May 10, 2018
April was Sexual Assault Awareness Month and in the wake of the Iris Perez’s story of being sexual...
May 2, 2018
The California Geographical Society held its 72nd annual conference in CRC on April 27.
The opening of the c...
March 15, 2018
Nearly 300 people including members of the California State Legislature, their staff and citizens young...
Lola Chase, Staff Writer
January 11, 2018
Filed under Community, Issues, News
The state of California passed legislation in October that recognizes a third gender on official identification documents.
Residents who identify as nonbinary genders will no longer be obligated to designate themselves as either male or female on birth certificates and identification cards.
“It really gives us a lot...
December 4, 2017
By fall 2018, California community colleges will no longer offer remedial education classes due to the pa...
Lola Chase, Staff
November 21, 2017
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, News, Top Stories
Several students in the political science department volunteered with a program that assists immigrants in obtaining official legal status in the United States called The Justice Bus.
These students primarily act as Spanish-to-English translators for the attorneys and law students working on these pro-bono cases (meaning at...
Elizabeth Rodriguez, Staff
November 20, 2017
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, National, News, Top Stories
The 12th annual Ethics Symposium will be held on Nov. 20 and 21, where students and professors will discuss possible limitations on freedom of speech on college campuses and the ethics of stating your opinion.
An annual collaboration between Cosumnes River College and Sacramento State University, the symposium promotes a diff...
Victoria Blanco, Staff
November 6, 2017
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, News, Top Stories
All single-user restroom facilities in any public place are required to have signs changed and identified as gender neutral due to a new law passed in California this year.
The Equal Restroom Access Act, which was passed March 1, states that all single-user restrooms must be gender inclusive. The state acknowledged people who ...
Victoria Blanco, Staff
October 26, 2017
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, News, Top Stories
Campus Conversation is a series where students and employees engage in open discussion about issues pertaining to Cosumnes River College on Oct. 18.
The Student Conversation took place at the Recital Hall, said the event’s coordinator, Communication Studies Professor Georgine Hodgkinson.
Hodgkinson introduced the host,...
October 23, 2017
The meditation room has been an ongoing initiative for 10 years to create a safe space on campus for pray...
Shannon Rusche, Staff
April 6, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Campus, Crime, Issues, News
A bomb threat occurred on the Cosumnes River College campus on Wednesday morning.
CRC students received multiple notifications alerting them of the bomb threat, including a text, emails to personal and Los Rios email accounts, and a phone call at approximately 11:40 a.m.
The alerts stated that police had reported a bomb threa...
March 27, 2017
In the midst of Women’s History Month, the Muslim Student Association began Islam Awareness Week with...
March 20, 2017
Continuing with its lecture series, the Center for the Advancement of Staff and Student Learning at C...
March 8, 2017
Just one year ago, more than 90 percent of California was in some form of drought. With these severe d...
Kristi Doan, Staff
March 8, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Campus, Issues, News, Top Stories
Over the last few years, student enrollment has continued to decrease each semester.
Compared to this time last year, there has been about a 3 percent drop in students enrolled at Cosumnes River College, said Communications and Public Information Officer Kristie West.
“When the economy is poor and people begin to lose ...
Missy Amaya, Staff
February 9, 2017
Filed under Breaking News, Campus, Community, Issues, News, Top Stories
The Los Rios Community College District has reaffirmed its commitment to diversity by signing a new resolution in support of undocumented students and employees.
On Jan. 11 the LRCCD Board of Trustees unanimously passed Resolution 2017-02, which takes a stance in support of students and employees covered by the Deferred ...
December 5, 2016
With the semester coming to an end and finals soon approaching, stress levels begin to rise as Cosumnes River College students prepare to ...
Lola Chase, Staff
December 5, 2016
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, News
Sacramento State and Cosumnes River College partnered to present the 11th Annual Fall Ethics Symposium. This year’s topic was The Ethics of Policing.
The two-day symposium was broken into six sessions of speakers with different topics regarding policing. CRC hosted the first day and Sac State held the second set of sessions.
The...
Justin Cordero, Guest Writer
November 4, 2016
Filed under Campus, Issues, National, News, Top Stories
With the election drawing closer, millennial voters are struggling to find a good reason to vote.
Across campus and throughout the past week, many of the millennials interviewed said that they are going to vote this year and urged others to do so as well, while others were either not interested in politics or said felt they...
