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www.theclariononline.com web.mac.com/clariononline

obert D. Haugh, for-

mer superintend-

ent/president of

Citrus College, died

on July 21, three days before

his 93rd birthday, at Methodist

Hospital in Arcadia.

A longtime resident of

Monrovia, Haugh made educa-

tion his career for 42 years, 34

of which he spent in the com-

munity college system.

His term as

superintendent/president of

Citrus College began in 1967.

During his 14-year tenure, he

instituted significant changes,

such as allowing traditional day

classes to be offered in the

evening and on Saturdays and

developing the athletics and art

programs. The Performing Arts

Building was named after him

in 1971.

Haugh's first faculty hire was

Ben C. Bollinger, longtime

director of the Citrus Singers,

who retired in spring 2005.

"I consider him one of the

greatest administrators Citrus

had," Bollinger said. "He was

such a class act. He carried

himself in such a dignified

manner."

Bollinger said Haugh's great-

est legacy was his caring treat-

ment of everyone on campus,

"from the gardeners to the

administrators and the teachers.

"He helped to solidify the

faculty, who were was behind

him all the time. He saw the

key to a great campus was its

faculty," Bollinger said.

Haugh was a major supporter

of community colleges. In an

interview published in the

September/October 2002

"Glendoran" magazine, Haugh

debunked the myth that a junior

college was just "an overgrown

By Aaron CastrejonCLARION CORRESPONDENT

Former college president/superintendent dies

Parking capacityto increase aspart of campus‘master plan’

he number of parking

spaces available for

students and staff is

expanding as spaces

are added to already existing lots

and construction of a new park-

ing lot gets underway.

The new east parking lot, to be

located off Barranca Avenue

where the soccer and softball

practice field used to be located,

is expected to be ready for use by

October.

“The parking lot will have 340

student parking spaces,” Campus

Chief Engineer James Pierce

said. On the lower level there will

be 49 staff parking spots and two

handicapped spots.

No handicapped spots are to be

built in the east parking lot

because they need to be placed

near buildings that they are easily

accessible, said Bob Bradshaw,

campus facilities project manag-

er.

“The goal is to construct as

many parking spaces as possible

to increase the overall parking

capacity on campus, not to

accommodate any one building,”

said Michael Harrington, director

of facilities and construction.

Beginning Sept. 17, students

will see a decrease in the parking

capacity at Citrus College for a

short time because of the occupa-

tion of the VIP parking lot, which

is located on the north side of the

stadium.

The VIP parking lot will be

used by the construction crew

while it draws up the plans for the

athletic fieldhouse. Because there

is easy accessibility from the VIP

parking lot to the site on where

fieldhouse will be built, both

security staff and construction

staff have confirmed that the VIP

parking lot will be closed until

further notice.

Right now, the campus has

approximately 3,313 parking

spaces, with 339 spots for staff,

63 patron spaces, 91 handicapped

spaces, and 2,820 student spaces.

With the temporary closing of the

By Andrew vasquezCLARION A&E EDITOR

Boozing, cruising:

A deadly

combination

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DR. ROBERT HAugH

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SAmANTHA BRAvO Citrus College Clarion

give me the blue light: GRAMMY camper Trevy Kly of Santa Monica throws his hands up to the audience at the camp’s July29 Showcase Concert.

GRAMMY Camp0, 11

‘Big Kahuna’ delivers State of the College address

or the first time ever,

video of the superin-

tendent/president’s

annual State of the

College address is available

online.

The speech can be accessed

at web.mac.com/clariononline,

the newspaper’s website.

The superintendent/president

of Citrus College challenged

faculty and staff to “Ride the

Wave of Progress” as the col-

lege experiences new begin-

nings during the 2007-2008

school year.

Dr. Michael J. Viera covered

enrollment issues, strategic

planning, the state budget and

construction projects during his

annual “State of the College”

address Aug. 31 in the Haugh

Performing Arts Center.

Faculty was dressed in surf-

ing attire; the stage was deco-

rated with surfboards and beach

paraphernalia.

In the 2007-2008 state budg-

et approved by the California

Legislature on Aug. 21, $80

million was cut from communi-

ty colleges because the

statewide system was not grow-

ing as expected.

In addition, Gov. Arnold

Schwarzenegger blue-penciled

$13.8 million from non-credit

instruction and $33.1 million

for basic skills instruction.

