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&ILM ENTERTAINS FANS DELIGHTS
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Tim Burton’s dark, twisted movie continues legacy
La Raza Student Union hopes to inform students, offer culture, food
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THE STUDENT VOICE OF CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE, SAN PABLO, CALIF.
0OLICY BRINGS ORDER CLARITY
%LEVATOR CLOSES FOR FALL
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Campus shuts down faulty lift for semester
New guidelines analyze, govern CCC programs
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/VER THE PAST DECADE #ALIFORNIA S BUDGET CRISIS HAS CAUSED COURSE SECTIONS TO BE CUT AT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE )N RESPONSE ### HAS IMPLE MENTED A FORMAL PROCESS PRO GRAMS MUST UNDERGO BEFORE BEING DISCONTINUED AS OF -AY &OR PROGRAMS BEING REVIEWED THE !DMINISTRATIVE 0OLICY ON 0ROGRAM 2EVITALIZATION 3USPENSION OR $ISCONTINUATION ANALYZES A VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT INCLUDE A PROGRAM S ENROLLMENT RETENTION AND THE NUMBER OF STU DENTS GRADUATED CERTIFIED "EFORE THE #OLLEGE #OUNCIL APPROVED THE POLICY IN -AY THE COLLEGE BASED ITS DECISION OF SUSPENDING THE DENTAL ASSIST ING PROGRAM INDEFINITELY ON THE #ONTRA #OSTA #OMMUNITY #OLLEGE $ISTRICT S "OARD 0OLICY 4HE "OARD 0OLICY STATES h4HE DISCONTINUANCE OF PRO GRAMS SHALL BE MADE USING THE COLLEGE S PROGRAM REVIEW PRO CESS v 7ITH NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE THE PROGRAM WAS CUT TO REDUCE FROM THE COLLEGE S ANNUAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET DENTAL ASSISTING DEPARTMENT #HAIRPERSON 3ANDRA %VERHART SAID 7ENDY 7ILLIAMS THE .ATURAL 3OCIAL AND !PPLIED 3CIENCE .3!3 $IVISION REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE !CADEMIC 3ENATE SAID THE DENTAL ASSISTING PROGRAM IS EXPENSIVE TO RUN BECAUSE IT USES EQUIPMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED FREQUENTLY h7ITH ISSUES OF THE BUDGET CUTS IT SEEMED LIKE AN IDEAL PLACE TO CUT BECAUSE YOU CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY v 7ILLIAMS SAID !CADEMIC 3ENATE 0RESIDENT 7AYNE /RGAN SAID THE DECISION SEEMED UNFAIR BECAUSE THE PRO GRAM DID NOT GET TO GO THROUGH A PROPER ANALYSIS BEFORE BEING DISCONTINUED ! POLICY WAS THEN DRAFTED SO EVERY PROGRAM CAN BE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED IF CHOSEN ■ 3%% 0/,)#9 0AGE
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VEGGIES MAKE THE BROTH AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN TO MAKE THIS EVENT VERY SPE 34!&& 72)4%2 CIAL v CPARKER ADVOCATE GMAIL COM 3HARKES WAS LOOKING FOR A PHILANTHROP 3EEMINGLY ENDLESS BOWLS OF HOT SOUP IC ORGANIZATION TO WORK WITH WHOSE FOCUS WARMED THE STOMACHS OF PEOPLE FROM THE WAS FEEDING THE HUNGRY AND THE "AY !REA 2ESCUE -ISSION BECAME A WILLING RECIPI COMMUNITY ON AN OVERCAST DAY ENT OF THE DONATIONS #ONTRA #OSTA FROM THE MONEY GEN #OLLEGE S CULINARY ARTS “It’s fantastic to see ERATED BY THE DEPART AND FINE ART DEPART such a response from MENTS COLLABORATIONS MENTS WORKED TOGETH ER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR the community and the 4IM (AMMACK 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF 0ROGRAMS THE "AY !REA 2ESCUE FOR THE "AY !REA -ISSION AT THE SECOND college.” 2ESCUE -ISSION SAID ANNUAL h%MPTY "OWLS h 4HE EVENT IS 0ROJECTv IN THE 4HREE .ADER 3HARKES
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! RARE OPPORTUNITY ARRIVED AT #ONTRA #OSTA #OLLEGE ON /CT ALLOWING STUDENTS THE CHANCE TO RECEIVE AND GIVE BACK AT THE SAME TIME "OTH 4RANSFER $AY AND THE "LOOD $RIVE TOOK PLACE ON CAMPUS WITH STUDENTS DONAT ING BLOOD TO THE !MERICAN 2ED #ROSS INSIDE THE 2ECREATION 2OOM AND VARIOUS COLLEGES AND #(2)34)!. 52254)! 4(% !$6/#!4% 3ACRIFICE "USINESS MAJOR *ESSICA 2AMIREZ GIVES BLOOD AT THE !NNUAL "LOOD $RIVE IN UNIVERSITIES HAVING TABLES WITH THE 2ECREATION 2OOM ON /CT 4HE !NNUAL "LOOD $RIVE WAS HELD ON THE SAME DAY AS INFORMATION PACKETS SET UP IN THE QUAD OUTSIDE 4RANSFER $AY
3TUDENTS PLANNING TO TRANSFER WERE EAGER TO ATTEND 4RANSFER $AY TO TALK TO A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COLLEGE THEY ARE INTER ESTED IN ATTENDING h) CHECKED OUT 3ACRAMENTO 3TATE v LIBERAL ARTS MAJOR +IMBERLY #HAO SAID h4HE WEATHER IS GREAT IN 3ACRAMENTO 4HE CAMPUS IS DIVERSE AND THEY HAVE MAJORS LIKE PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY 4HIS EVENT IS HELPFUL BECAUSE SOMEONE FROM THE SCHOOLS IS HERE TO SHOW YOU WHAT THEY OFFER v .URSING MAJOR 2OSA 2USTRIAN CHECKED OUT 3AMUEL -ERRITT ■ 3%% 42!.3&%2 0AGE
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