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There is a growing number of high-value jobs being offered in a $1.2 trillion global industry that employs 1.9 million people in the United States, in which Pierce College does not offer classes. These high-paying jobs are in the fashion industry.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fashion industry continues to boom, with more than $250 billion spent annually on fashion in the United States.

In the past decade, there has been a 50 percent increase in fashion designers, who earn an average of $73,600 annually.

The market increase has paved the way for manufacturing jobs in the industry such as, marketing research analysts and specialist, computer professionals and apparel pattern makers, who all make over $50,000 annually. Los Angeles and New York have the largest fashion market, with over two-thirds of designers living there. California employs the most at 4,480, according to bls.gov. Nearly two in 10 manufacturing firms in Los Angeles are in the fashion business.

With such a lucrative market right here, why does Pierce not have a fashion program? With construction of the new classrooms set to be finished in the summer, it would be ideal to add a fashion class in the newly vacant classrooms.

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A strong way of incorporating a fashion program would be to start out with a minimal amount of classes like Fashion Design 101 or Fashion Marketing. From there, faculty could observe enrollment in the classes, student satisfaction and could pass out surveys to students and ask if they would further pursue this subject. If they receive positive results, this could allow a fashion program to expand, making the college more appealing to aspiring fashionista’s and increase enrollment that has decreased this semester. Pierce could also experiment and have the classes in the summer or winter.

Fashion, would be part of the Arts Department. A way for Pierce to set up a class would be to remove one of the lower enrolled art classes and replace it with fashion.

The largest expense in adding a fashion design class would be the sewing machines. Students would be responsible for buying the necessary equipment needed, like in art classes. Students would just need the proper guidance to expand to an advanced design class.

With a fashion program becoming advanced, Pierce could have campus events such as a fashion show in The Theatre. Students could also sell their clothing designs at an open house campus event or at the Vintage Market. Pierce could experiment and have the classes in summer and winter.

There are an array of high-paying jobs within the fashion industry that an expanded fashion program would help students discover, including communication, graphic designing, marketing and international business.

For top fashion schools in Los Angeles, such as Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), in-state tuition rates are $28,965, while total tuition at Pierce is $2,436. Before making an expensive commitment to a fashion institution, it would be prudent to experiment and take basic level fashion classes at Pierce to see if the subject is something a student wants to pursue.

More than 200 schools in the U.S. offer fashion-related programs, according to fashion-schools.org. Currently, two out of nine colleges in the Los Angeles Community College District have a fashion program, Mission College and L.A. Trade-Tech College. Let’s add Pierce College to that list.

There are benefits and drawbacks to any decision a school makes. Adding a new policy is always a hard choice. However, some are necessary to maintain student health and safety. Drug dogs should perform random sweeps to reduce the presence of drugs and paraphernalia on campus.

Occasionally, college athletes or students are in the headlines for abusing drugs on campus. This may range from personal use to distribution amongst students.

KION channel 5 news reported on March 8 that six University of California Santa Cruz students were arrested during an alleged drug ring bust. It consisted of $100,000 worth of ecstasy, found in the homes of the 6 students.

Drug dogs would be a preventative measure for situations like this.

A 21-year-old UCLA student was murdered last September after a robbery gone wrong. She was first stabbed then burned in her apartment, which was one block from campus.

Investigators said it could have been linked to her recent prosecution on charges of possessing a variety of party drugs including meth and ecstasy.

Plain clothes officers with drug dogs should walk around campus to conduct random drug sweeps to help reduce the possibility of distribution or robbery.

Ecstasy is a common denominator in many cases but other drugs can be found on campus. Marijuana, Adderall, and dieting pills are three commonly used or distributed drugs.

Drug possession cases have happened a few times recently since the start of the school year. This could be reduced with

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Whether it’s an ounce of marijuana or a pound of cocaine, neither should be on campus. The school currently has a K-9 unit and those dogs should be trained to check for drugs and follow through with drug sweeps. Overdoses and violence toward students may be reduced by incorporating drug detecting dogs. Safety should be the biggest concern when it comes to drug reduction on campus.

