Alicia Ilaga, Staff
April 26, 2017
Filed under Features, Profiles
For some students, spending years at a community college saves money, as well as time for indecisive students who can’t pick a major. After all those years spent at a community college, earning general education credits and finalizing a major, there’s nothing left to do but transfer to a university where to continue an education....
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...
March 12, 2014
The cry to end the seemingly never ending increases in tuition has shifted, as schools in the Calif...
Scott Redmond, [email protected]
May 11, 2013
Filed under Issues, News
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 to increase access to Califor...
April 25, 2013
A new pre-algebra class at Cosumnes River College may provide a glimpse into the future of education...
Britni Alford, Features Editor
January 29, 2013
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
The recent, tragic shooting of Newton, Conn. has raised many questions about the safety of our nation’s schools.
Several schools have changed policies and reemphasized policies already in place, such as locking all classroom doors during school hours.
Recently, there has been talk about providing guns in the classrooms....
Latisha Gibson, Connection Staff
November 14, 2012
Filed under Opinion
Learning the same material as the person that sits next to you in math class is ideal.
Everyone learning all the same thing no matter the challenges that one may encounter. Everything is equal.
Well in Florida that isn't the case anymore. Students are being judged on their race instead of their grades when it comes to...
Kevin Frodahl, Connection Staff
October 31, 2012
Filed under Opinion
The issue of human trafficking has grown rapidly in recent years, especially in Sacramento, so it's no surprise that new trafficking laws are appearing on the ballot this year under Proposition 35.
The proposition- if passed- will increase penalties on those who force or coerce others into prostitution or other labor. According...
March 8, 2012
Thousands of California students and citizens marched in front of the state Capital on March 5 in protest...
November 2, 2011
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