OC ASSOCIATED
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Spring, 2016
Volume 1, Issue 1
The Condor’s Nest, ASG Times
Inside this issue:
“No More”
Sexual assault event
2
Black History Month
2
Meet Your ASG
2
Finals!!
3
Women’s History
Celebration
3
Asian / Pacific Islander 4
Heritage Celebration
History of Cinco de
Mayo
4
Special points of
interest:
 Oxnard College's ASG
Room now open until 9PM
 Activities, leadership and
more!!!
ASG Game Room & Lounge
Is Now Open Until 9PM!
Unknown to many, the Associated Student Government Lounge has new
hours. Since we now have
hired a new Evening Attendant, we are able to be
open until 9PM from Monday through Thursday. We
also have the game room
available for Air Hockey,
Pool and Table Tennis. The
projection screen is also
available to be used as
needed for video games
and movies. Everything is
available for check-out at
the ASG office. We are also
planning to offer Movie
Night. We hope to get
more input from our students on which movies are
popular for all to enjoy. In
addition, we also offer to
take pictures so as to make
Student Identification
cards. All that
is needed is to
bring in a Student Schedule
Bill for proof of
purchase.
We are currently having
Pool and Air
Hockey Tournaments on
Tuesdays and
Thursdays this
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whole month.
Please come and
groups. We welcome all sugget signed up and join in
gestions to make the “college
on the fun! We would like
experience” more enjoyable
to have suggestion on
for all. Our Oxnard College
which programs or enterfaculty and staff are welcome
tainment our students
to suggest ways for us to help
would like to have.
them make their classes easiThere is plenty of room
er for, not only their students
available to use for studybut all OC students as well.
ing or to have study
A Leader’s Responsibility
As Student Leaders we
have a great responsibility
to not only take care of the
people behind you, but to
also teach the ones ahead.
My name is Oscar Moreno,
and I am the President of
two clubs at Oxnard Col-
lege: Fitness & Theatre. It is
a privilege and responsibility which I take seriously to
use the knowledge I have
and follow, to pass down to
others who are interested in
learning about either. Life is
about trial and error, we try
and we learn. I want to
make history with activities
for the college while showing it to the public in order
to motivate future students
to come. When I transfer, I
hope I’ve made a positive
impact to help others.
-Oscar Moreno, Public Relations
Officer, Elect
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The Condor’s Nest, ASG Times
Meet our NEWLY elected Associated Student Government Officers (ASG)
Each year during the Spring semester
Oxnard College hosts it’s student
elections for student leaders to help
promote student interest on campus,
at district and statewide level. This
year, our student officers are composed by a group of leaders in service
to our student body. President Noe
Ortiz, Vice President Elisa Torres,
Secretary Anna Anchondo and Public
Relations Officer Oscar Moreno are
executive officers elected to help
spearhead the 2016-17 school year.
Our student senators include: Albert
Dominguez, Daniel Avalos, Josefina
Magana, Nathan Angeles Norma Martinez, Roxana Franco, Sandra Mayorga, and Stacie Conway, . These students are in service to the college
campus and hope to increase the student pride and create changes for the
benefit of the student body.
the policy-making that affects their
education; help connect students to
extracurricular activities; maintain a
high standard of student life by promoting and administering programs
that enrich the academic, cultural, and
social life at Oxnard College. Join us!
The mission of the Associated Student
Government, ASG is to inform students of their rights and responsibilities; motivate students to participate in
Black History Month
The featured film “Selma” is a great
film based on the on the historic 1965
Selma to Montgomery voting rights
marches
During February we promoted Black
History Month here at the Oxnard College Associated Student Government
Lounge. We successfully kicked off
the celebration with movie night. The
featured film “Selma” is a great film
based on the on the historic 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights
marches led by James Bevel, Hosea
Williams, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and John Lewis. Our Associated Student Government provided free
hotdogs and refreshments for all.
Later in the month we hosted a motivational speaker, Tony Magee author of
“Can't Shove a Great Life In to a Small
Dream: 12 Life-Essentials to Match
Oxnard College says “NO MORE”
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness
Month, Oxnard College is hosting its
first annual “NO MORE” event. Our
student guests, Health Center and
Oxnard College Campus Police will
be talking about the impacts of sexual
assault, and how to get involved in
order to end rape. At the end of the
conference, any funds raised will
be donated to the Joyful Heart
Foundation. A check will be sent
to Mariska Hargitay A.K.A Olivia
Benson in Law & Order SVU,
founder and CEO of Joyful Heart
Foundation. Please stand in solidarity to say: NO MORE!
