VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE
RAMPAGE May 4, 2016 | Volume 40 | No. 3
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill
There Is No Caucus Without “US” By: Reyan Warren Reporter
On Sunday, May 1st 2016, VVC held and participated in the Democratic caucus for both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Crowds of people came out to support their favorite candidate, listen to each delegate’s speech, and cast their vote. A caucus is a political event that takes place at a specific place and specific time to select their party’s presidential nominee. Registered voters for that political party come out and vote for which delegate they feel is best. A Democratic caucus is very different from a Republican caucus. For a Democratic
caucus, it is a proportional vote. What happens after the doors close, is that the total number of voters are present are counted and asked to vote by huddling in groups for that specific delegate. Whichever delegate does not have 15% the total head count, they are removed, and “realignment” begins. At 2pm on Sunday afternoon, Building 44 and Building 10 opened their doors for registered Democratic voters to sign in and wait for the process to begin at 3pm. While the turnout was small, but mighty at the Hilary caucus, the Bernie Sanders caucus had nearly one hundred people show up in support of their favorite delegate.
Approximately 3 weeks ago, Lee Ann Surande, representative for the Bernie Sanders campaign, reached out to Robert Sewell, VVC ASB Advisor, to use VVC as a potential caucus meeting site. Shortly after, the Hillary Clinton campaign reached out to
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Victor Valley College Victorious again at MUNFW By: Sierra Warwick Entertainment Editor
Victor Valley College’s Model United Nations (MUN) team has expanded their horizons by winning to the 66th Model United Nations Far West (MUNFW) competition on April 15th through the 19th in San Francisco. This was a major change for VVC’s MUN team as it was their first time competing in MUNFW. This conference operates under Harvard Rules and Procedures, which are guidelines the team had never
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seen or competed in before. Despite all of the new changes before them, VVC’s MUN
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Sexual Assault Awareness By: Aimee’ Jo Bartolome Reporter
On April 19th, students, staff and visitors went to Victor Valley College to mark the Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a presentation at the Student Activities Center. The San Bernardino Sexual Assault Services presented an educational workshop on sexual assault and the VVC police department offered a selfdefense presentation and training. This is the second year the Puente Program held this informative program. April is designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. During April, people around the country undertake efforts to raise awareness about sexual violence and how to prevent it. An additional awareness event on April 26th, brought staff and faculty together for “Denim Day.” Denim Day is an international campaign to raise awareness of rape and sexual assault. This campaign was influenced from a rape case that was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans, she must have helped her rapist remove her Continued on page 2...
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