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PAISANO RIO HONDO COLLEGE NEWSPAPER est. 1964 Serving the Rio Hondo Community
Wednesday September 6, 2017
DACA Program Ended
Volume 55 Issue 1
Rio Hondo College Receives $778,000 Grant To Develop Safety Standards MALENA LOPEZ Staff Writer
President Trump has been a nightmare for the Dreamers of DACA. NOAH GARCIA RAMON ALVARADO News Editor Editor-in-Chief
The Trump Administration announced the end
of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (better known as DACA) Tuesday morning. DACA protected around 800,000 “Dreamers” from being de-
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ported. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was the man that announced the final decision Tuesday. Stating that “the program known as
DACA, that was effectuated under the Obama Administration, is being rescinded.” Homeland Security Acting Secretary, Elaine Duke,
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Lady Roadrunners Dominate First Home Volleyball Game Against Fullerton College RAMON ALVARADO Editor-in-Chief
The Lady Roadrunners put together a solid team performance in their first home game of the season.
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After playing their first six games on the road, the Rio Hondo Lady’s volleyball team finally found themselves in a familiar setting on the first day of September. The Lady Roadrunners hosted the Fullerton Hornets in the gym at Rio Hondo, and only needed the first three sets to earn the victory. Rio Hondo’s Lady Roadrunner volleyball team hasn’t gotten off to the best of starts. They lost five of their first six prior to Friday night’s matchup with Fullerton. As previously mentioned, however, those first six games were all away games. It was not a surprise to see the Lady Roadrunners come out of the gates blazing
Rio Hondo College strikes again by receiving a 778,000 dollar grant to develop new safety standards for alternative fuels. The National Science Foundation grant has been dedicated to developing safety standards for the technicians who work with the vehicles in the Alternative Fueling Technology program. The grant had been developed by Rio Hondo’s Professor John Frala, Coordinator of Alternative Fuels/ Electric/Fuel Cell Vehicles and was assisted by Central Oregon Community College. “The grant process is a competitive grant with entries from all 50 states” says Frala. After a long year, the grant had been developed. Now that Central Oregon Community College and Rio Hondo are collaborating with one another, they are now “developing High-Voltage safety standards for the transportation industry” says Frala, “these will become an industry wide standard.” As far as any upcoming collaborations go, there are two other grants for the Alternative Fueling Technology program in the making and a course for the BS program for alternative fuels education. This program offers special training for current and future students to help them get further into the industry with proper training and certification. Being that alternative vehicles are expanding in the markets, Rio Hondo’s technicians are being provided with a great amount of service by being certified and trained in a new and more sophisticated, safe work environment.
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