Solano district board hears 2013-14 tentative budget; set to benefit from proposition 30
June 5, 2013
FAIRFIELD – The Solano Community College district board reviewed the upcoming 2013-2014 fiscal year budget Wednesday night. Board members learned that Solano will receive around $2 million in Proposition 30 funds. Californian tax payers passed the proposition in November. It raises California’s... Read more »
Solano Sheriff’s Department presents proposal at GB meeting
John Glidden, Staff Writer
May 15, 2013
ROCKVILLE – On May 15, the Solano Community College district governing board heard three different staffing proposals from the Solano County Sheriff’s Department to allow the sheriff’s department to takeover protecting the district and replace the SCC Campus Police. The main staffing... Read more »
Arrested development: – District governing board to hear proposal by Solano Sheriff’s department May 15
Paul Quiroga, Opinion Editor
May 15, 2013
The Solano County Sheriff’s department is currently negotiating with Solano Community College to replace the current campus police. A board meeting open to the public will be held 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15 in the 600 building where the proposition of hiring the Sheriff’s department will be... Read more »
Final touches: art building re-opens on main campus
Max Shepherd, Staff Writer
May 1, 2013
Solano’s new art building is officially open. On Saturday, April 27, the college celebrated the reopening of building 1300 on Solano’s main with a ribbon cutting ceremony and art exhibits. In attendance were local community members as well as Solano faculty, staff and students. The new building... Read more »
Is flirting online easier than flirting in person?
Alysha Reed, Staff writer
April 17, 2013
There are attractive people all over the world, and when you see someone attractive you feel the need to flirt to get their attention. But is flirting easier online or is it easier in person? If you flirt online more than in person, don’t worry, you’re not alone. The web is influencing the way we... Read more »
Where the wind blows
Ryan Tucker, Staff Writer
April 17, 2013
The wind is free spirited. It comes, goes, and lifts your day. Sometimes that wind plays a ukulele and rides a longboard. This wind has a name and it’s Cassie Ordonio, a 21-year-old journalism major here at SCC. Ryan: So first off … you’re kind of short dude! How tall are you? Cassie: I’m... Read more »
Fighting for better bus fares and later services
Rachel Sison, staff writer
March 27, 2013
Lorenzo Hays-Phillips, SCC alumni adviser and student advocate, recently conducted a survey in front of the bus stop, between buildings 500 and 600. The purpose of the survey was to gather information about how many students take the bus and to see what services students want to have improved. Hays-Phillips... Read more »
Welding department at SCC seeks a few good women
Alysha Reed, staff writer
March 27, 2013
The welding program is looking for a few good women. There are only seven women out of thirty-two men in the welding program, according to Jeff Kissinger Solano’s welding instructor. Kissinger is striving to stop that stereotype, and get more females to want to join. “Not everyone wants to get dirty,”... Read more »
What would happen if community college districts consolidated?
Erica Perez, California Watch
March 20, 2013
Editor’s note: The Tempest is publishing this story in collaboration with California Watch. The state’s 72 community college districts spend tens of millions of dollars on administrative positions that could be consolidated or shared by districts a short drive away, a California Watch... Read more »
Psychology club hosts
Paul Quiroga, Online Editor, pquiroga@solanotempest.net
March 15, 2013
On March 6, the SCC psychology club hosted author Amira Wegenek in the back-half of the cafeteria on the main campus. Wegenek is the author of the book “Insider’s Guide to the Psychology Major” and holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology. Wegenek outlined her book and gave students... Read more »
