The Skyline View, Volume 23, Issue 6

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Inside View

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Skyline View The Voice of Skyline College, San Bruno, California

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April 22, 2009

Volume XXIII - Issue 6

ASSC wants Skyline to get involved Associated Students urge students to participate in elections Jessica Bellomini Staff Writer

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Raydan Al-hubaishy, ASSC’s current commisioner of public records, is running for ASSC president.

Any student of Skyline can run for the positions within the ASSC, who meet weekly to discuss and enact campus policies, activities and clubs. There are five positions within the ASSC that are available: president, vice president, commissioner of public records and several commissioner positions. Raydan Al-hubaishy, ASSC’s current commissioner of public records, is running for ASSC president and wants students to run. “I want to encourage students to run for offices, it’s a good experience,” Al-hubaishy said. Qualifications to run include having a 2.0 GPA, current enrollment in at least six units, filling out the application, and attending one of the three ASSC meetings. The application can be picked up in the student activities office, room 6212, or can be downloaded online on the Associated Students of Skyline College website, found through Skyline’s main site. Three meetings will take place within the next few weeks. Students running must attend one of them. Campaigning is completely up to the candidate, whether they make posters, talk to students, or distribute flyers. A public forum is scheduled for May 6 at noon in the cafeteria for the

candidates to speak to the student body and current ASSC members. The voting will occur online starting May 18-22 through a website. The URL will be given to students on posters around campus where any Skyline student can log on and vote for their choice candidate. Al-hubaishy is currently the commissioner of public records which is one of the most important jobs within the ASSC. He is in charge of the minutes for each meeting, as well as the agendas. “Basically everything comes to me first to get approval for the meetings,” Al-hubaishy said. Al-hubaishy believes that running for the ASSC is a great way to get involved in your campus, learn about politics, and build leadership skills. Not to mention it’ll look great on a resume later when looking for a job. Al-hubaishy is concerned that because Skyline is a community college people won’t get involved as much as at a university, because people just come and go. “Students don’t realize the ASSC is here and what we do,” Al-hubaishy said. Each year more and more students have gotten involved in the student elections. “Student participation is always a concern, last year was better than the year before,” Al-hubaishy said. “But I’d like to see more students involved.”

Students react to change in library open hours Kenny Martin Copy Editor What kinds of reactions will students have to the changing library hours during the summer? Will the Students view it in the same light as the administration? Read on to find out. The reactions were mostly positive and understanding. Ryan Law, who is a telecommunications major here at Skyline, thinks it is a good idea; “It saves money that the school can use elsewhere.” Law, who has most of his classes during the day but also has a class at night, has observed that the library on campus is more heavily used during the day. “At nighttime, the library is dead,” says Law, “but in the morning, from around 9:00 to 12:00, it is packed.” Law believes that most people, himself included, utilize the library between classes as a quiet place to study, research or do homework. He has met only one person who has gone to the Skyline library over the weekend. Another student at Skyline, Rena Aiken, is also understanding of

the changes, but a little less so than Law. Aiken, who is a science major, views the library as a very helpful resource she uses during breaks to work on research papers or to study for a midterm or final. Aiken feels that the library is an academic tool for students, and the main reason why students come to college is to learn. The bottom line, for her, is that it should never be okay to cut into academics. On the other hand, she appreciates the consideration that has been given to the students’ hours. Aiken, who is a mom, knows that there are people who have kids and a day job, and for these people their only opportunity would be to come at nighttime or on the weekends. According to Law, a majority of the people in his evening telecommunications class are older people who work in the morning. However, he does not see any of them head up to the library after the class is dismissed.

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Students come to the library to get a chance to study in a quiet, encouraging environment.


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