The 80-year-old In The Room

So I picked up the first Collegian issue and I assume, that you were baffled like I was when I read Meuri Picazo & Kari Van Horn's article titled, "Winter Intersession Cancelled." Are you kidding me? Not only does the College Board of Trustees increase the enrollment fee to attend this campus, but increased fees to attend a campus that is practically a construction zone with never-ending projects.

LA City College now offers Los Angelinos less programs than before. What a way to welcome 80 years in business. What's to celebrate? Seriously, If you pick up any of our old archives located in the Chemistry Building, Room J-106, or in the library you'll see for yourself the beginning of our campus and the eight decades it has been running. 1929 was an unprecedented year to commence a college, specially a year that marked the first Wall Street crash. Imagine starting a community college during a time when the country faced one of its toughest financial crisis. But the impossible happened and now it looks like our campus is struggling to keep a steady heart-beat during another troubling time for our state and country.

Well, here we are walking across an 80-year-old campus that offers students a non-existent academic in sports. Administration has decapitated the entire department over-night, fortunately leaving behind the Volley Ball team to represent the whole sports department as a basket-case. No offense volleyball players and fans, I don't watch any of your games, but that doesn't mean I don't care about you. I do.

I can't help but say that this campus reminds me of an unhealthy 80-year-old. At this age, we're lucky to be even alive. A senile old-man who has happened to lose track of its purpose and who can barely remember its own name. LACC is that senior citizen whom has run up his bills. Millions in debt. Broadly illustrating that it too mismanaged money during our youthful healthy years. LACC has failed to allocate money on the side in case of that financial emergency. Academically, the school is and will be under a microscope for a period of time to prove that it can meet accreditation. That's like being under hospice care because we're not able to prove that we can be on our own. This campus was on top of its game many years ago, but now it is visibly showing signs of age.