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Issue 10 • Friday, March 4, 2016 • deltacollegian.net
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Chancellor visits Delta campus BY MEGAN MAXEY mkmaxey96@gmail.com
DEAR MR. OBAMA Eight year old Nylah Missouri sends a letter to the president and receives a response.
On Wednesday, Feb. 24 the Chancellor of California Community Colleges, Dr. Brice Harris visited Delta’s campus as part of a Chancellor’s Circle event. Harris was given a tour of the campus that highlighted the many different programs students are involved in at Delta, including the MESA Student Center, the
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heavy equipment program and the L. H. Horton Gallery. The Chancellor then joined President Dr. Kathy Hart, members of the board of trustees and other distinguished guests for a lunch served on campus by the Student Chef. “I believe this should be their college of choice. I think this is the best deal, it’s the best value, it’s the best education,” said president of Delta College, Kathy Hart. Later, the Chancellor outlined the cur-
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rent state of California community college statistics. These analyzed the growth of diversity in community college students over the past ten years. “What we have to do is remain focused on the driving challenges facing our system, the driving opportunities that we have,” said Harris while addressing the crowd. According to Harris’ Student Success Scorecard, the number of Associate degrees
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Downtown group seeking artists BY FRANCINA SANCHEZ deltacollegian@gmail.com
delegates and GOP require 1,237. To put the outcome of the votes simply, Donald Trump won for the GOP and Hilary Clinton won in the Democrat race. Trump took seven states, Cruz took three and Rubio took a surprising first state out of 15 in Minnesota. Clinton locked in seven states while Sanders secured four. However, the important numbers are the Delegates awarded from those states. Clinton received 486 (1,034 total) to Sanders’ 321 (408 total). Trump Received 237 (319 total) while Cruz received 209 (226 total) Rubio 94 (110). There are two other candidates in the GOP race by the names of Ben Carson received 3 (8 total) and John Kasich received 19 (25 total).
The Downtown Stockton Alliance (DSA) is making a call to any experienced artists to help make a mural postcard trail in the downtown area of Stockton. “This is a serious project and we are very excited about it. We believe it is a great idea to have art in a format reminiscent of a postcard that could be displayed on blank walls where people and visitors to the city could take pictures,” said Cynthia Fargo, DSA chief executive officer. In the recent years Stockton’s downtown area has seen new art that incorporates much of what is in the city or what the city has to offer. If you drive through downtown Stockton you could see utility boxes at many corners of the streets with painted murals made by professional and student artists. So what makes this project different? “This more of a legacy project to leave for the community interpreting key points of Stockton’s culture and history. Eventually we want to see a murals set up in a trail to guide people in the city through the city’s history,” said Fargo. The DSA suggests themes to consider are greetings from Stockton, agriculture around Stockton, famous Stocktonians and important Stockton history. “It’s nice to know that Stockton’s community is given the opportunity to show their talent and make their city look good ...We don’t get to do that often,” said Andrea Perez, a local Stockton artist and former volunteer for the DSA. There are specific guidelines for any artist who wishes to participate in this upcoming project. “An artist must submit an art piece of the intended artwork that would go on the wall. The first two artists that fit the guidelines will be chosen to participate in the project,” said Fargo. Artists have until March 15 to submit proposals. The first two artists with eligible designs will
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BASEBALL SWEEPS Delta’s baseball team sweeps Napa Valley in week-long series.
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Gary Carlos and Shenny Cruces were featured on the Feb. 25 opening.
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IN THE KNOW
March is Women’s History Month
March 8 National Pancake Day March 18 Last day to drop with a “W.”
Results set stage for 2016 general election BY ZACHARIAH MERCES deltacollegian@gmail.com
March 1st, also known as Super Tuesday, marked the biggest day for the presidential primaries. Ten out of 11 participating states were the same for Democratic Party and Republican Party: Arkansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Vermont, Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and Minnesota. Colorado in for Democrats and Alaska for Republican were the difference. The point of the primaries is to accumulate delegates. These delegates represent the votes necessary to nominate a presidential candidate for either party. The Democratic party requires 2,383
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