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Volume 121 - Issue 11
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Wednesday, Dec. 10 2014
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Library to be open for finals and winter Andrew Escobar Roundup Reporter
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Farm Center hosts the last “Rob and Cathy’s Christmas Tree Sale.” The center is set to close Dec. 26 .
Farm Centerʼs tenure ends
Santiago Svilder Roundup Reporter
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fter a decade of service to the community, and two years of struggle to extend its lease at Pierce College, the Farm Center has been forced to find a new home. The Farm Center has been operated by husband-and-wife team Robert and Cathy McBroom for 10 years. Its last day in business is Dec. 26., and it has until April to vacate campus property. “This is not a battle between the Pierce Farm Center and Pierce College. This is not a battle between the McBroom family and the college district,” R. McBroom said. “This is
“It is really sad, but I have faith that something good is going to come out of it.” -Desiree Cooper
Farm Center employee
a wrong done by the president of the college that should be looked at, because it’s not right.” R. McBroom visited different neighborhood community councils and asked for an independent state investigation of the
college’s handling of the Farm Center. More than 5,000 people signed Barbara Oliver’s petition on change.org to save the Farm Center. The West Hills Council voted to send Gov. Jerry Brown a letter asking him to extend the Farm Center’s lease. “This right here, for the past 10 years, I have been preserving as much as I can,” R. McBroom said. “These 32 acres needs to be preserved as open space.” Pierce Vice President of Administrative Services Rolf Schleicher said in a press release that the college will not comment on what it will do with the land the Farm Center will vacate. Its odds to stay at Pierce might be slim, but not all hope has been lost, according to Cathy McBroom. “I have faith, and think that the people and
Food options to stay same
New vendors to come at earliest Fall 2015 Seth Perlstein News Editor If you are hungry for more oncampus food choices at Pierce College, don’t expect any until at least Fall 2015. The Library / Learning Crossroads opened in April 2013, but didn’t see a single vendor in its cafeteria for 11 months. Lovebirds Café opened for business in March 2014, and has been the cafeteria’s sole occupant since. The majority of the cafeteria has been walled off, and unused, for more than a year-and-a-half. It will be at least another nine months before that changes, according to Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez. “Our goal is to have this outlined this academic year, and begin the enhanced services next academic year [fall 2015],” Rodriguez said. “That’s for all colleges.” Even though the cafeteria is filled with culinary equipment, LACCD has not made contact with
the taxpayers have a big voice, and they are willing to be heard and want to be heard,” C. McBroom said. “Nobody wants this property and facilities to go away. They live for this and look forward to this.” Desiree Cooper worked at the Farm Center for nine years. “It is really sad, but I have faith that something good is going to come out of it,” Cooper said. For now, the Farm Center will operate business-as-usual until its last day, Dec. 26. Until then, it will sell Christmas trees, food, host live music, and offer an opportunity to take pictures with Santa Claus. “It’s not easy to turn off and start over,” C. McBroom said. “It wasn’t something that was even a thought in our minds when we signed up with this property.”
Monday December 15
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President Scott Svonkin said otherwise. “That’s not true,” Svonkin said. “It is misinformation provided by somebody that doesn’t understand the process.”
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Cafeteria sits empty after being completed in Spring 2013. any potential vendors to fill the space, Rodriguez said. “We’re not even that far,” Rodriguez said. “I have not spoken to anyone.” There were rumors that Aramark was in the running to be a singlevendor solution, district-wide. But LACCD Board of Trustees
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Finals Schedule
FINALS
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m
Pierce College’s winter intersession was approved in October, but whether or not the Library / Learning Center will be open during has yet to be decided until at least Dec. 11. The Budget Committee approved the library’s proposed operational budget on Dec. 2. However, the Pierce College Council (PCC) must approve it on Dec. 11 before President Kathleen Burke gives the final approval. Associate Professor of Library Science Paula Paggi said she’s confident the process will be completed on time, and that she would be “appalled” if the PCC did not pass the library’s opening. “I’m 95 percent sure that it will be open, because the budget committee was very supportive,” Paggi said. “The committee said that if the school is having classes, then it has to be open.” Changes in administration delayed the budget process that Paggi started in September. Paggi said that instead of informing her of the changes to the process immediately, the Budget Committee told her the week of Thanksgiving that she had to report to the Dec. 2 meeting to plead her case. “I’ve never had to go before the Budget Committee before,” Paggi said. “That’s fine, but I wish I knew earlier.”
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SHORT-TERM CLASSES Short-term classes (less than 15 weeks) that are scheduled to end before December 15 will have their final exam at their normal class time on their last day of instruction.
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WEEKEND CLASSES Classes that meet only on Saturday or Sunday will have their final exam at their normal class time on December 20 or 21, respectively.
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