A farewell to healthcare
December 3, 2019
One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned in the past 21 years was realizing what I had only after it was gone. In retrospect, the value of some treasures can only be understood in their absence. This feeling set in after I lost relationships, friends – and access to public health care. At the...
New California law will benefit college athletes who need to make ends meet
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 Skinner and Steven Bradford. It was recently passed by the California Assembly and signed by Govern...
Marchers demand universal basic income
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 a month, no strings attached. For Watson, who works as a delivery person for Doordash, $1000 a...
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.
In rush-hour traffic, a City Council candidate meets voters and talks issues
Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky, Editor-in-Chief
November 6, 2018
Hours before polls closed, Los Altos Hills City Council Candidate Neil Ferrari stood in the road before Foothill College to attract voters by the curbside. “As long as you stay 100 feet away from the polling areas you can demonstrate. So I’m using my rights right now. I checked with the town to make su...
Proposition 11, promoted as a public safety measure, disguises a labor dispute
David Pitt, Staff Writer
November 5, 2018
Proposition 11 resurfaces a decades-long debate over labor conditions between emergency workers and medical response companies.
Immigration Teach-In: Breaking Misconceptions
Sarah Hamidi, Staff Writer
October 23, 2018
A panel of award winning journalists and professionals spoke during Foothill College’s first ever Immigration Teach-In last week. Keynote speakers included everyone from Pulitzer Prize winning authors to community college leaders -- and each lecture revealed another aspect of the immigrant experie...
How to register to vote
Logan Keifling and Script Staff
October 22, 2018
The deadline for voter registration in California is today, Oct. 22.
California Primaries: How We Voted
Devaki Dikshit, Managing Editor
October 21, 2018
On June 5, 2018, voters throughout California participated in the primary election. The votes decided the top two candidates for a variety of offices. Most notably, they confirmed the top two contenders for governor of California. Democrat Gavin Newsom, current lieutenant governor of California, snagged a spo...
The Story of Work-to-Contract
Daniel Jacobson, Staff Writer
June 20, 2018
“Fellow faculty, At the negotiations session this afternoon, FA and the District reached a tentative agreement for compensation for 2017-18 and 2018-19. While all the details are not yet finalized, we are happy to announce that the work to contract is over.” The previous email was sent o...
Foothill Students and Faculty Respond to Work-To-Contract Strike
Daniel Jacobson, Staff Writer
June 14, 2018
Two weeks of continued faculty protests for fair pay have left impacts on the Foothill community.
Dominic Caserta Resigns Hours Before Santa Clara City Council Censure, More Victims Come Forward
Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky and Devaki Dikshit
May 17, 2018
Dominic Caserta was censured by Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday as more victims came forward.
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