One of the most important

things that came out of the

budget for students, according

to Viera, is that the legislature

left the per-unit fee for commu-

nity colleges at $20 per unit.

Between the 2005-2006 and

the 2006-2007 school years,

Citrus experienced a loss of

127.84 Full Time Equivalent

students.

The number of FTEs is used

to determine how much money

the college is reimbursed from

the state.

In an effort to increase

enrollment, Citrus College has

implemented a 16-week semes-

ter. Classes began Sept. 4 as

opposed to fall 2006 when the[SEE ConvoCation, PAgE 3]

By Emily RiosCLARION EDITOR IN CHIEF

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he number of parking spaces

available for students and staff is

expanding as spaces are added to

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approximately 72 fewer spaces in

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VIP parking lot, there will be

approximately 72 fewer spaces in

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Also, since the new east park-

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Deep-fried fun

comes to town

—LIFE pg. 20

Women’s water

polo set to

make a splash

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Psychobilly

sounds never

die

[SEE FlaSher, PAgE 3]

DENISE HEADy Citrus College Clarion

Savoring the win: Defensive lineman Devin Johnson celebrates after he returned an interception for the first touch-down in Saturday’s victory over Compton 42-21.

Studentswarned afterflasher incident

ocal police issued a warning to the

Citrus College campus community

and a local elementary school after

a pair of nearby flashing incidents

took place last week.

On Sept. 13, a woman jogging on Foothill

Boulevard west of the Haugh Performing

Arts Center reported to Glendora police that a

man had exposed himself to her.

The suspect was hiding behind some bush-

es in the stairwell that leads into the north side

of the Haugh Performing Arts parking lot.

“The suspect called out to her from a bush,

and when she turned around, he exposed him-

self and proceeded to masturbate,” said Sgt.

Jamie Caldwell of the Glendora Police

Department.

City police department officials contacted

campus security about the incident.

“We conducted an immediate sweep of the

area and surrounding areas,” said Citrus

College Security Supervisor Tony Giannone.

“We are lucky that is all that happened.”

After the sweep was completed Giannone

contacted Randy Cable, supervisor of the

grounds crew, who cut back the bush.

“The bush is trimmed once a year because

it is slow-growing,” Cable said. “It is a regu-

lar maintenance item, and we will spend some

more time trimming it back.”

The Sept. 13 occurrence was the second in

a pair of recent cases of indecent exposure in

the vicinity.

The first took place in Glendora between

Juanita and Gladstone streets near Willow

Elementary School, said Richard Evers,

director of child welfare and attendance and

secondary education.

A man exposed himself to a teenage girl

around 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, Evers said.

Charter Oak Unified School District offi-

cials issued a letter to be sent home to parents

cautioning them to be extra vigilant since the

incident happened after school operation

hours.

“A plan has been put in place, and extra

supervision has been provided,” Evers said.

The suspect has been described as a male

of approximately 25 years, Hispanic origin

with brown hair, approximately 6 feet tall

with a light build of 170 lbs., Caldwell said.

Suspects like this will typically offend

again, Caldwell said. They tend to be brazen

and feel like they can get away with it.

It’s a right-place-at-the-right-time sort of

By Eryn O’NealSPECIAL TO THE CLARION

L

OWLS PREY ON TARTARSPAGE?12

Alumnus establishes largest scholarship in college’s history

Candidates for Board of Trustees address campus concerns

An alumnus of

Citrus College has

established the

largest scholarship

in the college’s 92-year history.

A graduate of the class of

1965, Llewellyn Eugene Dudley,

62, has donated $100,000 to the

Citrus College Foundation and

established the Eugene Dudley

Leadership Scholarship.

Dudley has requested that

$5,000 be awarded annually to a

Citrus College transfer student

who has been actively involved

in campus activities.

Dudley decided to establish

the scholarship because of the

high cost of tuition.

“College is so incredibly

expensive,” he said. “I thought

this scholarship might help

someone to move on and get a

degree while lessening their

financial burden.”

Dudley, who is retired from

the City of Los Angeles after 24

years of social service work,

attended Citrus College from

1963 to 1965. He transferred to the

University of California, LosAngeles, where he earned abachelor’s degree in political sci-ence, and then went on to earnhis master’s degree in public

administration after attendinggraduate school at Cal StateHayward and Cal State LosAngeles.

