‘Privilege’ heightens sense of responsiblity
By Alondra Gallardo, Opinion Editor
April 17, 2018
I do not want to live in a country or world where every human does not have access to basic human rights, therefore, I recognize the benefits I was born into. No one has to remind me of the advantages I have had in my life and I don’t have to be asked to use it as a voice for those who have not ha...
AB 540 students face dead-end opportunities
By Editorial Board
April 17, 2018
Last October, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 68 in an attempt to offer the prospect of a cost-effective education to a wider swath of California’s undocumented student population. But after these students graduate into the workforce, is there a similar safety net to help them find gainful emplo...
Litigious Indoctrination
By Editorial Board
April 10, 2018
Creating change through social action takes time. Some protests spark course corrections overnight, while other actions take months or even years to have meaningful effect. For as long as many can remember, Contra Costa College has been a campus that encourages its students to fight for social...
American workforce hijacked by corporations
By Ryan Geller, News Editor
April 10, 2018
There is this idea that in college you are preparing yourself to compete in the job market. Why is there such competition for jobs? It seems addressing the challenge of food, clean water and sustainable shelter for a population approaching 8 billion on a planet with destabilizing ecosystems and weat...
Male perspective clouds reality of egalitarian life
By Alondra Gallardo, Opinion Editor
March 21, 2018
Inside the society we live in we all have roles that we are expected to take on so that as a whole we can function in a somewhat orderly fashion. However, when we live in a society that is built up by only one side of the population, how exactly are we supposed to aim for greatness and equality? We...
Media coverage, commentary feed negative stigma
By Efrain Valdez, Social Media Editor
March 21, 2018
If one thing is certain in life, it is the fact that women are marginalized and given the short end of the stick in everything. In the sports world women are continuously being humiliated by the media because of the unfortunate circumstances they are put in by the men that run these sporting empires...
Physical needs overshadowed
By Editorial Board
March 21, 2018
As Women’s History Month comes to a close, it feels good to know that Contra Costa College administrators, staff and professors all made a concerted effort to ensure the accomplishments of women, local and worldwide, are given their proper appreciation. Since the beginning of March and hopefully through ...
ASU leaves campus in dark
By Editorial Board
March 14, 2018
In most college campuses, the hub of political discourse and the place for students to plan future endeavors is at a student government meeting. But, sadly, for students at Contra Costa College, legislative agendas that shape all of our futures are rarely exposed. Sure, students can rail against admin...
Automotive classes teach necessary life skills
By Andrew Weedon, Scene Editor
March 14, 2018
When someone mentions general education classes you probably think of four subjects: math, science, English and history. The idea is that these four subjects will give you a base knowledge to survive in the world. This doesn’t seem adequate to me though. How are you going to learn about taxes a...
Arming school faculty furthers America’s gun violence issues
By Alondra Gallardo, Opinion Editor
March 1, 2018
With everything going on today, arming teachers seems to be America’s next step toward insanity. Will officers protect the rights of every teacher who chooses to carry a gun, or will they shoot them? Will it matter if the teacher is black or white? Educator and African-American civil rights activist Kell...
Limited instructor availability sullies learning environment
By Editorial Board
March 1, 2018
California community colleges have followed an evolving trend of hiring easily replaceable part-time professors instead of cultivating a crop of costly, yet better prepared, tenured-track employees. Students everywhere know the pain of tracking down professors with erratic office hours only to fin...
Lack of campus liaisons foster divide in community relations
By Editorial Board
February 20, 2018
Over the past year, the Contra Costa Community College District has continued what some see as a disturbing trend of decreasing the number of people of color in leadership positions at Contra Costa College. On Thursday, CCC President Mojdeh Mehdizadeh announced she would be returning to her old post at...