ADVISORY/Los Angeles Southwest College Unveils $111 Million Program to Transform Campus; College Breaks Ground on New Student Services Center.

Business Editors/Education Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday (May 29)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

What: In a ceremonial groundbreaking, Los Angeles Southwest College
      (LASC) will unveil the first phase of a comprehensive campus
      re-design and provide details for a new $14.1 million student
      services center. The Student Services/Educational Center is
      the first major construction funded by Proposition A, the
      facilities bond approved by Los Angeles Community College
      District (LACCD) voters in April 2001. It also is the first
      new construction effort under LASC's facilities master plan,
      which will be completed through funding by Proposition AA,
      which was passed on May 20, 2003. The construction of a new
      child development center, maintenance operations building,
      4,000-seat stadium, parking lot and physical education fields
      and courts and other educational projects under the college
      master plan are scheduled for completion within the decade.

Who: Dr. Audre Levy, president, LASC
     Dr. Mark Drummond, chancellor, LACCD
     Board of Trustees, LACCD
     Elected officials and honored guests including college
     presidents, community leaders, faculty and students

When: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., May 29, 2003

Where: Los Angeles Southwest College, 1600 Imperial Highway, Los
       Angeles
       (Parking available in Lots A & B; event will be held directly
        south of parking facility.)

Visuals: -- LASC President Levy will operate a backhoe/loader to
            officially launch the $111 million campus transformation
            program
         -- LASC and LACCD officials will don hard hats and use golden
            shovels to break ground on the new Student Services Center
         -- Visual depictions of the new Student Services Center and
            other planned projects

SOURCE: Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD)