Editorial Staff
December 8, 2013
Filed under Editorials
Each year students graduating from universities are faced with massive amounts of debt. A good majority of their bills are government loans and financial support from family or private loans.
Attaining a degree has become one of the most expensive feats in someone’s lifetime.
Tuition at California universities alone has skyrocket...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
December 8, 2013
Filed under Forum, Opinion
Finals are coming up and essays are due and the energy reserves are a little low, so you pop a few pi...
Emily Collins, Staff Writer
December 8, 2013
Filed under Campus, News, Top Stories
During an era of budget cuts, where many community colleges have seen a decline in student enrollment, ...
Jelina Cortero, Staff Writer
November 24, 2013
Filed under Campus, Community, News
More than 30 volunteer programs participated in Cosumnes River College’s sixth annual Share Fair event on Nov. 20.
CRC’s Share Fair event was a success on its first of three days, filling up the entire front area of the Hawk’s Nest Bookstore with 40 or more chairs. Each of the chairs held a handout with the directory...
Emanuel Espinoza, Staff Writer
November 17, 2013
Filed under Features, Profiles
Students majoring in engineering, mathematics and science have a place on campus that can help them pr...
Jesse Saeteurn, Guest Writer
November 17, 2013
Filed under Campus, News
Student’s searching for work were given tips to achieve their goal at a workshop entitled “Looking for a Job” held in SCI 215 on Nov. 15.Not many students attended the workshop, but the ones that did found it very helpful.
“I came because I wanted a job and the workshop’s useful information helped me with that,”...
Jordan Maness, Guest Writer
November 15, 2013
Filed under Campus, News
The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour came to Cosumnes River College on Nov. 6 to offer advice to students who wanted to be entrepreneurs.
The event was held in the recital hall which was at full capacity, a capacity of 200 people, including students from Valley High School as well.
Enactus, formerly Students in Free Enterprise...
Nick Valenzuela, Staff Writer
November 14, 2013
Filed under Issues, News
One of the most prevalent and persistent controversies the United States has seen over the years is the...
November 13, 2013
On Nov. 5, an informational workshop event on Networking and LinkedIn took place in SCI-215 at Cosumnes...
Rachel Norris, Staff Writer
November 11, 2013
Filed under Campus, News
Students were all ears as the OneBook lecture on the correlation between the economy and environment was delivered in Cosumnes River College’s Recital Hall on Nov. 7.
Hosted by CRC economics professor Dr. Edwin E. Fagin, the lecture, titled “Agriculture, the Environment, and Us,” informed students of the issues associ...
November 11, 2013
Now that Halloween is over and November has arrived, consumers are less than a month away from the biggest...
November 9, 2013
As the weather is changing and the leaves are falling in October, attention falls squarely upon breast...
November 9, 2013
Robert Rodriguez gave us another entry to his “Machete” series and while it’s a fun movie, does ...
Brusly Voong, Staff Writer
November 3, 2013
Filed under Campus Life, Features
The Orchard room at Cosumnes River College on Oct. 25 was alive and well as a full crowd was on hand ...
Scott Redmond, Staff Writer
October 31, 2013
Filed under Issues, News
Community colleges have long been the first step for many students into a world of higher education as they complete the first two years of higher education before moving onto the four-year universities, but what if a student never had to leave their community college to earn a higher degree?
California Community Colleges Chancellor...
October 6, 2013
Democratic efforts to raise the minimum wage in California for the first time in five years, succeeded...
October 5, 2013
Students eager to learn about the increasingly high levels of body dissatisfaction both in America a...
Josh Slowiczek and Amari Gaffney
October 5, 2013
Filed under Issues, News
Cosumnes River College has seen an increase in the presence and availability of online and Desire2Learn supported courses, a technologically-based style of teaching known as distance education.
This growing trend of distance education at CRC was addressed in the Substantive Change Proposal, a report presented to the Los Rios Boa...
Brusly Voong, Staff Writer
October 5, 2013
Filed under Issues, News
Students at six California community colleges will have the opportunity to accelerate their educational goals with greater access to high-demand classes if Assembly Bill 955 passes.
The bill was proposed by Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, on Feb. 22, and creates a pilot program between the six colleges. Students at...
September 25, 2013
Spending four years, or more, to pursue a degree while racking up debt is nothing surprising when it...
September 25, 2013
This semester, students taking classes in photography, pharmacy technology, construction and architecture,...
