Chabot Spectator

Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: News

Media Credit: Jack Barnwell The newest addition, librarian Debbie Soares, makes sure records are up to par.

Every student who attends this school has difficulty at some point in deciding what classes to take, which ones are needed to graduate, and what classes are going to be needed for your major. And after you are done deciding which classes are best for you, then you have to decide which teacher you want to take that class with.

To make matters worse, there are a few new staff members added every semester.

Recently, Chabot has added three new staff members, who include, Debbie Soares, Mark Stevens, and Christine Warda.

Who are they and what do they do you ask? Debbie Soares, you might remember her. She is not exactly a new staff member at Chabot, but just in a new position. She is now the Public Service Audio-Visual Librarian.

What does this mean? In an interview with Soares, she said, "I supervise the circulation area, anything to deal with the circulation of the books in the reserves. I supervise the classified staff in the circulation area. I perform collection development for the audiovisual center, I also perform classroom orientations and instructions for student research."

Christine Warda is a speech teacher and Mark Stevens is a history teacher.

What inspires these staff members to do what they do?

Stevens stated in an e-mail, "Probably the biggest motivational moments came when I was in the Navy. We would be stuck at sea, and to kill time, we would tell stories. I would always tell about stuff from history, and many times someone would comment that I should stop wasting my time and go teach history."

Warda says that speech has just been an arising passion. She stated, in an e-mail, "I competed in speech and debate through high school and college, so I have been involved in speech communication for a long time now. It was in speech and debate that I learned to critically evaluate messages and images, where I met other people who were interested in similar topics, and where I developed the self-confidence to express my opinions. "Several teachers and coaches led me to believe that graduate school was for me and that I could teach others what I know."

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