Mt. SAC News Current

The Legislative Analyst’s Office, a fiscal analysis group, recommended raising California Community College fees by $14 Thursday in its 2010-2011 Higher Education budget report. According to the report, LAO analysts recommended that the state Legislature reject and alter portions of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal, which does not include fee increases for CCC students. The analysts [...]

Every year, March is celebrated as Women’s History Month and the Student Life Office in conjunction with Associated Students host an Inspiring Women award ceremony and banquet to honor women on campus who have made a difference in students lives. This year marks its 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month in the United States but the [...]

Editorial Last June, the Motion Picture Academy decided to add five more movies to the Best Picture category, bringing the number of Best Picture nominations up to ten. This is seen as a bit of stunning move since there have been five nominations since the 1944 Academy Awards. It is notable, however, that there used to [...]

On March 23, the Mt. SAC Forensics team invites students to their annual Spring Evening at 7 p.m. in the Student Life Center. Communications department assistant Kaye Ponnusamy said that the free event will include an eclectic mix of performances. “They’re going to do seven or eight performances. They’re getting ready for the national tournament [...]

Feb. 25 – According to Jeff Parker, director of public safety at Mt. SAC, at approximately 12:25 p.m. today, Mt. SAC public safety received a phone call from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reporting that they received a phone call reporting that a male Asian suspect, wearing khaki pants, was involved in an altercation [...]

A sinkhole has developed near the entrance of the Mt. SAC Wildlife Sanctuary. Excessive rainfall and the accumulation of debris in the sanctuary’s catchment basins overwhelmed an already aged underground culvert pipe, which broke earlier this month. According to biology professor Karyn Kakiba-Russell, the sinkhole was initially 10 ft. wide. Kakiba-Russell said that a environmental children’s program [...]

Both the women and men’s Mt. SAC basketball teams have earned spots in their respective 2010 Southern California Regional playoffs and will begin play this week. Under head coach Laura Beeman, the Mounties’ women’s team finished the season with a 22-6 record (7-1 in division play) and has earned the No. 3 seed. They will be [...]

The women’s basketball team took a break from divisional play, but continued on its winning ways, easily dispatching the visiting Long Beach City Vikings 100-44 in an interdivision game Wed., Jan. 3 at Mt. SAC gym and Fri., Feb. 5 at L.A. Trade Tech 60-61. The victories make it eight in a row and 10 victories [...]

Written by eight student writers and directed by eight students, comes eight completely different original plays entitled, “Playing God” all performed at the Studio Theater on the same evening. Only in its second annual running, students were given an opportunity to show their talent with a playwright and skill in direction. With the exception [...]

Written by eight student writers and directed by eight students, comes eight completely different original plays entitled, “Playing God” all performed at the Studio Theater on the same evening. Only in its second annual running, students were given an opportunity to show their talent with a playwright and skill in direction. With the exception [...]