Softball team remains positive despite missing playoffs
Stephan Starnes, sstarnes.connect@gmail.com
May 12, 2013
“To be able to keep players after you have a bad season tells you that they still had a good experience and we finished and we learned and we got better,” said softball head coach Kristy Schroeder. By that standard, Cosumnes River College’s sophomore players had good experiences, as nine out of... Read more »
Proposed bill could increase fees for certain classes
Stephan Starnes, sstarnes.connect@gmail.com
May 11, 2013
Last year, Santa Monica College tried to implement a two-tiered system of class offerings to students, where students would be given priority enrollment if they could pay $180 per unit for required classes. This year, while still in its early stages, Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara) introduced... Read more »
Outsourcing meets public education in possible senate bill
Scott Redmond, sredmond.connect@gmail.com
May 11, 2013
California Community College students are no strangers to new propositions and bills aimed at budgetary issues faced by the public schools and state overall, but a recently proposed senate bill might not be what most expect. Senate Bill 520, authored by Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento), is a measure... Read more »
Watch what you eat, not your thighs
Brittany Patrick, Connection Staff
April 27, 2013
Oh, ever-coveted thigh gap, how you have begun to consume the minds and bodies of women. You know, when you stand with your legs together, but there is nothing but blissful space between your legs. This desire has begun to run rampant in women all over the U.S. with sites dedicated to “the gap” such... Read more »
Hawks’ softball wins close game against Modesto
Victor Macias, Connection Staff
April 15, 2013
Coming off a loss Saturday against Sierra College, the Cosumnes River softball team took the field at home against struggling Modesto Junior College on April 10 in Big 8 Conference play. The clubs’ ace, Sophomore pitcer Allison Barsetti took the mound for CRC to battle Modesto’s Roxy Corella. Barsetti... Read more »
Hawks baseball wins 2012 California Community College State Championship
Zach Hannigan, Connection Staff
May 20, 2012
The baseball team completed their mission May 20 in Bakersfield, winning Cosumnes River College’s first-ever State Community College baseball championship. The Hawks defeated nationally ranked No. 3 Rio Hondo Community College 8-6 in dramatic fashion. In the top of the 12th inning, infielder Josh... Read more »
CRC baseball team advances to Super Regionals
Zachary Hannigan, Connection Staff
May 8, 2012
The seventh-seeded Hawks kept up their winning ways in the opening round of the Northern California Regional Playoffs, sweeping tenth-seeded College of the Sequoias at American River College in a best-of-three series on May 5 and 6. Freshman pitcher Nick Smart started game one for the Hawks. The left-hander... Read more »
Opera comes to CRC and brings lots of laughs
Tammi Kolesinski, Connection Staff
May 8, 2012
For the first time in the 18-year history of theater at Cosumnes River College, an original Opera by a CRC Professor/Composer was performed by a primarily student cast on the Recital Hall Stage. “What your Parents Don’t Want You to Know…(about fairy tales),” an opera by CRC music professor Kurt... Read more »
Elected CRC student officials sworn into positions
Demitri Fellines, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
The newly elected officials of the Cosumnes River College Student Senate were sworn into their positions for the fall semester in front of family, friends and faculty in the Orchard room on April 25. During the campaigning for their position, each candidate had to get students around the CRC campus... Read more »
New sports fields expected for fall completion
Jon Wilson, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
A new baseball field, softball field and two new soccer fields are being built on the northwest side of campus near the Center Parkway entrance, while the stadium in the northeast corner of campus by the Bruceville entrance is being renovated.Cosumnes River College Athletic Director Liz Belyea said building... Read more »
Greenhaw battled odds before fighting for CRC
Ben Levy, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
Alissa Greenhaw is the softball team’s leadoff hitter and starting shortstop. She finished with a .339 batting average, seven stolen bases and only two strikeouts. In the infield, she led the team in assists with 75. Very impressive, considering... Read more »
Students share thoughts on CSU admissions freeze
Takara Campbell, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
California State Universities are planning to cut enrollment for the 2013-2014 school year by 25,000 students by closing spring admissions for most of its campuses, according to an article on the CSU website. The California State University system announced new measures to save money on March 20, including... Read more »
Student Success Task Force recommendations change enrollment priority
Imran Majid, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office began the process of implementing the 22 recommendations made by the Student Success Task Force, which were unanimously approved by the Board of Governors in January. The Task Force, which was created in 2011 with the goal of increasing success... Read more »
Top 5 summer road trips for the upcoming break
Joshua Lee, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
Summer is quickly approaching and we’re all anxious to take a break from school and work. What’s better than taking a road trip with your friends and family? But where are the best places to take a road trip to and what is there to do? 1. Huntington Beach, CA Huntington Beach is a great place to... Read more »
Two CRC students shoot for the stars with NASA
Zach Hannigan, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
Two Cosumnes River College engineering and MESA students are packing their bags and heading to Pasadena, Calif. for a three-day on-site NASA scholar program in the Jet Propulsion laboratory. Aeronautical engineering major Natalie Martinez, 21, and biomedical engineering major Jasmine Chen, 21, were two... Read more »
Four CRC men’s tennis players advance to the playoffs
Imran Majid, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
The Cosumnes River College men’s tennis team may have ended its season on March 20 with a 9-0 loss to Fresno City College, but four individual players from the team have advanced to the playoffs. By competing in the Big 8 Conference Tournament on April 17, sophomores Brandon McCarthy, Ronnie Cabanayan... Read more »
CRC softball finishes the season with a win
Carlo Dela Cruz, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
Cosumnes River College’s softball team may not have made the regional playoffs, but they ended their season on a high note with anticipation for the next season.Despite not qualifying, the Hawks played at their best in the final game of the season at home on a sunny afternoon against the Santa Rosa... Read more »
Opinion: Patience and knowledge will benefit students in the Freeze
Zach Hannigan, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
In light of the recent admissions freeze at California state colleges, many students have failed to look at the bright side of the policy.The policy would waitlist students who apply to CSU’s in the fall and would stop enrollment in the spring 2013 semester. These cost-cutting solutions came in response... Read more »
Opinion: Digital distribution destroys the used game market
Stephan Starnes, Connection Staff
May 4, 2012
If console gaming continues down the path that it is, people won’t pay for the new consoles and games. I will be one of those people refusing to buy the next systems. The used game market is being corrupted; it has always been a part of the equation, and recently it’s been argued from every side. Games... Read more »
Retired CRC physics professor dies
Tammi Kolesinski, Connection Staff
May 2, 2012
George “Jorge” Knott, former professor at CRC, died Sunday evening while swimming with a friend at Miami Beach, Fla. He was 56. They were swimming, catching some waves and having fun, his friend Susan Anzalone told a Miami news team in a TV interview. They were caught in a riptide and even though... Read more »
