Latisha Gibson, Connection Staff
February 1, 2013
Filed under Sports, The Cheap Seats
On the cusp of their seventh consecutive losing season, the Sacramento Kings owners, the Maloofs, want to part ways with the city and go elsewhere.
The city is known as a cow town, so when you think of Sacramento you wouldn’t expect a basketball team to be in the equation.
If the team stays in Sacramento, the city will...
Jonathan Rich & Josh Slowiczek, Connection Staff
February 1, 2013
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
By Jonathan Rich
Cold, hard steel ejecting copper shells and sending hot lead down range is a thrill and a way of life for most of us Americans who choose to use our right to bare arms.
Smith and Wesson, Colt, Kimber and Remington are just a few of the companies that make up a $32 billion industry that supply me with all ...
Stephan Starnes, Connection Staff
January 31, 2013
Filed under Softball, Sports
The Cosumnes River College softball team hopes to go one step further than last year and make it to the regional playoffs.
This season, the team has eight returning players, and that’s one thing Head Coach Kristy Schroeder thinks will make a difference from last season.
“We had a lot of returners,” Schroeder said....

January 30, 2013
We all know that the law protects people from discrimination based on sex, race, religion and sexual...

Scott Redmond, Online Editor
January 30, 2013
Filed under Campus, Issues, News
“I have a dream” are words from one of the most famous speeches given that has endured so that fif...
Kevin Frodahl, Copyeditor
January 29, 2013
Filed under Current Affairs, Opinion
The School shooting in Newtown, Conn. may have occurred over a month ago, but pundits from both ends of the political spectrum continue to use the tragedy as ammunition for gun control bickering.
It may be important to analyze our gun laws, especially in the wake of a massacre that wouldn’t have been possible without guns....
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....
Zach Hannigan, Editor-In-Chief
January 28, 2013
Filed under Briefs, News
Scholarship season has begun at Cosumnes River College and will run until March 8, according to the school’s website.
The campus is offering 91 scholarships in total, which will be given to students on criteria such as GPA, number of units enrolled or completed and major, said Administrative Assistant Robin Montanez, who...

Josh Slowiczek, News Editor
January 25, 2013
Filed under Campus, News
The newly appointed Los Rios Community College District chancellor Brian King, Ph.D., delivered his first...
Latisha Gibson, Connection Staff
December 15, 2012
Filed under Opinion
Dear Apple,
You suck! You tried so hard to be different with your sleek screen and multiple applications that your phone provides but now you’re losing your touch.
Android comes out with an upgraded phone and tablet almost every month and now they came out with a phone and tablet that is giving you a run for you money.
Don’t...

December 12, 2012
Twitter was once mainly used for the world to post daily nonsense, obscene pictures and wacky status...
Scott Redmond, Connection Staff
December 12, 2012
Filed under News
Before the passing of Proposition 30, California colleges were facing the stark reality of having to make cuts to classes and teachers with the possibility of already high tuition getting even higher.
Yearly tuition is nearing $13,000 for the University of California system and $6000 for the California State University system.
Tuition...

December 11, 2012
Five-hour Energy drinks are currently the subject of a Food and Drug Administration investigation into...
Scott Redmond, Connection Staff
December 11, 2012
Filed under Opinion
There is a little thing that I like to refer to as the jerk factor that is ever prevalent within society.What is the jerk factor you ask? The jerk factor is where there is a person, typically a male, which is a complete jerk that behaves in ways that are the opposite of what society would expect or desire yet they still g...
Scott Redmond, Connection Staff
December 1, 2012
Filed under News
After a nationwide search to replace retired Dr. Brice Harris, Dr. Brian King was appointed to serve as the new Los Rios Community College District chancellor, according to a Los Rios press release.Dr. King was chosen as chancellor by the Los Rios Community College District Board of Trustees at a special meeting held on Nov....

November 18, 2012
“I’m frightened because our enemies are no longer known to us. They do not exist on a map, they’re...
Emanuel Espinoza, Connectino Staff
November 18, 2012
Filed under Features
“The Man With The Iron Fists,” the latest in kung-fu cinema, kicked its way into theaters on Nov. 2.
It marked the directorial debut of hip-hop producer and rapper RZA (pronounced “rizza”), also known as Robert Diggs, who also starred in the movie.
The movie also stars Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, Jamie Chung, Cung...
Mozes Zarate, Connection Staff
November 15, 2012
Filed under News
The Huffington Post cited a prediction that 88 percent of the tens of thousands of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans that have returned home and begun attending college in the United States will drop out by next summer.
Peggy Ursin, Cosumnes River College Veteran’s Outreach Specialist at admissions and records, clarified...
Josh Slowiczek, Connection Staff
November 15, 2012
Filed under News
Based solely on campus appearance and location, one might not expect that students enrolled here at Cosumnes River College have been subject to property damage, harassment and grand theft.
These crimes, while sporadic in nature, are nothing new to the Los Rios district and on Sept. 22, the Los Rios District Police Department...

November 12, 2012
The volleyball team was unable to claim victory in any of the three sets and lost to Sierra College on...
Brittany Patrick, Connection Staff
October 31, 2012
Filed under Opinion
Every life is invaluable. No life is more or less important than another. Life is gift to be cherished and the taking of a life is wrong and selfish.
What would you say to the families whose loved ones have been put into the ground too soon? To the parents who have buried their children? That their loved ones are not ...