In Case You Missed It: Anti-Racism Teach-In at Foothill College
Alix Schoback, News and Politics Editor
October 18, 2017
Filed under Foothill Life, Local News
Foothill's first ever 2POC Anti Racism Teach-in was a success. Read the highlights.
Read more »DACA in the Foothill community: Student perspectives, fears, and dreams
Liza Turchinsky, Editor-in-Chief
October 4, 2017
Filed under Featured, Foothill Life, Local News
After Congressional plans to fund the Wall and debate DACA, the Foothill College community reflects and addresses immigrant perspectives.
Read more »In The Bay Area, The Poor Feel the Impact of Climate Change First
Cristina Torres, Contributor
June 25, 2017
Filed under Local News
According to National Geographic, sea levels, on average, have risen 4 to 8 inches in the past hundred years. Even more concerning, the rates of rise have been increasing exponentially, and will continue to accelerate at faster and faster rates. Rising sea levels heavily affect us here in the Bay,...
The Dismaying Conditions for Game Developers
Ben Klein, Staff Writer
June 3, 2017
Filed under Local News
Last October, controversy was struck when the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike against several game publishers for unfair treatment of voice-actors in the industry. The strike stirred up a backlash from some game developers, who...
The Pulse of Local Media
William Robertson, Senior Editor
May 10, 2017
Filed under Local News
Poor quality content. Biased news analysis. The increasing ubiquity of fake or misleading news stories and headlines. These were some of the themes present at a recent talk given by Bruce Barton, editor-in-chief of the Los Altos Town Crier, a local newspaper. The conversation was not, however, entirel...
Students vs. City: Environmental Warfare
Asha Bacon, Contributor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Local News
You may have heard of environmental policy on a national level on the news, perhaps, say, in the form of Trump’s anti-environmental policy rants. But how much do you know about environmental policy on a university and community level? Although often unpublicized, the Universities of California (UCs...
The Survivors: The Incredible Comeback of Elephant Seals
Tal Faintuch, Contributor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Local News
Did you know that elephant seals are able to hold their breaths for as long as two and a half hours while the record for a human holding his breath is only 22 minutes? Not only that, but they can dive as deep as a mile and a half, in comparison to the record depth of a human at just 702 feet (0.133 miles)....
In the Shadow of Giants
Nick Schafer, Contributor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Featured, Local News
Looming over the working class neighborhoods of Richmond, CA, the Chevron refinery casts a shadow over the community. While most of us see Chevron only on street corners, the name is a household mainstay. It predates the town itself, and the complex is a keystone of the local community. It is the single...
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