Your Dreams to the Life You Want.”,
an amazing event that inspired everyone in attendance. After the event,
Mr. Magee autographed his books to
each and every student who was in
attendance. The event was catered
with delicious food from CJ’s BBQ in
Oxnard.
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Women’s History Month
During the month of March, Oxnard
College Celebrated the many women in history and in our community
that have dedicated their lives to
serving others.
On March 17th, the Associated Students hosted a movie afternoon,
previewing the “One Woman, One
Vote” documentary. Government of
Oxnard College for a viewing of
this inspirational film about the
women's suffrage movement.
From the infighting, alliances, and
betrayals women endured, to when
women won the right to vote with the
passing of the 19th
Amendment in 1920.
We closed the
month’s celebration
with an event celebrating local leaders in our community.
portance of not only getting involved
in the community but working to
transform lives in Oxnard. The women’s celebration ended with cake and
delicious food catered from Baja
Fresh.
Mayor Pro-Tem Carmen Ramirez, Lighthouse Representative Joann Porras
and Student Activities Specialist, Gabriela Rodriguez shared their story in
leadership and promoted the im-
Finals Are Here
It seems as though we have just finished our Mid-term exams, it’s unbelievable, but we need to now start
thinking about our Final exams! There
are many schedules that our school
will use for testing. Some classes will
have their finals start on Thursday,
May 12th. The final date for all exams
at Oxnard College will be on Wednesday, May 18th. The schedule of exams
is available at the Oxnard College
website.
For all short-term and laboratory classes, final exams will be given at the
last regular class meeting. For all Saturday-only classes,
final exams will be
given on Saturday,
May 14th during the
regular class time.
If you need to request for an early or
late exam, you may
request a petition
from the appropriate Division Office.
All petitions bearing the instructor’s
authorizing signature must be submitted for approval by the Division Dean
The final date for all Spring exams
at Oxnard College will be on
Wednesday, May 18th.
Asian / Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration
Oxnard College hosted the very first
Asian / Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration. On May 10th, the anniversary
of the completion of the transnational
railroad, keynote speaker, Jeannie
Eamnarangkool shared the many contributions of the Chinese American
community and traditions of her cul-
ture. She also shared the many pressures she personally experienced
pursuing higher education and striving for perfection.
After our keynote speaker, students
and staff enjoyed delicious Philippine
food from local restaurant, Broasted
Chicken.
Congratulations to the 2016-17
OC Associated Student
Government
President: Noe Ortiz
Vice President: Elisa Torres
Oxnard College ASG
4000 South Rose
Phone: 678-5187
Oxnard College Is the Place to Be!
Get involved...make your time
with the condors count!
Secretary: Anna Anchondo
Treasurer: _____________ (Open)
Public Relations: Oscar Moreno
For more information about joining a club or starting something
new on campus, come to the Associated Student Government
Senators:
Albert Dominguez Roxana Franco
Nathan Angeles
Daniel Avalos
Josefina Magana
Sandra Mayorga
Norma Martinez
Stacie Conway
(across the welcome center).
Organization
We’re on the web!
www.oxnardcollege.edu/
An Abridged History of Mexico’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Cinco de Mayo is a celebration held
on May 5. The date is observed to
commemorate the Mexican army's
unlikely victory over French forces at
the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. In
the United States, Cinco de Mayo is
sometimes mistaken to be Mexico's
Independence Day—the most important national holiday in Mexico—
which is celebrated on September 16.
Cinco de Mayo has its roots in the
French occupation of Mexico, which
took place in the aftermath of the Mexican–American Civil War of 1846–48.
Late in 1861, a well-armed French
fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a
large French force and driving President Juarez and his government into
retreat. Moving on from Veracruz
towards Mexico City, the French army
encountered heavy resistance from
the Mexicans close to Puebla, at the
Mexican forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. The 6,000-strong French army
attacked the much smaller and poorly
equipped Mexican army of 2,000. Yet,
on May 5, 1862, the Mexicans managed to decisively crush the French
army, then considered "the premier
army in the world".
army of 6,000 that had not been defeated for almost 50 years." Second, since
the Battle of Puebla, no country in the
Americas has subsequently been invaded by any other European military
force.
The Battle of Puebla was important for
at least two reasons. First, although
considerably outnumbered, the Mexicans defeated a much betterequipped French army. "This battle
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bered by the well-equipped French