Foothill Students and Faculty Respond to Work-To-Contract Strike
Daniel Jacobson, Staff Writer
June 14, 2018
Filed under Featured, Foothill Life, Local News, Politics
Two weeks of continued faculty protests for fair pay have left impacts on the Foothill community.
District Withholds Faculty Raise, Prompting Union Action
Ben Klein, Managing Editor
May 18, 2018
Filed under Featured, Foothill Life, Local News
Updated on 5/18/2018 at 9:22 p.m. The Faculty Association will begin work-to-contract on Monday, May 21 in response to the Foothill-De Anza Community College District’s continued refusal to pass on a salary increase for faculty to adjust for rising costs of living. The refusal came amidst ongoing budget cuts for the FHDA District....
Dominic Caserta Resigns Hours Before Santa Clara City Council Censure, More Victims Come Forward
Liza Turchinsky and Devaki Dikshit
May 17, 2018
Filed under Foothill Life, Local News, Politics
Dominic Caserta was censured by Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday as more victims came forward.
Foothill Instructor Dominic Caserta Resigns From Public Office Amist Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Liza Turchinsky and Devaki Dikshit
May 15, 2018
Filed under Foothill Life, Local News, Politics
Amidst allegations of sexual misconduct, Council Member and County Supervisor candidate Dominic Caserta has resigned.
District Withholds $1.5 Million From Faculty Salaries
Ben Klein, Managing Editor
May 13, 2018
Filed under Foothill Life, Local News
The following story was first published in The Script's Spring Quarter print edition. Costs of living in the Bay Area are notoriously high, and rising every year. For employees of publicly funded institutions such as Foothill College, the California state government annually sends out a Cost of Living Adju...
Foothill College President Issues Statement Concerning Dominic Caserta Sexual Harassment Allegations
Liza Turchinsky and Devaki Dikshit
May 12, 2018
Filed under Foothill Life, Local News, Politics
Multiple allegations of sexual harassment against a Foothill instructor and 2018 election candidate surfaced last week. The administration responded in a brief email.
Instructor and Council Member Dominic Caserta Accused of Sexual Harassment
Liza Turchinsky and Devaki Dikshit
May 10, 2018
Filed under Featured, Foothill Life, Local News, Politics
Foothill instructor, Santa Clara City Council Member, and 2018 County Supervisor candidate has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple sources.
Don’t Neglect June Elections
Devaki Dikshit, Editor
May 8, 2018
Filed under Local News, Politics
Election day is fast approaching, with less than a month left for Californians to prepare for the first round of voting. Midterm year elections are often associated with November, but plenty of decisions are on the ballots much earlier. State and local propositions, as well as primary elections, are ...
Police Ask Victims to Step Forward in Rape Arrest
Liza Turchinsky, Editor-in-Chief
April 10, 2018
Filed under Local News
On April 4, Foothill College student Juan Ramirez Ruiz was arrested on suspicion of forcible rape and oral copulation. Ruiz was reported to be in custody following a press release by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday stating that detectives have concluded an investigation. The Redwood City r...
Sudden Oak Death: What it Means for California
Logan Keifling, Staff Writer
March 27, 2018
Filed under Local News, Science + Tech
At first, leaves turn an unnatural shade of green and begin to wither. Foliage turns brown and dies, clinging to the branches of the tree before falling to the forest floor. The bark begins to excrete a thick red sap, staining the tree an unnaturally dark color. Cankers and lesions begin to erupt on the bra...
National School Walkout Event at Foothill College
Brendan Swing, Staff Writer
March 15, 2018
Filed under Featured, Foothill Life, Local News, Opinion + Politics, Politics
Last month’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is yet another case of America’s periodic gun violence. The ramifications of this shooting, though, were unique. They sparked a surge in activism, with people of all generations rallying behind the hashtag #NeverAgain. Yesterday was National Walkout Day, duri...
How to Register to Vote
Logan Keifling, Staff Writer
March 5, 2018
Filed under Local News, Opinion + Politics, Politics
Though politics in 2016 was a defining theme of the year, the voter turnout of the election was staggeringly low. While there are a variety of culprits for this discrepancy between political involvement and actual turnout, one of the major reasons was that eligible voters — especially younger ones â€...
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