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Transferring headaches

Taylor Miles — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:53:23 +0000

I have spent the past two-and-one-half years at City College, and though I truly treasure my experiences here, friendships I’ve made, teachers I’ve gotten to know and the plethora of knowledge I’ve obtained, it’s time to move on.

It’s a mixture of excitement and dread all at once, every ounce of work you’ve put into obtaining that AA degree or getting good grades has led up to this one defining moment: transferring.

I applied to several schools and was accepted as a double major in psychology and journalism at several schools. Many schools were impacted, didn’t suit me financially or [read more...]

Letter to the editor

Online Staff — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:38:09 +0000

A few points of contention regarding the May 1st editorial: So, what this article is glossing over is the fact that since Obama took office, funding for education has decreased. There are no sharp barbs for the president and democrats who allowed this to happen while they held power with two out of three government branches for two years (2008-10). What was mentioned is that Republicans have a majority in the house of reps, which would lead me to believe that the GOP was complicit in the education cuts and that they forced Obama’s hand in making them. There is [read more...]

EDITORIAL: $1 trillion and counting

Online Staff — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:51:58 +0000

City College students have seen fees almost double in the last two years while financial aid has become increasingly more difficult to obtain, forcing many more students to turn to student loans to struggle even more to pay their way through college.

According to Robert Applebaum, founder of ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com, student loan debt has fi nally exceeded $1 trillion, while the cost of higher education has grown more than 800 percent since 1980 and continues to do so. This is why Applebaum is advocating for the government to pass legislation—HR 4170: Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012—to forgive student loan debt [read more...]

Scavenging for goods

Online Staff — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:48:09 +0000

My boyfriend and I were throwing away our old vacuum a couple of weeks ago, and he had to coax me into not putting it out on the street with the trash. He said, “Why don’t you let me take it to the Goodwill for donation?” I had to think before I said okay. I assumed someone would come along and pick it up, someone who needed a vacuum. Sometimes I forget everyone doesn’t go through garbage like I do. Though my boyfriend convinced me to donate it, some part of me thinks the vacuum would have disappeared had we [read more...]

Farming and flea-ing at local markets

Tony Wallin — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:36:25 +0000

When it comes to getting your daily dose of veggies and fruit, do you go to the standard grocery store or the musty, crowded encampment of Wal-mart? What about one-of-a-kind arts, crafts, and knick-knacks made from local artists and antique collectors?

Why, I must ask then, would you go anywhere else in Sacramento when we have such a diverse, colorful and abundant number of farmers’ and flea markets where you can get servings of all kinds of healthy, cultural and affordable food, among many other things?

There are more than 10 farmer’s markets in Sacramento alone, not including the gigantic [read more...]

Nobody to somebody

Online Staff — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:46:29 +0000

It is the night I will always remember because it was a night that was never promised to me. I anticipated hearing my full name called —not by one of my parents because I was in trouble, but by a

woman that I had met only hours before. Around me sat 32 people my age, all wearing similar outfits, waiting for something, the same thing: to walk to the front of the stage of Sun River Church’s main sanctuary to be met by our parents so that they could hand us our high school diplomas.

Sometimes people ask me why [read more...]

EDITORIAL: Have a little faith

Online Staff — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:16:46 +0000

When someone loses his or her wallet, cell phone or other treasured property, more often than not they bid farewell to their belongings forever. Ever-fluctuating crime rates have people doubting the integrity of their fellow man and expecting shady behavior.

Location plays a large role in the safety of your personal property but even in Sacramento, a city with its fair share of seedy neighborhoods, you will still find a few honest, good men and women.

City College student Lia Rose never thought she would see her wallet again after her car was broken into near her home [read more...]

Tattooing is more than just a trend

Bianca Botello — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:05:34 +0000

Kid Rock, Drew Barrymore, Jason Williams, Heidi Klum, Mike Tyson and Janet Jackson are all on different ends of the celebrity spectrum, but all have one thing in common: They all sport tattoos.

Many would say that this is nothing more than a cheap trend that, like ink, will eventually fade with time, but they couldn’t be more than wrong. Tattooing is more than just a trend. It’s a form of self-expression that has been around for millennia and is here to stay.

This form of self-expression has been around for centuries. According to an article on nationalgeographic.com, the first [read more...]

Officer to the rescue

Online Staff — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:37:09 +0000

We see them riding bikes around campus dressed in uniforms, directing traffic and issuing parking violation tickets. A glance or stern

stare is about the only interaction most students have with these parking enforcement officers patrolling our college.

While walking by a vehicle displaying a ticket on the windshield, some students may mumble cusswords under their breaths and think to themselves, “I wish he would get a life.” These are indeed harsh words for a man like Officer Nick Martin who is just trying to make a living like everyone else.

Currently attending Sacramento State University working toward a bachelor’s [read more...]

A second chance

Online Staff — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:25:02 +0000

I looked like part of a machine. The tubes lodged into my throat connected my lungs to a respirator were the only thing keeping me alive. I was nearly a human sandbag. The support of the neck brace was a pitiful sight. My body’s right half puffed out like a blowfish. My bleeding head, with its thick dark hair in a bun at the top, kissed the pillow with blood from the laceration in my head. My younger sister clutched my hand as she looked at my closed eyes. She told me later that she prayed I would survive.

My [read more...]