College Headlines

COM casts a young Hamlet

Echo Times, College of Marin, CA

5 days ago by Michelle Arciaga

For serious mountain climbers, Everest often marks the peak challenge of their careers; for many serious actors that zenith can come from playing William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," which College of Marin will stage between March 5 and March 21.

"It is probably one of the most difficult roles ever written for any actor to play, and that's why all actors want to try it sometime during their lives," said long-time COM drama instructor James Dunn.

Native American culture will sweep up campus

Express, Las Positas College, CA

2 days ago by Brittney Barsotti

After receiving a "hateful" note in her locker at Livermore High School, Smoke Johnson started what has become the Livermore Pow Wow and Expo.

After spending two years in limbo, as the search for a location that could hold the size the event had grown to, the pow wow expo finally found a home at LPC last spring.

LPC students prepare for rally in Sacramento

Express, Las Positas College, CA

1 day ago by Kelly Sheeran

LPC students will be joining a massive community college demonstration in Sacramento to speak out against education cuts on March 22.

In the wake of California's budget crisis, mounting cuts to education have many LPC students worried about the future of their education.

Tensions boil over racist 'Compton Cookout' at UC San Diego

Laney Tower, Laney College, CA

5 days ago by Reginald James

Racism is a toxin that has polluted this country for too long. One area that is most infected is education.

It was once illegal to teach an enslaved African how to read. Public education was created to educate the formerly enslaved, but segregation forced Black people into "separate and unequal" schools until the mid-20th century.

'Day of Action' walkouts today

Laney Tower, Laney College, CA

5 days ago by Ryan Villarreal

Actions to protest state budget cuts to education have been planned for today (March 4) with a walkout and rally at Laney College, and plans to join rallies in Oakland and San Francisco later in the day.

According to a state budget analysis prepared by the 'NoEdCuts Coalition,' a public education advocacy group based at Berkeley City College, over $840 million has been cut from community college funding in California over the past two years.

Wait for it, it's the iPad

Laney Tower, Laney College, CA

5 days ago by Vina Cera

The weeks of speculation and hype that accompany every new Apple media announcement were finally over on Jan. 27 when a gaunt-looking Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's challenge to PC netbooks. Looking like something in between a giant iPod Touch or an iPhone on steroids, the iPad was touted as "mystical, magical and truly revolutionary.

Softball returns after long absence

Echo Times, College of Marin, CA

5 days ago by Elisa Forsgren

tball team opened their season, Nicole Hartfield got out of bed, only to discover she had assumed the program's head coaching position. The team's original coach, Dianna Albini, had just been appointed a judge in San Francisco.

Having signed on as assistant coach for the Mariners' first season since the 1990s, Hartfield was not familiar with the junior college level and unsure of what to expect from COM's first softball team in over a decade.

Student government should stop being selfish with the money

Express, Las Positas College, CA

4 days ago

With the budget in such dire straits and students being forced to cut costs in this economy perhaps the proceeds from the $5 student activity fee could be put to better use.

Students need to speak up about how their money is being spent or stop paying to make life better for the student government.