Archive for the ‘Multi-culture’
The tweets heard across campus
A student was suspended and her posts on Twitter were used as part of evidence in a discipline hearing, which raises free speech issues locally. Diamond Cruikshank a 21-year-old radio/television major, was suspended and is not allowed to set foot on campus.
Arizona’s anti-immigration legislation recap
In the past few weeks the issue of immigration has created a heated debate that is separating politicians and the public alike.
However, bills addressing immigration are not a new thing.
The New York Times reported on Apr. 23 that since 2007 various states “have proposed and enacted hundreds of bills addressing immigration since 2007…Last year, there [...]
Thousands protest at May Day March
About 60,000 people attended the United for Immigration Reform also known as the May Day March on May 1 at 10 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Times. The march began at Olympic Blvd and Broadway Ave and headed north to its ultimate stop at Los Angeles City Hall. Those who protested were voicing their [...]
American Idol finalist raises disability awareness
Randy Garcia and Sydney Lopez
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18th annual Ohlone pow wow preview
April 23 through 25, the Costanoan Rumsen Carmel Tribe of Pomona, Calif., will be hosting their 18th Annual Ohlone “Big Time” Gathering and Pow Wow at Tony Cerda Park.
“The Ohlone invites the Mt. San Antonio College community and our surrounding communities to join us at this annual gathering which is an open and free event [...]
Immigration heats up the Calif., race for governor
The race for the governor’s seat of California is underway. With the June primaries just around the corner, the heating debate of Immigration gives all contenders an equal opportunity to voice their position on the issue.
The main contenders for the Republican Party include candidates Meg Whitman, former president chief executive of EBay, and Steve Poizner, [...]
Commemorating Cesar Chavez
“I remember standing there as I saw how they would fly jets over the fields and spray them with pesticides such as DDT [a synthetic pesticide known to cause harm to the developmental and reproductive system], while people, men, women and children worked,” said guest speaker Justin Martinez, a former civil rights activist and organizer [...]
