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The Student Voice Of Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.

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West County Medical Center Family Physician Alan Siegel, 51, holds a biohazard bag with a test sample while he explains the an information sheet he gave to a patient who came to the West County Medical Center for a coronavirus test in San Pablo Avenue on April 27. The sample will be placed in a chilled cooler and picked up to be delivered to a testing facility.

County tests residents with symptoms at multiple locations

By Denis Perez, Creative Director May 8, 2020

The shelter-in-place order issued by California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been extended through May and one of his requirements for the state and Contra Costa County to reopen is that testing must become available...

A group of over 50 students and community members gathered Monday in a virtual Town Hall Meeting to receive the latest campus updates. The meeting was hacked by an unknown individual.

Town Hall meeting hacked with child pornography

By Cindy Pantoja, Editor-in-Chief May 6, 2020

The Contra Costa College community was shocked to its core after hackers streamed pornographic images involving a young child during a public Zoom meeting on Monday. A group of over 50 students and...

The Student Wellness Program allows
students to receive short-term therapeutic
services that address the challenges they
experience both in and out of the classroom.

CCC Wellness Program offers free therapy to students

By Stacie Guevara, Associate Editor April 23, 2020

As the global coronavirus pandemic is negatively affecting the well-being and mental health of students, the Wellness Program at Contra Costa College is offering support and services to those in need of...

Editorial cartoon: Chinese virus

Editorial cartoon: Chinese virus

By Janet Lira, Advocate Staff April 18, 2020

The Student Dining Hall remains empty as Contra Costa Community College District campuses are closed due to Coronavirus concerns.

Campus closures create ripple effect amid coronavirus concerns

By Cindy Pantoja, Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2020

As the numbers of COVID-19 cases increase every day nationwide, the Contra Costa Community College District enters its third week of campus closures and remote instruction today at its three colleges. Interim...

Remote student services available

Remote student services available

By Stacie Guevara, Associate Editor March 31, 2020

Remote instruction and closing of campus, which district Interim Chancellor Eugene Huff announced today will continue through the end of the spring semester, have been affecting Contra Costa College students...

A homeless encampment is being clear on March 30, in Berkeley, California, after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide shelter-in-place order.

COVID-19 furthers homelessness crisis

By Cindy Pantoja, Editor-in-Chief March 31, 2020

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide shelter-in-place order on March 19, he ordered around 40 million California residents to stay home to help diminish the spread of coronavirus in the...

Music department adapts to learning music at a distance

Music department adapts to learning music at a distance

By Stacie Guevara, Associate Editor March 30, 2020

Every department at Contra Costa College has canceled events, activities and classes due to the coronavirus pandemic, but none of them seems to be hitting students as hard as the music department, especially...

Hunters is a thoughtful, must-see show

‘Hunters’ is a thoughtful, must-see show

By Luis Lopez, News Editor March 23, 2020

It’s often said two wrongs don’t make a right. However, when the opportunity for revenge presents itself, no matter how long after a wrong is committed, few would have the will to resist taking...

TeJae Dunnivant is the college’s new veterans’ coordinator this semester after the position remained vacant for nearly a year.

Leadership void leaves student-veterans searching for answers

By Cindy Pantoja, Editor-In-Chief February 19, 2020

Veterans at Contra Costa College again have to experience the hardships of instability after their coordinator was fired two days prior to the beginning of the spring semester. TeJae Dunnivant served...

Speech team members Aman Butt and Shreejal Luitel await their awards for Persuasive Speaking at the Talk Hawk Invitational.

Speech team’s verbal dexterity recognized

By Cindy Pantoja, Editor-in-Chief February 19, 2020

With some of its top performers returning to competition, the speech team stood poised to resume amassing a collection of accolades, this time in the first tournament of the spring. The Contra Costa College...

Reggie (left) and Collin (right) Edmonds perform a piece at The RichOak Open Mic, one of the sister shows to the Berkeley Poetry Slam, held at The Starry Plough on Feb. 12.

Poets heal through art

By Christian Medina, Advocate Staff February 19, 2020

Berkeley — Wednesday nights are like no other at the Starry Plough Pub, a quaint Irish Pub a few blocks from the Ashby BART Station. The venue has hosted the Berkeley Poetry Slam since 1998 and has...

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