Johny Garcia, Staff Writer
February 11, 2015
Filed under Issues, Most Recent, News
Job growth across the nation reached highs last year that had not been recorded since 1999, according to the Department of Labor. California added over 320,000 jobs last year and the state’s unemployment rate finished the year at 7 percent, a 1.3 percent decrease from the previous year.
The Sacramento region also showed...
Nick Valenzuela, Staff Writer
February 11, 2015
Filed under Issues, Most Recent, News
Following the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the United States banded together to fight a common enemy: Middle Eastern terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda marketed under the brand of radical Islam.
The fallout of the war on terror saw a deterioration in how many Americans viewed all Muslims; nearly 14 years later...
September 13, 2014
Smoking tobacco is one of the leading addictions in today’s world and there have been a variety of...
September 11, 2014
What classifies as consent to a sexual encounter has always been a puzzling question for the legal system,...
September 3, 2014
Long lines, scrambling for classes and purchasing textbooks are all things students expect at the beginning...
Kaley Andrews, Staff Writer
May 24, 2014
Filed under Community, Issues, News
It’s no secret that California is experiencing one of the worst droughts in recent years.
Even with...
Emiliano Martin, Staff Writer
May 3, 2014
Filed under Health, Issues, News
While the health and academic issues concerning college students and lack of sleep, especially when it comes to cramming for exams, are not a new conversation, a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience on March 18 brings a possible new focus to the issue.
According to the new study, done by neuroscientist Sigrid...
April 28, 2014
Seated in a leather arm chair with an area rug and potted plants adding to the atmosphere on the Recital...
Kaley Andrews, Staff Writer
March 31, 2014
Filed under Community, Issues, News
A study of college-age students found that 35 percent of college men anonymously admitted that under...
Heather Kemp, Staff Writer
March 19, 2014
Filed under Health, Issues, News
Drinking games have always been popular with the college crowd, and in 2014 it only makes sense that they have found their way onto social media.
Neknominate is a social media based drinking competition with a simple basis; you guzzle down your favorite alcoholic beverage and post a video of it on a website like Facebook, T...
March 19, 2014
Just weeks before winning the 1998 Miss World Pageant, Israeli teen Linor Abargil was held captive and...
March 16, 2014
At four-year colleges across California, in 2012, 52 percent of students had an average of $20,269 in...
Heather Kemp, Staff Writer
February 23, 2014
Filed under Campus, Issues, News
Add one more to the list of stresses that students encounter as a college student, as many are upset that the campus Higher One ATM often does not read their cards.
Higher One is the company that disburses student’s financial aid onto their Los Rios Community College District OneCards. Once your financial aid refund has...
February 21, 2014
The year was 1999 when two teens decided that they were going to take center stage. That stage was Columbine...
February 7, 2014
Cosumnes River College prides itself on trying to provide students the best overall education among Califo...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
January 14, 2014
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, News
Since the inception of the Student Success Task Force in January 2011, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors has been focusing on ways to overhaul community colleges.
Their newest policy will require California community college students that receive fee waivers, such as the Board of Governors fee waiver, to...
Brusly Voong, Staff Writer
December 10, 2013
Filed under Community, Issues, News
Teachers, parents and students alike across the United States can expect to see an increase in rigor in the K-12 school system, if they haven't already, as a new program pushes to prepare students for the day they enter college.
The Common Core State Standard is a single set of standards for the K-12 education system in Engl...
December 9, 2013
Part I // Part II // Part III (New Release!)
If you’ve recently felt depressed, alone and overwhelmed, if ...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
December 9, 2013
Filed under Campus, Community, Issues, News
The passage of Senate Bill 1440 in September 2010 sought to streamline the long process of transferring from community college to four-year universities, a process that is set to be further refined by another bill being signed by the governor to strengthen the existing bill.
Senate Bill 440, proposed by Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) w...
