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...
Daniel Kolosovski and Salwa Mikbel
April 12, 2014
Filed under Letters To the Editor
Dear Editor,
Although I do agree that currently in the United States we have a rape culture and tend to blame the victims, it is not the fault of "joking" around. As comedian, Louis C.K., said, "Any joke about anything bad is great." Only a person who has immoral values or no values at all, who is also psychotic, can hear...
Caesar Espinoza, Ray Hernandez, and Christian Matar
April 12, 2014
Filed under Letters To the Editor
Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to an article about distracted driving, written by Kayla Gangl. In the article, Gangl talks about the fast-growing epidemic of distracted driving. I specifically liked how Gangl states that distracted driving doesn’t just consist of using a phone but it is “anything that diverts...
Editorial Staff
April 12, 2014
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
From an impressive architecture program housed in the Winn Center, which a former student helped design, and a cutting edge photography program that includes an associate degree and multiple certificate programs, CRC is one of the premiere colleges that should add a new program to its already large list of impressive offering...
April 9, 2014
Pro: Rachel Norris
Here we go again. The never-ending charade about how tattoos are tacky and do absolutel...
March 28, 2014
There is a killer on the loose. One that can change the lives of people in the blink of an eye, or...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
March 27, 2014
Filed under Forum, Opinion
Imagine that someone just burst into your house and beat you and stole a bunch of your stuff. When the police arrive, their only response to you is that you should not have such nice stuff.
I bet that wouldn’t feel good at all.
This same victim blaming has plagued those who have been raped, and now it is spreading towards...
Editorial Staff
March 27, 2014
Filed under Editorials, Opinion
There is no question that being sexually assaulted will forever traumatize a person for the rest of his or her life. Unfortunately, 84 percent of the women who reported sexual abuse experienced the incident during their first four semesters on a college campus, according to an examination of sexual violence against college women...
Bobby Bishop, Staff Writer
March 26, 2014
Filed under Forum, Opinion
Free, everyone loves the word free, it means people don’t have to pay for something. But what does it mean when community college is free?
Debt, crowded campuses and a more expensive four-year college.
California lawmakers are considering free community college and it will be discussed in 2015, according to ABC News.
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March 12, 2014
The cry to end the seemingly never ending increases in tuition has shifted, as schools in the Calif...
