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Citrus College training targets sexual harassment

Note from Editor: This story is a follow-up to Citrus’ actions after the 2017 bookstore sexual harassment lawsuit where seven student employees agreed to settle their yearslong sexual harassment lawsuit earlier this year with Citrus College. Due to the topic’s sensitive nature, the Clarion has chosen to protect sources who spoke from possible retribution by keeping them anonymous.

Citrus is taking a proactive approach regarding sexual harassment training starting this fall.

Robert Sammis, dire
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Pilgrimage connects professor with grandfather’s sacrifices

To understand his grandfather’s past, one Citrus College professor found himself on an exciting but somber journey halfway across the world.

“I wouldn’t call it a vacation,” Citrus College mathematics professor Paul Swatzel said. “It was more like a pilgrimage.”

Swatzel’s grandfather, Pvt. Walter McGarrigle, was in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. He was a prisoner of war, captured during the Dieppe raid in northern France.

The Dieppe raid happened on Aug. 19, 1942, and was the first al
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Editorial: ASCC should not be filling student board seats with application

The Associated Students of Citrus College should not present themselves as elected by the student body when more than half of the serving members were not elected.

Six of nine ASCC Citrus’ student government members were selected through application, not election. This application process can be biased, and students not directly selected by the student body should not be serving on the board.

The student commissioners should be elected by their peers just as the rest of the board is.

The six
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Winter semester study abroad maxes roster for Paris

Study Abroad is seeing some unusual and welcomed surges in its winter program.

The winter semester, which plans to visit Paris, has a full roster of 50 students.

Study Abroad specialist at Citrus John Morris said in an email he credits an interest in Paris and the two chaperoning professors, anthropology professor Jennifer Miller-Thayer and history professor Senya Lubisich, for the enrollment.

Morris said he hopes this is a trend as he believes in the benefits of cultural understanding and in
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Financial aid department hosts hands-on workshops

The financial aid department hosts three small hands-on virtual workshops to help those in need of completing applications.

The workshops take place on Nov. 1, Dec. 1, and Feb. 1 2023, the cash for college workshop webpage said.

Any student that is looking for help with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or California Dream Act Application is welcome to attend, the website said.

New students filling out an application need to create their FSA Id, or CSAC username, Stephen
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College makes big plans for future

The Measure Y sequencing plan looks to overhaul and improve the college campus.

Citrus College Measure Y information webpage said the bond, which was approved by 58% of voters in November 2020 and allocates $298 million to the school, will be used for, but not limited to:
• None Classroom and laboratory upgrades to job training, science and technology
• None Resources for students/veterans to prepare for transfer

Stakeholders, facility, administrative service and external consultants looked ov
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12 new faculty join Citrus

What would you like your students to know

about you as a person?

I graduated from Citrus College as a student

from the automotive department. Now, several

years later after working in the industry.

What are the most important lesson

students can learn from your teaching?

Never be afraid to ask for help, and never

beat yourself up over honest mistakes.

What are some hobbies or interests you have?

I love off-roading, playing guitar, camping,

gaming, and spending time with my fam
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The Clarion will be ending its printed paper this year

The Clarion is going through significant changes. After 76 years, this will be the last year of the printed newspaper.

We will be transitioning completely to the Clarion website to provide the most up-to-date news possible to our readers. We understand that having access to current information is essential, and we will be putting forth our best effort to transition smoothly.

As we prepare to transition, our printed paper will run once every three weeks instead of every two and there will be si
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Superintendent/president welcomes students to fall

Welcome to the fall semester! Whether you are returning after a restful break, continuing your momentum from summer session or attending classes with us for the first time, I am thrilled you are joining us. This is a great time to be a Citrus College Owl!

Citrus College is committed to providing a healthy and safe learning environment. While indoor masking is strongly recommended due to COVID-19, it is no longer required on campus. Likewise, weekly testing is no longer mandatory but free testin
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ASCC president letter to the Clarion

My name is Sofia Guzman, and I am your ASCC (Associated Students of Citrus College) President for this upcoming school year. I am beyond thrilled to work with my fellow Executive Board members to make the experiences of the Citrus College community exciting and welcoming. I will do my best as ASCC President to be the voice for our student body.

Along with the Student Senator and Student Trustee, our Executive Board this year is eager to continue to nurture the positive environment here at Citru
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Mobile daily screening is pointless without weekly testing

The Citrus mobile daily screening has lost its power and importance.

The screen app, developed by third-party company Ready Education, is now entirely pointless because it has students screening for COVID with no follow-through.

The mobile app had been developed to deliver critical information to students. The daily screening is no longer necessary because the school is not following through with onsite COVID-19 testing this fall, the Citrus College website said.

If students are no longer req
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ASCC has new president before fall term

The Associated Students of Citrus College elected a new president after the former was found to be ineligible.

Former ASCC President Jamie Marcel Iles failed to meet eligibility requirements for the position, Student Life Supervisor Rosario Garcia said in an email.

New ASCC President Sofia Guzman was voted in as the new 2022-2023 ASCC president.

Iles was elected last semester and would have served their first term in fall.

