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NO MEANS NO: LESSONS FROM
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 Volume 175 Number 3 The Voice of Los Angeles City College Since 1929 PAGE 5
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPILED BY COMPILED BY
JASMINE CRUMBY
AND SORINA SZAKACS

STUDENTS TAKE COLD

SHOWERS IN A $26 MILLION
BUILDING
Due to a broken water heater,
students in the Kinesiology
department are forced to take
cold showers. The building’s hot
water supplier is still waiting on a
part to repair the water heater. A
sign in the Kinesiology Building
says, “the part is hard to come by,
but it’s on its way.”
PHOTO BY CURTIS SABIR/COLLEGIAN

CINEMA, TV STUDENTS TO BE Many women say they appreciate the access to free healthcare, birth
control and health screenings that Planned PArenthood grants them.
HONORED
Students are invited to attend Planned Parenthood: Locals
the 2015 Certificate Awards
Ceremony for the spring
semester, on Thursday, Oct. 22,
Speak about Current Turmoil
at 8 p.m. in the Theatre Building, ILLUSTRATION BY JOSE TOBAR/COLLEGIAN BY MOLLY DERAS However, Grecia’s sister did not
Room 176. This is a chance agree with Grecia. She says that the
for certificate students to be
honored and recognized for their
accomplishments. Admission to
the event is free.
ENROLLMENT FOR IN-STATE RESIDENTS If the United States Senate votes to
cut off funding for Planned Parent-
hood (PP), the patrons of the orga-
nization’s Vermont Avenue location
organization is not the only place
where women can seek free care.
Small clinics also provide birth con-
trol and screenings for women who

FULL-TIME STUDENTS FIND

ACCESS TO EXTRA MONEY
Cinema/TV students who
are currently enrolled full time
(12 units), have completed a
minimum of 15 units (5 classes)
in Cinema/TV with a GPA of
2.5, and have financial need,
can apply to receive funds for
cameras and computers. The
applications can be picked up
at the LACC Foundation Office
on the third floor of the Student
Union Building. The due date for
applications is Oct. 23, at 4 p.m.
HIDE YOUR BRAINS, CUBS!
Witches, psychics and zombies
take over the Quad for the
Halloween Fair on Wednesday,
Oct. 28, from 4-7 p.m. Students
STAGNANT AT HOMETOWN UNIVERSITIES
NON-RESIDENT STUDENT ADMISSION TRIPLES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND CAL STATE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEMS, WHILE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS OPEN DENIAL LETTERS.
BY TAYLOR CORBIN
Before it can begin to offset the high
non-resident enrollment rate and ad-
mit more California residents, the UC
school system must negotiate with
Gov. Jerry Brown over budget increas-
es, according to UC President Janet
Napolitano.
Within the last five years, the UC
and CSU school systems in-state en-
rollment has declined by one-fifth,
while out-of-state enrollment is rising,
according to the Sacramento based
Public Policy Institute of California
(PPIC).
UC President Janet Napolitano says
she has a plan to reverse the trend and
“The University of California kept
the enrollment of California residents
flat for 2015-16 because of a lack of
funding,” Napolitano said. “The bud-
get will experience a four percent an-
nual base budget increase in each of
the four upcoming fiscal years.”
While local resident enrollment
rates idle, for the last five years, UC
enrollment rates for non-resident stu-
dents increased by 84 percent, accord-
ing to the University of California Of-
fice of the President (UCOP), which
is the worldwide headquarters of the
UC system. That is triple the previous
non-resident enrollment rate.
California resident admission rates
at UC Berkeley according to UCOP,
ment rose by 2.5 percent. Non-resi-
dent enrollment grew by 52.3 percent.
International students surged in the
enrollment rate, with a 78.3 percent
increase.
UCLA has the largest in-state en-
rollment upturn. Local students in-
creased by 10.3 percent.   Similar to
UC Berkeley, UCLA’s out-of-state
grew 27.2 percent. International stu-
dent enrollment swelled at UCLA as
well, with a 78.3 percent increase.
More than 40 percent of fall admits
to UCLA are from outside California,
according to paloaltoonline.com. The
Collegian attempted to contact UCLA
Chancellor Gene Block on numerous
occasions. He did not respond.
may have to go elsewhere.
There is a PP located right across
the street from the campus, on Ver-
mont Avenue. According to the
Washington Post, activists allegedly
exposed PP with undercover videos
that claim to show the organization
in the act of a federal violation. Al-
legedly, PP illegally profited from fe-
tal tissue donations.
Two women, who stood outside
the Vermont Avenue PP, had differ-
ent views on the organization. Grecia,
who only gave her first name, accom-
panied by her sister, who prefers to
remain anonymous, says she is a reg-
ular PP patient.
“I don’t have any medical insur-
ance and Planned Parenthood is
amazing because I can get free birth
control pills that help me be sexually
active and not have to worry about
having [a child],” Grecia said.
want it, according to Grecia’s sister.
“This organization just helps irre-
sponsible people get rid of innocent
lives, helping them not take responsi-
bility for their childish actions,” Gre-
cia’s sister said.
Los Angeles City Students also
spoke about the allegations and the
organization. Marilyn Ramirez, an
LACC criminal justice major says she
thinks there is an underlying agenda.
“I think they’re full of it and it’s ac-
tually an attack on women’s health,”
Ramirez said. “So when they say they
want to defund it, I basically hear that
women don’t have the right to free
beneficial health services.”
Clearly a supporter of the orga-
nization, Ramirez also says that PP
does more than perform abortions.
SEE PARENTHOOD PAGE 4

