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Issue 3, Fall 2012 Visalia, CA Since 1933

By David Pasillas & Narissa GarciaThe Campus Staff

It's in the Kit

According to the Nation-al Survey of Student Engagement, college

students in 2011 were spending at least 20 additional hours each week outside of the classroom study-ing. Add to that to a full time work week and it can be-come extremely time consuming. What if there was a way to speed up the pace of studies outside the classroom without sacrificing the qual-ity of work? According to Richard Flores, an Art Professor at COS, there is a way.

While teaching at COS, Flores incorporated a technique in his classrooms that he devised when he was teaching in the Los Angeles area. It is a technique he calls the Kit Form technique. The system was born of the need to improve the quality of work while expedit-

ing the overall process.According to Flores, one of the

many problems students are faced with is the lack of initiative to fol-low through. He believes that the issue isn't one of being incapable as much as it is one of trudging through the day to day workload in all of its mundane, anticlimac-

tic drudgery. Because the student is over-whelmed by time con-straints, he/she usually ends up losing faith in them self and often giving up.

"I had students that would come in saying that they couldn't even draw a straight line," said Flores, "but the truth was that they had lost the desire to follow through."

The need to change these atti-tudes became of paramount impor-tance to

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Richard Flores, Art Instructor, developed a kit to help students succeed at an excel-lerated pace. This kit is Nationally recognized and used by many COS students.

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By David PasillasThe Campus Staff

California Propositions

A Brief Overview

Prop 30 - PASSED

What this Means? - Sales tax will go up 1/4 of a cent for four years

and income taxes will increase for those who make $250,000 a year for

seven years. As a result $6 billion dollars in new revenue that go to spending on public education and services will be raised in the next

few years.

purposes. Existing campaign finance laws for unions, private

companies and government contractors still apply.

Prop 33 - FAILED

What this Means? - Car insur-ance discounts will not be allowed to give out discounts for custom-ers who are switching over from a different car insurance companies.

Prop 36 - PASSED

What this Means? - This modifies the current three strikes law so that certain people with

previous serious or violent felony charges will spend less time in state prison if they commit

a third felony that is not serious or non violent.

Prop 37 - FAILED

What this Means? - Genetically modified food that is sold in Cali-fornia will not have to be labeled

that they are so or that they contain any, as it is now.

Prop 32 - FAILED

What this Means? - There will be no change to laws that regulate the ability of either unions or cor-porations to use deducted money for political

For full results you can go to http://vote.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures/

Food services is losing money, according to college budget figures.

January will mark the end of the five year food service contract Carls Jr. holds at COS, and the Board of Trustees is scheduled to review the contract in December. Leangela Miller-Hernandez, dean of financial services and Joe Roque, manager of food servic-es are recommending that the contract be renewed despite a two-year loss of $44,296. Since the 2001-2002 school year food services has lost $305,410, according to figures provided by Mill-er-Hernandez. Despite repeated losses, the college is not considering any other food service options because of cost.

"Wanting something different costs money, even just licensing," said Mill-er-Hernandez.

Food choices on campus remain minimal: the Coffee Court, Snack Bar, TAC.O.S. and Carls Jr., which is the main source for food on campus. The Carls Jr. franchise first came to COS in 1996 and has since been one of the few food options on campus for students. However, some students believe there is a need for healthier, fresher food choices.

"The food is okay but I think there should be something healthier like Subway," said Jose Munoz.

The 2011-2012 school year show a loss of $25,452, which include Carls Jr. figures. In fact, contributions to the co-curricular fund weren't possible this year due to so much loss.

"This is the first year that the food service has not been able to contribute to the ASB. They contribute money to the co-curricular fund," said Debbie Douglass, the student's activities and affairs director. Additionally, Douglass reported that the ASB lost $17,500 this year due to the food services inability to contribute money. Even Joe Roque, manager of food services, agreed that profits from food sales have been low.

"With the economy we didn't make enough money to contribute," said Roque.

With the Carls Jr. contract ending in Janu-ary there is an opportu-nity to search for new food service options but neither Miller-Hernandez nor Roque

seem interested in exploring alterna-tive food services. The Campus news-paper requested profit and lost figures specifically for Carls Jr. but they were not available according to Miller-Her-nandez.

Some students like Gina Gallegos like having Carls Jr. on campus. "I like the spicy chicken sandwich. I haven't tried TAC.O.S. yet but I prefer to stay on campus cause of the drive," said Gallegos. However, there are students who wish there were more options.

"There needs to be different vari-eties of food and the food needs to be fresh. The quality of the food is lower than most," said Daniel Stepp, student representative on the Board of Trustees.

Is the college foodmaking the grade?

Bike Theft on The Rise

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After food and shelter, art is everything.

Richartd Flores

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The Carls Jr. contract is set to be renewed without student consent

The Carls Jr. contract has come to an end, and the question of renewal has been lingering with little alternative consider-ation.

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