el Don /SANTA ANA COLLEGE • MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2014/eldonnews.org
NEWS
ON CAMPUS
A Santa Ana College student
was shot and killed Aug. 14 in
what police say might have been
a planned drug deal.
Aaron Jonathan Chavez died
after being struck multiple times
in the passenger side of a parked
car at Main and 12th streets at
about 11:30 p.m.
Two female passengers,the driver, 21, and backseat passenger, 26,
were struck multiple times and
are in critical condition.
Officers arrested Dustin Sean
Ross McDonald the next day near
his Garden Grove home on suspicion of murder and two counts of
attempted murder.
“Music was his [Chavez’s] dream.
Ever since I met him 10 years ago,
he loved to write songs and make
beats,” Chavez’s friend Kim Van
said on Facebook.
Chavez last enrolled at SAC in
fall 2013, according to admissions
records. / HAROLD PIERCE
MAKESHIFT / Temporary classrooms have been erected at the west end of campus to replace Dunlap Hall. / LIZ MONROY / el Don
EXTREME MAKEOVER
Two voter-approved bond measures fund campus beautification project
BY KATIE PORTER / el Don
Courtesy / DMV
As the semester gets underway this
fall, it’s hard not to notice the fenced
off areas around Santa Ana College.
The 99-year-old campus is undergoing some serious upgrades.
The construction is part of plans
established by Measure E and
Measure Q bonds, with the various
projects will be taking place around
campus for the next few years. Multiple buildings will be upgraded or
added, and underground and exterior work is also planned, according
to Vice President of Administrative
Services Michael Collins.
Temporary portable classrooms
at the west edge of campus, dubbed
“The Village” will house displaced
classes from Dunlap Hall.
The building is currently closed
while new elevators are installed.
Starting in December, the quad’s
concrete will be replaced with bricks.
“It’s going to be green-looking and
its going to have good traffic flow.
These are all designed to have easiest
path of travel,” Facilities Manager
Mark Wheeler said.
Designs for the c