Upcoming golf tournament will support the athletics department
Sharman Bruni, Online Editor
September 26, 2012
Solano Community College is holding their first golf tournament on Monday, Oct. 15 at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club. Proceeds will benefit the Athletic Boosters Club, Baseball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Basketball, Dance Production, Women’s Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Diving, Volleyball, and Sports Medicine.... Read more »
Astronomy professor looks toward the sky
Patrick Finnigan, Staff Writer
September 19, 2012
Phillip Petersen has been teaching astronomy and physics at Solano Community College since 1998. Before he was hired full-time in 2004, Solano only offered Astronomy 10 (General Astronomy) classes. Petersen developed three new classes: astronomy lab, The Solar System,and Stars, and Galaxies and Cosmology.... Read more »
Solano board meeting was democracy in action
John Glidden, Staff Writer
March 21, 2012
If you happened to miss the news, the Solano Community College governing board on March 7 held a meeting approving the laying-off of two faculty members, and cut the football and aquatic programs. It should be noted that the week before, the school’s administration, not the board, made the unilateral... Read more »
Cutting athletics is not the answer
Sharman Bruni, Editor-in-Chief
March 21, 2012
As many students know now: on Wednesday, March 7 the football and aquatics programs were cut as the governing board voted 4-2 on the decision. Although I am not involved in either program, I have been a student at Solano Community College since 2006, first taking extracurricular classes in high school... Read more »
Football coach holds out hope, gives players options
Ben Gogna, Sports Editor/Photographer
March 14, 2012
With the football program voted to be cancelled at last week’s governing board meeting, Solano Community College football coach Floyd Burnsed acknowledged the setback the team faces, but says classes must go on. Burnsed, head coach of the Falcons, spoke to team athletes and staff at a meeting Monday,... Read more »
SCC cuts football and aquatics programs
John Glidden, Staff Writer
March 8, 2012
Solano Community College governing board voted four to two Wed. March 7, to cut the football and aquatic programs and lay off two coaches for next year. “This is my family,” said Kevin Marks, assistant coach to the football program at Solano College, addressing the governing board as he pointed to... Read more »
Students protest summer class cancellations at the campus clock
John Glidden, Staff Writer
March 7, 2012
On Monday, March 5, students held a rally to garner signatures opposing the cutting of summer school. At the base of the campus clock, students passed around a petition signing their names. “I need summer school to get my AA next spring,” biological science major, Sante Thomas said. “I have... Read more »
