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CAMPUS TIMES OCTOBER 5, 2018 SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE COMMUNITY SINCE 1919 VOL. 127, NO. 5 Modern mariachi Debater takes 1st place Danielle De Luna Assistant Editor The University of La Verne debate team tackled issues con- cerning effective social change at a debate tournament held at the University of Southern Cal- ifornia last weekend. Freshman political science major Mason Stackman won the first place speaker award. Esilanna McMenamin, a freshman legal studies and po- litical science major, partnered with Stackman. This was their first college debate tournament Melody Blazauskas and their team took ULV to the The mariachi group Trio Ellas performs Sunday in Morgan Au- for a 2012 Latin Grammy. The next concert in the “Sundays at the semi-finals. ditorium. The group, which includes Suemy Gonzalez, Stephanie Morgan” series will feature the Andrés Espinoza Band at 6 p.m. The tournament was a single Amaro and Nelly Cortez, presented a unique style of music that Oct. 21. Suggested donation is $10 at the door and students attend topic civic debate focused on the takes a modern approach to mariachi. The group was nominated for free. 1968 East Los Angeles school walkouts. Teams debated the efficacy of walkouts as a method of social Firefighters’ suit alleges secret surveillance change, referencing the past and the present. Christian Shepherd being conducted by a third party retaliation. wrongdoing by city manage- “It was a look at where stu- News Editor organization. The Firefighters Association ment or anyone acting on its dents can take and find power in This recent suit filed last instead supported current city behalf. a political system that does not The La Verne Firefighters month is the latest development council member Tim Hepburn, La Verne City Council mem- hear their voice,” said Michael Association, the local chapter of in a series of grievances between who ran against Kendrick in the ber Robin Carder said she never Eberle, debate team captain and the International Association of the local firefighters’ union and last mayoral race, according to witnessed any retaliatory action senior sociology major. “Person- Firefighters union, is suing the management, which now in- the 2017 lawsuit. from Jankowski or Thompson. ally, I think La Verne does a re- city of La Verne, La Verne Fire cludes three separate lawsuits in Kendrick declined to com- Council member Charlie Ro- ally good job of not always tai- Chief Peter Jankowski and Bat- less than 10 years. ment on the matter for this story. sales added that the city is adept loring our arguments to win, but talion Chief Michael Thompson. One of those suits was filed Russi referred the Campus at handling personnel issues. to get to the heart of the matter.” In the lawsuit filed last month, in December 2017, in which the Times to a city webpage for the In the 2017 lawsuit, the fire- The topic of the debates were the union alleges that Thompson union alleges that Jankowski official city position on the law- fighters’ union also alleges that whether walkouts can function gathered secret evidence to be and Thompson were retaliating suits. the city did not conduct an in- as an effective tactic for promot- used against union members and against union members. According to the web page, vestigation following the vote of ing social justice. that Jankowski was aware of his According to the 2017 law- the city maintains there was no Continued on page 3 Stackman and McMenam- actions. suit, the retaliation included in said their arguments against “Chief Thompson filmed us Jankowski making derogatory the topic won the most during while hiding behind walls and comments about the union and the tournament. They focused curtains, from inside of cars, banning firefighters from an 2 crashes kill 2 on how the politicization of stu- through windows, from behind event for political candidates. dents can be harmful in a mod- us, and while concealing his The retaliation, the suit al- ern context. phone with his hand,” said union leges, began after the union “It’s getting to the point member Capt. Danny Montoya submitted a vote of no confi- at LV airport where it’s no longer about social during the Sept. 17 city council dence against Jankowski. This Two unrelated plane crash- Terry Williams, spokesper- justice, its about politics,” Mc- meeting. no-confidence vote, according es resulted in two deaths in a son for the National Transpor- Menamin said. The lawsuit alleges that to firefighters, was prompted by two-day span from aircraft that tation Safety Board, said that “There are better alternatives Thompson gathered 245 videos, Jankowski’s failure to replace launched from Brackett Field investigators were on scene and that don’t put students at the 1,586 photographs and 232 pag- failing fire hoses and adequately Airport in La Verne. in the process of investigating. front,” Stackman said. “I think es of notes on union members, test self-contained