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Safe from drowning but not fully out of the water

Accreditation status moves to 'probation'

Jubilation greeted the Accreditation Commission of Junior and Community Colleges’ announcement that DVC is no longer one step away from becoming a satellite campus of Los Medanos or Contra Costa College. Full story

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Nothing is certain in Iraq

DVC student recalls his experiences fighting a war

The night-vision goggles cast the road in a soft green glow, a familiar if otherworldly view of Iraq. We watch for five, maybe 10 minutes, but we see nothing unusual. To 26 Recon Marines, it’s just an ordinary dirt road, marked by a few potholes, weaving its way to a village. Full story

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Long-time student shows off his stuff

DVC library features Bay Area artist's decades worth of work

Created in the past 10 years, the work includes Native American and Western cultural themes, animal and bird art and some acrylic, abstract collages and paintings. Full story

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Vikings loss does not mean an end to the season

DVC's men's basketball loses its final game, but look forward to playoffs

American River College dashed DVC's hopes for an improved playoff seed Feb. 19, with the Vikings unable to recover from an early deficit. Full story

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The Inquirer supports the SDS rally March 4

DVC's accessibility depends on student activism

The Inquirer supports the on-campus rally March 4 to protest fee hikes and budget cuts that have forced the closure of classes and drastically reduced funds for programs like EOPS, CalWORKS and Disabled Students Services.  Sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society, the rally begins at 11 a.m. in the area between the Student Union and the cafeteria.  Full story

Student by day, punk rocker by night

DVC student's interests go beyond standard school fare

Some might think admission to UC Davis would trump playing in a punk band, but not Matt Hall.

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Art Gallery home to new instructor's masterpieces

Solo collection features painting, video, etching, lithography and digital prints

Today is the last chance to view a collection of solo work by new printmaking instructor Toru Sugita that includes a rope installation outside the DVC Art Gallery.

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Music and stories come alive at DVC

Speakers bring soul, wisdom and passion to campus

Talking animals, shape-shifting snakes, Malaysian pirates, knights, a woman born from a melon, and a dragon appeared onstage Feb. 18 in the Performing Arts Center.






 

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Alarms sound, rallying students

Fire alarms push students out of buildings and into rally

The fire alarms were set off at the Humanities, Business and Foreign Languages, Liberal Arts,  Faculty Offices and other buildings on Thursday, with some areas experiencing alarms sounding more than once.

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Other places to buy textbooks

Other than the DVC bookstore, students can buy their books elsewhere.

Other than the DVC bookstore, students can buy their books elsewhere, including online.

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Students say no to fee hikes

SDS students rally DVC community to prevent statewide fee increases

Pleasant Hill may not be a hotbed of political activism like Berkeley, but DVC students care about college fee hikes and other campus issues. 

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Students pay more, college gets less

Prices of semester parking permits will soon rise

Students will soon shell out more money to park their wheels, but they will be able to buy semester passes online and use debit/credit cards for the machines.

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Pedestrian struck by car near campus

Car accident on Golf Club Road lead to injuries

 A young Asian woman sustained minor injuries Feb. 17 after she was struck by a car in the crosswalk on Golf Club Road near the Camel Back apartment complex.

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Transfer myths busted

The real facts about transferring

DVC's biggest myths about the Transfer Center are analyzed and answered.

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Notes not taken

DSS in urgent need for notetakers

Disability Support Services needs nearly double the number of 65 students who currently take notes for fellow classmates with disabilities.

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District portal opens

Webadvisor replacement newly launched

The “MySitePortal” system due out as a beta at the end of summer session 2010 has finally arrived, albeit with a different name.

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Nothing normal about relationship abuse

Love should never be a battlefield

The words “dating,” “love,” “sex” and “passion” should never be associated with pain, manipulation, abuse and neglect. Yet too many young people, most often women, allow themselves to be put in bad situations without the courage or will to leave. Full story

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Class etiquette essential to success

Talking out of place annoys classmates

A DVC engineering major recently complained to me about a common problem: side conversations that distract from the professor’s lecture. “I paid good money to listen to a professional expand my knowledge, not to have it reduced by updates about ‘Survivor,’” he said. Full story

Students give back by donating blood

“The thing I felt most was a prick in my finger to test my hemoglobin level,” Anji Nolan said after deciding to give blood for the first time earlier this month at a blood drive put on by Blood Centers of the Pacific.

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First week of classes proves difficult for most students

Overcrowding due to budget cuts creates problems for both students and faculty

Pat Bustos had a frustrating first day of the semester.

He got into a psychology class, just barely. However, the statistics class he must re-take to transfer was closed.

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Vikings not shaken by conference loss

DVC’s women’s basketball team lost its third Big 8 conference game to Santa Rosa on Friday to drop their conference record to 5-3. 

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Out with the old in with the new

Vikings start baseball season with a fresh new roster

DVC’s head baseball coach Mike Neu has a challenge ahead when it comes to equaling the success of last year’s 35-win team that ended up No. 3 in the state.

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Recent and Breaking stories

Middle man sentence marks end of scandal

Cash-for-grades scandal comes to a close with 240 day sentence for last defendant

The cash-for-grades scandal that involved DVC students selling hundreds of grades out of the college’s Admissions and Records office between 2000 and 2006, ended Oct. 30 with the sentencing of convicted middle man Khalid Nemati. 

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Upcoming concert a collaborative effort

Holiday season opens with concert by DVC's philharmonic orchestra and choir

DVC’s philharmonic orchestra and choir will join forces for a concert Dec. 5 that features Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No.6 in D Major and selected opera favorites from the likes of Mozart, Verdi, and Gilbert and Sullivan.

Letter to the editor

Trouble for transfers

With so many students scrambling to find a CSU or University that will accept them, we shouldn’t be surprised that so many qualified students are met with a resounding “NO!” from admissions committees across California.  As a DVC student with a 3. 1 comment

Inquirer staff earn awards at journalism conference

A semester of hard work and commitment was reinforced Nov. 5 at the Northern California conference of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges, where Inquirer editors and staff members took home awards for photography, page design and reporting.  

 
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DVC drops ball in final minutes of play

Women's soccer team ties for second time in single week

The DVC women’s soccer team was resigned Thursday to a tie in the final seconds of stoppage play. 

 

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Students forget power of giving

As a high school student, I volunteered to help with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life event. But I was shocked at how many young people refused to help with what is essentially a 24-hour party.