Basement Beginnings for Cuesta College
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October 17, 2017 Vol. 56 Issue 1 Cuestonian.com # Cuesta student lives on boat Cursed Child book review Opinion: NFL Protests Cuesta’s new volleyball coach Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Basement beginnings for Cuesta students affected by Cuesta College # EPARTMENT D OVAK N ARKETING ULIA J M OF OLLEGE C OURTESY C UESTA C HOTO P OF OURTESY ! !#" C this pain in my stomach ever since I HOTO By Stephen Kondor P Managing Editor of Content left,” Novak said, holding back tears. “My eyes hurt and my lungs feel Cuesta student Julia Novak’s child- constricted like it is hard to breathe,” "# ! " hood home in Sonoma County has been she said recalling the traumatic ordeal. was located on Johnson Street near school for people to attend after Novak, a sophomore and com- BY AMANDA VASQUEZ # ) ! Distribution Director where Smart and Final is now,” said high school. The small junior col- ! ( munications major, is one of many Shon Hand, alumni and long-time lege was then shut down when the $ ' Cuesta students who grew up in So- Cuesta College may have been San Luis Obispo resident. United States entered into World Novak was visiting family in Wind- # # ( founded in a basement underneath “They came up with the idea War I in 1917. sor for her mother’s birthday when The Cuestonian reached out San Luis Obispo High School in the for Cuesta in a basement, under- In 1936, the San Luis Obispo ( to other students who have been early 1900’s, according to Cuesta neath the old San Luis Obispo High School District reopened the junior returning to school for a few days. College alumni. School,” Hand said. college. “I just felt kind of empty and have SEE FIRE PAGE 2 Educators first got the idea for They wanted to give students “The classes were held together Cuesta College in 1916. Back then, the opportunity to continue educa- $ going to college was not nearly as tion after high school. the same room at the same time,” said common as it is today. Cuesta College was original- First year free tuition for “San Luis Obispo High School ly founded as a junior college, a SEE ORIGINS PAGE 5 California community college students According to multiple news BY GARRETT SMILEY sources, California could be upwards Editor-in-chief of 1 million college-educated workers ( - short of demand in 2025. cades, students at community colleges AB 19’s purpose is to preemptive- throughout California may receive free ly meet that demand before the short- (# $ age of “college-educated workers” be- that is now in the hands of Gov. Jerry comes an issue by getting more people Brown. in California through college and into The bill could increase the size of the workforce. the student body at Cuesta College, as “Financial challenges should not its purpose is to drive people to join keep low-income Californians from the future workforce. pursuing better futures,” Assembly- “As a former President of the larg- member David Chiu said. “All stu- est community college district in the dents deserve an affordable college nation, and as someone who heav- education.” #( The purpose of AB 19, accord- myself,” Assemblymember Miguel ing to these two assemblymembers, is EPARTMENT Santiago said. “I know how important a practical one and a moral one. Not D affordability is to students.” only will the bill meet economic de- Assembly Bill 19 would mean a mands of the future, but will also pro- ARKETING # ( - vide opportunity for future students to M dents in community colleges all around get a headstart. California. The bill would create the The bill also seeks to “Increase the OLLEGE C Community College Promise Pro- percentage of high school graduates gram, which provides free tuition to who are placed directly into transfer- UESTA C %( & level Mathematics and English cours- OF who are taking 12 units or more. es at a community college,” if the bill The Community College Promise were amended. Program is different from the Cuesta According to the Cuesta Col- COURTESY ! %( lege Student Success Scorecard, 76.7 HOTO P year” for local high school graduates. percent of students that are “prepared The State Assembly gathered on students” graduate or transfer, while Sept. 13, to discuss the details of the Students attending Cuesta College, utilizing in the old barracks of Camp San Luis Obispo in the 1960’s. bipartisan bill. SEE FREE COLLEGE PAGE 2 DACA’s uncertainty leaves Cuesta students anxious which was about 570, due to fear from BY STEPHEN KONDOR harsher immigration policies. Managing Editor of Content ! ( # Cuesta and city leaders have taken number may not be accurate and that a strong stance in response to President they do not have current data. Donald Trump’s decision to end the De- “Students may