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Children’s hospital receives Mountie visit

Mountie football players usually stare through a helmet into the eyes of their opposition, but on the verge of a championship run, they stared into the starry eyes of ailing children. On Dec. 2, eight Members of the Mt. SAC football team visited the pediatrics unit at Queen of the Valley Hospital. The players went donning their [...]

Jazz hall-of-famer teaches music and life lessons

Professor by day, jazz legend by night. This is the life of Jazz Professor Steve Wilkerson. Wilkerson, an Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Famer, teaches jazz history and music theory and on occasion plays alto saxophone for his wife’s jazz band, The Andrea Baker Quintet. Born in Iola, Kansas, Wilkerson was born into jazz: His mother was a [...]

More than a mere teacher

Some professors just teach and have no impact to a persons life, while some professors are appreciated not only for their teachings, but for their personality and human aspect as they help shape and mold the future for many. “Tammy is an amazing instructor. She not only wants her students to succeed in school but [...]

Unity and Diversity through Culture Shock

Rips and tears, dirty beaches and internment Camps. The Culture Shock club on campus takes on various projects to explore different cultures through community service. Partnering up with non-profit organizations, students who are willing to work towards a better future by uniting all cultures and types of people can join Culture Shock’s mission. Steven Solana, one [...]

Meals for Mankind helps in lean times

“We are not changing the world, but we are helping make a difference in as many people’s lives as we can, no one should be without a meal,” said Joaquin Gonzalez, 22, astronomy major. Gonzalez is president of Meals for Mankind, a club on campus that works as a nonprofit organization helping provide meals to their [...]

Profs share the student experience

After a long day at work, many are ready to battle the notorious California traffic and get home in the shortest time possible. But that is certainly not the case with Faculty Association Vice President Kristina Allende. She starts her Monday off at at 7 or 7:30 a.m. either in a meeting or in her office. [...]

The 5th Annual Radio Fest comes to Mt. SAC

“Radio Fest 2009” is the fifth annual event organized and hosted by Mt. SAC’s Internet radio station, Audio8ball.com and the Radio-TV department is coming Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

More Jobs for Students

As job opening rates decease throughout the country, students may find more jobs available with an increase in employer sign ups for this year’s career fair. In a recent 12 month survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statics* reported an overall decline in non-farm, total private, and government, and other industries by 1.6 million. [...]

Rambo takes command of her own life

  Commanding. Magnetic. Outgoing. These are the words friends have used to describe Arabelle Ramboyong, the 25-year-old teaching major also known as “Rambo.” Ramboyong is a blogger, photographer, filmmaker, athlete, cook, and according to friends, an all-around good human being. “She has a big vibe, you can feel it from when you walk in front of her, she [...]

Radio-television graduate gets “L.E.A.S.H.” on life

    Adam Klein was not born into the world of silence that his parents lived in. Instead, he was gifted with the eyes and ears for music and storytelling. Today, Klein, 28, is enjoying his passions working as a television producer on his most recent project, the animated show “L.E.A.S.H.” for the Animal Planet Network. “Producing is a [...]