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SEAT at the LUNCH TABLE Jorge Villa/ Union Some of the different food options available on campus. “We don’t know what’s going to happen,” Brian Fahnestock, vice president of Administrative Services, said in regards to future changes in vending on campus. Faith Petrie
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During her first year at El Camino, Samsara Read, 19, communications major, would often frequent the various food locations available on campus. When she realized her vegetarian diet needs could no longer be met
eating on campus she began to bring food from home. “It’s hard for me to find great filling meals here on campus,” Read said. She, like many other students on campus, wishes the menu options on campus were more diverse and inclusive towards people with different eating habits. This hunger for new food options has the possibility of being met
during the spring semester. According to El Camino College District’s Final Budget plan, El Camino’s food services are all under the vendor Campus Food Services, Inc. who provides $50,000 to vend on campus. EC’s contract with this vendor ends on June 30 and as of now the future of food services for EC is unclear, according to Vice President of Administrative
Services Brian Fahnestock. “Everything’s on the table. We could continue with what we have or it could be completely different at any point,” Fahnestock said. Fahnestock noted that the budget is decided by Campus Food Services, Inc. “(The $50,000 is) based off of their total sales and that estimate is pretty much close to what they do every year,” Fahnestock said. “The
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Jeremy Taylor/ Union One of the bullet holes in the window of Life Sciences Room 105, which shattered the window on Thursday, Nov. 30.
Two bullet holes were found on the Crenshaw Boulevard side of Life Sciences Room 105 on Wednesday, Nov. 22. The holes were later found by a lab technician on Thursday, Nov. 30. The bullet holes partially shattered the upper side of one of the windows of the classroom. The bullets also noticeably ripped up the fabric used to shade the
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$50,000 is to be here, so it’s the revenue that the college gets out of the whole thing.” Fahnestock also explained how El Camino is allocated this money throughout the year. “$50,000 is the minimum so they make the calculation through the year (and) they pay us (monthly),” Fahnestock said. In the 2016 to 2017 academic year, “unaudited revenue” brought
in by the Campus Food Services Commission was $65,169. “Every month they give us an amount and at the end of the year it adds up to at least $50,000 and usually a little bit more,” Fahnestock said. Recently, El Camino added a new addition to the food service dynamic on campus: the Atomic Cafe mobile truck. —Story continued on Page 2.
Two bullet holes found in the windows of Life Sciences Room 105, surveillance footage shows no suspects
classroom. “I saw the damage,” Teresa Palos, biology professor, said. The night duty dean on the night of Wednesday, Nov. 29, Walter Cox, associate dean of the fine arts department, had not been informed of the shots until The Union asked him about the incident. “I wasn’t even informed of it,” Cox said. “(This is) the first I’ve heard of it.” He also said that associate dean Berkeley Price hadn’t heard of the incident when he spoke to Price about it. Around 3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.
30, students could be seen exiting their classroom to take a look at the bullet holes. They said that their professor had told them of the incident. Palos said that the damage “did not interfere” and that her class at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30 started on time. According to an email from police chief Michael Trevis, “A vandalism incident was reported in the early morning hours of Nov. 22 when campus was closed. A window in the Life Science Building was found to have damage – two holes that appear to be from a pellet gun.”
It appeared that professors of the classroom had just learned about the incident. Amy Grant, dean of the life sciences division, said, “We don’t have any information,” in regards to the bullet holes. Teresa Coulter, administrative assistant in the facilities department, also said she hadn’t heard of the incident. “Why are we always the last ones to know?” Coulter said. Trevis also stated in the email that security footage did not reveal the location of the perpetrator, as he could’ve been off campus when the shots were fired.