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Graphics instructors arraignedTwo Riverside City College Applied Digital Media instructors were arraigned in Riverside County Criminal Court on 110 felonies on May 17.Ross Clark pled not guilty to 106 felonies, and Terry Keiser pled not guilty to 4 felonies.According to The Press-Enterprise, Clark is charged with 91 counts of conflict of interest, 12 counts of theft of public funds, two counts of grand theft and one count of identification theft.Keiser is charged with three counts of theft of public funds and one count of grand theft.Up next is a felony settlement conference on June 23.A felony settlement conference is an informal meeting before the preliminary hearing between the prosecution, defense and the judge where a plea bargain is negotiated.At the Board of Trustees meeting on May 18, Clark and Keiser were put on paid administrative leave. Chancellor Gregory Gray said that it is policy to place employees on paid administrative leave during legal issues until they are proven guilty and will no longer be employed at RCC. For continuing developments on this story check Viewpoints Online.
Man arrested on campusOn May 10 at 5 p.m. Latrelle Waters was arrested behind the Martin Luther King Learning & Resource Center for a warrant for battery. Waters and Brian Gray, both non-students, were smoking with a group of students. An officer approached the group and the students split up. Waters and Gray remained. The officer ran a records check and found out that Waters has a misdemeanor warrant for battery. Gray was asked to leave campus. Waters has not been scheduled for an arraignment at this time.
Football coach hosts campTom Craft, the RCC football coach, is hosting a four day passing camp June 16 through June 19.The camp is open to athletes ages 12-17, and will be held at RCC.The cost of the camp is $250 which includes a T-shirt, shorts, snack pack and lunches.All proceeds will be donated to The Living Breath Foundation.
Tony winner at RCCElton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida” is coming to Riverside City College. It is the tale of Nubian princess Aida, who is captured by Egyptian captain Radames, who then falls in love with her. For them to be together he must make her a handmaiden for the princess he is supposed to marry.This timeless story of forbidden love won four Tony awards in 2000, including Best Original Musical Score.Show times are June 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m. and June 12, 13, 19 and 20 at 2 p.m. at the Landis Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $25 to $43 and can be purchased at performanceriverside.org.
CorrectionThe cover photo of the May 13 issue of Viewpoints incorrectly identified the athlete as Don Danns.His name is actually Tim Crawford.
Election results2010-2011 President, Vice President and Senate are: Presidential ticket: Italia Garcia and Rikki Hix 258Senate candidates: Xymier Adlaun 76 Anastasia Keesling 89 Ryan Sendeias 77 Lizbeth Aguilav 83 Jessica Krajeski 77 Andreea Tanase 86 Lias Alcantar 87 Denisse Lopez 101 Maricruz Vazquez 93 Laleaka Brown 83 Darby G. Osnaya 94 Alex VillaFuerte 109 Joseph Douglas 86 Nathan Perez 74 Btooke Worku 67 Steven Fox 122 Izaak Ramirez 117 David Yuen 119 Alissa Gatten 76 Betty Ratliff 80 Katie Gonzales 82 Armando V. Ruelas 86 Laura A. Hernandez 91 Garin Rusdi 72