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Pass the Popcorn
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Enter a hip, indie world where high-school students stay out all night drinking, listening to great music and running around the dirty/sexy streets of New York.

Say What?
Interview with actors in Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
The two stars of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist sit at the conference table. Both smile and say hello. They are young, pale and pleasant. A poster of the movie is...

Photographs and Multimedia

Braille behind bars
Slideshow presentation of the Braille Behind Bars photo essay from the Spring 2008 semester.

News

Crime at City College light rail
Summer robbery occurs, but overall crime low
Two women were assaulted and robbed July 18 at the City College light rail station by three unknown subjects, according to a Los Rios Police Department crime...

Club Day Oct. 2 exhibits diversity
The first Club Day of the fall semester will be Oct. 2 on the City College Quad. The Quad will be teeming with booths, each one representing a different campus club.

Come as you are
With Freshman Welcome Day, City College’s Student Services tried to ease the transition into college.

New bond for Los Rios District
$475 million may go to help Los Rios school
While voters across the country will go to the polls Nov. 4 to elect a new U.S. president, Sacramento voters will also decide...

Indepen-dance
Mexican Folklorico dancer Lorena Ruedas performs during the Mexican Independence Day celebration...

Budget update
After a record 85-day delay, the state budget was finally signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hartmann shows the farm workers’ struggle
International photographer Ilka Hartmann speaks about migrant workers
In City College’s Cultural Awareness Center Tuesday, international photographer Ilka Hartmann spoke of her ongoing coverage of the United Farm Workers of America.

Features

He said, She said
Burn After Reading
The movie is hysterical in parts, and I sat there waiting for the movie to surpass itself, to erupt to some totally new ground of lunacy...

Champagne taste on a budget
Bomb Bagels
There were many bagels to choose from, such as: onion, sesame seed, plain, and blueberry, to name a few...

Learn while volunteering
For students in certain social and behavioral science courses, City College offers service-learning classes in addition to...

Students make AB 540 film
City College students make a movie to be shown at film festival
This summer, a group of City College students and instructors produced a short movie, called AB 540, which has been selected to play at the upcoming Sacramento film festival...

Classes in hip-hop prove positive
Hip-hop has been given a bad rap. That’s partly due to its association in the public’s mind with “gangsta rap”...

Get a job (but first an internship)
During these stressful economic times, students beginning to venture out into the post-college world may find the job hunt to be a pretty daunting endeavor. The good news is ...

Opinion

Editor’s note
Let it play
There is a quote from one of my first favorite songs that continues to resonate in my head. It goes, “you can’t always get what you want.”

Rally 'round the flag
A rare find
As a young woman growing up in a generation that praises celebrities, skinny models, every low-fat/non-fat/zero calorie product, it’s hard to remember...

American Baby
Teen pregnancy edging back up
While it’s OK with Republicans for Bristol Palin to be a teen mom, most parents of teens think it’s a really bad idea.

Wandering Stars
Since 9/11, celebrities have taken on the Bush administration over the Iraq War and have faced public backlash as a result.

Do you make the bank, or break it?
A quick glance at the lines outside the Financial Aid office will show you how many students still need help in paying their way through school.

Being “hands free”
Does it really make a difference?
I have managed to master eating an entire Chipotle burrito while driving on the freeway. I can also drink my morning coffee, fix my hair...

What’s up? (Besides textbook prices)
College textbook prices are too high, and City College officials, state and federal lawmakers, and publishers aren’t doing enough to help out students.

 

Sports

Sideline sulking
And the Boney goes to...
These awards, which I call The Boneys, will go to the athletes and sports officials who go far past the dumb jock stereotype by being totally boneheaded....

Alumni wrestlers take down current Panthers
The team has high hopes for a great season, despite losing to the alumni team in a scrimmage on Sept. 5.

Texas Southern claws back, beats Shaw
14,000 attend game at City College’s Hughes Stadium
The game didn’t start out well for the Tigers. Two plays into the game, Shaw defensive back Gerard Jones intercepted a pass from Tiger quarterback Bobby Reid.

Football opens season with loss
Butte College Roadrunners run over Panthers
In the first half, Panthers quarterback Josh Boudreaux just couldn’t get into rhythm as his team went three and out on most of their possessions.