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.
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.
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.
Our guest writer opines towards DVC's lack of a popular international sport
I'm currently in my first year here at DVC and I find it shocking that there is no boys soccer team here. I have wondered why this was for a very long time now. I have even gone so far as to email the DVC president, but I get nothing in return. I really think that DVC could have a state ranked men’s team, if only we had one.
Scholarships are available to new, continuing, and transferring DVC students who must be enrolled in at least six units in spring 2010, have a GPA of at least 2.5 and two letters of recommendation.
The first Associated Students of DVC meeting this semester had to be cancelled because President Lindsay St. Hill failed to post the agenda 72 hours before the scheduled meeting, as required by law.
Currently, an underground movement is taking DVC by storm.
Forging its way, moving recycling bins here, petitioning for compostable food containers there or educating students about recycling, the work is never done.
I had the opportunity to attend the presentation from the Iraq Veterans against War on Nov.18. It was an amazingly truthful, sobering experience for me.
Speech team off to great start with wins
This past weekend the DVC Speech and Debate team traveled to the University of the Pacific in Stockton. Twelve members joined together in Novice, Junior Varsity and Open (Varsity) events such as: Persuasion, Program Oral Interpretation, Impromptu, Parliamentary Debate, Policy Debate, Dramatic Duo, Informative, Extemporaneous Speaking and Speech to Entertain.
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.
In an increasingly complex world, where life-changing issues may not be as clear-cut as they seem, the public turns to journalists as their guide, just as they have for many centuries.
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.
This week Curtis fumes about the NCAA's ridiculous suspension decisions.
DVC's Second annual veteran’s conference will provide the chance for students who are vets to meet some of their biggest supporters. As a vet I am urging other vets and any students interested in veterans’ student life to attend the event.
Diablo Valley College has been in some major trouble since the start of fall 2009. Our state legislators and governor have made deep budget cuts to our now crumbling Disabled Student Services program, as well as to EOPS, CalWORKS and Matriculation. I started at DVC a few years ago, as a DSS student.
A college education is fast becoming a less available choice, even for students coming from upper middle class families. The fees at California Community Colleges were raised from $20 per unit to $26 this semester, a 30 percent increase. California State Universities also raised fees by 10 percent in May and then another 10 percent in July.
Editorial Note: This editorial was originally run in “The Hornet,” Fullerton College’s campus newspaper. The Inquirer is reprinting it along with other colleges across the state in solidarity with Los Angeles City College. Los Angeles City College’s student-run newspaper, the Collegian, is an award-winning publication that has been in continuous print for 80 years.
The Budget Oversight Committee made a wise choice in leaving the students’ co-curricular trust accounts untouched in its search for $2.3 million in budget cuts for the current school year.
Have you ever tried to cross Golf Club Road at the crosswalk and almost gotten hit by a reckless student in a hurry? They slam their brakes at that stop sign (crooked for a reason), as if the line painted on the ground is just a suggestion. You feel that burst of wind and hear the grunt of the wheels on the asphalt.
More than 154,000 websites contain the phrase, “It’s so gay,” according to www.thinkb4youspeak.com.
And you can’t walk the campus without hearing it dozens of times
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