredibly funny perspective on the proceedings.

From sympathy to hatred, one moment you want Judas to spend eternity in hell fire and the next moment you hope that Judge Littlefield played by Anthony Garcia can tip the scales of justice in Judas’ favor.

Jesus of Nazareth, played by Chris McKinley, brought the audiences’ attention to the internal conflict in Judas.

A round of applause to Cherie Brown who played Henrietta Iscariot, her performance made you feel a mother’s pain at the thought of eternal damnation for her son.

“The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” was a triumph.

Mercedes DeGuchy Clarion Pontius Pilate and his troops are caught taunting Judas in a flashback of old surveillance footage, during Judas’ confession of guilt of betraying Jesus of Nazareth

Judas, through the eyes of the actors

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Staff Writer • mdeguchy@ccclarion.com

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ight out of the Citrus College acting department comes a riveting play about self-forgiveness and the human spirit.

Star of “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” Nicholas Murphy, 20, who tackles the role of Judas, is a theatre arts major from Covina.

This is Murphy’s second year attending Citrus College with plans of transferring next fall.

When asked about his decision to audition for the play he replied, “I was encouraged and told to audition for all roles within reach, taking advantage of every opportunity the department has to offer, and

I also found this script very intriguing.”

Murphy landed the lead role of Judas Iscariot after auditioning this past October.

He first began to act four years ago with the influence of movies, TV shows and plays.

Also in the production, as an actor, is the theatre arts program director and producer, Cherie Brown, who plays Henrietta Iscariot, the mother of Judas.

Brown not only acted and produced “Judas Iscariot,” but also co-directed.

Brown has been teaching at Citrus College for 15 years and when asked what was different about performing in this production than any other production in the past, she responded by saying, “This is my first

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performance during the actual school year along with getting the opportunity to work next to Laurie Woolery as a director and also to get the chance to work with students as a co-actor instead of just a director.”

Brown coins the term “theatre multitasking” as being a challenge in this production as a teacher, actor, director and producer.

Being an actress alongside her students was quite a unique experience she stated.

When asked what her favorite part of being in the production, Brown said, “Being able to collaborate with the director.

All of the things I’ve learned from Laurie working side by side with her, I must say were one of the best things.”

Mercedes DeGuchy Clarion Jesus of Nazareth, played by Chris McKinley, 21, is attempting to ease the pain and suffering of the bellicose Judas Iscariot, played by Nicholas Murphy, 20.

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EDITORIAL

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e live in America, the land of plenty.

But we cannot ignore the fact that we waste too much of what we have been given.

As we look forward to Thanksgiving, many of us are eagerly anticipating tables overflowing with food. We are not thinking about the amount of food we will throw away.

This is because we are in the habit of wastefulness. We live in a throw away society.

In the United States 40 percent of our food is never eaten. It is wasted somewhere between the farm and our tables, or it is tossed away right off of our plates.

This is enough food to fill up the 90,000 seat Rose Bowl each day, or about a half a pound of food per American, per day.

Many sources report that this is a conservative estimate.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Americans squander $165 Billion each year on food that is never eaten, and spend $750 million on its disposal alone.

Much of the food is discarded before it ever makes it to our plates. Some is wasted in transport, some in storage while waiting to be sold, some from overbuying at restaurants and buffets, and rotting away in refrigerators in American homes.

It is estimated by the U.S.D.A. that 40 percent of fresh fish, 23 percent of eggs and 20 percent of milk is tossed away each year.

While a quarter to half of the food which is bought is thrown away, 1 in 6 Americans is going hungry.

The California Health Interview Survey of 2010 revealed that of the nearly 3 million adult Californians in food insecure households, over 1 million reside in Los Angeles County.

In the cities Citrus College serves, the below poverty rate average is about 11 percent of households according to the Citrus College Fact Book.

While their neighbors and fellow students go hungry, the average American wastes more than their own body weight in food each year.

But it is not just food that is being wasted.

As a result of all of this food waste in America, the resources it takes to grow, process, pack and transport the food to households is lost as well.

The U.S.D.A. reports that 80 percent of freshwater consumption is used to care for livestock, water crops and in the processing of food.

Although the food is discarded

by Americans, the majority of food waste occurs either before the average consumer buys it, or when an establishment like

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a restaurant or institution has poor food management policies in place.

The Food Waste Reduction Alliance did a 2011 study on the American food manufacturing, retailing and wholesaling industries and found that although the food manufacturing industry contributed 44.3 billion pounds of food waste, 94.6 percent of it was diverted to higher used such as animal feed, recycling or donations.

The same study showed that the retail and wholesale industries added 3.8 billion pounds of food waste in 2011, but only contributed 55.6 percent to higher use.

The EPA recommends food waste prevention techniques

such as better planning, proper food storage, and composting.

The war on food waste starts with each individual taking responsibility for their part in this viscous cycle.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let us remember the spirit of the holiday. Let us be grateful for all that we have. Let us not thoughtlessly take for granted all of our abundance.

