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Student found dead www.theskylineview.com
April 21, 2011
Volume XXIX - Issue 6
by Marc Arguello
Courtesy of San Bruno Police Department
Skyline student Leonie Scott was found dead close to Skyline College campus, according to the San Bruno Police Department. Scott, 20, was found April 17 near Skyline Boulevard and College Drive, according to local news outlets. Chief Deputy Coroner Jerry Cohn from the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office said the cause of death is still under investigation, but it appears to have been a suicide. San Bruno police speaking to San Bruno Patch said that Scott was reported missing Saturday morning after she left her home distraught after an argument with her boyfriend. “I was surprised and shocked,” said Shannon Tucker, a longtime friend and co-worker of Scott’s. Tucker said that only last week she saw Scott happy and even excited. She described Scott as an extremely positive and friendly person. Tucker said she never expected that Scott would kill herself. “She didn’t want anyone to feel bad because she was feeling bad,” Tucker said. She stated that Scott had a way of always going above and beyond for her friends. “She enjoyed
giving. She was happy to see people getting her gifts.” “Even though she was younger,” Tucker said, “she felt more mature in some ways.” Nan Ding, also a friend and coworker of Scott’s, is also shocked by her death. “We used to hang out a lot,” Ding said. “Like, two to three times a day.” Ding worked alongside Tucker and Scott at Target. Saturday, when Scott was reported missing, San Bruno police questioned Ding and Tucker about Scott’s whereabouts.
Journalism on the go While the case is still open coroners are leaning to suicide as the cause of death.
“It doesn’t feel like she’s gone yet,” Tucker said. “It’s almost like I’m expecting her to call and tell me that she is all right.” “I was pretty much in shock,” said friend, coworker, and writer for The Skyline View Luis Osorio. Osorio doesn’t think that Scott committed suicide. “I don’t believe it; a lot of people don’t want to believe it.” “She was always so sure of herself,” Osorio said. “She would share her dreams and goals with you. She was always happy about life.”
Joseph Valdez /The Skyline View
This is just one example of the various types of memorial Items seen on campus.
The Skyline View wins General Excellence Awards. by Alexis de Guzman
The Skyline View won General Excellence for the online and print editions of the paper at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges State Convention during spring break. The 2011 JACC State Convention took place April 7–10, 2011 in Sacramento. “We have a better staff, and we have an interesting energy working together to make a better paper and to learn more, to do better work for our campus,” said Marc Arguello, editor-in-chief of The Skyline View. The JACC Convention draws more than 600 faculty members and students from colleges around California and beyond, including Rhode Island. The three-day journalism affair offered the students and faculty a full array of workshops, contests, tours and more. This JACC event occurs annually in either southern or northern California and is held in late March or early April. “I am filled with so much pride about the work that they’ve done,” said Nancy Kaplan- Biegel, the Skyline View adviser. “I am happy that they got the acknowledgement for the hard work that they have put in.”
Eight journalism students from The Skyline View represented the college and joined different kinds of contests; they also attended different workshops to learn and hear from professional journalists from all over California. “It was very educational,” Arguello said. “It was interesting to see how other student journalism programs around the state operate and how they work together.” The students brought home other awards as well. Writer Marc Arguello received Honorable Mention for his column The View From Here, and photographers Larry Cortez and David Evans received Honorable Mention and 3rd place, respectively, for their work on the San Bruno fire. “I’m very happy because I put some serious work into the online edition as the online editor,” Stephen Benoit said. “It’s just weird to get the online excellence (award) when sometimes I’m constantly criticizing the site and I’m thinking, ‘I could improve this, and I could improve this,’ and I guess somebody noticed my improvements.” The next JACC statewide convention will occur during spring 2012 in Burbank.
Alexis de Guzman /The Skyline View
Adviser Nancy Kaplan-Biegel (Left) and Editor in Chief Marc Arguello (Right) present the awards won at JACC.