Garcia said in an email that she was unable to share any details on t
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Remembering Dr. Louis Zellers

Louis Zellers, an instrumental figure to the development of Citrus College during his 18- year tenure as superintendent/president, died on June 7. He was 87.

Zellers leaves a legacy founded on bringing added student diversity to the college and providing the means for that change to rapidly continue.

Zellers was the fifth superintendent/president in the history of Citrus College, serving from 1985 until his retirement in 2003. Zellers also presided over the expansion of the campus with several
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How graduating veteran students are being celebrated

Graduating student veterans were celebrated at the Campus Center on May 25 for The Student Veterans Recognition Lunch.

They invited students’ family and friends and some staff to celebrate with them, the Director of Veterans Success Center Maria Buffo said.

Veteran students from 2020, 2021 and 2022 were invited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Buffo said.

The way student veterans are celebrated takes inspiration from military practices, Buffo said.

“In the military, you know every time we moved
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Opinion: On-site child care could be monumental for parent students

The COVID-19 pandemic hit parent-students hard. Providing for families outweighs any desire to receive an education.

Heather French, a former Citrus College student, said she’s been trying to find a way back to school for two years but must stay home to take care of her young daughter.

“My fiancé lost his job and there was just no way I would be able to go back (to school),” French said. “I can’t even think about taking any classes, I just don’t have the time.”

Citrus ran a childcare program
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Students face challenges if Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Editor’s note: Due to the nature of this subject and to protect the safety and well-being of students, the names of sources related to Citrus will remain anonymous.

A Supreme Court draft opinion that leaked May 2 will cause changes in how states handle abortion if it comes to fruition.

A person’s right to choose matters more than just legally. Having to choose to abort an unwanted pregnancy is tough and impacts all that are involved.

Even students at Citrus deal with unwanted advances, and wi
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Gas prices, Russians, war and Citrus students

The Russian conflict in Ukraine is leaving students with light wallets and heavy hearts.

While rising gas prices are an immediate concern, humanitarian and socioeconomic factors come into play with the ongoing Russian/Ukrainian conflict.

Citrus professor of economics Luai Zawahreh said in an email students should prepare for higher than normal gas prices.

“Gas prices will not return to what they were two years ago, between $2.20 and $2.50 a gallon, students may factor that in as part of the s
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Mask mandate lifted early morning Monday

Masks will no longer be required to be worn indoors for all vaccinated persons.

An email was sent to employees at 8:42 a.m., after school had started, on April 11 by Greg Schulz, superintendent/president of Citrus College. The email was not sent to students.

Director of human resources/district chief negotiator Robert Sammis made a presentation on the mask mandate being lifted April 5 at the Board of Trustees meeting.

The district and employee representatives reached an agreement at the meeti
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Low turnout for student government calls for special election

The Associated Students of Citrus College is having a special election.

Not enough votes were counted to properly elect any of the board members except for the 2022-2023 president, Jamie IIes.

The election will be online from May 31 to June 2.

In person, voting will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. from May 31 to June 2 at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.

The first 50 students to vote at this in-person booth will receive a free Citrus College T-shirt.

ASCC Senatorial candidate Sofia Guzman said in
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ASCC elections are being held online

Elections are being held in the campus center for the 2022-2023 Associated Students of Citrus College student government.

The ASCC elections are May 2-4. Students can cast their vote by logging into wingspan and clicking on the ASCC General Elections May 2022 survey. Votes will only be counted from students enrolled in Citrus College. Only one vote may be cast per student.

Candidates for the upcoming election are:
• None Senator (can vote for all, up to seven)
• None Student trustee (only one
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ASCC cancels meeting prior to election

Close to the upcoming student leadership election, the Associated Students of Citrus College was unable to hold its April 26 meeting.

The next meeting will not be held until May 3, one day after voting starts for new ASCC leadership.

The ASCC was supposed to hold a vote to elect a new president to finish the 2021-2022 school year and finalize the 2022-2023 budget.

“It is really important that your fellow student leaders are here Tuesday,” ASCC adviser and Dean of Students Maryann Tolano-Leveq
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Opinion: Citrus’ mask mandate needs to go

L.A. County lifted its indoor mask mandate and Citrus should do the same.

The mandate has been in place since July 17, 2021, and was lifted on March 4.

The county has decided to follow new metrics that prove that mask-wearing is no longer necessary inside most places.

The significant change is from how the county measures the spread of COVID-19. The old system measured transmission while the new monitors COVID-19 hospitalizations and overall cases, L.A. County said in a brief on March 3.

Mas
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Cheryl Alexander introduced as new Board of Trustees member

The Citrus College Board of Trustees has a new member for 2022.

Cheryl Alexander will serve on the board as the area three trustee. The area includes Duarte and portions of Azusa, Monrovia, Arcadia, Covina, and Irwindale portions.

“Trustee Alexander is a long-time resident of the City of Duarte with a history of working at several levels of education.” Board President Mary Ann Lutz said in an email. “Trustee Alexander has relationships within District 3, such as the City of Duarte, Duarte Unif
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