Dudley said he chose to

donate to Citrus rather than to the

universities from which he grad-

uated because of the unique

opportunities Citrus offered him.

“Citrus has always been spe-

cial in my heart,” he said. “I did-

n’t come from a wealthy family.

Citrus offered me a great oppor-

tunity to complete my first two

years of college in an affordable

environment.”

During his two years as a

By Samantha BravoCLARION mANAgINg EDITOR

ALLEwELLyN gENE DuDLEy

[SEE SCholarShiP, PAgE 3]

hree candidates run-

ning for an open seat

on the Citrus

Community College

District Board of Trustees partic-

ipated in a public forum Sept. 13

in the Ross Handy Campus

Center. The three addressed six

questions submitted in advance

by Citrus College faculty and

staff.

The five trustees on the board

are elected for four-year terms

on a rotating basis.

The newly elected board

member will work with such

veteran board members as

Joanne Montgomery

(Monrovia/Bradbury/Duarte),

Dr. Edward C. Ortell (Duarte/

Arcadia/Azusa) Susan M. Keith

(Claremont/Azusa/Pomona) and

Dr. Gary L. Woods

(Azusa/Covina/Glendora/Irwind

ale) to establish school policies

and programs.

Michael Bevilacqua, the

trustee who has represented

Glendora for 20 years, plans to

step down.

Dr. Patricia Rasmussen, vice

president of development at

Mount San Antonio College;

Thom Hill, dean of fine and per-

forming arts at Santa Ana

College; and Gene Morrell,

Certified Automotive business

owner, are running for

Bevilacqua’s seat. Rasmussen

and Hill are also former Citrus

College administrators.

A fourth candidate, former

Citrus College student Mickie

Harlow, dropped out of the race

prior to the forum.

The Citrus College Faculty

Association, the union that rep-

resents full-time faculty, invited

the candidates to speak.

Language Arts Professor John

Fincher served as moderator at

the forum.

Fincher began by asking the

candidates why they want to be

on the Board.

Hill, who is a product of

Ventura College, said his main

interest is serving Citrus College

students and the community.


T

[SEE Forum, PAgE 3]

—A&E. pg. 20 —SPORTS pg. 13

Lab gives

students hands

on experience

— pg. 20

Club Rush gets

students moving

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Comic books

see another

Golden Age

—A&E. pg. 17 —LIFE pg. 10, 11

ARIEL CARmONA JR. Citrus College Clarion

waiting to Strike: Sophomore defender Rebecca Nitz tries to make a play against LA Valley College’s MariaGuarado while teammate Christina Moore lends defensice support during the Oct. 12 homoew game where Citrus beatLA Valley 6-0.

Sports, pg. 12

Superintendent/President toretire in June

he search has begun for Citrus

College’s next superintendent/presi-

dent.

Dr. Michael J. Viera, superintend-

ent/president of Citrus College, announced Oct. 2

that he plans to retire in June 2008.

Viera made his surprise announcement at the

regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting in

a letter addressed to board president Joanne

Montgomery. In it, he detailed the accomplish-

ments of his tenure at Citrus.

Viera was hired by the Board of Trustees of the

Citrus Community College District in 2003. He

succeeded Superintendent/President Louis E.

Zellers, who retired after 18 years at Citrus

College.

Viera said that after spending 39 years in the

education field, he feels as though he is ready to do

something different.

“There are just a lot of things out there in the

world that I would like to do and try,” Viera said.

“I still want to stay

connected with

education but per-

haps at a little less

frantic pace.”

Viera began his

career teaching

high school in

1969.

Before coming

to Citrus, Viera

served as chairman

of the social sciences college at Chaffey College,

dean at Chaffey College, executive vice president

at Fullerton College and eventually president of

Fullerton College.

Immediately after being hired at Citrus College,

Viera said he was met with many opportunities for

moving the college forward.

“I think the college was really ready when I got

here to be looking in some new directions, partic-

ularly in the area of instructional services and

instructional programs,” he said.

Viera cited one of the college’s largest opportu-

nities came in the form of a bond.

“One of the first things I did when I got here

was start talking to the community about a bond to

support building new facilities. We accomplished

that in March 2004, almost 8 months after I got

here,” Viera said.

