Nicole Johnson

  • Emphasis on one woman

    Sherri Patton didn’t have a clue about what she wanted to do with her life when she dropped out of college.  She later realized that her passion was to be in a classroom helping mold minds. “I floundered around a lot as a young person,” says Patton, now a City…

  • Student body elects new members of SAC

    Taylor Valmores won as president of the Clubs and Events Board and Kevin Kayhanian won as president of the Student Senate Oct. 18-19 in the Student Associated Council election. According to faculty coordinator of Student Leadership and Development Kimberlee Beyrer, a total of 446 students voted in the election. The…

  • Crisis Intervention Team reaches out to students

    City College dean of Information Technology, Dr. Elaine Ader, presented a proposal to members of the Associated Student Government Sept. 30 to discuss working together to get the word out about the campus Crisis Intervention Team. Ader, also the head of the disciplinary board, said the CIT was formed in…

  • Civilian becomes president’s muse

    In the Oct. 20 Washington Blade’s “Lesbian activist awarded Presidential Citizens Medal,” Chris Johnson writes about a lesbian activist who helped secure hospital visitation rights for gay couples across the country. According to Johnson, President Obama hosted a ceremony at the White House to award Janice Langbehn, one of 13…

  • Spare the poor, tax the rich

    In the Sept. 28 Sacramento Bee’s “Tech crowd backs Obama’s tax plan,” David Siders writes about President Obama’s speech to the Northern California city of Mountain View, Mountain View Computer History Museum, in regards to his plan to raise taxes for the wealthy Americans. According to the article, Obama strives…

  • LRCCD changes policies and regulations to better serve students

    The City College Associated Student Government will become two groups in November — the Student Associated Council and the Student Senate — under a new constitution that complies with policies and regulations that the Los Rios Community College District has reconfigured over the last 18 months. “A campus-wide election approved…

  • Pulitzer-prize winning author speaks to City College

    The LA Times reporter was dedicated to tell stories of the poor and undocumented immigrants from South America when she spoke to nearly 200 students and faculty who gathered in the Student Center. Nazario spent more than 20 years writing as a reporter and has spoken to a variety of…

  • Former Judge Vaughn takes the heat

    The judge who ruled against Prop 8 last August is being tossed in the pot for discussion based on the fact that the judge himself is a homosexual. Retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is accused of being bias for ruling against Prop 8 because he didn’t inform the public…

  • Pow-Wow celebrates Native American heritage

    The swift beating of drums, followed by the tempo of dancers swinging their hips in unison, drew the attention of hundreds of members of the community last year as they took part in celebrating Native American heritage. This year City College, in a joint effort with American River College, will…

  • Kathy Fong has an itch to pitch

    All it took was a swift swing of a bat, and the ball flew into the unknown as the batter ran toward first base. The dirt on the bottom of her shoes blew every which way like a sandstorm in the desert. City College social science major Kathy Fong pitches…