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Rampage reporters debate whether the state of California should legalize marijuana. l SEE PAGE 9
April 20, 2016
CONFERENCE URGES CHICANO YOUTH TO CELEBRATE CULTURE
ISSUE 6
Vol. CXXVI
Students Outraged After Parking Lot Assault BY CRESENCIO RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO Editor-in-Chief crodriguezdelgado@therampageonline.com
When word got out that a Fresno City College student was attacked in parking lot D on the south end of campus, students quickly took to social media to express anger and concern. According to a bulletin issued by the State Center Community College District police, a male student was approached by two Hispanic males who demanded his backpack in the early morning of April 12. When the student refused, the men struck him in the face with closed fists. The student managed to fight back, but the suspects got away. At first, FCC students who read the Rampage’s posts of the incident on social media expressed concern. “I’m going to literally start carrying my stun gun with me from now on,” wrote Facebook user, Joshin Gomez. “Great!” Sarah Parsalakis wrote on Facebook. “More of a reason to be scared to go to school.”
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A dancer from the Irene Gonzales Project performs at the Old Administration Building Auditorium during the Chicano Youth Conference on Saturday, April 16, 2016 Photo/Daisy Rodriguez
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Man and Best Friend Become Big Hits on Campus BY ASHLEIGH PANOO
Reporter apanoo@therampageonline.com
Outside the Tutorial Center at Fresno City College, Zapata, a small, brown dog sits patiently, stoically even, waiting for his owner. He wears a red shirt that reads, “#1 Fan EOPS,” and seems to be at ease, yet slightly cautious around the flurry of tudent activity that pass near him. Eventually, the doors open and student Larry Rodriguez walks out. Zapata jumps up excitedly -- his wait is finally over. Rodriguez, the man behind the dog that is such a familiar face around campus, reaches out to give an Apache handshake to a passing student. He
jokes that it’s good for keeping away germs. Then he turns to Zapata and with a wave of his hand, the dog is by his side. He wonders aloud if Zapata needs to be tied up, then laughs. “I’d never tie him up anyway,” Rodriguez says. He explains that Zapata was given to him four years ago by a former neighbor. “A friend of mine passed away,” Rodriguez says solemnly. “He had cancer [and] asked me, ‘Larry, do me a favor, can you take care of Zapata for me?’” Rodriguez says he then trained the dog, which now follows him to school every day. In fact, Zapata goes just about everywhere Rodriguez does, including
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Zapata waits patiently for his owner, Larry Rodriguez, outside the Fresno City College Library, April 13, 2016. Photo/Larry Valenzuela
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