In an attempt to raise Contra Costa College students’ awareness of the campus’s newly formed LGBTQ+ club, Rainbow Movement held its first event — a showing of the movie “Moonlight.”
The event...
By DeJon Sylvain, Advocate Staff
• December 11, 2019
Hand-made architectural pieces filled Fireside Hall at Contra Costa College, where local volunteers gathered during the mornings of Dec. 2-5 for the annual Ceramics Sale.
For four consecutive days,...
In an attempt to eliminate the scourge of once-used paper compiling a vast percentage of waste generated on campus, Contra Costa College engineering students devised a fun way to put the paper to use.
On...
By Jose Rivera, Advocate Staff
• December 11, 2019
After many complaints were levied by staff and students since the Campus Center Project was completed in 2016, Buildings and Grounds has decided to renovate the cooling system in the General Education...
In order to get Contra Costa College students more involved with the current political atmosphere in the U.S., the Community Organization of Political Action (COPA) Club held a watch party for the fifth...
Throughout the influx of new vendors and places to find food on campus, there has always been one place students could reliably turn to when everything else was defined by uncertainty.
Even as the semester...
Inspiration and care filled the campus as professionals from the African American community spoke to students about the importance and possibilities made available through the college experience.
The...
By Jose Rivera, Advocate Staff
• November 20, 2019
Unaware students may be flushing money down the drain by not taking advantage of free programs offered by Student Life and other offices on campus that offer support.
Students on campus struggle every...
By DeJon Sylvain, Advocate Staff
• November 20, 2019
Sometimes spaces that embrace tolerance and inclusivity don’t actually fund these ideas. However, an LGBTQ-focused program, Rainbow, is set to challenge heteronormativity with resources, courses and...
SparkPoint opened an office in Contra Costa College in 2016 and since then, SparkPoint coordinator Bill Bankhead has been there to offer services to students, faculty and staff in the pursuit of economic...
As the semester strides past its halfway point, the Associated Student Union (ASU) has begun to allow recruitment of new senators past previous application deadlines and has revised bylaws on stipends...
In an attempt to create a more festive atmosphere on campus, the Student Life Office and the EOPS Department held a costume contest in Campus Center Plaza to better spread the prizes and fun.
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