Nicole Johnson

Category: News

  • Associates vs bachelor’s

    Fox 40  aired a story  March 27 during the FOX40 news that featured interviews with City College students seeking two-year degrees and the increasing earning power that will come to them when they do. The students interviewed showed hope for the future. One student spoke about wanting to go to…

  • Film department strikes again

    City College moved up in the film industry with a first-place award for a parody called “iThrone”. “iThrone”, a 40-second video that begins with a 3D-spin of an Apple gadget, resembles a flip phone, but once it spins around, it resembles a toilet seat. By pushing the center button, it…

  • City College loses two professors

    City College says good-bye March 8 at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento to two professors who were married to each other and served the campus. On March 2, professor Laura Toohey-Maeda, an adjunct history professor, died three days after her husband, City College sociology adjunct sociology professor Wayne Maeda.  Both…

  • City College students make yearly march 3-4 to Capitol

    The annual march to the state Capitol is approaching March 4 as City College students prepare to march to support higher education. March in March Coordinator Kimberlee Beyrer said students are encouraged to meet at the fountain between the Performing Arts building and the City Café at 8:30 a.m. where…

  • March to the capitol 3-8 to end violence against women

    City College students will prepare for a rally hosted by Women Organized to Resist and Defend in Southside Park on March 8. According to W.O.R.D Sacramento’s Community Outreach Chair, Autumn Thomas-Morales, the group intends to conduct a 4 p.m. rally at the park on 6th and U St. followed by…

  • Obama makes an attempt to tighten the reigns on gun purchases

    President Obama strives to ban the purchase of assault rifles to every day civilians as well as to make it harder for them to purchase guns. According to the Huffington Post, the second-term president has proposed 23 separate executive actions to limiting gun violence which include a mental health check…

  • It’s Love that Wins the Race

    The clock is ticking as time slowly comes to an end. On Nov. 6 millions of people will decide the fate of President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. Romney and Obama couldn’t be more different from one another, especially when it comes to equal rights for same-sex couples. According…

  • A veteran’s best friend

    Paws and Stripes, a nonprofit organization located at 4041 Barbara Loop SE in Rio Rancho, NM, was created by Jim Stanek and his wife Lindsey to assist military veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury by providing them with service dogs for free. Paws and Stripes funds…

  • Local business owner inspires unity through food

    New Mexico has a new restaurant in town called the Café Mary Jane located at 3600 528 Hwy in Albuquerque. The restaurant opened its doors to the community Feb. 14 and will be making a grander entrance this March. Monica M’ Danat, co-owner of the Café Mary Jane, as well…

  • Another year fighting for equality

    Parents, families, and friends of lesbians and gays, also known as PFLAG will be hosting its fourth-annual straight for equality gala April 2 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the New York Marriot Marquis located in Times Square. PFLAG is a national non-profit organization created in 1972 by Jeanne Manford and consists…