COLLEGE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS.Byline: Robert Monroe Staff Writer SYLMAR - Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. will celebrate its 25th anniversary today with the groundbreaking of its Collaborative Studies building. Kelly Candaele, president of the Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. Board of Trustee, said Mission is an anchor for the northeast San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. that must continue to grow. ``It's one of the best things that we've done,'' Candaele said. ``The people that brought Mission College into existence had a vision that was just critical to that area of the city. All I can do is commend their foresight (graphics, tool) Foresight - A software product from Nu Thena providing graphical modelling tools for high level system design and simulation. .'' Anniversary activities are scheduled to begin with the 11 a.m. groundbreaking and continue with a noon luncheon and review of the school's history. The new 20,000-square-foot building will contain 11 laboratories and be the first addition on campus in two and a half years, said Mission Interim President Tom Oliver. He also is seeking $22 million in state money for four other capital projects. The expansion comes as Mission last semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s topped the 7,000-student mark for the first time since it moved to its current location in 1991. The college wants to build a student service center to consolidate registration and fee payment next to the admissions building and a child development center to replace portable child care facilities to be added onto the Collaborative Studies building. The other projects would be a 20,000-square-foot addition to the Culinary Arts building and a multimedia art education center to the library. Oliver said he is trying to meet a February deadline for funding requests. ``We're trying to get a direction,'' he said. Some community members have reservations about Oliver's plan. Jesus Ochoa, student body president in the 1998-99 school year, said too many buildings crammed cram v. crammed, cram·ming, crams v.tr. 1. To force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space; stuff. 2. To fill too tightly. 3. a. To gorge with food. into too small a space on campus will ruin it. ``I think it's just going to make the actual land we have right now very crowded,'' Ochoa said. ``Building more onto what we have right now will just be like a Band-Aid.'' The school also is negotiating with county officials to build a parking garage, gym and fitness center and classrooms at El Cariso Regional Park. Oliver said he hopes to avoid the acrimony ac·ri·mo·ny n. Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior. [Latin  crim that followed Mission's previous attempts to expand onto the park.
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