TALONMARKS.COM APRIL 11, 2018 VOLUME 62 | ISSUE 18
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The newly elect: Philip Herrera has been elected as the new student trustee. Kawthar “Kathy” Azzam was elected the new Associated Student of Cerritos College president with running mate Christopher Rodriguez as vice president. Jasmine Martinez
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nopposed candidates, Kawthar “Kathy” Azzam and Christopher Rodriguez have been elected as new Associated Students of Cerritos College president and vice president. Philip Herrera was elected as student trustee. Azzam and Rodriguez gathered 79 out of 94 votes total from the student body. Azzam and Rodriguez agreed that they felt they had to work harder to prove themselves, as they did not want others to see the positions as being handed to them. “I believe we worked hard for this. Although people noticed that we were unopposed I still
felt the need to put in all my effort into it,” said Azzam, “I think it’s necessary to show people that we [wanted] it versus getting it handed to us.” Herrera received 193 out of 298 votes. Four votes overall were disqualified. Herrera said he was not surprised, not because of overconfidence, but due to the hard work dedicated by his campaign team. “I saw how hard my campaign team was working [and] saw how much support I had from the student body. “Above everything, just how dedicated my campaign workers were. “I’m really proud of them and I think that this victory belongs to them more than me, actually,” said Herrera He was also pleased with the
voter turnout. “There was a nice amount of people that turned out,” Herrera elaborated, “Not so much on the presidential election, but you know. “I really respect everyone who came out today and all the trustee candidates that had their campaign team out there.” Azzam and Rodriguez believe they faced a barrier with students not voting. They believe it was due to not having their 2018 Spring semester sticker. Despite running unopposed
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he outside exhibit in the Fine Arts building has been causing concern for art students as well as Director and Curator for the Cerritos College Gallery, James MacDevitt. The glass windows on the exhibit have a glare which makes it difficult to see, explained MacDevitt. MacDevitt said, “It’s a complaint that I’ve heard from everybody who comes to see the series’ openings lately.” The glare on the window is due to the ultraviolet protection that the glass offers. UV protection is necessary to keep the art pieces protected from potential damage caused by sunlight. He explained that when beginning the Window Dressing series earlier in the year, the sun would set earlier and would not be an issue during the opening. However, with the sun staying out longer, the glass reflects the light and prevents people from looking at the art inside. Art and animations major Samantha Reina said that she would be “upset” to see that her art could not be appreciated because of the issue. This is not the first time that the issue has come up, according to MacDevitt. When the building was still in construction he brought up the issue to the construction company’s, Tilden and Coil, attention. Reina said, “I would wonder if there is a practical solution, such as an awning to get rid of the glare.” “I explained to them that though I don’t normally like to complain I had to put my foot
down and say that there was no way that this was going to work,” said MacDevitt. He continues to say that they
My solution to that is not necessarily to request changing the glass because I don’t think they would James MacDevitt Director and Curator
“resolved it … to the best of their abilities which was to recognize that the problem was the doublesided UV and they found us a different glass.” MacDevitt said, “The unfortunate side effect of having the UV coating at all is that during the day there is a glare which makes it a little hard to see inside.” Although a request could be put in to Director of Physical Planning and Construction Services David Moore to replace the glass, MacDevitt said that he does not plan to do so. Moore said that he was not aware of the issue and had not heard of complaints. He said, “I’d have to investigate.” He said, “My solution to that is not necessarily to request changing the glass because I don’t think they would, but instead to try to schedule the opening receptions for later in the evening.” Moore said that faculty were very involved into how the building would be constructed “to the point of over-involvement sometimes.” Moore said, “I gotta see if there are alternatives or if it’s something that we want to address.”
work according to Herrera. He did not want to have any regrets and feels it is partly why he received a high amount of votes. As student trustee, Herrera looks forward to a current project regarding the transition of food vendors on campus. He has been following the case since the food vendors were almost replaced earlier in the semester. More excited than anything that it is over, Rodriguez said, “We got a lot of work ahead of us.”
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and being happy with the results, Azzam said she was urging for student voices to be heard. “The amount of students that did vote, I’m glad that they did,” said President-elect Azzam, “I just want to say thank you to everyone that helped us.” Herrera claimed he did not rest or stop and ran a campaign as if someone else was running an equally hard campaign against him and his team. The campaign team spent a lot of the day talking to clubs, classrooms and booking meetings with professors, the hard
I think it’s not fair when students who have that capacity ... are not able to do so because of the fact that they are deemed to be in a category of people... David Ramirez ASCC Vice President
This is to allow an additional two students to participate in the program, which is currently at an even ten, as the funding allocated this year is less than years prior. During the presentation by Ramirez, an issue was brought up by those in attendance regarding who should be consid-
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discussion broke out in the Associated Students of Cerritos College senate concerning an Arduino internship with NASA. It focused on the question to whether undocumented, AB 540 and international students should be prioritized in legislation. The Arduino Internship Opportunity is in association with the NASA California Grant Community College STEM Project. The internship has been offered at Cerritos in past years. It gives college students the ability to learn and use skills to create projects which will be presented and evaluated by NASA. The legislation was introduced by Senator Sarah Montes De Oca and seconded by Senator Christopher Rodriguez. It was presented to the student council by ASCC Vice President David Ramirez during the ASCC meeting on April 4. The legislation included a request to increase funding for the internship opportunity.
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NASA for all: David Ramirez presented how the Arduino internship benefitted students. He wanted to fund AB 540 and international students.
ered to fill the additional two openings. Some in attendance at the meeting argued that the legislation should take further steps to include and prioritize undocumented and international students. Others argued that priority should not be given to undocumented students, but instead focus on all students who are interested. Ramirez had this to say about the scrutiny, “I believe the senate wanted to cover the entire spectrum of people who are impacted by the restrictions in funding of the program, the amending today was to make sure they covered everyone. “The professors already have it at heart that they want to fund students who are undocumented, AB 540, or international students. They wanted that on paper. I think that it’s not fair when students who have that capacity or exceed that capacity are not able to do so because the fact that they are deemed a category of people who are ineligible.” Senator Robert Campbell argued, “There is a lot of money that could be going to this legislation, because its a fantastic piece of legislation. “My concern is if we expand
the scope of this or we reallocate absolutely anything, we want to make sure that we don’t give just a certain specific group of people this opportunity. “Especially if we increase it to more than two students like we did last year. We want to extend this opportunity to all students on the campus. “The wording that we had currently didn’t allow for anyone outside of undocumented or AB 540 students.” Rodriguez stated, “They want to make sure it’s not just AB 540, undocumented students, or permanent residents, they want to make sure that it’s available to everybody. “I think it’s better to bring people from different countries and cultures, and gain from their knowledge.” Ariana Hernandez, a Cerritos College student, was present during the meeting. She stated, “I felt it was unfair to add only two students.” According to her, the senate should do more to include undocumented students. “They have to add a total of six students, to include all students here at Cerritos College.” The discussion about the legislation will continue during the next ASCC meeting on April 11.
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