Super sweet sixteen
Andrew Johansen
March 30, 2007
With the second round of the NCAA mens basketball tournament over, the field of 65 has dwindled down to the sour sixteen. With upsets and last second heroics expected in the collegiate postseason, this 2007 campaign hasn’t failed its fans. In first round action, Virginia Commonwealth University... Read more »
Falcon baseball clinches first place
Vanessa-juliana Petker
March 30, 2007
The March 13 game was a scorcher for the Falcons with their win against Napa Valley College allowing many players to turn in an outstanding performance. Ryan Lipkin said, “We’ve been tearing it up and everyone is excited. We’ve been practicing hitting and hitting, and that’s what... Read more »
What really goes on in the math lab
Andrew Johansen
March 30, 2007
If you are a student in the math lab at Solano Community College, and you are not doing math work, you may be asked to leave the lab. Shocking, huh? “The policy is that while in the MAC lab you need to be working on math,” affirms Solano Staff Lab Technician, Doug Pierce. If you are playing... Read more »
MARCH 22 Baseball
Vanessa-juliana Petker
March 28, 2007
what a freaking boring game. seriously, i would have left early except that I have always stuck around because in baseball the freakist stuff can happen at the last minute. okay, really crapy writing, but i am tired and bored and just want this story done. first inningpitcher in the zone with good breaking... Read more »
Tutoring center sucessfully run by young mom
LaTasha Monique
March 28, 2007
“I was a good kid. I and my brothers grew up in a stable environment filled with love, respect and commitment,” says Melissa Mason Solano Community College’s tutoring center supervisor. Mason sits on her desk and smiles at the family picture that hangs on the wall.“For me, college... Read more »
Forum answers question on accreditation
LaTasha Monique
March 27, 2007
A recent report on Solano Community College’s academic functioning made by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, stated SCC needs to make many improvements regarding dialogue amongst and between staff, faculty, administration... Read more »
Education key to advancement in South Africa
LaTasha Monique
March 27, 2007
In contrast to a country like this one, where success can be measured by the amount of electronic gadgets one can obtain, South Africans are forced to find success in things that many take for granted. Both students and faculty got a rare opportunity to hear many of the adversities South Africans face... Read more »
Student speaks about 21- year battle with HIV at Solano College
LaTasha Monique
March 27, 2007
Recently divorced, Debra McCarthy decided she was tired of living a reckless life of drug addiction and alcohol abuse just one month before she found out she was pregnant. “I decided to try the clean and sober thing,” she said. “I was four months clean, three months pregnant and had... Read more »
A shattered ‘Rose’; an American dream
LaTasha Monique
March 27, 2007
“They called my generation the traditional generation,” says Rose Orrmons, Solano Community College’s student development administration assistant. As a young woman, Orrmons was expected to marry as means of supporting herself as well as become a homemaker in exchange for support she... Read more »
Two cages and four screws: enough?
LaTasha Monique
March 27, 2007
There has been a series of “random acts of vandalism” in the library according to Jay Field, Solano Community College’s V.P. of technology and learning resources. Field stated “cages” that secure the computers tower to the 1-½ inch thick desks have been mysteriously “ripped... Read more »