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Wednesday April 6, 2022
Dr. Marilyn Flores Elected 12th Superintendent/ President of Rio Hondo College
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r. Marilyn Flores will take over the role of President/Superintendent of Rio Hondo College. Dr. Flores is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of California, Riverside (UCR), where she obtained her doctorate. Teresa Dreyfuss, the cur-
ter Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community News and the Southern California News Group reported he had committed fraud by making unapproved changes to his contract. Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community News first reported the story on July 8, 2020. Two days later, the Southern California News Group, which owns the local
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Dr. Marilyn Flores Elected 12th Superintendent/President of Rio Hondo College will be transitioning into her new role Summer 2022. Currently Teresa Dreyfuss is the interim Superintendent/President of Rio Hondo College.
rent Superintendent/President of Rio Hondo College, is set to retire on June 30, 2022. Previously, Dreyfus was in office for seven years between 2012 and 2019. Despite retiring, she returned to the position after Dr. Arturo Reyes was put on leave in July 2020. Reyes was Superintendent/ President of Rio Hondo College between 2019 and 2020. But he was only active as Superintendent/President between July 2019 and July 2020. Reyes subsequently resigned from the position in Dec. 2020 Reyes was put on leave by Rio Hondo College af-
Whittier Daily News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune, independently confirmed the report. The Rio Hondo College Superintendent/President search began during the Fall semester in Nov. 2021. After four months, the College hosted a virtual public forum with the four finalists on March 22. Despite not being elected, one of the final four finalists was Rio Hondo College’s Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Don Miller. In addition, Dr. Cynthia Olivo, who was a finalist in ༡ Continues on pg. 3
Vol.64 Issue 5
House Passes Bill to put a price limit on Insulin Eva Rivera
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bill to limit the cost of insulin to $35 a month was passed on March 31. The bill had the unanimous support of the Democrats along with 12 Republicans, the final vote was 232-193. For the bill to become a law at least 10 Republican votes are needed when the bill reaches the senate. According to the CDC, one in ten people in the country are diabetic. Only 31% of those afflicted with diabetes take insulin to manage their condition. Many diabetic patients who cannot afford the medication have been faced with rationing their medications or have opted to not take it due to the frequently increasing prices of insulin. Insulin is a hormone that lowers the sugar levels in your blood, it is normally produced by the body in the pancreas. Those who have diabetes are unable to regulate their own blood sugar levels so they must inject insulin into their bodies regularly. Insulin prices range from $50 to over $1,000 and a pack of insulin pens can be priced as high as $600. Jennifer Perea was diagnosed with diabetes in 2013 and has been taking insulin folr the past 6v years. Perea’s
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Independent Artist Jennifer Perea makes sure to have her needles on hand every day so that she may inject herself with her doses of insulin so that she may regulate her blood sugar levels. Every morning consists of reading her blood sugar levels and ensuring she her medicationto keep her levels at an appropriate number.
thoughts on having been prescribed insulin are is more on the optimistic side, “being on insulin to me was 100% better than not.” Perea shared that she has to refill her insulin prescription two to three times a month but has been fortunate enough to have health insurance to help with the costs. Perea’s costs have been as high
Iconic McDonalds Sauce Returns For Limited Time John Edeson Sayoc Photo Editor
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1998. It was served at restaurants as a promotion to the Walt Disney Company film, “Mulan.” The movie is about Mulan pretending to be a man to take her father’s place in the military, and the movie came out on June 19, 1998. The Szechuan teriyaki dipping
as $50 a refill and as low as $10 each vial keeping up with the constant fluctuation of pricing. “I wish it would be lower [than $35] or free, to have high blood sugar is a horrible feeling,” Perea said. “If people can’t afford their insulin they are causing such damage to themselves, it can be a matter of life and death.” sauce came with Happy Meal Chicken McNuggets and a “Mulan” toy where there were eight different toys in the set. The original 1998 Szechuan Sauce packaging is purple and white despite some people thinking it is red. The sauce found more popularity again as a very popular show brought up the sauce as a joke. That show was “Rick and Morty'', a show first released on
n March 31, 2022, McDonald’s has re-released a popular sauce. This popular sauce is called Szechuan Sauce. This sauce will ༡ Continues on pg. 3 be exclusively sold in the McDonald's app, and will be sold while supplies last through April 4, 2022. Szechuan Sauce first made its appearance John Edeson Sayoc for El Paisano Media in McDonald's 3 out of 5 szechuan packets that were purchased exclusively through the McDonald's App, restaurants in available once a year.