Homeless Students Could

who want to know their future
may get a reading from the
psychic on site. Organizers
promise food, games, prizes and
a lot of fun. There is a warning
for students who are adventurous
enough to go in the maze: Hide
your brains!
enroll more California residents. Na-
politano says a larger, March proposed
budget, will help increase in-state stu-
dent enrollment, although the mat-
ter must still be negotiated with Gov.
Brown.
have declined by 1.6 percent, while
the out-of-state enrollment increased
by 22.4 percent, and the international
rate rose by 21.5 percent.
The trends at UC Davis are similar.
According to UCOP, in-state enroll-
Napolitano says that student service
fees and other costs are scheduled to
climb for all non-resident students.
Soon Move to Safer Havens
SEE UC, UCLA PAGE 4
BY SORINA SZAKACS wake up everyone in these tents. The
sirens are a signal to get up and start
Students could soon give up sleep- packing and be ready to relocate from

MICROSOFT OFFERS
DISCOUNTED SOFTWARE TO
Handshake ing in tents and move into shelters or
transitional housing after a Los Ange-
the area by 8 a.m.
“Last semester we were in front of

COLLEGE STUDENTS
Microsoft offers the latest
version of Microsoft Office for
$39.99 for community college
students, faculty and staff. LACC
has teamed up with CollegeBuys.
org to also offer a discount on
Macs and PCs.
INTERNSHIPS FOR MEDIA
STUDENTS
Cultivators United, Alpha Pup
Records and the Bellfyre Club
offer students with experience
in film and videography the
opportunity to build their
portfolios and gain experience in
the industry. Anyone interested
in free gifts, cash assignments
Away from
les City Council “State of Emergen-
cy” motion addressing homelessness.
The Los Angeles City Council in-
Peace troduced a motion committing $100
million to combat homelessness and
help move people off the streets on
IT’S TO SHOW Sept. 22, 2015. Councilmen Mike Bo-
nin, Jose Huizar and Paul Krekorian
THEM THAT THEY worked on a motion that uses city
ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS funds to move people off the streets
and into housing, shelters and sup-
THEMSELVES THROUGH portive services.
VARIOUS FORMS OF Bonin says that the Homeless-
ness Committee and Mayor Garcet-
EDUCATION, DANCE, ti’s team will work closely with the
County to make sure their efforts and
MUSIC, THEATRE, AND actions are in sync in developing a
ARTS RATHER THAN plan to spend the money.
“The range options include build-
RESORTING TO EXTREME ing permanent supportive housing,
VIOLENCE.” creation of a program to provide
vouchers for rapid rehousing or in-
BY MAE BRADLEY Deputy Chief Mike Downing is the commanding terim housing,” Bonin said. “[We
the Braille Institute and they would
start the sprinklers on us every hour
for 10 minutes just to make sure we
leave,” said Vicky, a former LACC
student. “I am coming back to school
next semester, I still know my student
I.D.”
She is not the only homeless per-
son who once was a student or still is
enrolled in classes at LACC. For peo-
ple like Vicky, the Resource Center
comes in the picture. The Center is
located in the Student Union Build-
ing on the second floor.
Homeless students can fill out an
application and receive clothes, shoes
or canned food, depending on what
their needs might be.
“We have clothes and shoes for
babies, women and men. Anyone
in need, not only homeless students,
can come over, fill out a liability form
and get the stuff they need, for free,”

and free project promotion,
can apply for the videography
internship. Contact LACC
alumnus William Reid Thedford
IV at (424) 382-6114 for more
details.
INDEX
Opinion
News
Arts & Entertainment
Hispanic Heritage
A
symbolic handshake could give the
Associated Student Government an
opportunity to speak with President
Obama about their proposed solutions
for extreme violence.
P2P (Peer to Peer) - Challenging Extremism
is a biannual national campaign created by the
Department of State that engages young minds via
education seeks to address the violence fueled by
radical ideology.
The State Department will select one profound
idea from 23 different universities worldwide and
2,3 send the winning group of students to the White
4 House. There, on June 13, 2016 a dinner will take
5 place with the State Department and other national
6 representatives, including a formal presentation of
their concept the following day.
officer of the counterterrorism and special
operations bureau and was in charge of selecting
competitors in Los Angeles County. He chose
LACC as the only two year college to compete with
other universities, local competitors being UCLA
and USC.
“To solicit and try to ask young minds to help
us develop strategies to help us counter this very
dysfunctional ideology that’s the strength of the
country is the people,” he stated.
Last June, the three finalists were the Curtin
University in Perth, Australia who developed
a mobile application called “52Jumaa” that
sends daily positive challenges and affirmations
from the Qur’an, Mount Royal University in
SEE HAND SHAKE PAGE 4
also] intend financing of an expand-
ed system of emergency or special-
ized shelters and safe parking”,
Bonin, the man behind the State of
Emergency Motion, said.
Los Angeles City College (LACC)
has an unknown number of homeless
students.
LACC’s area, part of District 13,
is covered with sidewalk sleeping
camps. Across the street from the
College, several tents are lined up on
each side of the street, on a narrow
sidewalk.
The tents are tied to the parking
meters and the safety fence from the
school’s construction site.
Every morning at 5:30 a.m., sirens
said Jenné Henry the senator over the
Resource Center. “We had a ‘Sip &
See’ event and 47 students came, not
all homeless, and helped themselves
with clothes and shoes while enjoy-
ing music, cheese and crackers.”
Henry plans to organize anoth-
er ‘Sip & See’ event to bring more
awareness to the support any student
facing financial need can get through
the Resource Center.
The Resource Center is not the
only place on campus where home-
less students can find some kind of
relief.
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