Nicole Johnson

  • The hand that scorched me

    Sleep has yet to sink in. My mind angry and slowly unraveling. Subconsciously all I want to hear is that everything will be alright— Of course I’m far too proud to utter the words aloud. I was starting to get to the acceptance stage and my mind began to find…

  • Beauty is brains

    I sit. I breathe. I eat. I drink you in. Batting my lashes in hopes of you noticing all five-foot-seven of me. I’ve got legs and curves like they do. What do they have that I don’t? Is my dress too close to my knees and my breasts not bursting…

  • Absent minds make the heart grow fonder

    I remember the day you stood up and stretched out your arm to hold my hand. You assured me that everything would be OK— But something didn’t seem to sink in. My hands were shaking as the ground beneath me crumbled around my feet. Your hand tightened around mine as…

  • The naked truth

    Body temperature rises as the bile piles itself within my throat. A slow, aching shiver caressed itself up my back and my voice began to choke. Never in a million years did I see this coming Hands on my knees, ready to bolt. The tears began to well in my…

  • March for change

    Terri Barth l News Editor l express.teri.barth@gmail.com Nicole Head l Assistant Online Editor l nicole_h088@yahoo.com College students from campuses all over California traveled to Sacramento March 5 to rally at the annual March for Education on the west steps of the state Capitol. According to the Sacramento Police Department, approximately…

  • 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…

  • Trigger back, release

    The frown is back as the convulsions begin to rise in my throat. These worried eyes shall remain remote. Watching you from afar, whispers become audible as the sun hangs onto the light behind the trees. The further I pull away to my safe haven behind my heart, the line…

  • What’s so ‘smart’ about Smart transcripts?

    The stressful life of waking up at the crack of dawn every day to defend American freedom may be never-ending for some military personnel, but for others it is no longer a requirement. The hope of going to school after a term of service was an anticipated reality until recently.…