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For the first time, the annual student survey will be offered online. The district encourages students to check their student emails now through March 28.
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acial and religious diversity at Pierce has long been celebrated, but the upcoming revised immigration ban, the increase in deportation and the proposed border wall has fueled the undocumented community's
anxiety. The Pierce College Diversity Committee is working with faculty, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to quell some fears brought on by recent presidential executive orders. Dean of Student Engagement Juan Carlos Astorga has been a part of the ongoing dialogue. He and other faculty members and professors of Pierce College met with the sheriff and sergeant of the LASD to inquire if police Jose Salazar/ Roundup procedure regarding immigrant students would be any different. sign up for DACA if they have not already. According to Fernando We have to work through those fears.” “We have to create a place where all students, regardless Oleas, chapter president of the American Federation of Teachers, The LASD assured them that they would not, and legally could of documentation, feel safe enough to report crimes,” signing up for the program now would expose them and make them not, detain or question an individual based on their immigration Astorga said. “If the students start to feel as though the vulnerable. status. Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said in a sheriff’s office is going to play a role in deportation, “They put their information thinking the government would statement that individuals should not be swayed by fear-based tactics that really creates an uncomfortable environment for protect them, but with the change of presidency… And I think it's used by opponents and the media that undermine decades worth of students.” really unfair,” Oleas said. “They came out of the shadows, believing trust-building between law enforcement and citizens. In 2012, President Barack Obama signed executive in the system, and the system has betrayed them. Now we have to do “This is our promise. It is also our department policy. Most order the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals something about it.” important, it is the law,” McDonnell said in the statement. “We, as (DACA) that would offer a two-year renewable reprieve According to Astorga, Pierce faculty members have kept an open local law enforcement, do not have the constitutional authority, much of deportation to immigrants who qualified. Due to recent dialogue since it became a possibility that the Republican candidate less the extraordinary number of personnel required, to participate affairs, the future of DACA remains uncertain. would be elected. Their main concern was the well-being of Pierce’s in mass deportations.” “There is a very significant intent to dismantle some immigrant community. of the policies that really created an opportunity for “It does something to our psyche. Of course we are going to be disenfranchised members,” Astorga said. afraid,” Oleas said. “Of course we are going to doubt the system. Of As a result, childhood arrivals are being advised to not course we are going to see a cop and think, ’He's going to arrest me.’
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LAPD removes homeless encampment Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sanitations, and Environmental Compliance Inspectors have cleaned up the homeless encampment on the corner of Victory Boulevard and De Soto Avenue on Thursday, March 2.
Film screening Thursday The Hunting Ground” will be screened on Thursday, March 9 from noon to 3:30 p.m. in the Great Hall. A panel discussion with psychologists, health professionals and college administration will follow.
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Pass provides cheaper transportation for students Pansexual SAMANTHA BRAVO Managing Editor @sammybravo93 Imagine not worrying about refilling your TAP card weekly or even daily. The U-Pass program will give students unlimited Metro transportation throughout Los Angeles County for $140.42. The Pierce College bookstore will be implementing the U-Pass program and students will be able to purchase the U-Pass for at the bookstore starting March 13. The Universal College Student Transit Pass (Pierce College U-Pass) lets students ride all metro local and rail systems for the duration of the semester. Metro representatives are scheduled to be at the bookstore, March 13 to 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to help students fill out the Metro forms and answer questions. According to Christine Valada, assistant administrative analyst at Pierce College, the program was going to launch during winter break, but they realized that many students don't take six hours of classes during intersession. The unit requirements was lowered to six units instead of eight. “If you live where public transportation is convenient to take, $10 a week is how much it
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takes to take seven trips, but you can take this as many times as you want. It’s cheaper than two-day passes,” Valada said. To qualify, students must be enrolled in at least six units and have a Pierce ID, which will be upgraded to a Metro pass. According to Valada, students using the U-Pass gives Metro permission to track the data of how much transportation the student has been utilizing. “In Pierce’s case, we are running out of parking space,” Valada said. “It saves the aggravation to park.” According to the Pierce College website, the student can fill out the question survey in advance and bring proof of survey completion, payment and student ID to the employee transportation coordinator office building 1800, room 306 to pick up new student U-Pass sticker to place on their student ID. The U-Pass works as a TAP Card, the student would tap their student ID on the farebox or validator to ride and allows the student to ride 23 other transit systems in Los Angeles County that accepts TAP Cards.
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awareness day in Great Hall The Blatigenous club will present the “Bisexual and Pansexual Awareness Panel” today, Wednesday, March 8, in the Great Hall, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Student-led food pantry open Tuesdays St.A.S.H. club has opened a free food pantry for hungry students in Iris 910 Tuesdays from 2:05 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. This is the first semester the pantry is open, after the club collected food donations throughout last semester.
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