breathing ap- The plane that crashed on Williams said they are cur- that there’s so many different which violates the California paratuses. Sunday was carrying two pas- rently in the fact-gathering avenues that people take, but I Firefighter Bill of Rights. The suit also cites the union’s sengers and resulted in the phase of the investigation, think the important thing is to City Manager Robert Russi refusal to support Jankowski’s death of one man, who has been which includes going through create a unified body.” said last week that an investi- political ally Mayor Don Kend- identified by the Los Angeles pilot records, interviewing wit- McMenamin said the debate gation into the union’s claim is rick as an additional cause of the County Department of Medical nesses and taking other steps was productive because there Examiner-Coroner’s office as to determine the cause of the were professionals present, of- INSIDE THE CAMPUS TIMES Frank Eldridge. crashes. fering an opportunity for edu- Sarah Ardalani, coroner’s A preliminary report will be cation. These professionals in- Women discuss struggles office spokesperson, said the released in about a week and as leaders .................................... Page 2 cluded Dolores Delgado Bernal, man was pronounced dead at it will take a year and a half to who authored “Transforming Art hits the 5:52 p.m. complete a probable cause de- Educational Pathways for Chi- silver screen ............................... Page 8 The Monday morning crash termination, Williams said. cana/o Students: A Critical Race Hundreds flock to involved only one passenger, Ardalani said that this year Feminista Praxis.” drink downtown .......................Page 9 who was pronounced dead at there has only been one other Colin Coppock, a freshman ULV shuts out Caltech 11:54 p.m. and has not yet been plane crashing incident that she behavioral science major, served for first win ............................... Page 11 identified, the coroner’s office is aware of. as a judge on Saturday. spokesperson said. —Christian Shepherd Continued on page 8 Page 2 NEWS October 5, 2018 Godwin discusses New bill mayor harassment requires Maydeen Merino mayor Debbie Stone,” Godwin Staff Writer said. Goodwin’s research focused LGBTQ+ Marcia Godwin, professor on the uncivil behavior of peo- of public administration, pre- ple against their local govern- sented a lecture on Tuesday ment members. training called “Psychological Violence The designers of the survey The California legislature Against U.S Mayors.” sent a questionnaire by email recently approved a new law Godwin conducted research and mail form, to mayors in the that requires peace officers to with help from many other pro- United States. receive specific training on fessors across the country. They received about 282 re- sexual orientation and gender The research focused on both sponses with only 66 responses identity, and how to properly men and women mayors across from women. address hate crimes and acts of the United States. The survey asked mayors domestic violence involving The survey focused on may- whether they have been ha- these groups. ors who have been harassed due rassed through social media or The training will be added to their positions they hold. in public settings. to the coursework for those “We are not unfamiliar with Overall most of the mayors becoming peace officers in problems of people being rude agreed that they have been ha- California. Officers already and uncivil in public settings,” rassed before. Yet the research in-service will also be required Goodwin said. found that only 16 percent of to receive the training. “Psychological violence is those surveyed have thought According to new law the a stronger term. (That is when) about leaving office. training will include “the ter- you actually have someone di- “I did not know the rates of minology used to identify and recting comments, harassing be- harassment, and the problems describe sexual orientation havior, and these threats against of social media (in smaller com- and gender identity and how to someone else more intended to munities),” Adrian Reynoso, create an inclusive workplace harm,” she said. sophomore psychology major, within law enforcement for Kayla Salas Citizens regularly witness said. sexual orientation and gender Professor of Public Administration Marcia Godwin discusses ha- this behavior directed at high The research also found that identity minorities.” rassment of mayors across the United States Tuesday in the Presi- ranking federal and state offi- the harassment of younger may- California State Assembly dent’s Dining Room. Her research found that this kind of behavior cials via media coverage. ors comes through social media member Evan Low introduced is common against local leaders in small cities. She said the best example of at a higher rate than that of older the bill in March, and it was this was the Senate hearing last mayors.

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