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Self-realization, therapy ease depression

Self-realization, therapy ease depression

By Gabriel Quiroz, Staff Writer September 26, 2018

Imagine you’re in your room feeling significantly sad for no particular reason — crying, frustrated and thinking everything bad that’s happening is somehow your fault. You have no idea why this...

Lack of crime reporting blurs transparent environment

Lack of crime reporting blurs transparent environment

By Editorial Board September 20, 2018

The quest for an improved sense of transparency at Contra Costa College has engulfed every corner of administrative activity on campus and no area is more important than those who are able to reveal the...

Musical appreciation grows through tragedy

Musical appreciation grows through tragedy

By Xavier Johnson, Web Editor September 19, 2018

Over the past two years there have been a significant number of musicians who have died, young and old alike. The deaths have ranged from people in their 20s, like Mac Miller and Avicii, to old legends...

Under new management

Under new management

By Editorial Board September 11, 2018

Since fall of 2013 when ground was initially broken on the Campus Center Project, the outward appearance of Contra Costa College has been in constant flux. In recent years, students withstood the dust...

Battle to quit social media induces anxiety

Battle to quit social media induces anxiety

By Cindy Pantoja, Staff Writer September 11, 2018

Few weeks ago, I found myself updating my Facebook status in the middle of an anxiety attack. Somehow, in the midst of deep breathing and heart palpitations, I fought the need to inform my...

Robert Clinton

Biracial baby making hinders white agenda

By Robert Clinton, Opinion Editor May 16, 2018

It wasn’t long ago that many people believed there was a shelf life to racism. There used to be a shared societal concept that explained racism as a generational hold-over which implored us all to believe...

Illusion of Freedom: Corporate policies incentivise evil

By Ryan Geller, News Editor May 16, 2018

America got it wrong about property from the very beginning. The founders of this nation saw other humans as property. The government of this nation has enshrined genocidal maniacs on its money to remind...

Prescribed drugs easily obtained, generate abuse

Prescribed drugs easily obtained, generate abuse

By Jessica Suico, Assistant news editor May 16, 2018

In America, the scourge of over-prescribing drugs with minimal supervision is ruining families. The problems don’t only stem from abuse. Doctors are as much to blame for the destruction of unsuspecting...

Perfect body image is an illusion

Perfect body image is an illusion

By Alondra Gallardo, Opinion Editor May 16, 2018

With summer just around the corner the pressure is on to achieve our “summer body” or our “bikini body.” Little do we know that there is no such thing. Take the body you have now, put a bikini...

Hollywood lacks gay superhero

Hollywood lacks gay superhero

By Michael Santone, Associate Editor May 16, 2018

There’s something about the banality of superhero movies that I’ve never liked. Kitsch alter egos embedded within the typical action-packed scenarios have, for decades, created a genre that’s fueled...

Administrative ambiguity inhibits student experience

By Editorial Board May 15, 2018

Since the beginning of the fall 2017 semester, students have been overwhelmed by concerns surrounding a lack of administrative transparency and with summer fast approaching, it seems many of those concerns...

New Halls, Dirty Stalls: AA Building renovations leave students holding their breath

By Editorial Board May 1, 2018

Since the $5 million project to renovate the Applied Arts Building began last fall, campus administrators assured students and faculty still using the building during construction that inconveniences,...

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