Let us all commit to reducing food waste in our lives, during the holidays and all year. If you feel the need to buy more than you need, donate to food charities at Citrus College.

Bring non-perishable food items to donations boxes on campus.

History of AIDS, then and now W

orld AIDS day is observed each year on Dec. 1.

This year, perhaps it can be a day for more awareness of the global crisis, and the local challenges in fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS, perhaps the tide of apathy and ignorance can be reversed.

On June 5, 1981 the Centers for Disease Control released a report documenting five cases of pneumocystis pneumonia in previously healthy men in Los Angeles.

They were each described as homosexuals. Two had already died.

Clinicians in the U.S. submitted reports of similar cases and by the end of the year the CDC had 270 cases of severe immune deficiency in gay men.

One-hundred and twenty-one of them had already died.

Then doctors began to diagnose AIDS in transplant and blood transfusion patients, intravenous drug users, Haitians, then heterosexual women and their newborns.

The terror was palpable that this disease could kill everyone.

It wasn’t until about 1984 that scientists identified the modes of transmission, and the general public learned how to protect

themselves.

It was this time when America’s blood supply became protected so transfusion and transplant patients no longer needed to fear infection.

In the last two decades of the 20th century the fear was stark, visible, and ever present.

It could not be avoided.

But since 2000, the scourge of HIV/AIDS seems all but forgotten, and this is leading to apathy in this country, especially in the case of college-aged people.

Approximately 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV, while nearly 1 in 5 of them do not know they are infected, according to the CDC. The most recent data show that individuals between the ages of 13-29 account for 39 percent of new infections.

Poverty, ethnicity and age continue be factors in infection rates for American gay and bisexual men, as well a women, according to current information from Advocates for Youth.

Access to condoms, proper use, and willingness to use them still continues to be a problem for young people, according to an October 2013 position statement released by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Progress continues to be made

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toward developing a vaccine and a functional cure, to put this epidemic behind us, as we have with smallpox and polio.

It is undeniable that efforts to prevent AIDS in the U.S. have greatly stemmed the tide domestically.

But transmission of HIV and other STD’s continues to kill young people at a higher rate than other groups. This is simply unacceptable.

Individuals must learn to be good self-advocates, protecting

their own health and that of their partners by seeking factual, candid information and sharing it with friends.

Young people are armed with unprecedented power to create significant social change, through social media and faceto-face.

It is time to use the tools at hand to save lives, to prevent HIV/AIDS.

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OPINION

Waking up to a new DREAM

By Christian Rodriguez

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he Republican Party in the House of Representative is holding up debate on immigration and by extension has taken hostage the dreams of thousands of undocumented students already in the United States.

What makes matters worse is the widespread misunderstanding of what the Federal Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act would do.

First of all, if the DREAM Act were to become legislation it would not grant citizenship but rather a pathway to citizenship.

It’s a process, not a golden ticket.

The Dream Act would grant undocumented young people the opportunity to earn citizenship but only after a rigorous and lengthy series of procedures.

It would apply to those who are younger than 30, and who where brought to the United States before the age of 16.

Even then potential DREAMers would have to prove them-

selves to be of good moral character.

They would have to serve at least two years in the military or have two years of college, then and only then can they earn can they begin on their pathway to citizenship.

Some may argue that by allowing undocumented students to follow a pathway to citizenship it would be rewarding their parents for breaking the law.

However, how can it be for a child to be held responsible for the actions of their parents or relatives?

The undocumented students who have committed no crimes do not deserve expulsion from a country they call home.

There are students here on this very campus that are more than deserving of a pathway to citizenship and are eligible under these standards.

Citrus College’s own Helping Find Opportunities in the Pursuit of Education club, also known as H.O.P.E, is hosting a the first ever conference for undocumented students at Citrus College on Nov. 23.

It takes courage and incredible leadership in sponsoring an event like this.

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Gatherings like these put a much-needed face on who the DREAM Act would affect.

These hardworking DREAMers would contribute to our military’s recruitment efforts.

Possibly the federal DREAM Act would allow immigration and border security personal to focus on those who pose a serious threat to our nations security.

The Senate has already passed comprehensive immigration reform that the House is refusing to even begin discussing.

Meanwhile undocumented students are facing an uncertain future.

Both parties are locked in ideological battle that makes any debate on immigration miserable or at times forgotten.

It is time to pass immigration reform and create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented students.

The DREAM Act would mean the world to the lives of perhaps a million or more young immigrants who are eligible for citizenship under its criteria.

Call upon our representatives in the House of Representatives to stop the delaying tactics, which are doing no one any good.

Dont be greedy, give year round

By Sarah Cha

Staff Writer • scha@ccclarion.com

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here are many who starve for hope and a future, and we could all do our part in helping them.

However, people seem to be more enthusiastic about giving to others in different countries when natural disasters hit, such as what happened in the Philippines.

Where was that enthusiasm a month ago?

More importantly, what are we doing about the homeless person we see everyday on the sidewalk on our way to school?