not be reporting that ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals they are undocumented because they are program in six months time. too afraid to report it,” said Mark San- Resounding support for DACA chez, vice president of Student Services. DITOR recipients has been shown around the ( # # E IDEO country since Trump marked the popu- worked to promote awareness and make V lar program for death, as well as on the campus feel inclusive and safe for AND Cuesta campus where students are fear- those affected by Trump’s decision. ful of what will happen. “There is a lot of support for me HOTO “If they do take [DACA] away and other DACA recipients,” said the / P from us, we will lose our work permit Cuesta student, who said he has not ISSELL and won’t be able to support our fam- "! ( B ily,” said a 22-year-old undocumented has no recollection of it. Cuesta student, who requested anonym- ( LEXANDER ity because of the situation. ! ( A BY The Cuestonian recently reported given Congress until Mar. 5 to develop that the campus expected to see a de- a solution. HOTO cline this semester in the college’s P SEE DACA PAGE 2 population of undocumented students, Cuesta students wait for a DACA event to start weeks after Trump’s announcement of its cancellation. Page 2 October 17, 2017 News cuestonian.com The Cuestonian FREE COLLEGE FROM PAGE 1 around 60 percent of students that are #& unprepared do not. “I applied for all scholarships BY HOLLY WALSH ;/0$/ 0$# 123#$-2< (1 #$>-$# through the Cuesta website for the as a student who takes “transfer-level Opinion Editor >0122(,$>&30$#' #-.2'(-&2. ".301$1<(-, 2' -#$-&+(1'2'$(0>012 Cuesta College is creating a lose, and really needed the help to year in college, while “unprepared smooth-running admission applica- pay for school. Cuesta makes it super students” take remedial courses. tion that allows students for Fall 2018 easy to apply,” Salgado said. “They AB 19 would increase the num- 2. //+6%.0 #,(11(.->- -"( + (# provide the students with a scholar- ber of prepared students coming into and scholarships all at one time. ship template and that same applica- the college from high school and by All three applications opened tion is used for all scholarships of- default increase the number of gradu- "2 -#%.02'$>0122(,$ fered.” ations or transfers. ever students will have access to Cuesta foundation scholarships California has had free tuition an online scholarship application, are available to all new and continu- to schools of higher education in its which includes the Cuesta Promise ing students. Foundation scholar- past. In 1960, the California Master Scholarship. ships are awarded to students that Plan for Higher Education required “Our goal is for students to be demonstrate academic excellence, that tuition at schools of higher edu- UESTONIAN able to complete their FAFSA, gen- /C leadership skills and success in mak- cation, UC’s and CSU’s. eral college application and scholar- ing progress toward a degree or cer- Students would only be required AHBA ship application in one sitting, rather W 2(>" 2$ 23$12 .++$&$ to pay for “auxiliary costs,” which in- than having to come back on three The money awarded in founda- clude dormitories, parking and recre- separate dates to complete these ap- AMEER tion scholarships can be used for tu- ational facilities. plications,” said Patrick Scott, direc- & S ition, books and other expenses. The Master Plan, which made The Cuesta Promise is a fee-free college in California free to its resi- 2.0.%>- -"( + (# ISSELL This school year, a total of 449 B >0126$ 02. ++0$"$-2 -3(1!(1- dents, has been amended extensively scholarships were awarded to 239 po County high school graduates, 1(-"$ 5(2'1(&-(>" -2"' -&$1 students, amounting to nearly $340K including those receiving their GED happening in the 1980’s and 1990’s LEXANDER in scholarship funds distributed. A and those who were homeschooled. because of state general fund reduc- BY “We encourage all students to Since it launched in 2014, more tions, thus eliminating the “no-tu- apply for scholarships; many who than 2,000 students have received ition” policy of the state. think they won’t qualify for one end the Promise, saving up to $1,400, ac- The re-introduction of tuition up getting multiple awards,” Scott LLUSTRATION cording to Lauren Milbourne, Cues- was also accompanied by an increase said. I ta’s media relations coordinator. (-123#$-2>- -"( + (# HOTO Ellie Ruth Salgado, a nursing P The deadline to apply for Cues- Programs similar to this one in student since 2013, received four ta College’s general scholarships is California, like the Long Beach and 1"'.+ 01'(/1 ++ 1/$"(>" 2. -301(-& March 2, 2018. Ventura Community Colleges, have school. ! ! " ! $ " & seen increases in success among Promise recipients.