Snapchat lures users to snap while driving
By Magali Mercado, Staff Writer
December 9, 2015
Many people know that using a cellphone while driving is dangerous. It is against the law and there are constant advertisements about how dangerous it can be to just glance at a cellphone for just a second while driving. Well it seems that people have forgotten that rule when it comes to entertainment....
Behavioral norms shift, circulate around phones
By Jason Sykes, Staff Writer
December 9, 2015
The perception of relationships continue to change over time. With all the technological advances in the world today people have found new ways to get in contact with others. Within these new ways to get into contact with one another, this also changed the way a relationship can work. Instead of making pla...
Food reflects richness in health
By Keno Greene, Staff Writer
December 9, 2015
Soul food evokes the warm spirit of tasty food and communal unity at an escalated rate during the holiday season, and denotes the polarization of food nourishing the soul. The obstruct of the latter needs to be understood through the lineage of the antebellum South and soul advocates after the Great ...
Educational opportunities
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
November 18, 2015
The proven success rate of incarcerated individuals who turn to education while in prison, or once out, cannot be neglected by the district. According to a 2013 report by the RAND Corporation, entitled “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education,” it states that receiving correctional edu...
Media bias misguiding the American public
By Asma Alkrizy, Staff Writer
November 18, 2015
After hearing about the Paris attack that following Saturday morning, I realized the strength of biased media, and that they will judge information that deserves more attention over what information should be ignored. As the Paris attack filled headlines on Friday over the ISIS atrocity, Beirut, the ...
Latino immigrants breach boarders, fuel crime rates
By Mark Wassberg, Staff Writer
November 11, 2015
There are more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in America, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Many have committed at least one crime such as murder, drug trafficking, gang violence, social security and voting fraud, causing what many would consider a burden on our social programs as well as ca...
Community needs stability
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
November 11, 2015
Almost a year has passed since the search for Contra Costa College’s president began, and there has been nothing to show for the efforts other than having to turn away three presidential finalists last spring and spend $40,000 of the district’s money. During the 2015 spring semester, the Contra Cos...
False accusation casts racial bias in society
By Mike Thomas, Scene Editor
November 11, 2015
As a prideful African-American and a proud supporter of black culture, it is disheartening when we accuse one another simply for the way we look. A part of me dies when my oppressor is of my own color. A frustrating story happened to me the other day on my way home from work. While walking to the BART station, I ...
Duality of humans denotes truth
By Denis Perez, Staff Photographer
November 11, 2015
Truth is not dominated by one human’s definition of right, wrong, good, evil, rich or poor. Truth is as free as the wind, going wherever it blows. So I see it with myself, as well. The truth that governs my life is the creation of my own reality. For instance, there is no such thing as perfect, in...
Endless wonders discovered in books
By Magali Mercado, Staff Writer
November 2, 2015
Reading for pleasure doesn’t seem very common among most people anymore. It seems like more and more people willingly admit that they simply don’t like reading, let alone doing it for fun. People seem to not give reading a good book a chance anymore. I’ve encountered a few people who talk about...
Grant needs public eye
By The Advocate, Editorial Board
October 29, 2015
As the Associated Student Union is undertaking the Grant for Support program, it is especially important its members be held responsible to ensure that the $5 student activity fee, which funds the program, is not wasted by keeping communication clear. There are 19 departments and clubs who have submitted...
Highlighting disabled activism’s incubator
By Manning Peterson, Guest Commentary
October 29, 2015
The incubator of the disability activism and services movement was a small staff office on the sunny south side of the top floor of the Alameda County Administration Building in Oakland, California. My primary job description was community services liaison of the County Administrator’s Office. This...