RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE
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APRIL 6, 2023
Students demand silence, noise complaints grow
VOL. 101, NO. 11
Library considers bans for loud students, no noise toleration JOHN MICHAEL GUERRERO MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
The Salvatore G. Rotella Digital Library and Learning Resource Center is one of many key places at Riverside City College that students can visit for various resources, a place to study or a place to mingle. Recently, the library has gained attention for how noisy it can get at the food lounge on the first floor. Students have said librarians are threatening to ban noisy patrons. “I have heard it gets pretty loud and that (students) haven’t been able to focus on the ‘quiet floor’ which is located on the second floor of the Digital Library,” Chloe Spartos, a student at RCC, said. Linda Joannesing, library technical assistant II, said the college assumes students will read the Student Handbook to learn about the Code of Conduct. She said the noise is a product of how crowded the building is. “If there are a lot of people, it can get noisier, but with fewer people, it is usually not an issue,” Joannesing said. Librarians have continued to warn students that they may be asked to leave if the noise level in the library becomes too loud. This has been a frequent issue this semester compared to the previous semesters following COVID-19, according to Jacqueline Lesch, department co-chair and librarian faculty. She said that many of the current rules and regulations students are See BAN on page 2
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Wheelock stadium looks in shambles April 4 after the track and field have been deconstructed to begin repairs and remodeling.
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The Riverside Community College District Board of Trustees approved funding for the RCC Football Field and Running Track Project. The project is to replace the football field and the running track. The field was shut down after a study conducted by an outside vendor right before the 2021 football playoffs.. The college’s football team has used Ramona High School’s stadium as its home field temporarily. The track and field team has been practicing at University of California, Riverside since the construction began March 4. Track athletes have to go to RCC for classes, drive to UCR for cardio, and then drive back to RCC to lift weights in the Wheelock Gym. The shotput and discus throwers on the team still practice at RCC on the field near the parking structure. “It’s a lot more tedious for them,” head women’s track and field coach Damien Smith said. “It took them about a week to
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fully adjust.” The throwing teams have felt separated due to the move. “Team bonding has been a little rough just because we’re separate from the (rest of the) team,” throws coach Nick Robinson said. The constant back-and-forth travel between campuses isn’t the only issue for the athletes. “Parking (at UCR) was the bigger issue,” Smith said. “Once we figured out the landscape and how to park, it became easier.” “It’s been challenging, but it’s something (that happens) like in life. It’s something you have to do and you just get it done,” men’s track and field head coach Jim McCarron said. “They’ve done very well.” The move hasn’t been entirely negative for the teams. “UCR provides us with a lot of equipment that we have at our place and allows us to store other equipment here,” Smith said. “For the jumpers, they have more than one pit to jump in. I can put sprinters in one pit so they can do some drills and the long jumpers can still do their whole workout. They like the grass field here, it’s a little softer. It helps on their cooldowns.”
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The athletes and coaches prefer the grass at UCR to the turf that they had at home. “I kinda wish we had grass,” McCarron said. “It’s just better for training. It’s less impact. It’s softer on the legs, so I really actually like it. One of the benefits of training over there is that we get to use their javelin runway on Mondays, which is really helpful. So that’s a big benefit of using their track.” Smith said the teams have had to change its practice times due to the temporary move. “The biggest obstacle is not being at home and not being able to get right to our stuff,” Smith said. “The girls normally practice at 1 o’clock. We had to shift up to 1 o’clock and the guys come at 3.” The difference in the timing makes it harder for the coaches to focus on the athletes individually. “Normally the girls would be done working out and the guys would come in,” Smith said. “Then we could fully focus on the guys, but now they intermingle a little bit.” After the season ends the team will no longer be using UCR’s field. The track is supposed to be completed by the last week of
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August. However, the recent storms may have delayed the process. “They ripped the track apart the day after our last home meet,” Smith said. “There hasn’t been a thing done to it since.” Currently, there is more prep to do before the construction company can start laying down the new track. “They are testing the asphalt to make sure everything is okay before they put the mondo track on top,” Robinson said. “Right now, they are going through testing to make sure they don’t have to replace any of the asphalt.” The contractors and construction manager will update the official project schedule provided to them as progress is made. The District’s project manager will oversee all operations in this project based on observations by the senior management of the construction company. RCC will use the construction services of C.W. Driver LLC, led by Project Executive David Amundson. The construction of the new field and running track is projected to cost up to $192,000. This story is developing.
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