Irene Malmgren, vice president of instruction,

said she feels Viera has had a tremendous impact,

particularly while he served as an ambassador for

Citrus College in local communities.

“He has spent hours out in the community at

meetings and events, letting the community get to

know Citrus College through him,” Malmgren

By Samantha BravoCLARION EDITOR IN CHIEF

T

Former nio-nazi scheduled to speak at Diversity Week

itrus College will

receive a visit

from a former

neo-nazi, skin-

head and the gay man he vic-

timized as a teenager on the

Tuesday during Diversity

week.

The unlikely team will be

speaking, in the Haugh

Performing Arts Center at, on

the subject of hate violence in

honor of diversity week the

program will begin at 10 am.

Timothy Zaal, the former

skin head member and his

new found homosexual friend

were recent guests on the

Oprah show this past June and

they now will be telling their

compelling story and how

their lives have changed, to

Citrus College

“I was looking for a speak-

er on hate and racism,” said

Adrienne Thompson, Student

Activities Supervisor.

Through the Museum of

Tolerance we have the oppor-

tunity to hear this team speak,

“ they have a story called

‘From Hate to Hope,’” she

said.

Students will need a Citrus

College ID to have access into

the event, said Thompson.

Diversity week is sched-

uled to starting Oct.29 and run

through the week.

Diversity week is “a week

of student activities that are

geared around diversity of all

kinds, ethnic kinds, cultural

kinds, gender kinds, sexuali-

ty,” said Jessie Sanchez, 20,

student body vice president.

“Diversity week starts off

with Monday being the open-

ing ceremony with a bunch of

off campus and on campus

dance performances,” says

commissioner of activities

Stefano Saltalamacchia, 18.

“We are going to kick every-

thing off with the exploding of

a volcano.”

By Amanda NewfieldCLARION LIFE EDITOR

C

Well known American poet to speak in campus center

oet Mark Doty,

author of seven

poetry books and

three nonfiction

books, will speak at Citrus

College’s Ross L. Handy

Campus Center (East Wing) on

Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event is open to the public

and admission is free.

The presentation will begin

with a question-and-answer ses-

sion in which Doty will share

his insights on the craft of cre-

ative writing, which he gained

over 20 years of writing and

teaching. At 11:30 a.m., Doty

will read from his work. At 1

p.m., another question-and-

answer session will begin for

another hour..

Overly said he first heard of

the poet after watching a PBS

series, “Fooling with Words

with Bill Moyers,” in which

Moyers profiles and speaks to

Doty and other American poets,

including Amiri Baraka,

Coleman Banks and Robert

Pinksky.

The series premiered in 1999

on PBS and included 22 poets.

Afterward, Overly taught

Doty’s poetry in many of his

classes; he also uses Doty’s

memoirs. He believes Doty

writes eloquently but is also

accessible, which he highly val-

ues because he can engage stu-

dents and keep them interested.

Overly said he decided to invite

Doty when he came across his

MySpace page. Overly sent

Doty a message and Doty com-

mitted to speaking at Citrus

College.

With his third collection of

poetry, “My Alexandria,” and

his memoirs, “Heaven’s Coast”

and “Dog Years,” he explores

the devastating physical and

emotional effects of AIDS as he

writes about his lover’s slow

By Jesse RuizCLARION STAFF wRITER

PmARk DOTy

[SEE Poet PAgE 3]

[SEE SPeaker, PAgE 3]

DR. mICHAEL J. vIERA

[SEE viera, PAgE 3]


Students

document

urban life in

L.A.

—LIFE

pg. 8

Celebrate cam-

pus diversity

with fellow stu-

dents.

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Basketball

teams prepare

for upcoming

season.

—CENTER

pgs. 10&11

—EDITORIALS

pg. 19

AmANDA NEwFIELD Citrus College Clarion

DanCing For DiverSity: The Manea Dancers, which in English means “beautiful,” display authentic Tahitian dances on Mondayin the Campus Center Mall in honor of diversity week.

Completiondate for Eastparking lotstill unknown

uring the Physical

R e s o u r c e s

Committee meeting

on Oct. 2, the com-

pletion date for the east parking

lot was the subject of major dis-

cussion.

Facilities Project Manager

Bob Bradshaw stated the east

parking lot was about 35 percent

complete and had an expected

completion date of late October.

