Team exhibits dominance at speech tournament
By Andrew Weedon, Advocate Staff
October 11, 2017
The Contra Costa College speech team was awarded with multiple finalist finishes Saturday after weeks of hard work and preparation. Seven students from CCC attended their second speech and debate tournament this semester, held at Santa Rosa Junior College. A sense of pride for CCC helped motivate the studen...
Negotiations yield United Faculty salary increases, medical benefits
By Anthony Kinney, Associate Editor
October 11, 2017
A tentative agreement addressing faculty grievances was reached between the Contra Costa Community College District and the United Faculty union during negotiations held on Sept. 8 and 15. Salary increases, Medicare coordinated medical plans for retirees, family and parental leave options and a one-year ex...
Calendar Constricted
By Michael Santone, Associate Editor
September 28, 2017
The new compressed calendar for the 2018-19 year will keep spring break, while introducing a three-week winter intercession. The 16-week compressed schedule’s final draft was released by the United Faculty Sept. 18 and will be implemented districtwide, beginning the fall 2018 semester, which will b...
Police brutality elicits unified community response
By Ryan Geller, Advocate Staff
September 28, 2017
Despite the nationwide protests over the deaths of Freddie Gray and Michael Brown no changes have been made to address racism in policing here in Contra Costa College’s administration of justice program. The re-training of police departments and the transformation of racist police culture was the mant...
Strategy highlights exit paths, awareness
By Efrain Valdez / The Advocate, Social Media Editor
September 28, 2017
Contra Costa College administrators and first responders have a plan in place to keep people on campus safe in the case of a natural disaster. Recent catastrophes, like the three major earthquakes that have hit different parts of Mexico, have raised concerns about the safety plans in place locally. “Our...
Sanders, CCSF honor ‘Free City’
By Xavier Johnson, Scene Editor
September 28, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) spoke at City College of San Francisco in celebration of the college’s first semester being tuition free for San Francisco residents on Friday in the Diego Rivera Theater on the CCSF campus. The “Free City” celebration featured the Vermont senator an...
AB 540 training aimed to help daca students
By Michael Santone, Associate Editor
September 28, 2017
As the Trump administration continues to besiege on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, life for Contra Costa College’s undocumented student community is in disarray. In hopes of alleviating concerns, the counseling department is preparing further training for its staff that i...
InSite Portal app halted
By Anthony Kinney, Associate Editor
September 20, 2017
Technology challenges and contractual issues have delayed the release of Contra Costa Community College District’s newly designed InSite Portal mobile app. District Director of Communications and Community Relations Tim Leong said, “We want the app to drop sooner than later, but we also want to ...
No official decision in place to ban riders
By Andrew Weedon, Advocate Staff
September 20, 2017
Confusion about the rules of biking and skateboarding on campus continues to persist at Contra Costa College among both students and staff. The white A-frame signs that inform students of the ban on biking and skateboarding are only an occasional sight on campus. Because of this, it is common to see s...
Fresh produce available semimonthly
By Mayra Garcia, Art Director
September 20, 2017
Beginning Monday students were supplied with fresh produce through Contra Costa and Solano County’s Mobile Food Bank program. The mobile Food Bank will be on campus the first and third Monday of every month near the bus terminal from 2-3 p.m. The Food Pantry on campus provides eligible students ...
Constitution Day offers insight on past
By Ryan Geller, Advocate Staff
September 20, 2017
Constitution Day was celebrated with an amendment scavenger hunt at Contra Costa College Friday to mark the signing of the U.S. Constitution over 200 years ago. The Associated Students Union and the Financial Aid Office set up posters of the first through the eighth amendments on buildings surrounding the Ca...
Relocated program will provide job skills
By Dylan Collier, Assistant scene editor
September 20, 2017
After an 18-month hiatus, Contra Costa College has brought back the conglomerate of INTEC (Industrial Technology) classes, which is composed of Forklift Operations, Warehouse Management, Counseling 140, and Computer Information Systems 110. The program was moved from Contra Costa College because the i...