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How to survive a campus shooting

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:34:34 +0000

The Staff Resource Center along with the Los Rios Police Department’s Communications Center held a seminar Nov. 10, titled Shots Fired: Surviving a Campus Shooting.

The event featured a video presented by Captain Valerie Cox, and Sergeant Brian Washington, of the City College police department, that included security tape footage from the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado. Many faculty left after the footage was shown.

“[This event] really wasn’t driven by the CSUS events. It was started last fall. Generally why were doing this as law enforcement, is because we think it’s important as well to [make [read more...]

Los Rios wins safety program award

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:51:06 +0000

The Risk Management Pays program recently awarded $12,000 to the Los Rios Community College District for impressive participation in safety program.

The Los Rios Community College District was the highest-ranked participant in the program of all of the districts involved for the program’s first year.

Bill Silvia, director of general services for the LRCCD, is proud of the award and feels honored to have received it. “Recently all of the districts were looked at and we were one of the few that stood out, using facilities, staff and consultants,” Silvia said.

The award couldn’t have come at a better time, [read more...]

Vaccine not coming to campus

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:57:09 +0000

City College Health Services has posted informational fliers around campus on avoiding infection in response to the growing threat of the H1N1 virus.

“We are trying to educate the campus in general,” said Jeff Christian, City College nurse. “We’ve done several presentations in several classrooms talking to the faculty as well as going to the faculty senate.”

Health Services will not be offering the H1N1 vaccine due to budget cuts, according to Christian. The regular flu vaccine was made available to students earlier this semester at a cost of $25, but only 13 students took advantage of the opportunity.

According [read more...]

Caffeine, caffeine, where art thou?

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:35:26 +0000

Walking into United Coffee House, my nostrils are immediately filled with alluring scent of fresh, strong, dark coffee, perhaps a little too strong.

United Coffee House has a strange scent and their coffee is unlike anything I have ever smelled before. The coffee does not smell like the seductive scent of Peet’s Coffee & Tea, nor does it smell like a candy factory, the way Starbucks smells.

They say they sell organic fair trade coffee, and boy, they were not kidding, it smells like the fertilizer in my backyard.

Although the walls are filled with awesome paintings by [read more...]

Campaign targets high cost of textbooks

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:11:01 +0000

Students and instructors alike are sick and tired of the high prices of textbooks.

The California Student Public Interest Research Group, a student advocacy group, is aiming to change that. CALPIRG is running a campaign to lower textbook prices at City College by collecting support at colleges nationwide.

City College student and CALPIRG intern Lindsey Bourgeois is asking students and professors of City College to sign a petition for lowering textbook prices.

“It is important for students to be involved in this campaign because they are the ones who are directly affected by the rising costs of textbooks,” said Bourgeois. [read more...]

Bring some excitement to City College

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:40:27 +0000

You’re out on the water, a mile away from civilization, paddling on you board and anticipating that next great swell. Wake up. You’re really sitting in math class, daydreaming about surfing instead of learning algebraic expressions.

Imagine taking classes that you enjoy. You begin when the instructor says, “Alright students, let’s suit up and hit the waves.”

Classes required for transferring or degrees are important to students’ futures. Many courses this semester received cuts and other were wiped off the schedule entirely. The resulting increased competition for remaining seats created unneeded tension for students.

Being in college is rough enough [read more...]

Men’s accessories take away weight from wallets

Genevieve Jerome — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:37:39 +0000

Women no longer the only ones to mix and match style

Walking through the busy halls of City College one cannot help but notice all of the hot accessories men are sporting today. From the guy in front of Lillard Hall who sports Ray-Ban sunglasses and the Ed Hardy messenger bag to the student in front of the LRC who looks as if he wears the store Hot Topic on his body.

Men’s accessories are in full force this fall.

According to NPD Group which keeps an eye on retail sales, men have been dominating the accessories world during these [read more...]

No more fighting for parking

Online Staff — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:46:36 +0000

Have you ever rolled out of bed in the morning wishing you could go to school in your pajamas? Online classes can give you that.