However, as of Oct. 31, it has

yet to be finished.

He stated they have made

progress and that the reason the

completion date been held back

is because after construction had

started, Los Angeles County

required two

large storm

drains be put

in before they

were given

the permit.

“The space

allotted for

the storm

drains is

about 27,000

cubic feet which will be used to

hold water,” Bradshaw said.

“Because of this, construction

was held up by at least two

weeks. I am estimating that the

project will be done by the mid-

dle of November,” he said.

The east parking lot is expect-

ed to provide 340 student park-

ing spaces, 49 staff parking

spaces, and two handicapped

parking spaces.

With the implementation of

the new compressed calendar,

student parking has become a

problem.

“I have to park all the way in

the stadium parking lot every

morning,” said Albert Fattal,

Associated Students of Citrus

College Commissioner of Clubs.

“It’s a hassle, but at least I am

getting plenty of exercise.”

Fattal, who is also the ASCC

representative on the Physical

By Andrew vasquezCLARION A&E EDITOR

D

Former skinhead addresses student, faculty

ate and forgive-

ness are topics

seldom discussed

among students,

but the guest speakers who

came to Citrus College during

Tuesday of Diversity Week

put the topics into perspec-

tive.

Diversity Week is often

viewed as a fun week of

events, when clubs get

involved and promote the dif-

ferent cultures and back-

grounds represented at Citrus.

This year, in addition to

those events, Diversity Week

has included a calling to each

student: Take a look at your-

self and your school and real-

ize our diversity while learn-

ing to accept others for who

they are, despite how different

they may be.

More than 560 students and

faculty packed into the Haugh

Performing Arts Center to

hear former neo-Nazi skin-

head Tim Zaal and Matthew

Boger, the gay man he victim-

ized as a teenager, speak on

the subject of hate.

“I’m a former raciest skin-

head,” said Zaal, who grew up

in a home where his father

was frequently gone and the

“N” word was freely tossed

around.

In his former days, Zaal

proudly wore a 16-inch

Mohawk, safety pins in his

cheek, and razorblades in his

boots. He did not fit into the

clean-cut neighborhood his

family moved to in the east

San Gabriel Valley.

Being involved in the Nazi

punk scene led him to join

skinheads in violent hate

crimes. “Drinking and getting

into fights were things I liked

to do,” Zaal said.

By Amanda NewfieldCLARION LIFE EDITOR

College to host second annual ‘Salute to Veterans’

ountless men and women

have devoted their lives to

serving in the United States

armed forces. Many have

paid the ultimate sacrifice.

To honor veterans and those currently

serving in the military, the Associated

Students of Citrus College and the Citrus

College Veterans Network are sponsoring

the second annual “Salute to Veterans” on

Nov. 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the

Campus Center Mall.

Dr. Bruce Solheim, Citrus College his-

tory professor and volunteer veterans

coordinator who spearheaded last year’s

salut, once again organized the event.

Solheim was motivated by his desire to

reach out to veterans from the wars in

Iraq and Afghanistan who are enrolled at

Citrus

“Last year we had a large, enthusiastic

crowd of students and folks from our

community,” Solheim said.

The celebration will include

a 21-gun salute, military

vehicles on display, a 20-

foot wall honoring

California’s fallen vet-

erans from Operation

Iraqi Freedom and

O p e r a t i o n

E n d u r i n g

F r e e d o m ,

and a per-

formance

by The

Haywires, a singing group that special-

izes in music from the World War II era.

A new attraction is a flyover by

twoarmy helicopters from Ft. Irwin.

A UH-Huey from the Vietnam War and

a new UH-60 Blackhawk will fly over the

quad several times throughout the event.

Colonel William V. Wenger is

scheduled to be the keynote speaker.

Wenger is the interim National

Commander of the Iraq War

Veterans Organization, Inc. He

served in Iraq and Afghanistan

before retiring from the

Army.

“It is important for

colleges to understand

the full spectrum of

the world today and

to be aware of those


C

[SEE DiverSity, PAgE 3]

BOB BRADSHAw

[SEE Parking, PAgE 3]

H

[SEE Salute PAgE 3]

Exhibit

showcases

student work.

—Pg 20

Calender

changes improve

semester.

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INSIDE

Complex album

revitalizes

listeners.

