Club influential in getting library hours extended

Rob Flores • September 4, 2015

Saturday’s library hours have now become a reality as students can now use its resources.

Shawna Baskette, dean of Academic Success explained that the last time the library was open on Saturdays was Spring 2008.

The Social Equality Club worked since Spring semester to get the extended Library hours.

Commercial music major and member of the Social Equality Club, Johnny Rodriguez also works as a circulation desk clerk in the library and explained that this was a collaborative effort.

Rodriguez said, “Tutoring is important and the tutoring hours will be changing for the benefit of students.”

The Social Equality Club wants students to take an online survey to determine what supplies should the library purchase.

The survey asks students’ opinions on how helpful would it be if the library got each of the following items; laptops, graphing calculators, whiteboards, projectors, maps, sound proof study rooms or specific other.

History major Abraham Venegas explained that one of the ways they received student feed back was having a booth outside of the library.

Venegas believes that students could benefit from Saturday library hours because students may not be able to concentrate if it’s loud at their homes; which makes the library the perfect quiet atmosphere.

Psychology major Bianca Michelle Vega said, “I think it is super cool that the library has extended hours because this semester I am taking a night class.”

She believes it is highly beneficial to use the Library now that it has more hours.

The new library hours are as follows: Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

According to Baskette the library will be collecting data regarding how many students are utilizing the library.

She added that the Social Equality Club is a great supporter of the library as they share the same philosophical goals.

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Rob Flores, Staff Writer

Jaime Roberto Flores Junior is a Radio Television student best known as Rob. He began his involvement at Cerritos College through WPMD Radio hosting his show Falcon Spotlight which you can find the facebook fan page “Cerritos College Falcon Spotlight” where he has interviewed a variety of leaders from students, faculty and elected officials such as Lynwood City Council Member and the Mayor of Norwalk. After serving the Country in AmeriCorps where he received congressional recognition from congress woman Linda Sanchez and the Presidential Volunteer Service award he decided to get involved in student government known as the Associated Students of Cerritos College . As a Student Senator, he was appointed Chair of the Special Services and Activities sub-committee. He later went on to serve a year as the Assistant Commissioner of Public Relations. As an original member of Go Green he was part of the hiring committee that hired the first ever student recycling nest technicians. He served a year as the Student Representative in the Institutional Committee known as Enrollment Management and the Faculty Senate Sub- Committee known as Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) . Currently he is active in the City of Lynwood as a Block Watch Captain promoting safety. He also serves as a City Intern. In addition he serves in the Lynwood Park Advisory Committee for the new Linear Park opening Fall 2015. As of 2015 he is now a Life Time Member of the National Association of Latino Appointed and Elected Officials (NALEO) . He hopes to one day have a career in the entertainment industry and would like to be appointed as a Commissioner in his City. You can also reach him on twitter @lynwoodRobJF & Instagram RobJF2013

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