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CYPRESS

Students, Teacher Win Poster Awards

Four Cypress College students and one faculty member won awards in the recent HIV/AIDS Awareness Poster Contest sponsored by the Orange County chapter of the American Red Cross.

Michael Sheehan of Norwalk, won the overall grand prize for his work. In the contest’s “College Category,” Cypress College students swept all three awards. R. Armando Radillo of La Mirada won first place; Margaret J. Torman of Cypress took second, and Minoo Mahgrefteh of Cypress, third. Part-time instructor Janice Lowery of Santa Ana won first in the “Professional Category.”

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MISSION VIEJO

Speech-Debate Team Gains College Honors

The 30-member Saddleback Community College District speech and debate team recently won the Pacific Collegiate Forensic Assn.’s fall championship in Long Beach. Students from 38 two- and four-year colleges and universities in the state competed. Besides winning the overall competition, the team also won first place in the novice division.

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IRVINE

UCI Child Center Studying Disorder

The UC Irvine Child Development Center is one of six research centers nationwide recently chosen by the National Institute of Mental Health and the U.S. Department of Education to study Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder. About 3% to 9% of school-age children are believed to suffer from the disorder. Children ages 7 through 9 who attend public schools in Irvine, Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley and Santa Ana may be eligible to participate in the study. For information, call (714) 833-9098.

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COSTA MESA

College Expects 25,000 to Enroll

Nearly 25,000 students are expected to attend classes when the spring semester begins Jan. 17 at Orange Coast College. About 2,200 courses are being offered in more than 200 disciplines.

In-person and telephone registration for classes at the Costa Mesa campus will be held from Jan. 4 to 12. The Admissions Office is open from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday at the college, 2701 Fairview Road.

Information is available by calling (714) 432-5772.

Among the offerings this spring will be a speech course in nonverbal communication. The three-unit course will examine how nonverbal cues--such as facial movements, physical appearance and behavior--affect interpersonal communication.

Speech 170 meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.

--COMPILED BY RUSS LOAR WITH JON NALICK, BILL BILLITER, ALAN EYERLY AND JEFF BEAN