‘Super Saturday’ recruitment day moved to Thursday
By Efrain Valdez, Social Media Editor
February 28, 2018
Senior Comet Day will replace Super Saturday as the day when prospective high school students come to experience Contra Costa College before attending in the fall. The event will now take place on a Thursday, opposed to it being held previously on a Saturday. Students from Kennedy, Richmond, De Anza...
Films, lecture show Geechee traditions
By Gabriel Quiroz, Staff Writer
February 28, 2018
A film seminar led by sociology professor J. Vern Cromartie on Saturday informed students on the importance of the Gullah and Geechee people, their traditions and lineage. Cromartie himself has Gullah and Geechee lineage that goes back six generations, about which he has written a book titled “Th...
‘Prayer room’ project scrapped
By Robert Clinton, Opinion Editor
February 20, 2018
Last semester, a plan was devised to re-purpose a rarely used balcony in the Applied Arts Building for use as an “interfaith prayer room,” but as of this semester, that plan has been completely nixed. Safety concerns marked the reason for the cancellation as the balcony was not built to perform ...
Low enrollment causes funding deficit, class cancellations
By Andrew Weedon, Scene Editor
February 20, 2018
The class schedule is taking drastic cuts this semester as campus administrators try to regain some of the college’s financial surplus, which has been dwindling in the last few years. Since the college leadership has undergone major changes over the last five years, the class schedule has been seve...
Wood removes president
By Robert Clinton, Opinion Editor
February 15, 2018
In a move that came as a shock to employees, students and the campus community at large, on Thursday district Chancellor Fred Wood announced the removal of Contra Costa College President Mojdeh Mehdizadeh. In a press release written by district Public Information Officer Tim Leong, Dr. Wood revealed his ...
Presidential position drives alum from retirement
By Anthony Kinney, Associate Editor
February 15, 2018
For the time being, former Contra Costa College student and president of Santa Monica College Dr. Chui L. Tsang will fill the void left after the district’s recent decision to remove Mojdeh Mehdizadeh as Contra Costa College’s president. Tsang’s appointment came after Contra Costa Community Colle...
Free breakfast program begins
By Michael Santone, Associate Editor
February 15, 2018
Helping to further alleviate the food insecurities of students on campus, Contra Costa College Student Life Coordinator Joel Nickelson-Shanks has launched the free breakfast program. Finalized on Friday to begin Feb. 26, the weekly program will provide a hot meal Monday-Thursday mornings from 8:30 to 10...
Contra Costa College aims to join statewide web college program
February 10, 2018
Contra Costa College has until March 1 to complete its application to join the next cohort of California Community Colleges in the Online Education Initiative (OEI). OEI, which was announced by Gov. Jerry Brown back in January 2013 is a collaborative effort among state community colleges to provide...
FTES-based funding process restricts economic elasticity
By Michael Santone, Associate Editor
January 30, 2018
The way California community colleges receive funding could possibly change with a new funding formula proposal outlined in the 2018-19 California Community College budget and legislative request. Currently, community colleges around the state receive 100 percent of their funding based on the numbe...
Federal threats heighten tension
By Robert Clinton, Opinion Editor
January 30, 2018
Criminals and public threats come first. But for those people that are, you know, found to be in the country illegally, they’re not off the table.” -Thomas Homan, ICE acting director
College officials prepare campus to fight severe flu bursts
By Efrain Valdez, Social Media Editor
January 30, 2018
Administrators at Contra Costa College are starting a campaign to combat this year’s flu season that has taken the lives of 29 people under the age of 65 in the greater Bay Area region. Campus Student Services has taken preventative measures such as social media posts, signs and installing hand sanitizer...
Federal judge rules to continue Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
By Roxana Amparo, Associate Editor
January 16, 2018
United States District Judge William Haskell Alsup ordered Trump’s administration in a ruling on the evening of Jan. 9 to continue allowing the renewal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) issued work permits. DACA is a program created under former President Barack Obama’s administrati...