Foothill College's Student News Publication

The Foothill Script

Foothill College's Student News Publication

The Foothill Script

Foothill College's Student News Publication

The Foothill Script

Finding zen through simple drawings: Campus Art and Wellness group hopes to help students avoid burnout
Finding zen through simple drawings: Campus Art and Wellness group hopes to help students avoid burnout
Michael Love, Staff Writer
February 28, 2023

Students dealing with academic-related stress is a problem every campus faces. Our campus is no different. Foothills Art and Wellness group hopes to provide a space for students to take a breather and...

New study abroad programs at Foothill—here’s what you need to know
New study abroad programs at Foothill—here’s what you need to know
Tamar Grosskopf, Staff Writer
February 12, 2023

Through the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) and the Global Experiential Learning Program, Foothill College has introduced Florence and London as study-abroad opportunities for the very first...

Saintra Thai (in red) and members of the Anthropology Club engage with students during Winter Club Day
Do clubs at Foothill still find online meetings worth it?
Justin Allahyari, Staff Writer
February 12, 2023

On Foothill’s Winter Club Day a member of the Business and Entrepreneurship Club was asked “What do you think is the biggest change from the last academic year”, he talked about how “we would get...

What Positive Psychology can offer you
What Positive Psychology can offer you
Priya Thomas
December 3, 2019

Positive Psychology - the class that will teach you how to wake up on the right side of the bed, every morning for the rest of your life. Right? Wrong. "One of the biggest misunderstandings about Positive...

Instead of classrooms, 42 Silicon Valley has a computer lab thats open 24/7.
42 Silicon Valley offers an alternative to traditional four-year college
Chloe Lischinsky
December 3, 2019

In 2017, Igor Lucic was working as a used car salesman in Ohio, but he wanted to do something more with his life. He found his answer when he saw an ad for 42 Silicon Valley, a free software engineering...

The Air Quality Index in the Bay Area as measured by AirNow.
Unhealthy air at Foothill College: The impact of exposure
Devaki Dikshit, Managing Editor
November 19, 2018

Smoke from the wildfire in Butte County has resulted in dangerous air quality throughout the Bay Area -- on Thursday evening, the Air Quality Index in Los Altos measured between 230 and 250 according to...

Foothill College will open Tuesday and Wednesday
Foothill College will open Tuesday and Wednesday
Sarah Hamidi, Staff Writer
November 19, 2018

After three days of campus closures, Foothill College will resume classes on Tuesday and Wednesday. “Due to improved conditions for the rest of the week (and need to resume the teaching and learning...

Foothill College campuses will remain closed Monday
Foothill College campuses will remain closed Monday
Sarah Hamidi and Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky
November 19, 2018

A Foothill-De Anza District emergency notification sent to students at 4:27 p.m. stated that classes will be canceled on Monday, Nov. 19, due to poor air quality. Though air quality in the Bay Area...

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ChatGPT: Has technology made things too easy?
Justin Allahyari, Staff Writer
February 25, 2023
If a tool can do in a few seconds what takes you 30 minutes, then you’d be a fool not to use it, right?
New California law will benefit college athletes who need to make ends meet
New California law will benefit college athletes who need to make ends meet
Larry Larkin
December 3, 2019

California Senate Bill 206, known as the Fair Pay to Play Act, will allow college athletes to get paid for the use of their name, image, and likeness.  The bill was written by California Senators Nancy...

Universal basic income marchers in San Francisco.
Marchers demand universal basic income
Chloe Lischinsky
December 3, 2019

Daniel Watson wasn’t interested in politics until he heard Andrew Yang speak about universal basic income. Andrew Yang is a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who wants to give every U.S. adult $1000...

Faculty gather in protest of withheld cost-of-living adjustments at a Foothill-De Anza District meeting in June.
Twenty-one faculty positions to be eliminated, health insurance under threat
Carina Thanh-Ngoc DeLorenzo and Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky
November 12, 2018
A number of part-time faculty positions are slated to be eliminated at the end of this year. Insurance and other benefits hang in the balance.
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