It is not a bad idea to give to other countries, but neither is it selfish to focus first on helping others in our own communities.

Although natural disasters and holidays remind us to give to one another, the initiative to give is seldom found.

Giving during the holidays is great, but if you have the power to help someone, you should do so when the opportunity presents itself year round.

Many see the holidays as opportunities for discounts

they can get on the next piece of technology or the newest thing on the market, not of how their actions can benefit another person.

Research shows that last year, Americans spent about $310 million on pet costumes, $2.3

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billion on tattoos, and then spent about $66 million on getting them removed.

This only shows that we are ignorantly spending ridiculous amounts of money on frivolous things when we could buy a can of soup or a toy for someone

who cannot afford it.

Statistics show that in 2012, there were 46.5 million people in the United States who were living in poverty.

With the average minimum wage being $7.49, many individuals are scarcely able

to support themselves and their families with basic needs.

Furthermore, in January of 2012, 633,782 people were recorded as homeless in the U.S. There are many who are aware of these numbers, but still do not find the time or means to help others.

Being “too busy” to should not become an excuse; we should make the time to help.

Opportunities to give are all around us, all it takes is for someone to have the daily initiative to take action.

Our campus provides several ways to help through events such as the Holiday Food Drive, Toys For Tots, Adopt A Vet and Adopt-An-Angel.

Other ways you can help are through homeless shelters, donating to the Salvation Army, and giving to the Goodwill stores.

Access to more ways and opportunities to help can be found through research.

As college students, our problems seem to be coming from all directions, and it is mostly difficult to see beyond the stress that comes along.

But there is always someone who is less fortunate than ourselves, no matter how bad we think our current lives are.

One person may not be able to end hunger nationwide, but their actions speak volumes of hope and inspiration to others.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

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SALUTE TO OUR VETERANS

By Sylvia Aparicio

Online Editor • saparicio@ccclarion.com

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ocal dignitaries, faculty, students, and community residents came together recently to honor veterans during the 8th annual “Saluting Our Veterans” ceremony.

The event, which was introduced in 2006, took place Nov. 7, in the Campus Center Mall.

The tribute was sponsored by Citrus College, the Associated Students of Citrus College, Azusa Pacific University, the city of Azusa and the city of Glendora.

Citrus College alumni and U.S. military veterans, Ashley Solano and Fernando Salazar Jr., ASCC “Man of the Year” in spring 2013, served as the keynote speakers.

Solano joined the US Navy in 2006 as an aviation electronics technician and was honorably discharged in 2010. She attended Citrus College in spring 2011 and graduated with an Associates of Science degree in biological and physical science and math and an Associates of Arts in math and science in the summer of 2013. She is planning to transfer to Cal Poly Pomona in spring 2014 as a biological science major.

Salazar Jr. served in the United

States Marine Corps from 20002004 in Alpha Co. 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, and Camp Pendleton California as a Machine Gunner and Squad Leader. He was a student at Citrus from 2010 to 2013.

After graduating from Citrus with an AA in psychology, he transferred to Cal State Los Angeles where he is currently pursing a Bachelor’s Degree in social work.

“Any time I walk into the Veterans Center, it’s very welcoming, and everybody has open arms,” said keynote speaker Ashley Solano.

“I’m so happy to be a part of it [Saluting Our Veterans],” Solano said. “I’m not a big politics person, but to know that there are so many people out there supporting us and helping us get our benefits, it’s a big deal.”

Also featured in the service were the AMVETS Honor Guard and Veteran honorees from Azusa, Glendora, Azusa Pacific University and Citrus College. Captain Gabriel Higerd, Azusa Pacific University Honoree; Sergeant First Class Jacob Hostetler, Azusa Honoree; Specialist 4th Class Robert Nelson, Glendora Honoree; and Specialist 4th Class Rose Sayre, Citrus College Honoree were all honored.

Additionally, military vehicles and displays, a patriotic mu-

sic program, and the Gladstone High School marching band were all featured.

Dr. Martha McDonald, Citrus College executive dean, initiated planning meetings about a year ago to brainstorm different ideas, said Monica Christianson, program director/support counselor for the Veterans Center.

“It was really great,” said Christianson. “I think it was bigger this year than we’ve ever had and it was better this year because we had more wonderful things and we had more people from the community.”

“I think it’s growing,” she said.

“The word is getting out.”

Tim Petarra, vice president of Young Americans for Liberty, praised Citrus College for honoring its veterans and for providing them with constant support.

“It was nice for the community to come together for the veterans and say ‘Welcome home, you’re one of us,’” said Petarra, 25, political science major. “It was nice to feel like you’re not different.”

“Sometimes when you come home you feel like you’re in a foreign country, and you aren’t used to things,” he said.

“I never feel like I’m tackling an issue here by myself,” Petarra said. “You cannot beat the service you get from the counselors and the administrators here at Citrus College. You can’t beat it.”

Photos by Evan Solano and Ryan Salwak