—A&E

pg. 14

—EDITORIALS

pg. 19

SAmANTHA BRAvO Citrus College Clarion

Search beginsfor next collegepresidentConsultant hired to create proposal

and gather consensus of what traits

campus feels next leader should

possess

gathering SuPPort: Students gather in the campus mall to rally in for Proposition 92, which will appear on the

Feb. 5, 2008 ballot. If passed, the measure would lower the per-unit fees to $15 a unit.

Campus rallies in support of Prop. 92

tudents and staff at Citrus

College rallied Dec. 5 in

support of Proposition 92,

known as the Community

College Initiative, which will appear

on the Feb. 5, 2008 ballot.

Dr. Michael J. Viera, superintend-

ent/president of Citrus College was

the first speaker to address the crowd

of students, faculty and staff who

gathered in the Campus Mall.

“Prop. 92 is absolutely critical for

our students,” Viera said.

“In recent years we have seen the

enrollment or tuition fees rise as

high as $26, $9, $11 and now $20.

But what Proposition 92 does is set a

guaranteed $15 a unit price tag, and

then it only can increase when it is

appropriate for cost-of-living adjust-

ments.”

In addition to stabilizing student

fees, funding for community col-

leges would also be guaranteed with

the passage of Prop. 92.

Funding for the community col-

lege system is provided under

Proposition 98, which California

voters approved in 1998. Under that

law, community colleges receive a

fluctuating percentage of the revenue

designated each year for K-14

schools.

Proposition 92 would ensure that

the legislature could not tinker with

the percentage of revenue allocated

to community colleges when state

revenues fluctuate or when enroll-

ment in K-12 rises or falls.


Rally informs on

legislation that will benefit

community colleges.

S[SEE rally PAgE 3]


and Aaron CastrejonCLARION CORRESPONDENT

he search is underway for the next

superintendent/president of Citrus

College.

A presidential search committee rep-

resenting 10 different on and off campus con-

stituencies has been formed. The committee

includes 19 representatives from Academic

Senate, Adjunct Faculty United, the Alumni

Association, the Associated Students of Citrus

College, the Citrus College Foundation, classified

staff, the Faculty Association, the management

team, supervisor/confidential and the community.

Search consultant Leslie Noble Purdy of

Community College Search Services is aiding in

the recruitment of qualified candidates to succeed

current Superintendent/President Michael J. Viera

after he retires in June 2008.

Constituency representatives serve as voting

members on the search committee. They will help

screen applications for the first level of inter-

views, Purdy said.

Viera, the college’s sixth president in the

schools 92-year history, announced his intention

to retire at the regularly scheduled Oct. 2 Board of

Trustees meeting.

The proposal to the Community College Search

Services was made in early November, as soon as

the board was notified of Viera’s intentions to

retire, Purdy said.

The first step in the hunt for Citrus’ seventh

president is the development of a search brochure

that will outline the duties and responsibilities the

college wants in the next superintendent/presi-

dent.

“[The brochure] is the primary recruiting tool,”

Purdy said. “The object of the brochure is to

attract as many people as possible.”

Representatives from each constituency had the

opportunity to meet with Purdy yesterday to share

their insights and opinions concerning the presi-

dential search.

Purdy said the majority of people she spoke

with want someone similar to Viera.

“[The constituency representatives] are very

enthused about his current leadership,” Purdy

said. “They want someone with the same basic

qualities.”

Savannah Star Dominguez, ASCC president

and member of the president search committee,

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Students elect spring executive board members

ive students have been

elected to the student gov-

ernment executive board.

Elections for the

Associated Students of Citrus College

Executive Board took place on Dec. 4

and 5. Only 95 students voted.

Members of ASCC plan campus

activities, make decisions on behalf of

the student body and are responsible

for a budget of approximately

$500,000 that is generated by student

service fees

Three of those running, Andrew

“Drew” Cress, Stefano Saltalamacchia

and Wendy Orellana, participated in a

candidates forum on Nov. 8 in the

campus center.

Saltalamacchia, who is currently

ASCC commissioner of activities, ran

unopposed for Spring 2008 ASCC

vice president. He received 72 votes.

Saltalamacchia who spearheaded

this year’s homecoming event is eager

to get students excited about being at

Citrus and wants to continue repre-

senting the campus and its diversity.

Turnout low for election,

positions still available.


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