The Collegian -- Published Sept. 23, 2016

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Trump supporter claims Clinton presidency would oversaturate market with immigrant business — but is that a bad thing?

By Zachary Vera Staff Writer

Restaurant offers discounts thanks to Trump By Ramon Zuniga Staff Writer

Many groups and people have taken a stance against Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, now tacos and their makers stand with them. Tepa Taqueria sponsored the Delta College’s “Students Against Trump’s Taco Day” event, where in return for putting down some contact information and name patrons bought tacos at a discounted price. “No one gave attention to the sign so business stayed as the same as every day with lunch rush ending and a regular amount of people coming in after. My boss was the one with the idea,” said Mariano Canales, the manager of Tepa Taqueria. The event happened on Sept. 14 by volunteers of Students Against Trump in coalition with the campaign for Jerry McNerney for Congress to mock a quote from Marco Gutierrez, a Trump supporter. “Well we got this guy that gave this quote (Marco Gutierrez) so we decided on

See TAQUERIA, page 8

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s stance on immigration may have pushed Latino voters away, except for one Southern California man who aims to stand with Trump. Trump supporter and co-founder of the group Latinos for Trump, Marco Gutierrez, wants to make America great again and tacos aren’t part of the plan to restore the country. “My culture is a dominant culture… it’s causing problems, if you don’t do something about it you’re going to have taco tucks on every corner,” said Gutierrez. During a recent interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC, Gutierrez, a Mexican immigrant who came to the states illegally as a teenager, shared his thoughts on immigration and his warning of a dark future for America if Hillary Clinton becomes president. The recently famous Gutierrez’s statement comes with a major backlash. “I don’t see it as a problem,” said University of the Pacific student Andrew Vo, who was asked for his thoughts about Marco Gutierrez’s statement made on Reid’s show about taco trucks on every corner in America. “I love Mexican food,” Vo added. Vo is a frequent customer at the popular taco tuck El Mayita located in the 76 gas station parking lot on March Lane just west of Interstate 5.

“The Mexican culture is more than just about the food and shouldn’t be seen as imposing to Americans. We are a country of diversity and American citizens should be accepting to other cultures.” Vo didn’t seem to think Gutierrez’s statement made a positive impact for Trump and his race to presidency. “Taco trucks like El Mayita bring different people together and spreads culture. Just look at the crowd here right now. Not everyone that comes here is Mexican,” said Manuel Herrera of Stockton. Herrera, who often comes to El Mayita for the pastor burritos added, “If we were color blind, we would all treat each other the same. Unfortunately all we see is the color of skin.” Herrera didn’t agree with Gutierrez’s statements and ideas about the Mexican culture imposing and causing problems in America. “Americans shouldn’t be intimidated by Mexicans at all,” added Herrera.The Trump Foundation has yet to acknowledge Gutierrez and his popular taco truck comment. On the other hand, Clinton thought Gutierrez’s statement was outlandish and very offensive as she seized the opportunity to take advantage of the situation at the Sept. 15 address to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus referring to the allegation made by the Latinos for Trump group. “I personally think a taco truck on every corner sounds absolutely delicious,” said Clinton.

“We are a country of diversity and American citizens should be accepting of other cultures.” - Andrew Vo

Safety concerns arise as student brings machete to campus By Emily Beaton Staff Writer

As Delta College students and police officers gathered together for “Coffee with a Cop” on Sept. 7, the event was interrupted when concerned students reported suspicious activity. “Students report seeing a Hispanic guy in a grey shirt, acting agitated while walking through the quad while holding a dictionary in his hand and making comments about wanting to hurt people,” said Officer Jim Bock. Officers spread out over campus in search of the suspect, who was found lying on the grass in front of the DeRicco Student Services Building. “There weren’t any known weapons at the time, but

once the suspect was searched for weapons, we found a machete sticking out of the top of his backpack,” said Bock. Despite quick police response, some students still don’t feel safe on campus. For Delta student Denise Toral, feeling unsafe on campus has become a familiar emotion to her. “Sometimes I don’t feel safe, whenever I’m there its always empty. I feel nervous when there’s not a lot of people, or when people have their headphones in, because they wouldn’t be able to notice or help if something happened,” said Toral. Officer Susan McAnelly gives safety presentations in classrooms around campus. “Students can request a safety presentation by asking their teacher, and I am more than happy to come

in,” said McAnelly. McAnelly also plans on starting a free self-defense class in the near future. Delta student Alesa Zerka said that communication is the key to feeling safer on campus. “It’s very important to speak up so other people can listen and learn and see what’s going on. It’s also very important to have communication between us and the cops so we know what’s going on, on both sides,” said Zerka. The man was then arrested and a tip to campus was sent out explaining the incident and included a picture of the machete. “Had it not been for students coming forward with the machete incident, he would not have been on our radar,” said Bock.

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