Stephanie Lopez, Staff Writer
February 28, 2015
Filed under Opinion
College years are meant to provide students with a well-rounded education for their future lives and careers, and the best way to get the most knowledge of diversity is through traveling.
Traveling offers way more than a break from reality. It functions as a way to understand the diversity in cultures all around the world,...
Johny Garcia, Staff Writer
February 12, 2015
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
Many avid Super Bowl viewers are asking themselves the following question – what was with this year’s commercials?
Unlike nearly every other Super Bowl, the majority of the commercials did not solely focus on hyper-sexualized images or attempts at humor to sell products. Instead, many of the commercials shone light on...
Editorial Staff
January 30, 2015
Filed under Editorials, Most Recent, Opinion
Future college students, burdened with the reality of college’s rising costs, are poised to have a far easier time securing an education in the future thanks to a proposal from President Barack Obama.
In front of a crowd at Pellissippi State Community College in Tennessee, President Obama announced his ambitious proposal...
Heather Kemp, Staff Writer
January 19, 2015
Filed under Most Recent, Opinion
Most things in life are temporary, for instance: jobs, vehicles, friendships and relationships and that is something that is widely accepted in the world. Tattoos however, are far from a temporary affair.
Getting a tattoo is a huge commitment and one that people need to put more long term thought into before pursuing.
Knowing...
Nick Valenzuela, Staff Writer
December 10, 2014
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
For quite some time, there has been a belief among uneducated groups of society that vaccines cause more harm than good.
Most recently, there has been controversy that the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism in children given the vaccine at young ages.
This bogus, completely groundless idea was spread...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
December 10, 2014
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
Proposition 47 was one of the best moves Californians made during the 2014 midterm election.
With the passage of Prop 47, it now “requires misdemeanor sentence instead of felony for certain drug and property offenses” and is “inapplicable to persons with prior conviction for serious or violent crime and registered sex...
Brittany Harden, Staff Writer
December 10, 2014
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
It’s that time of the year again where stores are beginning to roll out overtime to their employees and requiring some to work on holidays this year.
When it comes to working on the holidays it should be up to the person if they want to work. Working on a holiday should not be mandatory in any form.
This topic hits close...
Editorial Staff
December 5, 2014
Filed under Editorials, Most Recent, Opinion
A word that is attached to government, and the actions of government and its agencies, is transparency. Without transparency, the people are left in the dark about what their government is doing, which leads to shady dealings and negates the idea of democracy.
The government of Cosumnes River College, the student government,...
Bobby Bishop, Nick Valenzuela
October 7, 2014
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion, Split Decisions
PRO: Bobby Bishop
Vaping is a lifestyle choice. It is a growing hobby and for some people it is a stress reliever.
Smoking out of a vaporizer pen is a way of people getting the satisfaction of smoking without the harmful effects of cigarettes.
Many people use vape pens to quit smoking cigarettes due to the fact you can put ...
October 5, 2014
For three years now, a light rail track has been under construction near the Bruceville entrance of Cosumnes...
Editorial Staff
October 5, 2014
Filed under Editorials, Most Recent, Opinion
Every semester, when paying tuition, students contribute $1 to a fund for the Associated Students of Cosumnes River College, which is meant for them to spend on events or services to benefit the campus and student body as a whole.
The problem is that most students not only do not know that they are contributing this money...
Editorial Staff
September 19, 2014
Filed under Editorials, Most Recent, Opinion
Numerous bills that have passed through the Senate and Legislature are waiting on Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk at this moment for his signature and it’s time that one of them, Senate Bill 850, be signed into law.
SB 850 is the long debated initiative that allows the California Community Colleges Chancellor to start an eight-year...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
September 17, 2014
Filed under Most Recent, Opinion
There is nothing worse than walking through the campus on the way to class only to be stopped by well-dressed individuals at a table trying to convince you to play and win some prize while also working to get you to sign up for a credit card.
On Sept. 10 and 11, various banks and credit unions came to the campus for the semester...
August 26, 2014
Edward Snowden has been framed as many things in the media in the last year since releasing classified...
August 24, 2014
The internet is grounded in the idea of freedom and access to information. This freedom is in jeopardy...
August 24, 2014
CON: Heather Kemp
Religious conservatives have once again thrown women’s rights to the wolves and us...
May 14, 2014
One minute, you are preparing for your final exams, rereading your notes over and over. The next minute...
May 13, 2014
In light of Michael Pollan, best-selling author of Cosumnes River College’s OneBook choice “The Omnivore’s...
Heather kemp, Staff Writer
April 12, 2014
Filed under Forum, Opinion
Do you remember that time when 100 college presidents signed a petition saying that the legal drinking age being 21 is not working?
This sounds like a plot to a teen comedy that would rake in big bucks at the box office.
If it ever was made into a movie, it would be based on true events because this actually happened.
In 2009, t...
Davina Vo, Reader
April 12, 2014
Filed under Letters To the Editor
Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the article from March 16 about bicycle thefts. It made me recall a conversation with a classmate who recently had his bike stolen on campus. I suggested that he keep an eye out for it on Craigslist because that's where many thieves go to try and resell something. After all, it...
