Who decides the winners of Academy awards?
Christine Butler, Sports Editor
March 15, 2013
Don’t you ever wonder who really gets to vote for all of the popular award shows on television? For most of them the public gets to vote which basically means it’s a popularity contest on who has the most fans and whose fans are most loyal. “I don’t vote because I feel my vote won’t count or... Read more »
Tempest cartoon recognized by national student journalism organization
September 5, 2012
Tempest cartoonist Phillip Temple is a finalist in the Associated Collegiate Press 2012 awards competition. Temple’s ‘Community College’ board game, which appeared as a two-page spread in the May 9, 2012 issue competes against cartoons from student newspapers at four-year universities... Read more »
Athletic Hall of Fame banquet is Oct. 1
Beth Hood, Staff
August 25, 2012
The Solano Community College athletic department is holding its annual Athletic Hall of Fame banquet at 6 p.m. Monday Oct. 1 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Fairfield. This year’s Hall of Fame inductees are Andrea Salvador, soccer player and coach, La Star Brown, basketball player, Kevin Chaney, basketball... Read more »
Tempest wins California College Media Association awards
March 9, 2012
The Tempest has placed in four categories in the California College Media Association’s annual college journalism competition. • Best Breaking News Story to Deborah Graham, Tempest opinion editor and online editor • Best Personal Opinion Column to Nick Sestanovich, Tempest Arts & Entertainment... Read more »
Tempest staff recognized by Society of Professional Journalists
Ben Gogna, Sports/Photo Editor
March 7, 2012
The staff of the Tempest at Solano Community College will be receiving two awards in the Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 Mark of Excellence Awards for 2011. Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper-2 Year/Community College was awarded to the entire Tempest staff. Tempest staff cartoonist... Read more »
Rapper encourages SCC Umoja to fulfill dreams
Deborah Graham, online editor
December 16, 2011
One thing rap musician Ahmad Ali Lewis says he knows about is commitment. Tired from a previous engagement the night before, he contemplated not attending Solano College’s Umoja Scholars Awards celebration this week; but he knows too well about disappointments in life. Not only is Lewis a rapper, he... Read more »
Editorial
Sara Berzman, Opinion editor
November 16, 2011
Tempest wins awards The Tempest would like to acknowledge those journalism students who took home four awards Nov. 12 at the Journalism Association of Community College’s annual Nor Cal conference at Sacramento State University. Solano journalism students competed against 18 other colleges,... Read more »
Spring Tempest staff wins General Excellence awards
Peter Withey
October 19, 2007
It has been said that good things come in large sizes. However, the nine-student staff at Solano Community College’s newspaper last semester would beg to differ as they received two general excellence awards at the Northern California Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ regional... Read more »
