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Professor Pamela Chao lectures her class on how we define ourselves and how society define us in her Soc 320 class.

TTC: Soc 320: Minorities in America

Jose Garcia and Walter Jones September 12, 2014

By Walter Jones and Jose Garcia With the recent tensions in Ferguson, Mo. students may find it worthwhile to learn about the racial debate in America. Professor Pamela Chao, instructor of Sociology...

Possibility of turning California into six states

Possibility of turning California into six states

Walter Jones and Walter Jones May 6, 2014

With all the talk about California possibly being divided into six states, one starts to wonder how this will affect us students? Most of the students that I know attend junior colleges. Many will transfer...

Photo Illustration by Zach TIerney

Hip-hop is going back to Cali

Walter Jones and Walter Jones April 13, 2014

For years people said the West Coast is dead and that the good artists are in New York or the South. From 2005 to 2010, two people (Game and E-40) have mainly represented West Coast hip-hop. Now we are...

Opinion: How do I define myself?

Opinion: How do I define myself?

Walter Jones and Walter Jones March 11, 2014

When people look at me, they see me as an African American male – even though neither I nor any member of my immediate family has been to Africa – but what they don’t know is that there is more to...

Photo Illustration by Zach TIerney

The art of rap

Walter Jones and Walter Jones March 4, 2014

Nowadays, it seems that any random person can become a successful musician without actual talent, but when it comes to hip-hop, there is more to it than just rhyming words together over a beat. So I ask...

Photo Illustration by Zach TIerney

I used to love H.E.R.

Walter Jones and Walter Jones February 7, 2014

She used to say, “Yes, yes y’all and you don’t stop.” Hearing these words always ensured me that she was going to take me to a place of beautiful bliss. This girl was hip-hop. Growing up in the...

Actor Chris Hemsworth and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (pictured) announced the nominees for the 86th Annual Academy Awards in the Academys Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

“Gravity” and “American Hustle” lead Oscar nominations

Adnan Ramic, Walter Jones, Adnan Ramic, and Walter Jones January 31, 2014

By Adnan Ramic and Walter Jones On Jan. 16, actor Chris Hemsworth and president of the Academy Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. Films “Gravity” and “American...

The winter season is rapidly approaching the American River College campus. The skies are grey and cloudy, and the streets are slick with fallen rain. Students start to bundle up as the rain hit school grounds all day.  Those on campus could be seen all over tacking cover and hiding from the rain in the breezeways, under overhangs and in the student center. The showers are supposed to last until tomorrow.

Photo of the day 11-20-13

Walter Jones and Walter Jones November 20, 2013

The winter season is rapidly approaching the American River College campus. The skies are grey and cloudy, and the streets are slick with fallen rain. Students start to bundle up as the rain hit school...

The shootings at Sacramento City College and Umpqua Community College should cause Americans to examine the relevance of the second amendment in the 21st century. (file photo)

How prepared is American River College for a mass shooting?

By Melissa Hurtado and Walter Jones American River College is taking steps to ensure campus safety because school shootings are gaining more prominence in the media. The Sandy Hook, Columbine and...

Makayla Ruvalcaba carries the ball down the field in a game against Feather River College on Tuesday, Sept. 10. (Photo by Emily K. Rabasto)

Women’s team re-building for success

Walter Jones and Walter Jones September 17, 2013

The 2013 season is underway and the American River College women’s soccer team is looking to build off last years successful season. They finished with a 13-6-4 record last season making them the No....

Soccer season opener spoiled

Soccer season opener spoiled

Walter Jones and Walter Jones September 10, 2013

The No. 11 ranked American River College women’s soccer team kicked off its season Saturday, Aug. 31, playing host to the No. 7 ranked team College of the Canyons.  Despite a strong end to the 2012...

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