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| Puma Press
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Puma Press Editor
Bonnie Wentzel
Managing Editor
Ron Sanzone
Fine Arts Editor
Hanna Norris
Assoc. Lynx Editor
Zachary Kamnitzer
Contemporary Culture Editor
Eric Murtaugh
Assoc. Fine Arts Editor
Tara Twietmeyer
Environmental Editor
Ben Norris
Storytelling Editor
Bea Velazquez
Photo Editor
Travis Lane
Graphics Editor
Jeopardy Jaramillo
Assoc. Graphics Editor
Stephen Loftus
Graphic Support
Hanna Norris
Brynn Cooper
Community Editor
Janice Semmel
Assoc. Community Editor
Cassie Newkirk
Foods Editor
Joe Daigneault
News Editor
Matthew Casey
Ad Manager
Janelle Jaramillo
Inspirational Editor
Mary Ginty
Wellness Editor
Ashley Scott
Staff Writers
Loren Erman
Irene Harkleroad
Alex Holman
Suzanna Lapi
Ben Moreno
Rebekah Muster
Jessica Buckelew
Mario D'Amico
Jan Eastin
Heather Farber
Arthur Orsulak
Victoria Preobrazhenska
Danny Kohl
Stacey Hinderliter
Mandy Marquez
Sara Sloan
Faculty Advisor
Judy Galbraith
The Puma Press is a student newspaper published by Paradise Valley Community College. It is distributed among the college's approximately 7,000 students. For advertising information or to learn how to join the staff, call 602-787-6772 or email:
pumapress@pvmail.maricopa.edu
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| Local students protest immigration reform
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| Phoenix students march in protest of HR 4437. The bill proposes criminalization of all undocumented immigrants. |
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By Bonnie Wentzel
Editor-in-chief
Defending their families and futures against a house resolution that would criminalise the illegal status of undocumented immigrants, approximately 2,000 Valley students walked out of their high school classrooms March 28 and marched to Wesley Bolin plaza located east of the state capitol building in downtown Phoenix
For a second consecutive day, police safely escorted large groups of students, who were protesting pending national immigration legislation, in the mid-day traffic.
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Palomino elementary schools face
challenges: turnover, poverty, crime
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| Governor Napolitano addresses education and immigration at Phoenix College. |
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By Ben Norris
Environment Editor
While the legislative battle over how much money Arizona needs to place into English Learner programs continues in the state capital, Palomino Elementary School faces high student mobility, low teacher pay and supply shortages.
The school, which lies in the middle of the Palomino square, functions in an area stricken with poverty, crime and drugs. It’s a region easily ignored and passed through by the majority of middle-to-upper-class citizens living in Northeast Phoenix.
Dr. Ana Ramos-Pell, Principal of Palomino 1 elementary school, faces a student mobility rate that varies between 60 and 90 percent.
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| MCCCD board votes
to increase tuition again
By Cassie Newkirk
Assoc. Wellness Editor
The Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board voted on March 28 to raise tuition from $60 to $65 per credit hour for the 2006-2007 school year.
The District’s operations budget has an estimated deficit of $1.2 million, according to Gaye Murphy, assistant vice chancellor for Maricopa Community Colleges.
The decision calls for a $5 increase per credit hour, as well as a $17 increase per credit hour for those students paying out-of-state tuition. The registration fee that is paid per semester will also be raised from $5 to $15, but the graduation fee will be completely eliminated. Students will still pay the $25 commencement fee to participate in a graduation ceremony. The increases will affect all Maricopa Community Colleges equally.
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| Student earns degrees with persistence
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| José Garcia talks about becoming a doctor of geriatrics in order to help others. |
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By Matthew Casey
News Editor
It is after 10 p.m. at Taco Bell, and cars are four deep in the drive-thru. José Cruz Garcia, the night shift manager, is multitasking. He passes out chalupas and Mexican pizzas while politely chatting about himself with me.
“How can I help you?” He asks, pushing the button on the radio attached to his belt and rising from the table. His stocky shape moves across the freshly mopped floor and disappears through a white door that leads to the kitchen.
Five minutes later, after serving two carloads of famished people, Garcia returns to the table. He smiles, apologizes for making me wait and says he is ready to continue.
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