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Mt. SAC will be hosting the first ever Battle of the Bands on April 15 from 6-9 p.m. in Bldg. 9C. Five bands will be chosen as the top entries and will compete on April 15. A panel of guest judges and members of the Associated Students Committee will judge the bands at the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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. [...]

“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.

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. [...]