In Florida at least three college football players at three different schools, have ended promising careers due to marijuana use.

Florida State University defensive back Greg Reid saw his dreams as a first round draft pick for the NFL dashed.

University of Florida defensive back J.C. Jackson would have been an elite playmaker for the Southeastern Conference had he avoided drugs. University of Central Florida running back, Will Stanback should have helped carry his team’s offense but instead they had a dismal season.

As unfortunate as it may be, with drug dogs on campus these could have been caught quicker than they were.

Pierce students are more likely to be recent high school graduates with their first sense of freedom. Random drug sweeps done by K9 units could help them to become aware of the potential consequences related to using or distributing drugs on campus. All students and athletes should feel safe and comfortable while at school. Drug dogs can be beneficial to providing a part of that safety.

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Pierce should not waste any effort in getting dogs on campus to search students for drugs. The population of Pierce is diverse and there is no certain way to know how many students are consuming drugs.

One thing that is certain is, those who do consume drugs will not be willing to blatantly tell others of their actions because it leads to consequences. Also, it depends on the type of drugs that are used.

It’s not like students are using heavy drugs such as cocaine or meth. Marijuana is the most common type of drug that young adults use recreationally. There is no point in bringing search dogs just for small amounts of marijuana on campus.

An aspect of this issue to consider is, how will administration decide to best use the dogs to their full advantage if dogs are brought in. It can’t be how it was back in high school, where they took a number of students out of class to search them.

Students are paying for classes. It is infuriating having to pay for an education to then be removed from class for a period of time because of a silly drug search. Class time is important and it should not be interrupted for trivial issues.

Administration could potentially set up dog searches as students walk around campus but yet again it would take time away from students and getting class. Many students have jobs or other responsibilities to attend to and do not have the time to spend waiting around.

Another idea might be stopping students from entering the library to let the dogs search them for contraband. Letting the dogs take time away from studying, researching and meeting deadlines for assignments. I’m sure there would be an uproar for that. I know I’d be angry.

Drug dogs are trained to use their sense of smells to identify illegal substances but their noses are not 100 percent accurate.

Athletes with sweaty gym clothes or a student carrying sweets would have dogs barking, calling attention to them.

Although, on campus students lose certain rights and are subjugated to campus regulations it’s embarrassing to have someone search your person and items for suspicion of possessing drugs thanks to a dog. Will the college have to pay for these dogs? There are many other projects that money should be spent on.

Many students are on campus for hours on end and yet the bathrooms on campus are inadequate. Money could be spent on hiring more Information Technology members to help with the technology situation occurring in most departments.

Before anything is done about anything else like the war on drugs, Pierce should do their best to find solutions for more prominent issues.

Don’t get me wrong, dogs are wonderful animals and I think it would be fantastic if Pierce brought dogs to help with stress during finals week but to use dogs to search students is incredibly time consuming and pointless.

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Solidification is a chemical cleanup method that poses no threats when properly done. It is also a relatively quick and low-cost solution to contamination.

“Because we’re taking this extra step, it will prevent us from opening the building with the other buildings because we will wait until the issue is completely and thoroughly resolved and then test the building again, get clearance from DTSC (Department of Toxic Substances Control) and then we can certify the building.”

With the help of the DTSC, Pierce College will receive reviews of the situation after the soil has already been tested, according to Burke.

Dr. Sara Harvey, Chemistry Department chair, has been working full-time at Pierce College since 2010 and noticed the delay in construction.

“There was a hold up in the 800 building because they needed a sample of the soil,” Harvey said. In 1976, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

(RCRA) was passed. This meant that hazardous wastes, such as mercury wastes, must meet EPA’s treatment and recycling standards.

“I know that years ago we had leaky pipes,” Goodman said. “My recollection was that the pipes were corroded and they started leaking and so some of the stuff that was getting put down the drain was leaking

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through the pipes and to the soil.”

However, according to Goodman, the building was constructed around the 1960s, before the RCRA was enacted.

Lead poisoning can occur while inhaling a substance with lead in it such as dust. The lead can damage nearly every organ system. However, since effects are slow, those exposed do not realize how dangerous the chemical can be according to Web. MD.